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PlayStation 2

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an original Xbox.
  1. There is a Sony Bravia TV with a built-in PlayStation 2 released in PAL regions in 2010, However, when the television was released, the PS3 Slim was already available in Europe a year ago.
  2. One of the earliest consoles to support 1080i through component output. The handful of games that supported this mode include Gran Turismo 4, Tourist Trophy, and a Jackass game of all things.
  3. It was the first console to be able to run a non-proprietary operating system, namely Linux.
  4. The console's hardware was similar to that of the Wii and the PSP, as a result it was on the market alongside its successor until a few months before the PS4 was released.

Bad Qualities

  1. Most multi-platform games look and run worse on the PS2 due to the weaker hardware of the system, most notably Sonic Heroes, Psychonauts, and various Grand Theft Auto and Tom Clancy's games. This isn't as big of an issue as it could have been, since most games from its generation were designed with the PS2 in mind and didn't take much advantage of the more powerful competitors, but even then, PS2 games usually run at a lower framerate and resolution. Plus a few developers such as Valve, Bethesda, and Id avoided developing games for the PS2 due to its weaker hardware.
  2. Most early PS2 consoles tend to break down easily or suffer the infamous Red Screen of Death which reads "Please insert a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 format disc." This was fixed on later models.
    • RSOD had a creepy sound that scared many younger gamers and even adults as well much to the point it can give people nightmares.
  3. Official memory cards are only 8 MB, and very few third-party manufacturers (Nyko, Mad Catz, and Hori) were licensed to make them. 16 MB and up cards are neither licensed nor officially supported, and they can break easily, formatting all data and making it useless.
    • On top of that, some games won't save on any memory card that isn't 8 MB
  4. The first DVD remotes don't have a power or eject button, and the early PS2s require a receiver dongle to be put into one of the controller ports and a disc to update the player. Later revisions of the remote added the buttons and the SCPH-5000x and up PS2s have the receiver built into them and don't need the update disc, although the eject button only works on the 5000x PS2s since the slims have a mechanical lid rather than a motorized tray.
  5. Severe lack of quality control on what games could be published on it possibly due to its popularity by kids in Europe or continued lifespan when the PS3 is now in European stores, resulting the console into being the shovelware target of its generation, more so during the latter half its lifecycle. It even resulted in bootleg movies being published exclusively for the PS2 rather than in the PS3 and the PSP.
  6. Official component cables (which, along with RGB SCART, are known for having the best possible analog video quality) are now very expensive and very rare in some countries like Brazil, ranging from $50-$200, the same goes for the PS3's component cables which are backwards compatible.
  7. The PlayStation 2 is the only console from its generation that required a multitap to allow more than two people playing at once, even the Dreamcast didn't need a multitap. Worse yet, there were two different versions, since the slim models cannot use the original model's multitap or vice versa, since the gap between the controller port and the memory card slot were different. Even the Nintendo 64, which was from the last generation, didn't need a multitap!
  8. Despite being backward compatible with PlayStation games, you still need PS1 memory cards for saving PS1 games.
  9. Linux can't be installed on the slim models due to them lacking hard drive support from the fat models.#The SCPH-7000x and SCPH-7500x models require an external power brick (fortunately the brick isn't in the socket part).
  10. Most SCPH 9000x models are currently impossible to mod due to improved security measures Sony has built into them.
  11. The slim models are notorious for damaging or destroying discs due to the laser cable loosening over time and eventually scratching the discs.
  12. The fat models have terrible physical durability and can get damaged easily when dropped from 5 feet which is worse than most other consoles.

Maintenance

  1. The ribbon that moves the lens when reading a disc on the slim model can touch the disc while it spins, leaving a big circular scratch on every disc you play. If this happens to you, stop using your PS2 immediately and take it to be repaired.
  2. PlayStation games played via backward compatibility can't save data into a PlayStation 2 memory card, so make sure you own an older PS1 memory card.
  3. Some unofficial game discs such as the ones produced by Phoenix Games, Data Design Interactive, The Code Monkeys and Blast Entertainment can damage your console due to those discs' poor quality.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 is currently the best-selling video game system in history, selling over 155 million units as of March 31, 2012. Its ability to play DVDs and PlayStation games as well as good third-party support was a major factor to its massive success.

Trivia

  • The announcement of the PS2 alone was strong enough to cause the Dreamcast to decline in sales quickly and kill it for good.
  • The following PS2 games are the only games on the PS2 that can be played in 1080i:
    • Tourist Trophy
    • Gran Turismo 4
    • Jackass: The Game
    • Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
  • It took nearly a decade for the PS2 to be launched in Brazil, leaving it on the market for only three years in that country.
  • A digital video recorder based on the PS2, the PSX (not to be confused with the original PlayStation that also used PSX as its code name), was released in 2003 only in Japan. It became a total flop due to having a really high launch price, and other fatal flaws, causing Sony to cancel their plans on releasing the device outside of Japan.
  • It barely gets outsold by the Nintendo DS with only 1 million units, causing it to be the best selling console ever made.
  • The more memory cards the console has the more blocks will appear on the startup screen.

Videos

Reviews

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The Red Screen of Death

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Good/Decent Examples of PlayStation 2 Games

First-Party Titles

Third-Party Titles

Bad/Mediocre Examples of PlayStation 2 Games

First-Party Titles

Third-Party Titles

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