Game Console
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 30 November 2000. It is the successor to the PlayStation, as well as the second installment in the PlayStation brand of consoles. As a sixth-generation console, it competed with Nintendo’s GameCube, Sega’s Dreamcast, and Microsoft’s Xbox. It is the best-selling video game console of all time, having sold over 160 million units worldwide, nearly triple the combined sales of its competing consoles.
Announced in 1999, Sony began developing the console after the immense success of its predecessor. The highlight of the system was its Emotion Engine processor, co-developed by Sony and Toshiba, which was said to be more powerful than personal computers. The PS2 offered backward-compatibility for its predecessor’s DualShock controller, as well as its games.
The PlayStation 2 received widespread critical acclaim upon release. A total of over 4,000 game titles were released worldwide, with over 1.5 billion copies sold. In 2004, Sony released a smaller, lighter revision of the console known as the PS2 Slim. Even after the release of its successor, the PlayStation 3, it remained popular well into the seventh generation. It continued to be produced until the beginning of 2013 when Sony finally announced that it had been discontinued after over twelve years of production, one of the longest lifespans of any video game console. New games for the console continued to be released until even shortly after the end of its life and support from Sony.
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Short Info
Also known as: PS2
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics, Foxconn
Product family: PlayStation
Type: Home video game console
Generation: Sixth
Release date:
- PlayStation 2
- JP: 4 March 2000
- NA: 26 October 2000
- EU: 24 November 2000
- AU: 30 November 2000
- HK: 13 December 2001
- TW: 24 January 2002
- KR: 22 February 2002
- RUS: 7 November 2002
- IND: 13 August 2003
- PlayStation 2 Slimline
- EU: 29 October 2004
- JP: 3 November 2004
- NA: 25 November 2004
- AU: 2 December 2004
- CHN: 20 December 2004
- IND: 10 September 2008
- BRA: 15 October 2009
Introductory price: ¥39,800, US$299, £299,F2,990, DM869
Discontinued:
- JP: 28 December 2012
- WW: 4 January 2013
Units shipped: 160 million
Media: DVD, CD-ROM
System on a chip: Integrated Emotion Engine, Graphics Synthesizer
CPU: MIPS R5900 Emotion Engine @ 294.912 or 299 MHz
Memory: 32 MB RAM, 4 MB (VRAM)
Removable storage:
- 8 MB PlayStation 2 memory card
- 128 KB PlayStation memory card
Display: Video output formats
Graphics: Graphics Synthesizer @ 147.456 MHz
Sound:
- PCM 2 ch, 48 kHz
- Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 ch
Controller input:
- DualShock 2
- EyeToy
- DVD Remote Control
- PlayStation Portable
Connectivity
- Ethernet/modem
- 2 × USB 1.1
- 1 × i.LINK
Online services: Developer-run servers
Dimensions: Original PS2: 3.1″ (78.7 mm) × 11.9″ (302.3 mm) × 7.2″ (182.9 mm)
Mass:
- Original PS2: 4.85 lb (2.2 kg)
- PS2 Slimline: 1.98 lb (0.9 kg)
Best-selling game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (17.33 million)
Backward compatibility: PlayStation
Predecessor: PlayStation
Successor: PlayStation 3
Related: PSX