Playstation 2

The PlayStation 2 (プレイステーション2; Pureisutēshon Tsū), abbreviatit PS2 official-like, is a saxt-generation video gemme console pit oot bi Sony.

The successor tae the PlayStation, an the predecessor tae the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 is pairt o the PlayStation series o video gemme consoles. Its development wis annooncit in Mairch 1999 an it wis pit oot a year later in Japan. Its primary competitors war Sega's Dreamcast, VM Labs's Nuon, Microsoft's Xbox, an Nintendo's GameCube.

PlayStation 2
Playstation 2
Playstation 2
Left: Original PlayStation 2, with vertical stand
Right: Slimline PlayStation 2, with vertical stand, 8 MB memory card and DualShock 2 controller
Forby kent asPS2
DeveloperSony Computer Entertainment
ManufacturerSony
Product faimilyPlayStation
TypeHame video gemme console
GenerationSaxt generation
Release datePlayStation 2
  • JP: March 4, 2000
  • NA: October 26, 2000
  • EU: November 24, 2000
  • AU: November 30, 2000
PlayStation 2 Slimline
  • EU: October 29, 2004
  • JP: November 3, 2004
  • NA: November 25, 2004
  • AU: December 2, 2004
Retail availability2000–2013
Discontinued
  • JP: December 28, 2012
  • WW: January 4, 2013
Units sauldApproximately 155 million (as of March 31, 2012)
MediaDVD, CD
CPU"Emotion Engine" @ 300 MHz
Storage capacity40 GB hard drive (add-on)
Memory32 MB of RDRAM system memory
4 MB of eDRAM video RAM
Display
Graphics150 MHz "Graphics Synthesizer"
SoondDolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1
Controller inputDualShock 2, DualShock, EyeToy
Connectivity100 Mbit Ethernet/modem (requires adapter on SCPH-10000-500xx models), 2 × USB 1.1, 1 × IEEE 1394 interface
Online servicesDynamic Network Authentication System
Best-sellin gemmeGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas: 17.33 million sold (as of February 2009)
Backward
compatibility
PlayStation
PredecessorPlayStation
SuccessorPlayStation 3

The PS2 is the best-sellin console tae date, haein raxit ower 140 mulȝeon units selt fae 30 September 2009. In late 2009, wi developers pittin thegither new gemmes an the console still sellin steady-like awmaist a decade efter its original oot-date, Sony stappit supportin the PS2 on Januar 3rd, 2013.

In 2009, IGN cried the PlayStation 2 as the third best video gemme console o aw time, oot o a field o 25.

References

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