Playstation 2

PlayStation 2 (PS2) console is a video game for Sony second, the successor to PlayStation and the PlayStation 3 predecessor

Its development was announced in March 1999 and was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America October 26, 2000 and in Europe November 24, 2000. The PS2 is part of the sixth generation era, and became the fastest selling game console in history, with over 100 million units sold in November 2005, beating the previous record, PlayStation, for three years and nine months. Play Main article: List of PlayStation 2 games of the brand's strength

PlayStation has led to strong support for a third system. Although the launch titles for the PS2 was not very impressive in 2000, the holiday season in 2001 saw the release of several high selling and critically acclaimed plays. Those PS2 titles helped the PS2 maintain and extend its market leading video game consoles, although increased competition launches of Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. In many cases, Sony made a deal and the uniqueness of the publishers in order to adapt to its competitors.

He plays a critically acclaimed on the machine include a large car theft and a series of ever-popular Final Fantasy (Square Enix), the last two titles full speed metal, Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3 , SSX series after three titles in Ace Combat cooperation with hearts full space Enix / Disney, and trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment for the first part as Gran Turismo, SOCOM, and clicking and Raches series Jak and Daxter, ICO Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and advocates of the unexpected benefits of Norrath Everquest and masters: To return to the arms.

PS2 also had many of the house to play music, as the last plays of the GDR, and later to play a guitar hero rock. Towards the end of March 2005 was 5.277 PS2 titles have been published around the world, to explain the cumulative sales of 824 million shares. When the worm back-play compatible with PlayStation, PS2 was released from a library of 13 020 software titles after 5 years and 27 days, while the region coding for the border altogether seriously, with 3.181 titles PS2 and PS1 releases Asia 4.907, 1.121 and 1.501 in Europe, as well as 975 and 1335 in North America 0.0

PS2 hardware can specify both CDs and DVDs. It is against the back-compatible with older players from the PlayStation (PS1), taking into account the visual reading of DVD, and play PS2 games in addition to CD-Romanian or cheap DVD-ROM capacity. The ability to play movies from DVD to the consumer can more easily allowed to justify the ticket price is relatively high for the PS2 (in October 2000, MSRP $ 300) because it removes the need to buy an external DVD player (yes , one could say that the success of the DVD format was partly due to the ability of the PS2 to play DVDs, because the format appears to encourage more consumers after the launch of the console).

PS2 also supports PS1 memory graphics (PS1 game saves only) and controllers as well. Duel shock controllers 2 PS1 PS2 is primarily a duel shock, similar to buttons on the face, shoulders, and D replaced by cutting the number keys of the original. When it was published, the PS2 devices had many advances that are not found in other contemporary video game consoles, including doors in 1394 the possibilities of expansion of the DVD and USB and IEEE.

It was the end of 2001, Microsoft Xbox became the second console with the support of the USB (1.1, specifically the housing of the Xbox) and DVD. (This assumes Nuon, an advanced graphics coprocessor DVD player is not considered a console.) Still, the required accessory separate remote to open the DVD-based Xbox and PS2 Sony could continue operating on DVD out of the box . Note that compatibility with USB devices on the support of USB software on these points.

For example, the PS2 could not launch an ISO image from a USB flash control - the problem was solved, but with the release of version 3.6 of the magic of software change. On the one hand, Gran Turismo 4 can not save images to a USB device without any problem. Support software support for playback of the original PlayStation was also an important outlet for the PS2, leaving owners to upgrade old PlayStation 2 and keep your original software, and provide new access users of the old theater to a library largest was developed for the new system.

As additional compensation, it was possible to add a PS2 to play PlayStation accelerating the time to read the disc and / or textures to add diagrams to improve equalization. Although the soft texture was generally effective (although the odd effects where transparent textures, and are at work), faster disk reading could make some games will not load or does not play correctly. Manage PlayStation titles (notably a fixed rate from the metal: it is possible to fail in a special ambassador for days) to operate the entire PlayStation 2 (special tasks is to identify a fixed rate of exchange of metal panels on the grid, for example ).

This problem seems to be fixed in the versions of the PS2 Slim, where most of the previous games played on PSone can now be played. It is a common idea that false registration of trade in a game (for example, because of multiple game discs or expansion packs) is not possible on PS2. Title failed to show abnormal over their records of change could give birth to this rumor.

Programs for all consoles including the PlayStation one of the four prefixes: Japan and Asia: NTSC / J, North America: NTSC U / C, Europe and Oceania: Bet, and China: NTSC / C.