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PlayStation 2 Turns Nine: Happy Birthday!

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Posted October 28, 2009 - By Stephen Johnson

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Happy birthday to the PlayStation 2. The undisputed champion of the last console war has turned nine years old today -- ancient, by video game standards.

According to Sony, one in every three U.S. households own a PlayStation 2, and nearly 140 million people around the world enjoy the system, making it among the most successful game systems ever.  Plus, they're still making games for it!  In case you missed the last decade, you can still pick up a PS2 Slim for only $99. Bonus: you'll be able to get older PlayStation 2 games for crazy cheap through used game retailers everywhere. There are currently over 10,000 titles available for the system.

I'm not the nostalgic type when it comes to older game systems, so my PS2 is currently on the top shelf of my closet, awaiting that fateful day when I either throw it out or bring it to a thrift store. What about you? Are you still rocking you PlayStation 2? What's the best game for the system, overall?

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  • kwfang

    HAppy Birthday PS2 you are awesome last gamed i played on you was KH2FM+

    Posted: November 2, 2009 8:20 AM | Reply | Report
    kwfang
  • OldG4fan

    I can't believe it's been nine years since my brother came home with the little bundle of joy... (sob) I love it so.

    Posted: November 1, 2009 1:02 PM | Reply | Report
    OldG4fan
  • OldG4fan

    I will never throw out my PS2. The last game I played on it was SW: Battlefront 2

    Posted: November 1, 2009 12:43 PM | Reply | Report
    OldG4fan
  • Mokonachi89

    Well I just recently acquired a PS2 (basically worked for my cousin cleaning out the pool this summer and volia a PS2 ) I have acquired over the past few months God of War, Ratchet and Clank, GTAIII, BLACK and Devil May Cry. All awesome titles on a solid console that I always looked forward to playing and now currently am ^_^ ; it's ironic since am originally a PCamer...butI just love those shooters

    ...Anyways happy Birthday PS2 and hopefully many more!

    Posted: October 31, 2009 8:29 PM | Reply | Report
    Mokonachi89
  • RushXx87

    So many great PS2 titles, i enjoyed many of the smackdown games, GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas. FFX, Slugfest 03, NHL 03, Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, Star Wars Episode 3 where all fun games, i still have them all and thanks to my 60 gb ps3, i can play them whenever i'm feling old school, still keeping my eyes peeled for the original Shadow Hearts game, i really liked it from what i played can't find a copy in stores though and buying it online is too much.

    Posted: October 30, 2009 4:35 AM | Reply | Report
    RushXx87
  • goodbiscuits

    Man... Jak and Daxter.... nuff said.

    Posted: October 29, 2009 1:16 PM | Reply | Report
    goodbiscuits
  • Boghound

    My PS2 is still going strong, although it has passed onto my 6 year old daughter who probably runs that thing 40 hours a week. I thought it would've been alot older than nine years though. I guess that's about right. Now rocking a PS3.

    Posted: October 29, 2009 3:17 AM | Reply | Report
    Boghound
  • friendofbud666

    Still the best console ever. Lets see Shadow of the Collosus, Twisted Metal Black, Manhunt, GTA Vice City, Hitman, Socom II, XIII, Tony Hawk Underground, Resident Evil 4, God of War 2, etc. etc. etc.

    Posted: October 28, 2009 10:49 PM | Reply | Report
    friendofbud666
  • darthernie

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
    i still have mine...works good..just takes like five min. to read a disc!
    i use mine for ddr..until they make ddr for ps3 then ill have no use for it
    maybe a dvd player.....

    Posted: October 28, 2009 10:09 PM | Reply | Report
    darthernie
  • SkeeteRX8

    happy birthday- this was the second home console I had (I'm 18 now) after N64-

    I remember getting it for christmas and getting Ace Combat 04 and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legends...I still play both; and even though I have a backwards-compatible PS3; I have my second PS2 (first one had a laser problem; this one is the slim model) .....haha I use it for DDR...

    happy birthday to the greatest game system of my childhood.

    Posted: October 28, 2009 6:17 PM | Reply | Report

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