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+
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.
OldG4fan
I will never throw out my PS2. The last game I played on it was SW: Battlefront 2
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!
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.
goodbiscuits
Man... Jak and Daxter.... nuff said.
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.
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.
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.....
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.
brsterkens
im still playing the hell out of tokyo xtreme racer 3.please make a number 4! oh i play mine one my ps3 though.
ErrorCodeOfDeath
My PS2 (01Fatty) was soaked in soda, with out me knowing....so it dried up in there. I found out when I tried to open the disk drive and the thing was cemented shut...Someone just cleaned the exterior.
I opened it up, and had to scrub the syrup off the all the little gears, rubber band, and even the lens with rubbing alcohol....slapped it back together...still works like a champ.
GTA:SA is still the best in the series.
moose_
Happy Birthday PS2. Much respect.
AZure_Zero
I still got my nine year old PS2 but i forgo the password to watch DVDs or maybe someone else changed it, oh well and I really enjoyed the Persona series, and Guilty Gear XX on my PS2
Gameboxed
Oh and my favorite game is Tales of the abyss !!!
Gameboxed
I still have my PS2 and I'm still playing with it. Games come out 40 bucks and go down fast :3 Also The gaming library is humungo! This system is what got a lot of people into gaming, cuase you can't go wrong with Metal gear, God of war or final fantasy. So PS2 without further ado, Happy Frikkin Birthday!
whiteblade
I Still play my ps2 i have been playing persona 4 and that is a great J-rpg by the way. I have had the ps2 when it first came out and still enjoy it. Happy Birthday PS2
JustDeck09
The Generation that brought the Gamecube, XBox, Dreamcast, and PS2 could be looked at as the most significant from an industry standpoint. It was a fork in the road so to speak. It brought a new player to the game (Microsoft) and put another one out of the game (SEGA). Nintendo hung around there with the GameCube I feel mainly due to its name. The PS2 brought DVD's into people's homes. It helped to kill the VHS format. For many it was their first DVD player. The XBox came in to the picture strong putting up a good fight. I feel its lack of DVD support hurt this console. Today developers are still developing games for the PS2 and Sony is still selling systems. I don't recall any of the other systems with that kind of shelf life. I think there is a reason for it, Sony just did a great job all around with that system. They nailed it. Marketing the system, game catalog, DVD, backwards compatible with PS1 games...it all just worked. I think the PS2 is the best and most significant console thus far. The current generation of consoles obviously still need to play out.
MY PS2 BLOG: http://play-station-world.blog spot.com/
Blue_Vortex
my ps2 broke a year ago so I can't celebrate (Something about the laser that reads the disk not working). Which sucks cause I wanted to play Silent Hill 3 again :/
WoaBash
@scottyrob
Wow i've never heard of a PS2 shorting like that! U must use that mother!
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