'Live In Your World. Play In Ours.' The second generation of 's console, and Sony's entry in the, which continued Sony's lead as the top console maker. Instead of the ordinary gray color scheme and top-loading CD drive of the original, the PS2 featured a sleek black body, a front-loading disc tray, an optional vertical stand, and a much more substantial cooling system.

It also made use of the emerging format, which was still in its infancy. Note PS2 games made use of both the CD and the DVD format, which were: CD-based games were blue (compared to the black CDs used for PS1 games) and DVD-based games were silver. These factors, coupled with backward compatibility (the games, controllers, and memory cards released for the original PlayStation could be used with the new system, since its IO processor was an original PlayStation on a chip) and a relatively-low pricetag (cheaper than most dedicated DVD players released at the time, in fact), made the PS2 an extremely attractive system for both players and developers. What certainly didn't hurt was that it was the most powerful gaming console on Earth at the time of its release (or at least the most powerful gaming console people cared about; the, released a year later, was more powerful than the PS2 but was set back by its use of an inferior storage format) and one of the first to truly compete with the processing power of PCs, which helped to generate a ton of excitement on its own, especially for those too young or too technophobic to understand the significance of the DVD format and just cared about gaming. The machine had the highest consumer anticipation in the history of video games at the time — its mere announcement two whole years before release was one the causes of the 's death in its infancy. Of particular note was Squaresoft's continued presence in Sony's lineup — since the days of the original PlayStation, Square had devoted itself to the CD-ROM format, and the PS2's new DVD-ROM capabilities proved even more versatile. The system proved popular among consumers.

In fact, the only substantial lasting complaints about the console itself appeared to be the apparent 'noisiness' of the large cooling fan, which would later be corrected during a re-release featuring a PlayStation 2 console. The disc drives of early runs of the console also became infamous for technical issues which lead to 'Disc Read Errors', and that prompted a class-action lawsuit. Later hardware revisions would, again, prove to be considerably more reliable (although the ghost of 'bum drives' would continue to linger throughout the console's run). The most important part of the system was its longevity — there were still games being made for it well into the next generation, and after a great deal of thought Sony decided to continue making the system (now available in white). This is mostly because both and games can be ported to and from the old console with minimal effort, and that in Japan both systems were doing better than and the. The marked the death of the PS2, with only seven games released in North America in 2011 and three in 2012.

The only American-released games during the 2010s with enough reviews to make it on Metacritic were: and. The final title released for the PS2 was in September 2013, three months after announcement. Around this time, Sony decided to market a Bravia TV with a PS2 installed in the base; it was only released in Europe, however. Additionally, the final servers for the PS2 note 's servers weren't shutdown until March 31st, 2016, sixteen years after the release of the system! As with many consoles some years after original release, there exists a spirited community of modders and hackers who have written various pieces of homebrew software for the console, including a handful that exploit the untapped potential of the to allow installing titles onto a compatible hard drive of capacities up to and including 2TB. This can significantly decrease loading times and is especially useful on older consoles which have aging DVD drives that skip or don't function at all. Download Video Ceng Zamzam Kalimatuka more.