PlayStation 2

DVD-playing gaming system

PlayStation 2 is a video game console released by Sony in 2000, the successor to the original PlayStation.

Often abbreviated PS2, it became the best-selling game console in history, with a library spanning thousands of titles.

The system also functioned as a DVD player, helping drive DVD adoption in households: I played so much PS2 as a kid.

console

Sony

Japanese electronics and entertainment corporation

backward compatibility · AV cable · multitap · network adapter · component cable · HDD · BIOS · region lock · modchip

nostalgia

childhood

Life's earliest phase

split-screen · Greatest Hits

multimedia

DVD playback

Reading video from disc

remote control · DivX · progressive scan · Dolby Digital · media hub

games

Final Fantasy X

Resident Evil 4

Categories
Opposites
console rivalry/competition

PlayStation 2Xbox

Microsoft gaming console

Dreamcast · Wii · Nintendo 64 · Wii U · Xbox One

gaming platform type

PlayStation 2PlayStation Portable

Sony's handheld gaming system

PSP · PlayStation Vita · PC · gaming PC · PC gaming

technological era/generation

PlayStation 2PlayStation 5

Sony's current gaming console

PS5 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 3 · Atari 2600 · PS4

Family

play, station, plays, played, playing, player, players, playful, playfully

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G