Sony PlayStation 2
Also known as PS2
- Manufacturer
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Type
- Home console
- Generation
- 6th generation
- Released (North America)
- Oct 26, 2000
- Released (Japan)
- Mar 4, 2000
- Released (Europe)
- Nov 24, 2000
- Launch price
- $299.99
- Discontinued
- 2013
- Units sold
- over 155 million
About the Sony PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console ever made. It launched in 2000 as a DVD player and a game console, played nearly every original PlayStation game, and stayed in production until 2013. A slimline model replaced the original "fat" console in 2004.
With a library of thousands of games, the PS2 has everything: Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City and San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, Shadow of the Colossus, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy X, God of War, Katamari Damacy and Silent Hill 2. Big sellers are inexpensive; the prices that climb are on late-life RPGs, survival horror and limited releases such as Rule of Rose, Haunting Ground, Kuon, Silent Hill 4 and the Shin Megami Tensei games.
Black-label first prints usually sell above Greatest Hits reprints. Disc read errors are the most common hardware fault, and fat models with a network adapter and hard drive are popular with people who play on original hardware.
Sony PlayStation 2 games by the numbers
Loose prices across 2,168 priced games
Most valuable Sony PlayStation 2 games
![50 Cent Bulletproof [Promotional Miniature Vest] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co3hbo.jpg)
![Xenosaga 3 [Lenticular Cover] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co3fe3.jpg)
![Gran Turismo 4 [Online Public Beta] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/cocq72.jpg)
![Bully [Collector's Edition] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co2lc9.jpg)
Most valuable sealed Sony PlayStation 2 games
![God Of War [Retailer Kit] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co3ddc.jpg)
Top rated Sony PlayStation 2 games
![Persona 3 [Trade Demo] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co5mo6.jpg)
Most listed on eBay right now
![Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty [Trial Edition Demo Disc] cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co5e1c.jpg)
Sony PlayStation 2 games by release year
By each game's original release year, so ports count under the year the game first came out.
Hardware specs
| CPU | Emotion Engine @ 294.912 MHz |
|---|---|
| Graphics | Graphics Synthesizer @ 147.456 MHz |
| Memory | 32 MB |
| Sound | CPU+SPU2 |
| Media | DVD, CD |
| Storage | Playstation 2 Memory Card (8 MB), Playstation 1 Memory Card (1 MB) |
| Resolutions | 480i, 480p |
| Video output | Composite video, S-Video, RGB, VGA, YPBPR |
| Connectivity | 100 Mbit Ethernet/modem (Add-on), 2x USB 1.1 |
| Online | Dynamic Network Authentication System |
Models & revisions
Slimline
The PS2 is primarily differentiated between models featuring the original "fat" case design and "slimline" models, which were introduced at the end of 2004.
- CPU
- Emotion Engine @ 294.912 MHz
- Graphics
- Graphics Synthesizer @ 147.456 MHz
- Memory
- 32 MB
- Sound
- CPU+SPU2
- Storage
- Playstation 2 Memory Card (8 MB), Playstation 1 Memory Card (1 MB)
- Resolutions
- 480i, 480p
- Video output
- Composite video, S-Video, RGB, VGA, YPBPR
- Connectivity
- 100 Mbit Ethernet/modem, 2x USB 1.1
- Online
- Dynamic Network Authentication System
Console family
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Game values from PriceCharting market data. Hardware specs and revisions from IGDB.