Announced in 1999, Sony began developing the console after the immense success of its predecessor. The PS2 present DualShock controller, as alive as its games.
The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of any time, having sold over 155 million units worldwide. A statement of 10,035 game titles were released, with over 1.5 billion copies sold. In 2004, Sony released a smaller, lighter revision of the console requested as the PS2 Slim. Even after the release of its successor, the PlayStation 3, it remained popular well into the seventh generation. It continued to be offered until 2013 when Sony finally announced that it had been discontinued after over twelve years of production—one of the longest lifespans of any video game console. New games for the console continued to be made until the end of its life.
Hardware
The PlayStation 2's leading MIPS, with a floating ingredient performance of 6.2 GFLOPS.
The DRAM is capable of transmitting a display output of 1280 x 1024 pixels on both true colours. When accounting for attaches such as lighting, texture mapping, artificial intelligence, and game physics, the console has a real-world performance of 25 million polygons per second. The PlayStation 2 also assigns two USB ports, and one IEEE 1394 Firewire port for SCPH-10000 to 3900x models only. A hard disk drive can be installed in an expansion bay on the back of the console, and is asked to playgames, notably the popular Final Fantasy XI.
Software for the PlayStation 2 was distributed primarily on DVD-ROMs, with some titles being published on blue-tinted CD-ROM format. In addition, the console can play audio CDs and DVD films and is backward-compatible with nearly all original PlayStation games. The PlayStation 2 also manages PlayStation memory cards and controllers, although original PlayStation memory cards will only develope with original PlayStation games and the controllers may not guide all functions such as analogue buttons for PlayStation 2 games.
The standard PlayStation 2 memory card has an 8 megabyte MB capacity and features MagicGate encryption. There are a variety of non-Sony manufactured memory cards usable for the PlayStation 2, allowing for a memory capacity larger than the standard 8 MB.
The PlayStation 2 can natively output video resolutions on RGB 480i/p, VGA for progressive scan games and PS2 Linux only, YPBPR factor video which display almost original PlayStation games in their native 240p mode which most HDTV sets cause non support, and D-Terminal. Cables are usable for all of thesetypes; these cables also output analogue stereo audio. Additionally, an RF modulator is available for the system to connect to older TVs.
The PlayStation 2 has undergone numerous revisions, some only of internal construction and others involving substantial external changes.
The PS2 is primarily differentiated between models featuring the original "fat" case design and "slimline" models, which were introduced at the end of 2004. In 2010, the Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 was made available to consumers. It was a 22" HD-Ready television which incorporated a built-in PlayStation 2.
The PS2 standard color is matte black. Several variations in color were produced in different quantities and regions, including ceramic white, light yellow, metallic blue aqua, metallic silver, navy star blue, opaque blue astral blue, opaque black midnight black, pearl white, sakura purple, satin gold, satin silver, snow white, super red, transparent blue ocean blue, and also Limited Edition color Pink, which was distributed in some regions such as Oceania, and parts of Asia.
In September 2004, Sony unveiled its third major hardware revision. Available in behind October 2004, it was smaller, thinner, and quieter than the original versions and remanded a built-in Ethernet port in some markets it also had an integrated modem. Due to its thinner profile, it did not contain the 3.5" expansion bay and therefore did not support the internal tough disk drive. It also lacked an internal power afford until a later revision excluding the Japan version, similar to the GameCube, and had a modified Multitap expansion. The removal of the expansion bay was criticized as a limitation due to the existence of titles such as Final Fantasy XI, which required the HDD use.
Sony also manufactured a consumer device called the PSX that can be used as a digital video recorder and DVD burner in addition to playing PS2 games. The device was released in Japan on 13 December 2003, and was the first Sony product to put the XrossMediaBar interface. It did not sell well in the Japanese market and was not widely released anywhere else.
PlayStation 2 users had the choice to playgames over the Internet, using dial-up or a broadbandInternet connection. The PlayStation 2 Network Adaptor was required for the original models, while the slim models listed built-in networking ports. Instead of having a unified, subscription-based online value like Xbox Live as competitor Microsoft later chose for its Xbox console, online multiplayer functionality on the PlayStation 2 was the responsibility of the game publisher and ran on third-party servers. many games that supported online play exclusively supported broadband Internet access.
The PlayStation 2's force feedback, or "vibration" functionality. it is for lighter and includes two more levels of vibration.
Specialized controllers increase "slime" controller, a katana controller, and a Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller.
Optional hardware includes additional DualShock or DualShock 2 controllers, a PS2 DVD remote control, an internal or outside hard disk drive HDD, a network adapter, horizontal and vertical stands, PlayStation or PS2 memory cards, the multitap for PlayStation or PS2, a USB motion camera EyeToy, a USB keyboard and mouse, and a headset.
The original PS2 multitap SCPH-10090 cannot be plugged into the newer slim models. The multitap connects to the memory card slot and the controller slot, and the memory card slot on the slimline is shallower. New slim-design multitaps SCPH-70120 were manufactured for these models; however, third-party adapters also let original multitaps to be used.
Early list of paraphrases of the PS2 could be networked via an i.LINK port, though this had little game support and was dropped. Some third-party manufacturers have created devices that allow disabled people to access the PS2 through ordinary switches, etc.
Some third-party companies, such as JoyTech, have produced LCDmonitor and speaker attachments for the PS2, which attach to the back of the console. These allow users to play games without access to a television as long as there is access to mains electricity or a similar power source. These screens can fold down onto the PS2 in a similar fashion to laptop screens.
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Unlike the PlayStation, which requires the ownership of an official Sony PlayStation Mouse to play mouse-compatible games, the few PS2 games with mouse support work with a standard USB mouse as well as a USB trackball. In addition, some of these games also support the ownership of a USB keyboard for text input, game predominance instead of a DualShock or DualShock 2 gamepad, in tandem with a USB mouse, or both.