PlayStation 2 facts for kids
The PlayStation 2 is a super popular video game console made by Sony. It was released in March 2000. This console was the second one in the PlayStation series. The first was the original PlayStation (often called PS1). The next one was the PlayStation 3, which came out in November 2006.
The PlayStation 2 became the world's best-selling console ever! It sold about 150 million units since it launched. A cool feature was that it could play games made for the first PlayStation (PS1) too. The PS2 competed with other consoles like the Nintendo GameCube and the Microsoft Xbox. Sony stopped making the PlayStation 2 in Japan on December 28, 2012, and worldwide on January 4, 2013.
What is the PSX?
The PSX was a special device released in 2003. It was like a video recorder that also let you play PlayStation 2 games. It had a built-in hard drive that could store up to 250 GB of data.
However, the PSX did not sell very well. It was quite expensive, so it was only released in Japan and not in other countries.
Most Popular PS2 Game
The game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas became the most sold game for the PlayStation 2. It sold over 27.5 million copies!
Images for kids
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The back of the slim PS2 model, showing where you connect it to the internet.
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The PS2's controller, called the DualShock 2. It looked very similar to the first PlayStation's controller.
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A picture from Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, which was the second best-selling game on the PlayStation 2.
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In Spanish: PlayStation 2 para niños
