Today in 2000, the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan. It went on to become the biggest selling video game console ever.
The PlayStation 2 would launch later that year in North America on October 26, 2000 and in Europe on November 24, 2000.
Since then, over 155 million PS2s have been sold, and some of the greatest games ever were released on the console. It wasn’t until 2018 that Sony finally said goodbye to the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
Fans on Twitter have been celebrating the PS2’s launch with games they enjoyed, using the hashtag #PS2生誕祭 or “PS2 birth celebration.”
どれもめっちゃやったな！懐かしい。#PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/tG8FOXAR2Q
— スミス (@smith_chochoino) March 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/a/status/1102423620771434496
色々遊んだけど、特にやったなぁって覚えてるのはこの4作かな。
ラジアータって評価微妙だけどめっちゃハマったんだよぁ。
色々勿体ないところがあるのは分かるんだけど、それ以上に楽しかった。 #PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/Xwaaw77ibP— YUU (@RebirthTerra) March 4, 2019
PS2のゲームはいろいろやり込んでたけど、やっぱりこれが1番♪
ちっちゃい頃にラチェクラ1と一緒にプレ2を買ってもらった時からラチェクラファンに( *¯ ꒳¯*)
#PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/Qr50lhS6WT
— 🪬👑黒姫👑🪬 (@Hime__Kuroro_sw) March 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/a/status/1102417422026301440
#PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/92G85g315R
— 兵長@来月23日と24日TGSに行きます (@ancekorsra) March 4, 2019
多分これが当時思いっきりプレイした4タイトルかな･･･#PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/5YnjM23zZr
— 音眸(Tom) (@tomkawa64) March 4, 2019
どれも中学生の頃に遊んでました
#PS2生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/krDzXFmXJw— YAMA (@garnideliafgo) March 4, 2019
Happy birthday, PS2!
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6 responses to “Today, The PlayStation 2 Was Born In Japan 19 Years Ago”
Still love the industrial design of the 10k/15k/30k/50k series PS2s. My 50006 still sits beside the our home theatre stack, right next to the Foxtel box and the XBone, mostly because it still looks great alongside them.
(The Switch and PS4 sit elsewhere in the setup.)
The PS2 may be turning 20 next year since it’s release back in early 2000.
But as for me I think I’ve had enough of playing my PS2 because pretty soon I’ll be getting a PS4 along with a Playstation VR headset later this year.
You’ve only just stopped playing PS2 and are now planning to get a PS4?
I think this bot has lost its mind.
Still my favourite console, I think. Hosted some of my all-time favourite games. Stuff like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, MGS3, God of War 1 & 2, Burnout 3, etc.
It was a great piece of gear, wasn’t it? I mean, it even looked like the future. So many good times – GTA3 and VC, 3-D rpgs, FF10 etc etc.
And here I am buying a PS2 from the US to do nefarious things to
(Hint, a 2TB SSHD with softboot provides some interesting ideas).