On March 4, 2000, the PlayStation 2 went on sale in Japan. Can you believe it? It only seems like yesterday I got my PS2 at the Yodobashi Camera in Osaka’s Umeda.
The PlayStation 2 wouldn’t launch in North America, Europe and Australia. The console would go on to become the best-selling video game console ever, moving over 155 million unions, and becoming home to many of the greatest games ever made.
Happy birthday, PS2! Thanks for all the memories.
I still have my Japanese PS2 hooked up so I can bust out some Dodonpachi Daioujou when I’m feeling in the mood.
One thing I really miss about the PS2/GCN/Xbox era is the mid-tier games. You could walk into a shop, see a game that looked interesting and buy it cheaply enough to just have a punt.
I found some amazingly good (if flawed) games that way.