21yrs ago today, the PS2 was released in North America

[Easy-E]

Dare I say; the GOAT console

 

[MurderToCassette]

I got my PS2 for Christmas 2001

Me too, played NBA 2K, NBA Street, MGS2, Virtua Fighter and too much other piff that first year owning it

Other than my AV port being loose cause moms stepped on the cord way back when I got it, mines held up just fine over the decade, held me down until I copped
a PS3 slim
Had mine 'til 2009 when one of my homies disappeared it from my crib, still don't know who it was to this day. Its the only console I don't have from growing up

 

[Carl Tethers]

Well, as I've told many times I was working at funcoland (which was later bought by GameStop) when this launched and till this day I never seen anything like it.

Imagine black Friday hysteria for months.

And, this is why I'm anti Sony. Because Sony knew of disc read error and told us they not gonna do shyt about it. My launch console only played CD and not DVD so Tekken tag wasn't played after work that day, at a friend's house 10 deep, all of us ready to get it in and that shyt happened.

Now the idea of a warranty for a console was unheard of. We didn't buy warranties for the NES, SNES, Genesis/etc. Sony introduced disc based gaming and that's why nikkaz had PS1's upside down just too work after a while.

The PS2 had disc read error and that was so widespread that our store was filled with broken systems stacked to the ceiling. Sony almost got away with it but was sued and lost class action lawsuits worldwide over it.

I BAN BET ANYBODY HERE THAT CAN PROVE ME WRONG
@GoldenGlove you have my permission to nuke my account if anyone can prove otherwise

So that's why they sold 150 million ps2s because DRE disc read error forced everyone to buy at least 2 systems if not 3. And Sony stans didn't know what was going on or why kinda like the Vax Anyways, y'all gave Sony a pass then talked shyt the next gen when Xbox finally had an issue. You only remember the red ring of death, you don't remember how Microsoft fixed every system for free for the first 4 years of the Xbox 360s existence regardless of problem. Didn't lose class action lawsuits worldwide, didn't deny there was ever a problem like Sony or their stans

And they called us battered housewives then, and gamepass is bad now. Let's celebrate Sony getting away with murder brehs

The origin story of Court

 

[International Playa]

I got mine late, my mama couldn't afford it. I got my PS2 in a package deal when GTA San Andreas dropped. Epic moments driving around with CJ

 

[breakfuss]

MGS2 , Marvel vs Capcom 2 and GTA: Vice City were my first 3 games. I was a little late to the party since I initially asked for a GameCube instead of a PS2 . I can still remember being completely blown away by the tanker level.

Dare I say; the GOAT console

Someone please explain why EA abandoned this franchise. Goddamn. Even if you're not into sports games this shyt was dope on so many levels.

 

[Malik1time]

 

[Malik1time]

Does anyone know that game where it’s a bicycle race game where it had coop and you can throw bottle waters at people? I had so much fun with that game I think it was a demo when I last remembered

 

[Easy-E]

MGS2 , Marvel vs Capcom 2 and GTA: Vice City were my first 3 games. I was a little late to the party since I initially asked for a GameCube instead of a PS2 . I can still remember being completely blown away by the tanker level.


Someone please explain why EA abandoned this franchise. Goddamn. Even if you're not into sports games this shyt was dope on so many levels.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[The Black Sheep]

The first 2 games my parents bought for me.

Oh the memories.

 

[Tflasha]

Couldn’t afford this. Had to settle for a dream cast

Same, momma was a real one and got me one a couple years later tho

 

[Womb Raider]

PS2 was objectively fukking amazing

 

[Greenhornet]

Ps2 was dope where you could play DVD and music ... at the time it made your house a full on entertainment center
I think that's when I finally got surround sound going with huge ass speakers so my experience was incredible

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

My shyt ended up getting disc read error, this was like 05ish & ended up throwing mine out

I was hurt as fukk


Looking back I should’ve kept it and probably could’ve fixed that issue now

 

[Koba St]

PS2 was objectively fukking amazing

The greatest console of all time. I dont think it’ll ever be beaten in our lifetime. Sony were at their absolute peak

 

[Diunx]

Greatest console ever