Console Evolution: Notes on Playstation 2

PlayStation 2 (PS2) is Sony's game console, the PlayStation successor and predecessor of the PlayStation 3
Its development was announced in March 1999 and was the first time in Japan 4th March 2000, published in North America 26th October 2000 in Europe and 24 November 2000. Belongs to the PS2 was the sixth generation of game consoles and became the fastest selling in history, started with over 100 million units in November 2005, against the previous record holder, PlayStation, by three years and nine months. Plays the main article: List of PlayStation 2 plays the strength of the brand
PlayStation led to three strong support system. Although the launch titles for the PS2 were not very impressive, in 2000, the holiday season in 2001 saw the release of some sold well and plays by critically acclaimed. The PS2 titles helped the PS2 maintain and extend its line of video game consoles on the market, despite increasing competition starts Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. In several cases, Sony has exclusive deals with publishers to make their competitors.
The critically acclaimed dramas as the car is the great engine of flight and the ever-popular series of Final Fantasy (Square Enix), cry the last two tracks speed metal, the devil cry devil 3rd May, the number of SSX, after three titles Ace Combat, Kingdom Hearts by Square Enix Co / Disney, entertainment and trademarks of Sony Computer of the first part, such as Gran Turismo, SOCOM, and a number of noise and ratchet Jak and Daxter , ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, and samples of unexpected benefits of Norrath from EverQuest and samples for return to the arms.
The PS2 was also the home with various combinations of music, new games such as RPG, and the latest Guitar Hero game rocks. Towards the end of March 2005 there were 5.277 PS2 titles released worldwide, the aggregate turnover of 824 million units, said. With the worm back-compatibility with PlayStation games, the PS2 has released a software library of 13.020 shares after 5 years and 27 days later, although the boundaries of the region coding completely strict, with 3.181 titles PS2 PS1 versions 4.907 in Asia, 1.121 and 1.501 in Europe and 975 in North and 1.335 America.0
PS2 material can show both CDs and DVDs. And "Facing backwards compatible with PlayStation games (PS1), takes into account the visual playback of DVD and PS2 games, and CD-Romanian Economic and high-performance DVD-ROM. The ability to play DVD movies allows consumers to more easily justified the relatively high ticket price of PS2 (in October 2000 is the MSRP $ 300) are eliminated, since buying the need for an external DVD player (Indeed, one could say that the success of the DVD format in part on the ability of the PS2 to the DVD Playback was because the format consumers seemed to invite the launch of the console).
The PS2 also supports PS1 graphics memory (for the PS1 game saves only) and controllers as well. The duel shock controllers 2 PS1 PS2 is improving, mainly a duel shock as the buttons in front, shoulder and replaced D-trimming the number keys the original. may, if it is released, the PS2 had Avances many tools that were not present in other contemporary video game consoles, including the ports of 1394 DVD and expansion of USB and IEEE.
It was not until 2001, Microsoft Xbox residue was second, with the support of USB (1.1, with the specific loom as the Xbox console) and DVD. (This assumes, Nuon, a graphics co-processor advances on DVD, is not considered a console.) Even then, the accessory remote application separate from the Xbox to the function of the DVD, and Sony can continue to throw the PS2 as a DVD open position out of the box. Note that compatibility with USB devices, depends on device software, USB support.
For example, the PS2 was not able to initialize the image OIN one type of USB flash - the problem is resolved, but with the issue of Version 3.6 Software Magic Trading. First, Gran Turismo 4 does not save screenshots to a USB device without problems. Software compatibility support for the original PlayStation games was also a major argument for the PS2, while the owner of a previous level system for the PlayStation 2 and keep their old software and new users access to older plays a larger library was developed for the new system .
As an added bonus, the PS2 has the possibility of increasing the PlayStation games by speeding up disc read time and / or adding texture smoothing to improve graphics. While a good texture was generally are effective (albeit with odd effects where transparent textures are used), could be a faster hard drive is not the case or reading some pieces not play correctly. One of PlayStation titles (notably fixed speed metal to obtain: special missions) on PS2 at all (Special Missions do not run the speed of solid metal-screen-trading records identify, treat, for example).
This problem seems to be the slim PS2 versions, which are the majority of the works of PSone previously ironed useless now be played. This is a common misconception that disk swapping in a game (eg because of the multi-player or expansion packs) is not possible on PS2. The anomalous failure of the title on his trading records show might have given to this article.
The software for the PlayStation console contains one of four codes: for Japan and Asia: NTSC / J, North America: NTSC-U / C, Europe and Oceania: the game, and China: NTSC / C.


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