playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 (officially abbreviated PS2) is a video game home console manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of the PlayStation series.
It was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan, and then was released on October 26, 2000 in North America, and November 24, 2000 in Europe.
The second in Sony's line of PlayStation consoles, developed for the sixth generation market to compete against Microsoft's Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sega Dreamcast. The PS2 is hailed as the best selling console of all time, having reached over 154.4 million units sold as of November 21, 2011. As of 2012, over 12 years after its initial release, new games continue to be developed and sold for it.
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