The PlayStation 2 (officially branded as PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America on October 26, 2000, and in Europe and Australia on November 24, 2000, and is the successor to the original PlayStation, as well as the second installment in the PlayStation console line-up. A sixth-generation console, it competed with Sega's Dreamcast, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's original Xbox. Announced in 1999, the PS2 offered backward-compatibility for its predecessor's DualShock controller, as well as its games. The PS2 is the best-selling video game console of all time, having sold over 155 million units worldwide, as confirmed by Sony. Sony later manufactured several smaller, lighter revisions of the console known as Slimline models in 2004. Even with the release of its successor, the PlayStation 3, the PS2 remained popular well into the seventh generation, and continued to be produced until 2013, when Sony finally announced it had been discontinued after over twelve years of production – one of the longest lifespans of a video game console. Despite the announcement, new games for the console continued to be produced until the end of 2013, including Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin for Japan, FIFA 13 for North America, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 for Europe. Repair services for the system in Japan ended on September 7, 2018.
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2008 | PS2 | THQ | Fighting, Professional wrestling | Download |
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2005 | PS2 | TDK Mediactive, Playlogic Entertainment | Console role-playing, Action-adventure, Action, Hack and slash, Role-playing | Download |
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2002 | PS2 | Konami | Music, Exergaming | Download |
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2005 | PS2 | Sony Computer Entertainment | Music, Simulation, Party | Download |
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PS2 | Data Design Interactive, Metro 3D | Puzzle, Action | Download | |
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PS2 | Sony Computer Entertainment | Action, Racing, Vehicular combat | Download | |
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PS2 | SNK Playmore | Shooter, Shoot 'em up, Action, Arcade, Run and gun, Scrolling shooter | Download | |
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2008 | PS2 | LucasArts, Feral Interactive | Action-adventure, Action, Adventure | Download |
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2004 | PS2 | Sammy Corporation, Sega Sammy Holdings, 505 Games, Zushi Games | Fighting | Download |
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2004 | PS2 | TDK Mediactive | Action-adventure, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Role-playing | Download |
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PS2 | Konami | Music | Download | |
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PS2 | Rockstar Games, Destination Software, Inc. | Racing | Download | |
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2004 | PS2 | Tecmo Koei, Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America, THQ, Koei, Gust | Adventure, Role-playing | Download |
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2003 | PS2 | Ubisoft, Marvelous Entertainment Inc., Feral Interactive | Shooter, Action, First-person Shooter | Download |
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1997 | PS2 | Namco Bandai Games, Namco | Console role-playing, Role-playing | Download |
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PS2 | Tecmo Koei, Koei | Simulation, Strategy | Download | |
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2005 | PS2 | 505 Games, Atlus, Irem, Sony Computer Entertainment | Action-adventure | Download |
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2001 | PS2 | Eidos Interactive, Titus Interactive SA | Action-adventure, Action, Adventure | Download |
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PS2 | Disney Interactive Studios, Disney Interactive | Music, Adventure | Download | |
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PS2 | Sports, Racing | Download | ||
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2002 | PS2 | Acclaim Entertainment | Shooter, Action, Adventure, First-person Shooter | Download |
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2000 | PS2 | LucasArts | Adventure, Graphic adventure | Download |
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2008 | PS2 | O~3 Entertainment, Idea Factory | Tactical role-playing, Role-playing, Strategy | Download |
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PS2 | Rockstar Games | Action-adventure, Action | Download | |
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2005 | PS2 | LucasArts, Eidos Interactive | Action-adventure, Platform, Action, Adventure | Download |
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PS2 | Atari, Inc., Bandai | Action-adventure, Action | Download | |
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2005 | PS2 | Namco | Console role-playing, Action, Adventure, Role-playing | Download |
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PS2 | Square Enix | Action role-playing, Action, Fighting, Role-playing | Download | |
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2007 | PS2 | Yuke's, THQ | Fighting, Professional wrestling | Download |
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PS2 | Acclaim Entertainment | Action, Beat 'em up, Hack and slash | Download |