Izi zitha kukhala zovuta kuti ambiri akhulupirire, koma PlayStation 2 ili ndi zaka 20, chotonthoza chomwe chinatembenuza anthu mamiliyoni ambiri kukhala osewera mpaka kalekale. Kwa anthu ambiri, PlayStation 2 idakhala sewero loyamba la DVD - mwina inali njira yotsika mtengo kwambiri yopezera wosewera wotere komanso nthawi yomweyo kulungamitsa kugula kosangalatsa kwamasewera atsopano.
Sony idatulutsa wolowa m'malo mwa PlayStation yake yoyambirira ku Japan pa Marichi 4, 2000, ngakhale osewera m'magawo ena adadikirira miyezi isanu ndi iwiri yowonjezera. Konsoliyo idadzitamandira ndi zithunzi zotsogola, kutsata kumbuyo ndi masewera oyambilira a PS, komanso kuthekera kosewera ma DVD.
Makinawa adalandira purosesa yake ya Emotion Engine yokhala ndi ma frequency a 294 MHz, Graphics Synthesizer @ 147 MHz graphic accelerator ndi 4 MB ya kukumbukira kanema wa DRAM. Bambo wa PlayStation 2 amawerengedwa kuti ndi Ken Kutaragi, yemwe adatsogolera gulu lomwe lidapanga ndikukhazikitsa PlayStation yoyambirira mu 1994, komanso PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable ndi PlayStation 3.
Pazaka pafupifupi 2 za PlayStation 13, Sony idagulitsa mayunitsi 157,68 miliyoni () ndizoposa ngakhale Nintendo DS (154,9 miliyoni) ndi Game Boy (118,69 miliyoni). Poyerekeza, PS1 idagulitsa mayunitsi 104,25 miliyoni ndipo PS3 idagulitsa 86,9 miliyoni, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nsanja ikhale yogulitsa kwambiri nthawi zonse.
PlayStation 2 idalandira laibulale yayikulu yamasewera osiyanasiyana 4,5. Kuyang'ana mmbuyo pamapulojekiti omwe adatuluka, ndizosatheka kutchula imodzi yomwe ingakhale chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha nsanja iyi. Komabe, mndandanda wambiri wotchuka unayambira pa PS2: Mulungu Wankhondo, Mdierekezi Akulira, ndi Ratchet & Clank. Ndipo Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas akadali ndi mutu wamasewera ogulitsa kwambiri a PS2. Zina zodziwika bwino zikuphatikiza Gran Turismo, Burnout, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Persona, Zone of Enders, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Madden, FIFA ndi Rock Band.
Pa Disembala 28, 2012, PS2 idayimitsidwa ku Japan, ndipo pa Januware 4, 2013, Sony idatsimikiza kuti PS2 idayimitsidwanso kumisika ina yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Mwa njira, chaka chatha chinali chikumbutso cha 25 cha PlayStation yoyambirira ya Sony, yomwe idatulutsidwa pa Disembala 3, 1994. Purezidenti wa SIE pa nthawiyi. Ndipo ogwira ntchito ku iFixit, okhazikika pakuchotsa ndi kukonza zida, adakondwerera tsiku lofunikali chitsanzo choyamba chomwe chinapangidwira ku Japan kokha. Pomaliza, kwa Chaka Chatsopano Sony , yoperekedwa kwa zaka 25 za PlayStation:
Source: 3dnews.ru