Oku kunokuba nzima ukuba abaninzi bakholelwe, kodwa i-PlayStation 2 ineminyaka engama-20 ubudala, ikhonsoli eyajika izigidi zabantu ukuba zibe ngabadlali banaphakade. Kubantu abaninzi, i-PlayStation 2 yaba ngumdlali weDVD wokuqala - mhlawumbi yayiyeyona ndlela iphantsi yokufumana umdlali onjalo kwaye kwangaxeshanye uthethelela ukuthengwa kwekhonsoli entsha yomdlalo.
U-Sony wakhulula umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe ze-PlayStation yaseJapan ngo-Matshi 4, 2000, nangona abadlali abakweminye imimandla kwafuneka balinde ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezisixhenxe ezongezelelweyo. I-console yayiqhayisa imizobo ephuculweyo, ukuhambelana ngasemva kunye nemidlalo yePS yokuqala, kunye nokukwazi ukudlala iiDVD.
Inkqubo ifumene i-Emotion Engine processor yayo kunye ne-frequency ye-294 MHz, i-Graphics Synthesizer @ 147 MHz i-accelerator yemizobo kunye ne-4 MB yememori yevidiyo ye-DRAM. Uyise we-PlayStation 2 uthathwa njengoKen Kutaragi, okhokele iqela elaphuhlisa kwaye lasungula i-PlayStation yokuqala ngo-1994, kunye ne-PlayStation 2, i-PlayStation Portable kunye ne-PlayStation 3.
Ngexesha le-PlayStation 2 phantse iminyaka eli-13 yomjikelo wobomi, uSony uthengise iiyunithi ezizigidi ezili-157,68 () ingaphezulu kwa Nintendo DS (154,9 million) kunye Game Boy (118,69 million). Ngokuthelekisa, i-PS1 ithengise i-104,25 yezigidi zeeyunithi kwaye i-PS3 ithengise i-86,9 yezigidi, okwenza iqonga libe yi-console yemidlalo ethengiswa kakhulu kwixesha lonke.
I-PlayStation 2 ifumene ithala leencwadi elikhulu le-4,5 lamawaka emidlalo eyahlukeneyo. Ukujonga emva kwiiprojekthi eziphumileyo, akunakwenzeka ukuba ukhethe enye enokuba luphawu olucacileyo lweli qonga. Nangona kunjalo, uthotho oluninzi oludumileyo lwaqala kwi-PS2: UThixo weMfazwe, uMtyholi unokukhala, kunye noRatchet & Clank. Kwaye Grand Ubusela Auto: San Andreas nangoku ubambe isihloko ethengiswa kakhulu PS2 umdlalo. Olunye uthotho oludumileyo lubandakanya iGran Turismo, Burnout, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Persona, Zone of Enders, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Madden, FIFA kunye neRock Band.
NgoDisemba 28, 2012, i-PS2 yayekwa eJapan, kwaye ngoJanuwari 4, 2013, u-Sony waqinisekisa ukuba i-PS2 yayekwa kwezinye iimarike zamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngendlela, kulo nyaka uphelileyo isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25 yePlayStation yasekuqaleni yakwaSony, eyakhutshwa nge-3 kaDisemba ka-1994. Umongameli weSIE kwesi sihlandlo. Kwaye abasebenzi be-iFixit, abakhethekileyo ekuqhawuleni nasekulungiseni izixhobo, babhiyozele lo mhla ubalulekileyo imodeli yokuqala yenzelwe iJapan kuphela. Ekugqibeleni, kuNyaka oMtsha uSony , enikezelwe kwiminyaka eyi-25 yePlayStation:
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