Lokhu kungase kube nzima kwabaningi ukukholelwa, kodwa i-PlayStation 2 ineminyaka engu-20 ubudala, ikhonsoli eguqule izigidi zabantu zibe abadlali baphakade. Kubantu abaningi, i-PlayStation 2 yaba isidlali se-DVD sokuqala - mhlawumbe kwakuyindlela eshibhile kakhulu yokuthola umdlali onjalo futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo uthethelela ukuthengwa kwekhonsoli entsha yomdlalo.
U-Sony ukhiphe ozongena esikhundleni ku-PlayStation yayo yokuqala e-Japan ngoMashi 4, 2000, nakuba abadlali kwezinye izifunda kwadingeka balinde ngaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisikhombisa ezengeziwe. Ikhonsoli ibiziqhayise ngezithombe ezithuthukisiwe, ukuhambisana nokubuyela emuva nemidlalo yasekuqaleni ye-PS, kanye nekhono lokudlala ama-DVD.
Isistimu ithole iphrosesa yayo ye-Emotion Engine ene-frequency engu-294 MHz, i-Graphics Synthesizer @ 147 MHz i-accelerator yezithombe kanye no-4 MB wememori yevidiyo ye-DRAM. Ubaba we-PlayStation 2 uthathwa njengoKen Kutaragi, owahola iqembu elakha futhi lethula i-PlayStation yokuqala ngo-1994, kanye ne-PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable kanye ne-PlayStation 3.
Ngesikhathi se-PlayStation 2 cishe iminyaka eyi-13, u-Sony uthengise amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-157,68 () ingaphezu ngisho iNintendo DS (154,9 million) kanye neGame Boy (118,69 million). Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-PS1 ithengise amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-104,25 kwathi i-PS3 yathengisa izigidi ezingama-86,9, okwenza inkundla ibe inkundla yokudlala ethengiswa kakhulu kunaso sonke isikhathi.
I-PlayStation 2 ithole umtapo wolwazi omkhulu wemidlalo ehlukene eyinkulungwane ezi-4,5. Uma ubheka emuva kumaphrojekthi aphumile, akunakwenzeka ukuhlukanisa eyodwa engaba uphawu olucacile lwale nkundla. Nokho, uchungechunge oluningi oludumile lwaqala ku-PS2: God of War, Devil May Cry, kanye no-Ratchet & Clank. Futhi i-Grand Theft Auto: I-San Andreas isaphethe isihloko somdlalo othengiswa kakhulu we-PS2. Olunye uchungechunge oludumile luhlanganisa iGran Turismo, Burnout, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Persona, Zone of Enders, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Madden, FIFA kanye neRock Band.
Ngomhla zingama-28 kuZibandlela 2012, i-PS2 yayekwa e-Japan, futhi ngoJanuwari 4, 2013, u-Sony waqinisekisa ukuthi i-PS2 yayekwa nakwezinye izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngendlela, ngonyaka odlule bekungunyaka wama-25 we-PlayStation yasekuqaleni yakwaSony, eyakhululwa ngoDisemba 3, 1994. Umongameli we-SIE kulesi senzakalo. Futhi abasebenzi be-iFixit, abagxile ekuhlakazeni nasekulungiseni imishini, bagubhe lolu suku olubalulekile imodeli yokuqala ngqa yenzelwe iJapan kuphela. Ekugcineni, ngoNyaka Omusha i-Sony , enikezelwe eminyakeni engama-25 ye-PlayStation:
Source: 3dnews.ru