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| {{System | | {{ConsoleInfo| |
| |name=PlayStation 2 | | |name=PlayStation 2 |
| |logo=PlayStation 2 logo.svg | | |consoleimage=[[Image:PlayStation_2.jpg]] |
| |image=PlayStation 2.jpg
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| |manufacturer=[[Sony]] | | |manufacturer=[[Sony]] |
| |released=2000 | | |released=[[March 4]], [[2000]] (JP)<br />[[October 26]], [[2000]] (US)<br />[[November 24]], [[2000]] (EU) |
| |discontinued=2013
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| |preceded by=PlayStation
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| |followed by=PlayStation 3
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| The '''PlayStation 2''' is the successor to Sony's [[PSone]] and was originally released on March 4, [[2000]] in Japan. It is capable of running PSone and PS2 games, as well as playing DVDs and CDs.
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| The PlayStation 2 had two versions, the '''PlayStation 2''', and the '''PlayStation 2 Slimline'''. The only real difference – aside from the smaller size – is that the PlayStation 2 Slimline comes with the network adaptor built in, but ''does not'' have an expansion bay to add an internal hard disk drive. | | The '''PlayStation 2''' had two versions, the '''PlayStation 2''', and the '''PlayStation 2 Core'''. The only real difference, aside from the smaller size, is that the PlayStation 2 Core comes with the network adaptor built in. In addition, the PS2 Core features slightly faster loading times, a slimmer profile, and a top-loading CD tray (instead of the sliding tray that the original PS2 used). |
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| Also, the PS2 Slimline features slightly faster loading times, a slimmer profile, and a top-loading DVD tray (instead of the sliding tray that the original PS2 used).
| | [[Image:PlayStation_2_Redesign.jpg|thumb|left|PlayStation 2 Core]] |
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| Some differences between the Playstation and the Playstation 2 was the color-change of the console from gray to black and a more advanced control setting. The Playstation 2 could also play DVD's.
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| [[File:PlayStation 2 Redesign.jpg|thumb|right|180x180px|PlayStation 2 Slimline]]
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| <gallery>
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| File:Ps2 logo.png|The PS2 logo as an icon.
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| </gallery>
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| ==PSX==
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| :''The [[PlayStation]] is also colloquially known as the PSX''.
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| The {{nihongo|'''PSX'''|ピーエスエックス|Pī Esu Ekkusu}} is a [[Sony]] digital video recorder with a fully integrated [[PlayStation 2]] video game console. It was released in Japan on December 13, [[2003]]. Since it was designed to be a general-purpose consumer video device, it was marketed by the main [[Sony Corporation]] instead of [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] and does not carry the usual [[PlayStation]] branding. It was never released outside Japan.
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| [[Category:Sony]] | | [[Category:Sony]] |
| | [[Category:2000]] |
| | [[Category:March 4]] |