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{{ | {{System | ||
|name=PlayStation 2 | |name=PlayStation 2 | ||
| | |logo=PlayStation 2 logo.svg | ||
|image=PlayStation 2.jpg | |||
|manufacturer=[[Sony]] | |manufacturer=[[Sony]] | ||
|released= | |released=2000 | ||
|discontinued=2013 | |||
|preceded by=PlayStation | |||
|followed by=PlayStation 3 | |||
}} | }} | ||
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. | |||
The | 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. | ||
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). | |||
[[Category: | 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. | ||
[[File:PlayStation 2 Redesign.jpg|thumb|right|180x180px|PlayStation 2 Slimline]] | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Ps2 logo.png|The PS2 logo as an icon. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==PSX== | |||
:''The [[PlayStation]] is also colloquially known as the PSX''. | |||
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. | |||
[[Category:Sixth-generation consoles]] | |||
[[Category:Sony]] | [[Category:Sony]] | ||