I bought EVERY PlayStation 2
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
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Chapter Titles:
0:00 History
1:37 Development
4:48 Launch
7:19 Competition
12:47 Gaming
15:05 Updates
18:08 Legacy 
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false, you guys didn't buy 160 million+ PlayStation 2s
They did its in the back
damn sorry
@@austinevansapology NOT accepted!!!!
once you buy all 160 million, then i'll forgive you...
yea, I'm still surprised that my PS2 is still in its place
real
Well....i was expecting a lot of PS2 console...not a PS history lesson and barely 5 minutes of actual PS consoles
same, i was expecting him to play on them and try them out, should be called ps2 history lesson
Same I was expecting something like the Playing 7th gen consoles in 2023 videos
😂😂lol same here I was like let’s see the playstion but 😂.nope just history lesson
Even I would have more to show 😂 and I'm a Xbox guy 🤣
I remember I worked at Sears in electronics at the PS2's launch.... we got SEVEN units, so naturally we did a lottery for a chance to buy one. There was a girl that worked at the Footlocker, she saw the crowds outside our entrance at the mall and jumped in line, got a ticket thinking we were giving away something. Lo and behold, her ticket was drawn and she got excited, until she found out it was for the opportunity to BUY one. This girl turned around and sold her ticket to some guy in line that offered her $600 for it.
Smart girl. She could then buy it later for 299 and pocket the rest. 😂
@@arvindrueben IIRC, she did end up getting one later for her bf
Funny how history repeats since that was the situation we found ourselves in with the PS5 / XSX ( minus the outrageous scalping since the internet was still in it's infancy lol).
I distinctly remember watching eBay throughout the day and for at least a few days after... they went for like 1200-1500 at peak, so not hugely off what the PS5/XSX went for during their time (and that's not adjusted for inflation, 1200-1500 at PS2 launch is roughly 2100-2700 now)
I also sold electronics at sears when the ps2 came out. We had a plain cardboard box that held six units. The day before ps2 was supposed to launch, I took that box onto the floor and sold all 6 to my friend in exchange for him giving me one. He then sold the others for around $1k each. My manager wasn't happy about it, but I didn't get fired. I proceeded to buy a sweet 36" jvc that had all the right connections. Last Playstation I've ever owned...because xbox is better. True story.
I remember getting the PS2 on Christmas and I was so excited. My dad, who wasn't much of a gift giver, had no clue about anything to do with video games but he knew how excited I was to get the PS2. He found a copy one of those Game Informer / walkthrough guides at a store and gave it to me alongside the PS2, which was clearly sourced by my mom. He was so proud of his purchase and getting me something he knew I'd love, I still remember his excitement to this day.
Oh that's really sweet, love this story 😊
man i can hear the CRT static in the background. that takes me back
I thought my headphones were going bad
hi denyah
@@vanss5019 hi
hi beat saber
@@ItsNoot3rch beat saber
Damn, clicked on the video thinking you're gonna show off every PS2 version released, didn't expect a history lesson for a time before I was born but I'll take it.
“A time before I was born” yikes😩
@BrenKo12 oof that hurt, I feel old now lol
@@BrenKo12 oof that hurt, I feel old now lol
I remember i had a ps1 when i was little and it was my birthday. My 2nd to last present was a ps2 game and my mom apologized for buying the wrong game since i inly had a ps1. Next present was a brand new ps2. My parents tricked me but damn ill never forget the PS2. 007 agent under fire was my favorite game
I had the same thing happened to me but my parents were split and my dad got me a gba pokemon game and I only had Gameboy color, I went to my mom's later that day she had the Gameboy advanced SP, it was the best
The ps2 at the time was the Ultimate Dvd player that just happened to play games in a lot of homes
I remember my family pooled our income tax together to buy the PS2 and Smackdown. My sister's friend who owned a DVD player would occasionally bring over DVD's which would make me sad because it meant the family would be using the console as a player and I couldn't play games lol.
the DVD benefit was massive.
PS2 hack: when the optical drive begins to not work from aging, place the PS2 upside down in the horizontal orientation
feel like discs would just fall out of the tray if you did that
Not in the drive but when you hit eject they will. @@CrashFan03
What???? 😂
@@glennphil1942 something to do with the Lasers ability to "bob up and down" (I forgot the technical word for it)
And as it's constantly pointed down it has to work less go focus.
@@CrashFan03 how it literally snaps in lol
Microsoft didn't include the licensing for DVDs with the console, so they sold the playback kit which gave a remote, and the license to play DVDs, so consumers that wanted that option could have it.
Don't forget they also later tried to push their own format ( HD-DVD) as well ( or was that the 360 era? I don't remember anymore lol).
@@TheCommanderTaco that was the 360 :)
My Mom and Dad, what I believe bribed a gamestop employee to save them a bundle that was overpriced at 650, just to be able to give me a ps2 that christmas...best Parents ever. 😢
from what I recall, 75 million polygons/sec was unlit straight poly's. When textured, lit, and a animated, I think it came down to 5-10million? I don't know which game has the most polys in a single frame... But looking into a lot of the older forums, everybody was guessing FPS and even people diving into refresh rate (60Hz). But nobody talked about frame-time producing a byproduct of framerate!
If memory serves, it's referring to tri-vertices (ie triangles), no lighting, textures, etc. Like t-flops, it's a pretty impractical metric.
@@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch Yeah, it was mostly marketing fluff. All the companies do it prior to a console release. Just like how companies now brag about teraflops or how Sony made a huge stink about it's SSD.
I don't even have nostalgia for the PS2 because I have consistently continued to play it since I was a kid.
Same here, still play it because it is the best co-op console to this day. Nowadays almost everything is online only subscription live service rubbish.
I got my PS2 the very day it came out on October 26, 2000. My dad went to Electronics Boutique for me and when he picked it up for me, it was the very last one that they had left in stock for the pre-orders. I had it until it was stolen in 2006 along with a lot of other items from my bedroom. My disc drive ended up needing to be replaced and Sony did a warranty replacement of the drive and it worked great after.
The ps2 being the cheapest DVD player on the market at the time was a huge win for them, i knew ppl who bought it just to watch DVDs, which, as a gamer, was wild to me!
The PS2 was not my favorite system of the generation, but I would go back in time to the year 2000 if the only system I was allowed to play was the PS2. That entire generation was phenomenal.
My fondest memory was driving for about 4 hours in Seattle to find a store that had one.
I didn’t know I needed a video on the PS2, but after watching to the end I realized I did
You need to recreate ultimate ps2 video. Most of the accessories failed in that video
I would say the biggest graphics leap was from the ps2 to the ps3
Hey Austin this video was a good breath of fresh air with a very good history lesson, while I’m not a worker at overclocked media I think this type of video is very important to put in rotation like a info video then a mystery tech and another info video. Hope that you continue this content
Clicking the video thinking “cool special editions”. Leaving because its a documentary on the ps2.
either way im watching lol
Yep exactly I wanted Austin reaction to every special edition of the console
I just checked, all my ps2s are still in the garage so this video is fake.
Love the history! Thank you! ❤
Around the time of the PS2 release it was way more exciting to be into PCs and PC gaming. I went from the PS1 to PC gaming and ended up getting a PS2 around 5 years after its release.
I remember when my dad brought home a PS2 for me and my sister. He got Nascar for himself and Dragonball Budokai for me. We played both games together and is a memory I hold close.
I remember skipping school on Friday to spend all night at the mall being first in line and playing games until like 3am Monday before i finally went to bed 🤣
Love this series definitely love the in depth look on these consoles, would love to see this type with the other consoles.
Just a tip, it might be smart to filter out the high frequency of the CRT TV in the background. Im not sure if that was the hi frequency sound i heard in all the talking clips but there is a really loud «CRT like» noise😂
Playing Killzone on split screen with friends was some of the best times ever.
ps2 is the best console because :
1- huge library of games
2- it plays ps1 games
3- it's a dvd player
I love this series! Please keep going.
that dreamcast fish really predicted the future
This seems expensive
Is that the PSX that ken destroyed in the denki vid?😅
The fact that this is best selling console ever and it's the one generation I went Nintendo over PS, and that I still haven't gotten one, is what keeps me up at night. Feel free to send me any spare consoles you have.
Emulators are NOT illegal Austin 👍
this is just a clickbanit name whole video is if you talk about story about PlayStation not you bought them
20:39 u are right i bought my PS2 literally before PS4 launch thinking nothing about production still active LOL
I like these informing videos Austin. Thanks for making it :)
I love this kind of videogames history video
8:15 that fish has more rizz than me. Lol
There even was a Slim model with PSU integrated into it, eliminating the external brick, no one talks about it?
I thoroughly enjoyed this, and Austin kept the annoyances to a minimum only letting it out when he tried to play on the console, that was a major win lol
When the PS2 came out I was actually grounded and not allowed to play video games. My stepdad actually got one launch day because the one we ordered hadn't arrived so he went to Best Buy and waited in line to get it. When he got home and plugged it in he sent me out of the room and i sat on the steps and listened to him play Midnight Club for what felt like hours to my 8 year old self before i was finally allowed to come into the room.
I loved my PS2. I had a couple of them. One couldn't read white discs, one couldn't read purple discs and the last one was perfect.
This is feeling like Icons the mini series.
Man I miss Icons.
what a coincidence upload, i just finished my 3 day project of modding my old ps2 from the depths of the attic
For online gaming, PS3 was awesome. It was free!
PS2 was my big dive into gaming. I had systems like the SNES and 64, and my cousin had a PS1, but when I finally got a PS2 it felt like the future.
I still have my original PS2 and it’s still completely functional. I love breaking it out on occasion for the memories.
I miss the 3 disc Final Fantasy games.😭 There was no better feeling than when the screen popped up “Insert Disc 2” and you feel that feeling of accomplishment and joy, like you’re really going far. Games are so short these days, they prioritize graphics over everything else.
Yip same. Shenmue on dreamcast & resident evil 4 on gamecube are my favourite disc swaps.
I only have one thing to say about the PS2. "Carry on my wayward son,
There'll be peace when you are done" (8)
Good thing about that phat PS2 is you don't need the disc drive in 2024. 30 dollars on aliexpress for a free mcboot memory card and gamestar sata network adapter will let you load anything you want off any ol' sata HDD/SSD.
Ur production is really good, it's a shame u don't get the same views as u used to get. Bring back "Hey guys, Austin here"!
There were shortages? Not everywhere then as where I live they were pretty damn easy to get. Without needing to queue outside a shop lol. Every one of my friends and me had one. Our parents had no issues buying one.
hot tip: you don't need the fuzzy bit on your mic. that's to block wind noise outside.
Any suggestions where I could purchase a definitely functioning used PS2? I own a slim and a normal, but recently the optical disc readers on both seem to have died within days of each other.
21:02 - it's the thought that counts, your dad tried his best :)
This console was pure genius and perfection for its era 🔥🔥🔥
I def was sold on PS2 being a gaming console and my main dvd player.They knocked it out with PS3 also being the cheapest BlueRay Player also.
GTA San Andreas was one of my most played games on my ps2, I also had dragon ball budokai 2, budokai 3 and budokai tenkaichi 3. Bakugan battle brawlers. And a handful of other games. But one of the first games I remember getting for ps2 was ATV off-road fury, 4x4 evolution and Maximo. (Maximo used to really scare me so I never made it pass the first two levels)
Everyone forgets about the EyeToy. PS2 was the first console to use a camera and your body as a controller.
This video was unique and enjoyable. I never had this console, but I always experience its games on the computer with the emulator.
A lot of higher ups at Sony at the time didn't like that Kutaragi was going behind their backs with the development of the PlayStation but the CEO of Sony at the time, Norio Ohga was actually in support of Kutaragi and the PlayStation.
i got a ps2 from Best Buy on launch day and the salesperson forced me to buy a "protection plan" with it. 2 years later the rumble feature stopped (it wasn't the controller, multiples were tried), and that Best Buy attempted to weasel their way out of honoring the "protection plan" i was forced to buy, or they wouldn't sell me the ps2
You finally got the actual ultimate ps3. You shafted us before by not even showing this backwards compatible model.
Really great video, enjoyed it a lot.
Didn’t realize this was a retrospective
I thought there were gonna be random boxes thrown on a table
Nope you did not , where is Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 aka the PS2 TV ...
Did you watch the entire video?
@@josueanaya where is Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 ? PSX is not PS2TV but a tuner with a PS2 build in .
@@hfric It was there. It was in a few frames and that is it.
I remember DVDs first coming (Sorry, a back in my day moment) out and getting a bunch of VHS for 99 cents as stores shifted them out.
I remember similar happenings here in Europe. Only blanks kept on selling at original prices, because there weren't any DVD recorders yet and HDD recorders were overpriced. A friend of mine had a HDD recorder, which was if i remember right 1000€ and it was just a PC with a tuner card, special GUI and remote in a specialised housing. It even ran Windows.
DVD launched as a format in 1996.
I had a Gamecube and Xbox before a PS2 but once I got the PS2, I loved me some KH and Final Fantasy.
Before that though, the biggest memory I have is my friend at the time getting a Ps2 with no memory card. He also got Shinobi and Lord of the Rings Two Towers with it.
We spent the entire night playing through Two Towers because we couldn't save it.
And we spent a good chunk of time replaying the first like 3 or 4 levels of shinobi because that game was hard and without being able to save, everytime we died we had to start from the beginning. We got really good at those first couple levels.
When I was younger, I always thought the PS2 wasn't really selling well as it took years before I knew someone that owned one.
Very good man, educational, engageding, awesome episode.
I remember when I got the PS1 and then my dad won a PS2 through his work. Even the PS2 design was cool.
The PS2 was the first console I ever owned, it's what got me into gaming and I remember one of the first games I ever played on it was Sonic and Knuckles
Mine's still hooked up and running strong.
the problem with the PS2 Slim was that it didnt have the fans so it was easily prone to overheating and the disc/lens drives would fail on these all the time.
As a kid i didnt even know the Gamecube and Xbox existed untill i met other kids who had one. I just thought everyone had a PS2 because most did.
Legit everyone i knew had a PS2 and my cousins would all bring their memeory cards when visiting so we could play together.
I switched over to the xbox 360 in the next generation but PS2 will always be a huge part of my childhood. I can still remember the day i got it for christmas.
How many ps2 history videos are you going to make
I like how you have the modem attached to the ps2
Has anyone else noticed? Playstation 1,3,and 5 are rounded and bubbly, and 2 and 4 are very angular in design.
The SNES handily won against the genesis. Out sold it by nearly 20 million units in a console gen where neither home console sold over 50 million. That's not Nintendo "barely coming out on top", that's Sega being definitively 2nd place by large margin. Heck, the Genesis came out in 1988/89 and was out sold by the NES during the 2 years those products overlapped in relevancy.
Its crazy how it still sold 50 million during the 7th generation
You gotta love emulation. It’s key to keeping these games with us.
The good ole days where 256 mb storage cards was a huge amount of storage 😂 and had to plug um in the front of the console lol
I managed to get two PS2 systems at release and was able to sell one of them for around $900 on eBay. No it wasn't to scalp, it was for me and my brother to have our own systems, but when we saw people paying that much, why not? We just bought another new one later when they were back in stock.
ps2, xbox, gamecube was best gen in gaming imo so much innovation and 3rd party hardware really shined devs where taking risk wether it be good or bad the fact that they took risk is a win in my book also a stapple of my childhood
The ps2 is such a great street fighter machine
I miss the Ps1 ps2 hype. Games these days don't excite me as much. Yes I'm older, yes I don't play and converse with friends about games as much. Yes I have other things go do but man, the joy of those consoles have me for life
really wish I had a PS2 back then so I could play all the iconic games. however I did play the ratchet and clank trilogy recently and platinum’d both the first and second game, and it is just so amazing. very iconic game that defined the PS2 as well
What isn’t common knowledge is DVDs burnt the reader out faster then any disc same with dark disk (blue/purple) clear format discs in game format didn’t do anything . Somehow DVDs would burn it out.
Remember having nintendo systems to then getting a ps2 it was big leap, i still have and have a huge catalog of games
3:50 but Austin, they already said that the next Xbox will be the biggest leap ever. :D
Dreamcast had the BEST version of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and I will die on that hill.
100% agree.
idk i hear the xbox version's a strong contender
I had a GameCube and didn’t know what a PlayStation was back then
Nintendo needs to understand that the people who pirate the most are also the people who buy the most games. I have pirated so many games before because they are games that I either can't get a hold of or they are too expensive on the used market yet I have never pirated a Switch game and I have a huge library of physical Switch games.
I miss my ps2 getting it and vice city was a great Christmas back then!
I forgot about that Dreamcast fish, I'm gonna have nightmares tonight lol
I have a PS2 with the BlockBuster sticker and the BlockBuster case