Sony PS2 Console (PS2)

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Link interface, which can connect it to a variety of high-tech Sony products--from digital cameras to notebook computers.

Personalized advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Sega's Dreamcast enjoyed a successful US launch on September 9 of that year; [35] fuelled by a large marketing campaign, it sold over 500,000 units within two weeks. Take Control Of Your Games With The Dualshock Controller With Its Analog Face And Shoulder Buttons, Twin Thumbsticks And Dual Feedback Vibration Motors.Sony also advertised heavily, and its online model had the support of Electronic Arts (EA); EA did not offer online Xbox titles until 2004. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 30 November 2000.

While the PlayStation 2's initial games lineup was considered mediocre, this changed during the 2001 holiday season with the release of several blockbuster games that maintained the PS2's sales momentum and held off its newer rivals. MHz (which is half the clock speed of the Emotion Engine), 4 MB of DRAM is capable of transmitting a display output of 1280 x 1024 pixels on both PAL and NTSC televisions. The PlayStation 2's main central processing unit (CPU) is the 64-bit R5900-based " Emotion Engine", custom-designed by Sony and Toshiba.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As a sixth-generation console, it competed with Nintendo's GameCube, Sega's Dreamcast, and Microsoft's Xbox. Homebrew programs can also play patched backups of original PS2 DVD games on unmodified consoles and install retail discs to an installed hard drive on older models. By early 1997, the press was reporting that a new PlayStation was being developed and would have backward-compatibility with the original PlayStation, a built-in DVD player, and Internet connectivity. In addition, some of these games also support the usage of a USB keyboard for text input, game control (instead of a DualShock or DualShock 2 gamepad, in tandem with a USB mouse), or both.