Playstation 2

The PlayStation 2 (often shortened to PS2) is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game consoles. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was released a year later in Japan.

The PS2 is the best-selling console to date, having reached over 136 million units sell-in as of the end of December 20082 and a software library projected to exceed 1,900 games in 2009.6 New games are scheduled to be released into 2010, giving the PS2 a marketable life of over 10 years, thus continuing the sixth generation.