9 funny facts about the PlayStation 2 you never knew before

in #gaming5 years ago

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The PlayStation 2 is the most successful video game platform not only within the PlayStation family but also among all home platforms, perhaps to this day, where it had a large fan base at that time and managed to sell more than 155 million units until the beginning of 2013.

Here in this report we have gathered 9 facts about the device may not have heard of it by some exciting and others strange, but worthy to know these facts about one of the most powerful home gaming devices to this day.

1 - the longest life among all household appliances

PlayStation 2 was launched in 2000 around the world and has seen a great turnout especially since he is the heir of the PlayStation 1, which is the first device to provide 3D games depth where the PlayStation 2 completes this revolution with more features and new features and this succeeded in achieving a rush It is great to buy it, but the surprise is not here, but the surprise in the shelf life of the device we used to be the shelf life of any home platform between 6 to 7 years, but the PlayStation 2 was officially discontinued production in 2013, just a few months before the launch of the PlayStation 4.

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The life span of the PlayStation 2 is 13 years, during which millions of games have been sold on the device and its developers have made huge profits due to the expansion of popularity and possession of a lot of this device, which is a revolution in the home appliance industry at the time and perhaps due to the reason to support the games market and make it Main entertainment hub.

Linux operating system

Sony relies on a special operating system for the PlayStation Platforms based on the famous Linux system and is similar to the operating system Windows, this system is always closed on the platforms of the PlayStation, but what does not know much that the PlayStation 2 had a special version of this operating system and there were copies of The device was able to run the system and depend on them as personal computers to some, but this version was limited and not sold in large quantities.

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The system allowed some users to access many features similar to Windows and make use of the device as a personal computer.

3 - heart of the logo

I do not know if you are a dear reader of those who have lived with the PlayStation 2 or not, but if you are, did you know that the PlayStation logo on the disc reader in the basic version is flip if you want to change the position of the device from horizontal to longitudinal and vice versa, were you Learn this movement ?!

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4- Operation interface

I think that many of us do not forget the interface that appears when you turn on the machine ready to enter the game where it looked like cubes or to be as accurate as the skyscrapers where many of us did not pay any attention to these rectangular cubes, but did you know that their existence has significance ?!

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Well, these cubes indicate in terms of the number of games that you tried on the device, each cube represents a game and the more games that you run on the device the more crowded cubes and small size The second surprise is that the length of each cube represents the time it took with the game Cube represents the quality of the game you tried while Altitude represents the time you spent with this game.

5 - The last game issued on the device

The PlayStation 2, as I mentioned, lasted until 2013, where Sony stopped its production a few months before the launch of the PlayStation 4, but did you know that the last game that was launched is the game PES 14 ?!

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The famous football game PES 2014 was released in that period on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PSP, but Konami wanted to take advantage of the popularity of the device and its large fan base so it launched a special version of the game PES 14 on PlayStation 2.

6 - DVD Movie Player

The PlayStation 2 was an entertainment platform more than just a gaming device, besides the large gaming library that the PlayStation 2 provided to its large audience. 2 of the first platforms to play these discs and much relied on to watch the strongest Hollywood movies that were officially sold on these discs.

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7 - Brazil is the last country where the agency arrived

Although the PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 in all countries of the world, Brazil did not get the device officially until 9 years after the issuance where it was allowed to enter the market in 2009 and even worse, the price of the device was fictional where it was sold at 462 Nearly $ 1 was sold outside the country for less than $ 200.

8 - Playstation X

Before I talk about this special version of the PlayStation 2, I want to go back to the PlayStation 3's main user list called XMB, do you remember it? This interface was a revolution when it was revealed in the PlayStation 3, especially as it made access to the settings of the device available and easy after the operating systems were closed PlayStation.

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However, little is known that Sony has launched a special version of the PlayStation 2 called PSX was launched in Japan only in limited quantities, because it carries stronger hardware and provide more features for users, most importantly that it was supporting the XMB interface for menus that we saw on the PlayStation 3 later.

9 - a person calling himself the name of the PlayStation 2

Yes, it is true that the device has gained great popularity during the period of virtual life, but always there fanboys geeks who defend and adore unconsciously and was Dan Homes American nationality and one of those geeks PlayStation 2 so he decided from many lovers of the device to change his name officially to become his name “PlayStation 2”, Imagine walking down the street and calling 58 people, “Hey you, PlayStation 2 Come here ”

This is some information and oddity that it is true to describe about the PlayStation 2 had not been aware of before, but the identification was interesting and worth stopping at him, but which of these facts stunned you?

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