Sony
PlayStation 2 (PS2) [1999] 
"PlayStation 2, the very best in home entertainment, is sleeker, smaller and more stylish than ever before - and comes in two gorgeous colours, Charcoal Black and Satin Silver."
PlayStation.com
It's the quality games and excellent
joypad that makes PlayStation 2 really good. Fortunately
the PS2 has kept the same Joypad (+ all analogue instead
of digital buttons!) and updates of our favourite games
such as FIFA and Grand Turismo.
Graphically its very much better in every respect to
the old one, having 32 Mb of RAM, a 128-bit running
at 300 MHz and a 150 MHz Sony graphics chip that can
do about 66 million polygon per second.
The PlayStation 2 is NOT
as fast as a PC
tested against a GeForce 2 Ultra and AMD 1.4 GHz on
the first person shooter Red Faction.
Grand Turismo looks and plays even better. The FIFA
game too looks good, but again the PC version looks
graphically better which brings the PlayStation 2 into
perspective. Other footy games include 'This is Football'
which is graphically better but Pro Evolution Soccer
exceeds in game play. PES4 is the new version coming
out and is definitely the leading football game around
at the moment - it is certainly my choice to buy.
The PS2 also plays DVD films
and is well worth the original £200 asking price
if you don't already own a standard DVD player.
For 3 years after its release,
it was THE console to buy. But along came Microsoft's
first console, the Xbox,
which looked like the fastest and best quality console
to come out. Then came Nintendo's new console the GameCube
which has also changed many people's perspective on
what to buy.
A silver version came out
earlier in the year, also a new 'slim' PS2 which is
75% smaller (now available in black or silver), will be available before
Christmas. The PS3 will be available for purchase around
mid to late 2006.
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