Farewell PS2

To quote wikipedia.

" [color=darkblue]On December 28, 2012, Sony ceased production of PlayStation 2 consoles in Japan. However, new games continue to be developed and sold.[/color] "


Yes its true. Quite sad really as I thought the ps2 will never stopped being made. Wonderful games the ps2 had. I most definitely will get a ps2 to replace my old one that no longer works and to enjoy my games once more.

funny fact: Sega's dreamcast and sony's Ps2 and psp are still outselling the juggernaut Ps Vita

Do you think it'd be a better idea to buy a new PS2 or run the emulator?

The emulator can only run a few games perfectly and beyond. Games like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy run without flaw and can even go at 90fps and 300fps (I did for KH2FM and FFX respectively) while other games like Star Wars Battlefront and Ratchet and Clank are much more difficult to run (actually it is impossible to run Battlefront) because of the A.I. count. I mean in Battlefront, the computer needs to track each A.I. (so 400 right there), it needs to monitor each and every laser bolt and explosion and watch the health for them all plus you. I managed to get it to run at 15fps. I could dodge every shot at that speed. Not to mention, you need a very powerful computer. I could run FFX on my desktop cleanly but on my laptop (4gb of ram) it stuttered quite a bit.

Otherwise, I am rather happy that the PS2 is being retired. It had a long life. Although, I am pissed at Sony for their decision because with the PS2 out of the way now, more games should be re-released for the PS3 (They already have Ratchet and Clank and Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix (Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix + Chains of Memories and scenes from 358/2 Days), God of War etc) but with the PS4 (or whatever they call if) on the horizion it is unlikely that some great games will not be ported over. Although you could just say I'm a sourpuss since I have the newer model of the PS3 that is not backwards compatible.

Either way, the PS2 deserves to rest peacefully within its grave.

The first console I bought was the PS1. I was still a kid back then, and video games weren't exactly what we talked about in school, so I didn't get involved too much, i.e. Looney Tunes Racing and Digimon Rumble Arena.

Then along came the PS2, with all its excellent graphics. I think that's where I actually got into playing RPGs, starting with Kingdom Hearts 2 and then Final Fantasy XII. I don't know why, but some time ago, it just... died. That's where the PS3 comes into the picture, I guess.

I suppose you're right. The PS2 had a nice, long life. We'll always remember it, even if other don't.

And thanks for the advice on the emulator btw.

Sony should have been smarter. They should've enabled backwards compatibility for the PS3, and stopped production of PS2s long ago. Seems like they would have sold more PS3s, IMO.

They did, didn't they?

Yeah, but apparently not every PS2 game has PS3 support. I guess I should've said 'complete backwards compatibility' instead, my bad.

That's weird, I haven't run into that problem yet.

I haven't run into that either. That's actually the main reason I love the PS3 so much - I can play all my PS1 and PS2 games on it AND I get internal memory cards too. As a bonus, it also plays PS3 games.

But I have heard that later models of the PS3 don't have backwards compatibility.

[font=Verdana]I agree to this. The emulator does play the PS2 games, but still crappy graphics compared to when you play it on a real PS2.

I'm a bit indifferent on this. It's not like I want it to die. I just think that it's time for it to go. [/font]

It had a nice long run as one of the top consoles EVER and it's time for it to say goodbye. It holds very fond memories with games like God Of War 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas I will miss it.

If it wasn't for this system, games like Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy 10, Kingdom Hearts, God of War, Metal Gear Solid 3, Persona 3 and countless others that made the system famous would probably have never come to light. Thanks for the memories, Playstation 2, it was a damn good run while it lasted.

It's sad to see the PS2 die out. I came late into buying the original Playstation (I didn't get mine till summer of 2000) as I stayed with Nintendo and Sega. The PS2 was my first Sony system that I brought from start to finish. It was also the first game system that I had more games for then Nintendo (I was a HUGE Nintendo kid) and early on I could watch DVDs on. I had such fond memories of that system of Kingdom Hearts, Jax II, Final Fantasy X, Dark Cloud, GTA and many many more. I also loved how I could play all my PS1 games on it and in fact made them load faster and/or look more clear than the original PS1.

When it came for me to buy a new PS2 because my original one would no longer read disks I decided to find the 60GB PS3 just so I could play my PS2 games. I loved that Playstation 2 and will more than likely buy another one in the future.

I didn't finish the dot hack games on PS2, and there's some Tales games on it too correct? Now I REALLY have to hunt down these games.

PS2 was pretty much the best system ever. I still have and plan to keep my PS2

QFT, I still play mine all the time

at least they still make new games.

My ps2 doesn't work anymore T_T

I don't use mine that much anymore, but definitely still have it. That was a great system, so many amazing games came out. That and it was fully willing to be backwards compatible so all my favorite PSX games were still good to go.