false, you guys didn't buy 160 million+ PlayStation 2s

Well....i was expecting a lot of PS2 console...not a PS history lesson and barely 5 minutes of actual PS consoles

I remember I worked at Sears in electronics at the PS2's launch.... we got SEVEN units, so naturally we did a lottery for a chance to buy one. There was a girl that worked at the Footlocker, she saw the crowds outside our entrance at the mall and jumped in line, got a ticket thinking we were giving away something. Lo and behold, her ticket was drawn and she got excited, until she found out it was for the opportunity to BUY one. This girl turned around and sold her ticket to some guy in line that offered her $600 for it.

man i can hear the CRT static in the background. that takes me back

Damn, clicked on the video thinking you're gonna show off every PS2 version released, didn't expect a history lesson for a time before I was born but I'll take it.

I remember i had a ps1 when i was little and it was my birthday. My 2nd to last present was a ps2 game and my mom apologized for buying the wrong game since i inly had a ps1. Next present was a brand new ps2. My parents tricked me but damn ill never forget the PS2. 007 agent under fire was my favorite game

PS2 hack: when the optical drive begins to not work from aging, place the PS2 upside down in the horizontal orientation

The ps2 at the time was the Ultimate Dvd player that just happened to play games in a lot of homes

Microsoft didn't include the licensing for DVDs with the console, so they sold the playback kit which gave a remote, and the license to play DVDs, so consumers that wanted that option could have it.

My Mom and Dad, what I believe bribed a gamestop employee to save them a bundle that was overpriced at 650, just to be able to give me a ps2 that christmas...best Parents ever. 😢

I don't even have nostalgia for the PS2 because I have consistently continued to play it since I was a kid.

from what I recall, 75 million polygons/sec was unlit straight poly's. When textured, lit, and a animated, I think it came down to 5-10million? I don't know which game has the most polys in a single frame... But looking into a lot of the older forums, everybody was guessing FPS and even people diving into refresh rate (60Hz). But nobody talked about frame-time producing a byproduct of framerate!

I remember getting the PS2 on Christmas and I was so excited. My dad, who wasn't much of a gift giver, had no clue about anything to do with video games but he knew how excited I was to get the PS2. He found a copy one of those Game Informer / walkthrough guides at a store and gave it to me alongside the PS2, which was clearly sourced by my mom. He was so proud of his purchase and getting me something he knew I'd love, I still remember his excitement to this day.

I got my PS2 the very day it came out on October 26, 2000. My dad went to Electronics Boutique for me and when he picked it up for me, it was the very last one that they had left in stock for the pre-orders. I had it until it was stolen in 2006 along with a lot of other items from my bedroom. My disc drive ended up needing to be replaced and Sony did a warranty replacement of the drive and it worked great after.

I would say the biggest graphics leap was from the ps2 to the ps3

My fondest memory was driving for about 4 hours in Seattle to find a store that had one.

The ps2 being the cheapest DVD player on the market at the time was a huge win for them, i knew ppl who bought it just to watch DVDs, which, as a gamer, was wild to me!

I only have one thing to say about the PS2. "Carry on my wayward son, There'll be peace when you are done" (8)

I didn’t know I needed a video on the PS2, but after watching to the end I realized I did

You need to recreate ultimate ps2 video. Most of the accessories failed in that video

The PS2 was not my favorite system of the generation, but I would go back in time to the year 2000 if the only system I was allowed to play was the PS2. That entire generation was phenomenal.

Love this series definitely love the in depth look on these consoles, would love to see this type with the other consoles.

Playing Killzone on split screen with friends was some of the best times ever.

this is just a clickbanit name whole video is if you talk about story about PlayStation not you bought them

that dreamcast fish really predicted the future

Love the history! Thank you! ❤

Hey Austin this video was a good breath of fresh air with a very good history lesson, while I’m not a worker at overclocked media I think this type of video is very important to put in rotation like a info video then a mystery tech and another info video. Hope that you continue this content

I remember skipping school on Friday to spend all night at the mall being first in line and playing games until like 3am Monday before i finally went to bed 🤣

I remember when my dad brought home a PS2 for me and my sister. He got Nascar for himself and Dragonball Budokai for me. We played both games together and is a memory I hold close.

Just a tip, it might be smart to filter out the high frequency of the CRT TV in the background. Im not sure if that was the hi frequency sound i heard in all the talking clips but there is a really loud «CRT like» noise😂

For online gaming, PS3 was awesome. It was free!

Around the time of the PS2 release it was way more exciting to be into PCs and PC gaming. I went from the PS1 to PC gaming and ended up getting a PS2 around 5 years after its release.

8:15 that fish has more rizz than me. Lol

20:39 u are right i bought my PS2 literally before PS4 launch thinking nothing about production still active LOL

I love this series! Please keep going.

There even was a Slim model with PSU integrated into it, eliminating the external brick, no one talks about it?

I like these informing videos Austin. Thanks for making it :)

Clicking the video thinking “cool special editions”. Leaving because its a documentary on the ps2.

I love this kind of videogames history video

what a coincidence upload, i just finished my 3 day project of modding my old ps2 from the depths of the attic

Is that the PSX that ken destroyed in the denki vid?😅

I loved my PS2. I had a couple of them. One couldn't read white discs, one couldn't read purple discs and the last one was perfect.

When the PS2 came out I was actually grounded and not allowed to play video games. My stepdad actually got one launch day because the one we ordered hadn't arrived so he went to Best Buy and waited in line to get it. When he got home and plugged it in he sent me out of the room and i sat on the steps and listened to him play Midnight Club for what felt like hours to my 8 year old self before i was finally allowed to come into the room.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, and Austin kept the annoyances to a minimum only letting it out when he tried to play on the console, that was a major win lol

Going from component video cables with the PS1, to composite video for the PS2 to HDMI for PS3, things changed pretty regularly over those 3 generations, even though the generations before followed the RF/component route for years before, and we've pretty much stuck with HDMI since.

Any suggestions where I could purchase a definitely functioning used PS2? I own a slim and a normal, but recently the optical disc readers on both seem to have died within days of each other.

This seems expensive

Didn’t realize this was a retrospective I thought there were gonna be random boxes thrown on a table

hot tip: you don't need the fuzzy bit on your mic. that's to block wind noise outside.

There were shortages? Not everywhere then as where I live they were pretty damn easy to get. Without needing to queue outside a shop lol. Every one of my friends and me had one. Our parents had no issues buying one.

The fact that this is best selling console ever and it's the one generation I went Nintendo over PS, and that I still haven't gotten one, is what keeps me up at night. Feel free to send me any spare consoles you have.

I def was sold on PS2 being a gaming console and my main dvd player.They knocked it out with PS3 also being the cheapest BlueRay Player also.

Ur production is really good, it's a shame u don't get the same views as u used to get. Bring back "Hey guys, Austin here"!

Emulators are NOT illegal Austin 👍

This is feeling like Icons the mini series. Man I miss Icons.

This video was unique and enjoyable. I never had this console, but I always experience its games on the computer with the emulator.

Very good man, educational, engageding, awesome episode.

I just checked, all my ps2s are still in the garage so this video is fake.

PS2 was my big dive into gaming. I had systems like the SNES and 64, and my cousin had a PS1, but when I finally got a PS2 it felt like the future.

The PS2 was the first console I ever owned, it's what got me into gaming and I remember one of the first games I ever played on it was Sonic and Knuckles

You finally got the actual ultimate ps3. You shafted us before by not even showing this backwards compatible model.

Mine's still hooked up and running strong.

Really great video, enjoyed it a lot.

I remember DVDs first coming (Sorry, a back in my day moment) out and getting a bunch of VHS for 99 cents as stores shifted them out.

I still have my PS2 slim sitting on a shelf

I still have my original PS2 and it’s still completely functional. I love breaking it out on occasion for the memories.

Tbh This video reminded me of Elly Awesome's Video on the PS1 from a while ago

I like how you have the modem attached to the ps2

I miss my ps2 getting it and vice city was a great Christmas back then!

How many ps2 history videos are you going to make

When I was younger, I always thought the PS2 wasn't really selling well as it took years before I knew someone that owned one.

Remember having nintendo systems to then getting a ps2 it was big leap, i still have and have a huge catalog of games

Good thing about that phat PS2 is you don't need the disc drive in 2024. 30 dollars on aliexpress for a free mcboot memory card and gamestar sata network adapter will let you load anything you want off any ol' sata HDD/SSD.

i got a ps2 from Best Buy on launch day and the salesperson forced me to buy a "protection plan" with it. 2 years later the rumble feature stopped (it wasn't the controller, multiples were tried), and that Best Buy attempted to weasel their way out of honoring the "protection plan" i was forced to buy, or they wouldn't sell me the ps2

I forgot about that Dreamcast fish, I'm gonna have nightmares tonight lol

I was the kid without a PS2... on the other hand I was also the only kid in the area with 2 working gameboy advance link cables. i remember my best friend bringing his PS2 almost every day to play it at my house in summer. Just for the early afternoon as we then went play football or other stuff with the other kids

Had the PS2 on launch day halfies with my brother so it was an amazing deal.

GTA San Andreas was one of my most played games on my ps2, I also had dragon ball budokai 2, budokai 3 and budokai tenkaichi 3. Bakugan battle brawlers. And a handful of other games. But one of the first games I remember getting for ps2 was ATV off-road fury, 4x4 evolution and Maximo. (Maximo used to really scare me so I never made it pass the first two levels)

The audio picked up the CRT white noise for most of the video, and it was kinda annoying lol

21:02 - it's the thought that counts, your dad tried his best :)

The good ole days where 256 mb storage cards was a huge amount of storage 😂 and had to plug um in the front of the console lol

I was working at Toy's R Us when the ps2 came out, we had a pre-sell for it my big selling point was backwards compatible, when the ps2 came out we had Enough for the pre-sell and I think only 5 to put out to sell

I remember when I got the PS1 and then my dad won a PS2 through his work. Even the PS2 design was cool.

My fondest moment of the PS2 was where I had Suikoden 2 that had scratches on the outside of the disc. I was up to the last boss battle and the PS1 couldn't load it because of how many scratches were on it (it was a second hand copy). When we got out PS2, the first game I put in was Suikoden 2, and ohhhh myyy friggin lord, I could finally finish the game!

I had a GameCube and didn’t know what a PlayStation was back then

Hey Austin or anyone else reading this. I just this morning ordered a ps2 on eBay and I currently only have a monitor to work with. I was wondering if you could offer any suggestions on a good hdmi converter as I want to play my childhood game grand turismo 4 with the best possible display. Thank you

Still have my launch day console, it introduced my daughter to gaming.

I still have mine but sadly can't get ps2 games to work/boot

Same shirt as ps1 video but not dame lights in the back, did he do it on purpose or did them back to back 😂

My best friend had a PS1 while I was still playing N64. I didn’t get my first PS until PS3 was around and by that time it was already 2yrs old. It’s still my most nostalgic PS console even tho I have PS4 & PS5 as well.

Bought my PS2 and PS3 (backwards compatible 6gb version) on release day. Never pre-ordered a console since then sadly.

that was a giant ps2 Ad

This is a good documentary

I had a Gamecube and Xbox before a PS2 but once I got the PS2, I loved me some KH and Final Fantasy. Before that though, the biggest memory I have is my friend at the time getting a Ps2 with no memory card. He also got Shinobi and Lord of the Rings Two Towers with it. We spent the entire night playing through Two Towers because we couldn't save it. And we spent a good chunk of time replaying the first like 3 or 4 levels of shinobi because that game was hard and without being able to save, everytime we died we had to start from the beginning. We got really good at those first couple levels.

i have 2 fat ps2's that are hacked and just bought a PS2 slim from a coworker. Im so excited for the slim since ive always wanted a slim since they came out

I have a PS2 with the BlockBuster sticker and the BlockBuster case

I managed to get two PS2 systems at release and was able to sell one of them for around $900 on eBay. No it wasn't to scalp, it was for me and my brother to have our own systems, but when we saw people paying that much, why not? We just bought another new one later when they were back in stock.

the problem with the PS2 Slim was that it didnt have the fans so it was easily prone to overheating and the disc/lens drives would fail on these all the time.

I just love the sheer size difference between the original PlayStation and the first PS2. 😂

At 13 minutes, I realized he was wearing a PS shirt lol