I always prefer older consoles over newer ones. Older consoles just feel like the game devs put more effort into them and focused a lot more on making fun games and experiences, then focusing on how hyper realistic & cinematic everything is. Heck, I still enjoy playing the PS2 even to this day. I still enjoy playing games like NFS Most Wanted (2005), Ratchet & Clank, GTA San Andreas, TimeSplitters 2, etc.

PS2 boot up screen is iconic and nostalgic

PS 2 is the Highlander console. It is immortal. I still enjoy it nowadays

Hey, I still have my PS2 that I've had since I bought it back in like 2003. Though this is my 3rd actual PS2. It lasted 20 years and still plays my PS2 games with ease.

I think we learn to appreciate the older stuff only after it’s gone. I’ve been on my PS3-PS4 for well over the last 6 months+. I feel it just offers more fun than what I can get what’s currently on the PS5.

PS1 - Great PS2 - Excellent PS3 - Great PS4 - Good PS5 - ???? Honestly I have no idea. It's the first Playstation I've yet to buy. I will get one eventually, but for the first time since I became a gamer, a Playstation hasn't felt essential.

PS2 is still legendary

Been playing FFX and Ratchet and Clank going Commando this week and man what a great time I've been having. There was just something special about that time in gaming.

I don’t disagree with you,I just think the ps2 had actually put a lot in it

I agree 100%!!!! These new games will never stack up to the ps2 days.

Nobody ever mentions that the dualshock 1 and 2 had far stronger rumble where your arms really are shaking. i love it

Same. I actually like the PS2 & (especially) PS3 more than both the PS4 and, PS5 😬😅

I'm back to playing ps2 been playing it again for last few months totally agree, I have a ps4 but play ps2 so much better games, playing medal of hour frontline again. Amazing unbeatable ps2 and the games 💯

Going back and playing alot of these old games really reminded me how gaming use to be an experience now it feels like the whole experience is "wow this game looks so realistic" and thats it

Agreed PS2 is just my comfort console -- I can always go back to it for a good time

Same here, mate. I’ve been sucked back into Burnout 3. Love your content and style. 👍👍

This is the first console generation since i was a kid where i fully have no intention of buying a system. I've built myself a killer PC and i have my few consoles and emulators.

I feel like you and me could be friends. PS2 is my go-to game console,, even owning a PS4 PS3 Wii and Switch. PS2 just offers so much fun... older consoles also do and do better than modern consoles, but PS2 is in another level

Ps2 still holds the record for most consoles sold to this day that was a crazy release day

You're spot on with modern gaming versus previous generations they've really taken the fun out of gaming, this is why I'd never dream of getting rid of my PS2/3

Ps2 was one of my first consoles I still have my original slim and I’m still playing games and finding games I’ve never heard of.

PS2 Era - Developers squeezed blood from a stone with a console that, compared to what we have today, was a grain of sand in power. A marvelous respect and intelligence in using the tool they had at hand to create everything and then some up to the limit of what could be achieved. PS5 Era - Super powerful console, cutting-edge technology, fast internet with Wifi, SSD, tactile controller, and 4K resolution. Result -> Incomplete and buggy games released that mostly require periodic updates, graphics no longer efficiently extract all that the console can offer, services that exploit the consumer, such as releasing DLCs of content that could have been part of the game already released in its final version (as it was in the PS2 era), and finally, a lack of creativity and love for creating fun games with deep and memorable stories (let's admit that nowadays the focus is still mostly on 'pay to win' online games with expensive skins). I sound like a grumpy old man complaining, but unfortunately, it's the current truth.

I’m currently playing my ps2 right now the best system in my opinion

I still play PS2 and I play it all day long, I don't know it's magical that consol, and lately I upgraded it with a ssd drive and I play games through opl, I got 43 games and still downloading games. Long live playstation 2

I love my PS3 more than my PS5. Personally despite the numbers. I still think the PS3 is the best Sony Console , Sony has put out.

ps2 is my all time favorite. friendly reminder: if you still have a PS2, it is time to have some maintenance done. capaciters start to leak after about 20-25 of age. battery acid will destroy your console. find a modder to replace them. also get it cleaned, cooling system checked and the gear on your laser lens is rubber. rubber dries out and cracks and breaks so get that checked too.

I was playing PS2 in 2011 🔥

im playing ffx mgs2 and god of war 2 right now on ps2. What a beast of a system

Buy physical, people. Digital media is anti-consumer. Just because you paid for a digital game does not mean you own it. It can be taken from you at any time. "You will own nothing and be happy."

Ps2 is very playable in 2024 and I currently do play more then my ps5 not because the new consoles are no good it’s just because I’m not interested in any of the games released recently I’m currently playing the the suffering wow what a fun game definitely recommend it

The most sold console ever, the PS2, had 4000+ games officially released

It ain't worth getting a PS5. I have no words for the PS5, so I'd rather get a PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4 more than a PS5. The PS2 was an awesome console.

I still play Playstation 2 despite owning newer generation consoles is the sheer amount of games available on Playstation 2 is like insane.

I brought 2 ps5 consoles and returned both of them this gaming era is absolute garbage to me.

damn bro you’re blowing up congrats

I have absolutely NO IDEA why Sony moved away from the PSP/PS3 style home menu. It was perfect. So easy to navigate, satisfying to just scroll along and it was customisable! PS4's home screen was an absolute laggy mess, even to this day. PS5's looks even worse!!

Cant beat early 2000's video game nostalgia! 🎮

I think the PS2 is the sweet spot where it's the last console generation where you can just plug and play. There's something so refreshing about that. No endless updates, wi-fi connections, and no game installs. Literally just put a cd in and it just works. For that reason, the games are so complete as there's no updates to fix broken games. PS3 is an awesome console with a wonderful library of games, but I feel like the generation was starting to get clogged up with all the updates and game installs which make it a much harder sell for me to go back to, as it's a similar experience to playing the ps5, just with older (and probably better) games.

Same here, man. I play a lot of PS2 games and barely any modern stuff. Burnout, GTA, JAK2, JAKX, SSX3, DefJAm2, the list is endless. Pure fun.

Boot the PS5 without internet connected and see how basic and barebones it is.

There will obviously be a great game here and there in the future, but innovation seriously lacks outside of the visuals these days. Good thing we have an absolute ton of good games already released for many many years.

Thank you for mentioning that PS2 games are complete out of the box. No updates required! PS2 was the last generation that did that.

The Tony Hawk 1&2 remake was phenomenal, I highly recommend checking it out!

I still have my PS2,SNES, and Mini PC and I still love what I got to these day.

This video could have been titled "the PS2 is better than the PS5" nobody would have had a valid argument on why.

Reason why PlayStation fanboy and dedicated lover - PS5 being my last PlayStation console. I’m going back to PS2, PS3 times and some PS4 - it has such amount of masterpieces that it will do me for life, rather than hoping for tomorrow which may never come.

Don’t have a PS2 but an OG Xbox. Has most of the same games. And I feel the same way.

1990 to 2005 is the best ERA for whatever thing you take, eg. sports, movies, games, childhood..etc

there was a Tony Hawk 1&2 remaster for PS4/PS5 that came out in 2020- there’s some things added to it as well. Will agree though as far as going back and playing on the PlayStation2 it’s definitely more of an experience, I’ve been playing Silent Hill 2 and having been really enjoying it (spite the scary ass fog atmosphere)

As someone that has a digital PS5, Ive said the same thing. The disc drive looked like a last minute add-on

I'v got my original PS2 on my 14th birthday & I still got it to day & I'm 34 now also it still works. Half way through it's life it stopped reading the discs but then as I constantly putting the disc in & out then it finally reading the disc so I don't know what happened there but it still going.

Now do a video on playing the gamecube and wii games.. trust me wii and gamecube underrated, 4 player games like no other console, easy pick ups, and just fun. Wii might be top 3 console…

This guy's eyes and tone of voice are so jaded, this is the perfect opinion for him to discuss it's hilarious. I agree btw. I don't even own a PS5 and don't feel like it cause I have my PS2 plugged it. Those shoes could never be filled by another home console.

Whenever I have a bad day, I go back to Tenkaichi 3 on the PS2 and I have a beautiful deep sleep. ☁️☁️

Awesome video like always…. Keep up the great work and Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.

It's the best console of all time. Every genre had many of the best games of all time.

PS2, PS3 and PS4 are legendary for me, there so much good content on them that you are set for life!

I have ps2, it’s a silver slim ps2. I brought ps2 back couple years ago and I really glad did that. I miss playing ps2 games.

I still got my OG PS2! Still play it to this day.

PS2 is the best selling gaming console of all time at 150 million sold.

PS2 is the best designed console from Sony. To me the top two designs are the original PS2 and PS3

Totally agree. I spend more time with my ps2 and original xbox. I have an xbox series x. I gave up on ps5 thank god. Never had one never will.

Hey Basement Gamer, really like your videos and sense of humour, i also got into collecting for the ps2 and ps3 recently, and just wanted to let you know that there is a adaptor for the ps2 and ps3 which allows you to connect a ps5/4 controller to them wirelessly, I think the brand is called Brook and i paid about £30 each, makes playing the older consoles even better.

Felt this as a ps5 owner who still has like 2 dozen ps2 games on my phone that I play daily

Bro ps5 ui isnt even hard to use. Its so straight forward. The ps5 has a nice startup screen. Does not compares to the first boot up screen. I prefer to have everything inside the ps5. I dont have space nor time to be having hundreds or thousands of cd cases everywhere. I have like 200+ games in my library and i can download anytime in minutes. The ps5 is the most refined sony system. The PlayStation store still needs to be perfected. But its all within the ui which makes it fluid and easy to browse around for new games. I agree developers are slacking in game quality. But we still haven't seen the real potential this system has.

Most of the PS5 exclusives are on PS4 graphics are the same

Its funny because I was just thinking about how I'm not going to buy future consoles anymore

I still have a PS2 myself. The games I have in my collection right now is Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X2, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Sonic Heroes, Tony Hawk's Underground, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas & Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Also don't forget, if you have a PS2 it will play like 99 percent of the PS1 library, which I have 2 games currently in Syphon Filter 2 & Fear Effect.

8:46 it would be cool if developers upload pictures or artwork for players to display of each game , that’s a good way to customize the ps5 menu

I have a PlayStation 2 emulator and I also have over 100 games for it too. I play it all the time on my laptop. It's great.

100% agree still enjoying my pS2 console till this day and i don't need to know how big AAA game will be release on PS5

library of games, AND crt tv with the glow, contrast, smoothness and color combo is unbeatable. Especially on the PS2 and Gamecube There are certain newer games I want to play on newer consoles like Ghosts of Tsushima, Nier Automata, and The Last Guardian, but I don't think the library is as iconic from the 6th gen consoles

The PS2 is better than the PS5. It is all about games, and the PS5 is lacking for a console half way through its lifecycles.

You make a salient point, my friend. I will die on this hill with you. I always have been and always will be a PS2 Stan.

Bro I’m collecting more classic games than Current Gen Games. This Generation just ain’t it! Feels like the PS3 2.0 again. PS1-PS2 All Day everyday. PS3 started making movie like Games and I still don’t care to play those no more than once. I rather play Video Games like we used to on the first 2 Gens of PlayStation!

bro..... after listening to your comments, I feel the sentiments are felt by all gamers... I prefer my ps3.... and I have got heavy into emulation.... I really enjoy the old stuff better.... even with an emulator... I can set one up from scratch and get all the settings how I like them for good visuals, etc., in less than 10 minutes..... and then the games now are crap because they rush them out to the public knowing the consumers will pay a lot of money for a crap game that they can just patch later on.....as if there is no more Quality Assurance.... I remember when they would get the public to sample their games and give feed back way before final production.... don't hear about it too much... perfect example... I bought Metroid Dread and got stuck for hours..... I finally had to go online to research and find out there was a programing discrepancy and I had to wait for a patch...... what kind of BS is that?

I still have my 2 PS2 slims (SCPH-70012 from 2004 and SCPH-79001 from 2007) + an original model (SCPH-39001 from 2002) and still enjoy playing games on them more than any system. Reason 1: The library worth of games to play on there Reason 2: You don't need to constantly perform software updates on the system itself or download gigabytes worth of software to play a game. All you have to do is put the disk in the PS2, power it on after getting it set up, and you're set.

Ps5 is a pretty girl you met at a club. Looks great but offers nothing of substance. While ps2 is that awesome woman that might have a slight belly but is still beautiful,knows you and does everything right

In the old days games were made and they were finished.. there was no updates. There was no change in anything… the fact that most of the hardware from back then is still running.. modern day technology is easy as it makes lives.. is basically rubbish

PS2 and PS3 are my favourite of the PlayStation systems.

I still play my original one I got at age of 12 now I'm 31 it still plays I took it apart cleaned it and put it up saving it for my boy now I have a refurbished ps2 slim and been playing my original gta san andreas on it I love ps2

me casually watching the video as my pizza cooks in the oven 😂

Pump up the resolution on PS2 games to 4K, get the emulator going, enjoy PS2 for the next 20 years. There's a bottomless pit of creativity and great hidden gems on the PS2.

The one thing I am most concerned about is the all digital trend, you never know if it is going to be updated into something you don't like or if you'll be able to keep it or preserve it. Nowadays there is a wrong belief that everything has to change and that change is always good, that's the biggest lie in history, change isn't always good.

My favorite dashboard ui is still the xbox 360 blades dashboard. One blade for the online stuff, one was for games and im pretty sure the others were for like music, movies and system settings stuff.

Ps2 and especially Ps3 ARE the best consoles out there!!! That is a FACT based on numbers and of course LOGIC !!!

I'd make that choice 100x times over before going with the PS5. Can't beat a classic, PS2 is king!!!!😊👌🏾💯🎮💙🖤

I still have my PS2 slim silver and have Shadow Hearts Covenant on it probably my favorite game.

The GameCube had the best controller the world will ever know.

The Getaway on ps2 ❤so good. Anyway i still have a PS3. Love Fight Night Champion and the Dirt Showdown game. Waiting for a game that makes the newer consoles a must buy. A Max Payne game maybe, Simpson's Hit n Run remake. I'll die before that ever happens.

It's not weird, the older games were more stylized and had more charm, like VIDEO GAMES...industry is so corporatized now, games like Ronin and such, feel more like big budget cinema

Thank god i still play my PS1 and PS2 all the time. The best games, the best master race and the best console ever, PERIOD. Also no stupid microtransactions or any DLC's

imagine if sony did a Re-Release of the PS2

I actually like every generation because I don't buy games that come with season passes on day one and by the time I get the games for the prices I am willing to pay, the season passes are on sale for 75% off meaning instead of paying $170CAD I am only paying $20CAD

11 days late, but my PS2 OG disc drive still works since like 2004. Love this console and love the videos

I like the classic games on my ps2 but I enjoy not having a loading screen like playing games on my n64. I wish modern consoles and pc games did not have a loading screen during the era of game consoles that uses cartridges like the original nintendo, sega genesis, n64 and etc. I just want to be able to go to the main menu when I turn on the console without needing to download a any updates, patches and needing to rely on an internet connection. I miss the days when it was literally just plug and play. Nowadays we have to create an account, have an internet connection and pay for streaming services instead of just paying once and get to keep the physical copies as long as the physical copies still works and being repairable at repair shops for the consoles or any type of physical media that supported physical media content. The option for physical media is becoming niche and it sucks because most things are full of micro transactions similar to ala carte for food but non food related stuff.

I’m with you on that ps5 theory. No way the disc drive has to be there and so huge

Bro, I like games for the story. Give me a game with a story, and I am happy I hate the online stuff. I still have my Play Station 3

The PS5 is a great console and a big improment over PS4. 60fps is finally the standard. The only issue is the severe lack of exclusives compared to PS2 or PS3. Demon's Souls is still the primary outstanding exclusive on PS5 and its still just a remake of a PS3 game.

I own both and love both. It depends on what I feel like playing that day. My biggest sticking point is th gat I will only own as console that supports physical media. I like owning my games.