



It was released in 2000 and competed with Sega’s Dreamcast, Nintendo’s GameCube and Microsoft’s Xbox in the sixth generation of video game consoles.Īnnounced in 1999, the PlayStation 2 offered backwards compatibility for its predecessor’s DualShock controller, as well as for its games. It is the successor to the original PlayStation console and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles. The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
