-over 3000 exclusives -insane variety of genres (RPGs, JRPGs, platformers, horror, racing, fighting etc) -legendary third-party support -backward compatible with PS1 -had a 13 year lifespan Greatest console ever created and it's not even remotely close
Dave
@GamewithDave
Feb 23
Is the PS2 the greatest console of all time?

Feb 24, 2026 · 3:40 AM UTC

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No Wii is objectively the greatest. PS2 is perfect console to us. But as far as gaming consoles go, nothing even comes close to the Wii
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Switch's numbers are only pumped up due to covid. If Switch didn't have that pump, it wouldn't be anywhere near PS2 in sales.
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Shame that they fumbled on something vital: Only two controller ports. Imagine the PS2 also being a party console like the N64, with many 4-player games. I know that accessories to allow 4 controllers on PS2 existed, but who had them?
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Been playing this on it lately. PS2 rules.
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Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was Mario 64 for the kids who missed Mario 64 by a few years. I was 6, barely knew how to time my jumps, and getting those first 20 power cells felt like a pipe dream for a while.
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Xbox 360 clears. quality over quantity
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The scarily good thing about the PS2 is that there's so many games, the moment I think I'm done, another hidden gem catches my attention. God knows how big my collection will be before long
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No ICO/Shadow of the Colossus mentioned
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Sly 2 and 3 were my childhood on this console along with Crash Twinsanity
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Over 3000 exclusives like MGS 2 or Silent Hill 2 or GTA III or FFXI
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You can't convince me a better game existed.
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Off the top of my head I can recall countless obscure exclusives for the PS2. Meanwhile the PS5 has one game, Astro Bot.
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Greatest ever era too. It was just perfect. Everything aligned in the 3D era. We didn’t need the internet just friends and family.
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I'd honestly prefer Sony just give up on modern-anything and rerelease the PS2 and all of its games. They haven't done anything good since.
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IT HAD A FUCKING DVD PLAYER!!!!!!!
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played so much eqoa and ff11 on ps2 🥹
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The PS2 is home to the first masterpiece in gaming
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If someone finds a way to reliably play ps2 games portably I would never buy any new games ever again
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The closest competition was its' predecessor, the PS1
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Ok what were all those games shown in that video?
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Sorry it was the PS3. Golden age of online gaming and the start of it. You could connect online, add friends, themes/avatars-say almost whatever you wanted to anyone online. Still an insane variety of genres/exclusives. And it was the golden age of call of duty, best times ever.
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It was the last living room console that was not a locked-up proprietary PC disguised as a console.
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I still go with the PS3 as some of my favorite franchises are on there, and if you were lucky enough to have one of the backwards compatible ones (sadly mine died on me), but even buying digitally, you could have the entire Resident Evil franchise on one console.
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Got my on day one in 2001 just for DVD at first^^
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It's crazy how much great games we had back then. Greatest gaming device ever made (I still have mine working)
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I saw God Hand at the end there. Whoever made that video knew what they were doing.
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I can say Sony sucks all day. But there was a time when they didn't. This was that time. Them in their prime. PS2 was very very very good.
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GOD HAND MENTIONED
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Sadly by the time it came, I was deemed to old to get a console from my parents and too young to be able to buy one myself
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Helped kick off DVD's
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i am grafetul to be born in PS1 era then play PS2 it was so amazing so many amazing game DW5, DMC3, GOWI&II, downhill, Godhand, etc
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FATAL FRAME II & HAUNTING GROUND MENTIONED!!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Forgot to say "Not filled with tons and tons of shovelware" It had it, but not in the amounts of some other consoles we know
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The Switch is really the only console that I feel rivals the PS2 in terms of its library. It has that same variety plus lots of indies and 1st party titles (the reasonably priced ones of course)
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