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The PS2 Was The Best Video Games Console Of All Time - Fact

The PS2 Was The Best Video Games Console Of All Time - Fact

Fight me.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

Let's get this out of the way right now. The PlayStation 2 was (and is) the best video game console of all time. Yeah, things have got fancier and slicker and yes, gaming has come on leaps and bounds... but there's a reason why it is still the best-selling console of all time and none of the newer consoles have managed to overtake it in sales in the last 17 years.via GIPHY

It's not all about fancy specifications and new tech - gaming is about how it makes you feel. Yeah, it's cheesy but I don't care.

What memories of gaming make you smile? Was it the hours you put into Crash Bandicoot with your mates riding the back of the polar bear? Or was it the chest of drawers you punched in after losing at FIFA 16? Yeah... exactly.

Over 150 million PS2s have been sold. And when you think about the fact that the UK has just over 64 million people living in it - it really puts it into perspective.

But why was it so ridiculously and massively popular?

Some may say that it hit that sweet spot between TV and social media. iPads and smart phones weren't a thing, but telly made us think that playing outside wasn't actually all that great.

I decided to reach out to you lot to find out if any of you agree with me and if so, why you think it's the best console of all time...

Craig Dower said: "It had a more memorable game library, and it was certainly the most popular with the amazing value of a console-DVD combo.

"I would personally say that the original PlayStation was a much more important console, having been a direct fuck you to Sony's collapsing deal with Nintendo, and an amazing start for a company's first console.

"They didn't 3DO it or anything, and created a legacy for Sony with their company's financials today propped up directly by their PlayStation division.

"There were so many weird and awesome games on the PlayStation as well: Crash, Spyro, Oddworld, Wipeout, Gran Turismo, Driver, Kurushi, LSD, Carmageddon, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, PaRappa, Croc, Dance Dance Revolution, Grand Theft Auto, Gex, Medal of Honor, Need for Speed, Point Blank, Ridge Racer, Rollcage, Hot Wheels, Rayman..."

Tom Mackinder added: "PS2 was the best console because its online was terrible. So it forced people to play games at each other's houses rather than online, meaning kids had normal interactions rather than online ones."

He has a fair point: these days it's more about online gaming than all shuffling in front of your mate's telly and swapping controllers. No longer do we have the fight over who gets the better controller or who's player 1... we all just do it from the comfort of our own homes. We are all player 1. Deep, right?

Michael Tomlinson added: "I'd definitely say it was for me. I had a SNES then a PS1 before the PS2, but it was the PS2 that really got me into gaming.

"Most importantly, it gave me an education in music. Playing Vice City on PS2 gave me disco, funk and soul and Tony Hawk's Underground 1 and 2 gave me hip hop and other genres that I still love to this day."

I have to agree. How much of your current music taste can you directly attribute back to games?! I'd say a fair bit.

Loads of us still have our PS2s and even took them to uni with us.

Hey, we know they're pretty much indestructible so why not?! Carmel Elliot explained why she loves it so much: "PS2 had some of THE best games of all time. It had backwards compatibility so all the treasures of PS1 could still remain loved.

"There were so many games you could buy. You could turn it into a DVD player and it came with a special PlayStation DVD remote so you didn't need to use the controller. And there were some badass custom controllers you could buy... so yes. It was the best and I still have mine chilling on my desk at uni with me."

Being able to play DVDs was so sick. It was everything in one.

However, I have to say that Emlyn Fuller summed it up beautifully: "I've been gaming since the 80s and have owned every console in the day.

"I got one for my 21st birthday and IMO, PS2 was the greatest ever as far as games and a DVD player went.

"Technically it was brilliant, being able to play backwards compatible games to PS1 and it had some of the best games... Final Fantasy X, Soul Calibur II, Ratchet and Clank, Simpsons Hit and Run, GTA III, GTA Vice City and San Andreas.

"A top console for the day.

"Nowadays, the consoles are incredibly powerful, but they usually lack high quality games, or at least ones that you would call classics, hence why there are so many remastered games available at the moment.

"Xbox One, in my opinion, struggles with amazing single player games, but its online system is fantastic and it has a good selection of games to play. Most of my friends play Xbox and I've never regretted buying one. I've actually had an Xbox since the original and each one (Original, 360 and One) have all been good.

"I returned back to PlayStation at the end of PS3's lifetime because I wanted the exclusive games, which have always been outstanding. The trend continued on to PS4 which I'm fairly new to.

"In short, PS2, easily the best console for the amount of great games it had, longevity and the technology it brought forward to current generation gaming."

Let's be honest, PS2 is still a fucking great console and you can pick up games for it for 50p at second-hand shops. If you're not busting it out at least once a month, you're only harming yourself.

Long live the PS2.

Featured Image Credit: Sony/Playstation

Topics: video games, GAMING, sony, PS2, Playstation 2