The PlayStation 2 (often shortened to PS2) is a sixth-generation The sixth-generation era refers to the computer and video games, video game consoles, and video game handhelds available at the turn of the 21st century. Platforms of the sixth generation include Sega's Dreamcast, Sony's PlayStation 2, the Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox. This era began on November 27, 1998 with the release of the video game console A Video Game Console is an interactive entertainment computer or modified computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game. The term "video game console" is used to distinguish a machine designed for consumers to buy and use solely for playing video games from a personal manufactured by Sony Sony Corporation (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha?) (TYO: 6758) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding ¥ 7.730.0 trillion, or $78.88 billion U.S. (FY2008). Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of. The successor to the PlayStation The PlayStation is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3 The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series Unlike its competitors, which largely use face buttons on their controllers denoted by letters , PlayStation controllers uses shapes; namely ('Triangle'), ('Circle'), ('Cross/X') and ('Square'). The 'X' button was mentioned as a 'Cross' in some Playstation games, but not in many of video game consoles. Its development was announced in March 1999 … 19th century . 20th century . 21st century … and it was released a year later … 19th century . 20th century . 21st century … in Japan The video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide. Its primary competitors were Sega Sega Corporation is a multinational video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. The company had success with both arcades and home consoles, but on January 31, 2001, officially left the consumer console business and began concentrating on software's Dreamcast The Dreamcast was the last video game console made by Sega, and is the successor to the Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles and was released in late 1998, before its contemporaries—the PlayStation 2, the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox, Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity's Xbox The Xbox is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube. The integrated Xbox Live service allows players to compete online, and the Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube , officially abbreviated as GCN and unofficially as NGC, is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to the Nintendo Wii.
The PS2 is the best-selling console This is a list of all video game consoles and handheld game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million units to date, having reached over 140 million units sold as of September 30, 2009.[1] Several new games are scheduled to be released in 2010 Categories: 2000s in video gaming | Upcoming video games | 2009 video games | 2010 video games, thus continuing the sixth generation.[5]
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