The PlayStation 2 chronicles, redefine modern consoles | A PlayStation 2 Documentary

[@sakharubaguette]

I sincerely hope you enjoy this video, I loved working on it ! Sorry that my English is not perfect, it's not my native language. Made by Sakharu, voiced over by Brad Ziffer.

[@EvaFull]

Making a great team so far. I was so impressed with your previous two uploads that I instantly subscribed even though those were the only two videos at that time. Keep up the amazing work. Very well researched & documented compared to most out there. Especially with the “Rare/Lost Media” clips you are currently using in your videos.

[@mandisc]

Genuinely excellent documentary. Your research is clearly very thorough and you present the information in a balanced format. I watched since your N64 video and look forward to more. Thanks for your efforts

[@mbe102]

This is fantastic. There is tons I had no clue about! Can't wait to see more of your work!!!!

[@GRH44gamer]

This was excellent. I'll be here for every video.

[@chickenwings6172]

Fails to mention Silent Hill 2 or 3 wow!

[@abemontes2518]

Oh man, the gaming magazine era was magical. These were some of the best if not the most exciting gaming years. I grew up in the 1980s (born in 1978) and had the privilege to see every console come out through each generation. Gaming magazines, arcades, consoles; the best of times and sadly the magic of those days won't ever come back. Great documentary brother.

[@AdviceandAdventures]

I still have a lot of those video game magazines laying around.

[@delilh325]

You would check the last pages for cheats, and check cheats of some random games and you'd go "huh, this game has nice cheats, seems interesting... maybe I'll get it"

[@gHsTrId3RaL666]

still remember the MGS2 vs Halo hype..... w/c game/console will win. Sadly, Raiden ruined it for MGS/PS2 😂

[@luvinit317]

I sometimes pick up old mags from the 90s/00s when I visit retro gaming stores. It's dopamine central

[@PyroBeubar]

Retrogaming is rising right now, lot of old gamer like me just stop buying new games (execpt the really good one) and play olds ones withh handled console or PC dedicated to emulation with a linux distrib for that (batocera for example)

[@NeoKokoro20]

The PS2 is near and dear to me, because this was the console that changed how I play video games forever. It made video games one of my main past times, whereas before the PS2, gaming was more of something I just did on the side. Out of the first four Sony consoles, it's the one I'm willing to go back to the most.

[@StanleyKubick1]

pastimes

[@WizzleMan92]

The amount of effort with content from the 90s-2000s and the learning ability man this is a good underrated channel.

[@mr.electronx9036]

The DVD function was the main selling point for most EU buyers. Here in Europe, DVD players were expensive. I remember how my dad bought a DVD playerr from JVC for 1200 euro. Year later i bought my PS2 for 600 euro... He was blown away...and i needed to buy second controller for him. This is how i got my dad to gaming lol sry 4 my english

[@MegaDrain]

Same deal for the ps3. Even though the ps3 was very expensive at launch, it was still the cheapest blu ray player on the market with Sony's first dedicated blu ray player being $1000.

[@jase276]

The same is true for me even now, I use my ps4 and even ps5 more for watching movies than playing games, lol. Even though I'm a bit dissatisfied with the PS5, it's very useful for playing CDs, DVDs, and blurays

[@NintenDub]

​@@jase276wasn't CD.functionality stripped from the ps5?

[@NintenDub]

​@@jase276yea. It doesn't do CDs. Your cappin

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

Not really just the DVD but also that the PS2 was backwards compatible with PS1 and was mod chiped almost from day one unlocking it to be able to play thousands of formats and emulations. PS2 was my 1st PC and PS2 ran all the old games, home or arcade same thing. It was our dream machine and still to this day is. PS3 certain models come close but not as much, since that was the gen where dlc, online locking and microtransactions so as backwards tech downgrades creeped in. PS2 was the 1st actual gaming bloom and last gen where we actually bought games that we owned and plug n played. The later generations ruined everything. So whatever said in the video like "people complained about not enough games for PS2" is completely false and stupid because if you go to what I said 1st, why the F would we complain when we could play millions of games on one system in the 1st years alone ... They are games, it didn't matter if it's old or new THEY WERE PLAYABLE GAMES AND WE PLAYED THEM !!! It wasn't like today where expectations are astronomical, back then you were happy if you could play ANYTHING because gaming before PS2 was insanely expensive and hard to come by. PS2 made major changes on that and basically created gamers. So who "complained" IF those people even existed at all that joke is on them ... we actually had tons what to play and later years released gems on PS2. Also it is true about PS2 that they were used in LAN as server processing units. For example I seen it with my own eyes because in the army I was tasked with server maintainance in some bases and hospitals, sure enough we had few server hives running PS2s with Linux running custom programs. Even in 2010s this was still a thing. It was because it was cheaper and more reliable then a PC or any console out there. Later there were same things with PS3. So someone didn't made it up as a joke instead it was an actual thing. Also just to clear it up I am from Europe and been all over the globe and seen plenty of "weirdness" thank you very much ...

[@Twenty_Six_Hundred]

I was a young adult working hard, paying bills only a couple years out of my parents house. When the PS2 launched in Australia i had to wait 12 months till i had the money to buy it. But the system was a no brainer and a great time first firing it up. GTA3 was mindblowing and later Vice City. Then games such as Gran Turismo 4, Medal of Honor Frontline and Testdrive Unlimited kept me excited till the PS3 came along.

[@princegroove]

PS2 is still the GOAT two decades later. ☝🏻

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

Yeah it is it's nuts I still boot it up and play final fantasy 10 metal gear and so forth

[@princegroove]

@@Yeshua_is-Cool Same. I own an original fat model that still works perfectly. I also own several black, silver, and white slim models.

[@MycketTuff]

@princegroove Heh, same here. Just kept picking more up when I found a good deal. Still using my original fat PS2 despite having slim and chipped ones. It's loading a little slower these days but not bad enough to swap for the next fat one in line :)

[@dsandoval9396]

It literally became so much of an integral standard other third-party controllers have looked like them for 2 decades, AND even today _PC_ controllers can be found in the same design. Intuitive. Fairly compact. Comfortable, supporting the palms of your hand so your wrists don't get sore. Easy to use. Great design with the twin sticks front and center. I keep thinking about that one guy that was shtting on the controller when it first came out saying it was never going to stick around. 😂

[@FloridaManRacer]

I'm a Nintendo fan and the Switch is now breathing down the PS2's neck for most sold console of all time, but even I can fully admit the PS2 would still hold the crown even without the stats... That system was/is still, gorgeous with a ton of great games.

[@Chris-HC]

I was a games console repairs engineer for over a decade staring in the 90s early and a life long gamer. What a fantastic documentary on the history of the development of the hardware, Thank you so much. I really enjoyed this one.

[@derekgonsoulin116]

It's stunning how strong Dreamcast started and how fast it left. It basically had 1999 and was dead by 2000.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

That’s because the hype of the PS2 completely overshadowed the Dreamcast which was pretty much Sega’s last stand after the failure of the Saturn, quite frankly Dreamcast as great as it was, never really stood a chance once Sony announced the PS2.

[@cvnavalew3]

I was 6 when I got my PS2 on Christmas 2001. My first game was Batman Vengeance, which is still criminally underrated to this day. Jak & Daxter and Kingdom Hearts kept me entertained for the next 10+ years. What a console

[@LegitHarpyHunter]

My first ps2 game was Summoner, I don't think I ever beat the game, but I remember falling asleep with a controller in my hand for months after getting it.

[@MikeOxlongBoi]

Kingdom Heart was a mufuckken banger 😎

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I was 6 too! We were lucky to be a kid back then!

[@HollowRick]

I got my ps2 Christmas of 2002 when I was 10 :) it came with final fantasy X and Star wars jedi Starfighter

[@wikedvw]

E3 2001 was unbelievable. Such good times. And the Sony party was epic. 🍾

[@raggersragnarsson6255]

This is mainstream television quality content here on YT. Amazing. I appreciate the amount of work that went into this production. So very interesting and a great deal of historical knowledge for those who were there back then, and for anyone who was not. Thank you.

[@fiallos1]

He was right to add DVD tech to the PS2. It was a main reason why I bought mine.

[@Yeen666]

I was looking for a PS2 documentary yesterday and today my prayers were answered

[@SaigonBrit]

Why is he speaking in the present simple tense?

[@gustavson1985]

Cookies

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

God is great like that

[@tomhiggins9743]

The PS2 has so many great games inc Devil may cry, Resiednt Evil, Metal Gear 2, Jak and Daxter, Gran Turismo, Wipeout and many more. I didn't know that Sony relied so much on the Dvd selling ability at first. Many thanks for your video as its fascinating to see how Sony, Nintendo, Sega and Microsoft worked throughout this time and how successful the PS2 truly is. Marvelous and thanks 🎮😄

[@bernardopaul7861]

Sakharu is a great YT creator who explains topics thoroughly and cleary, and Brad's narration in english is a touch of class. Keep up the hood work.

[@digerati808]

I got a PS2 on launch day in the US. I was going to wait until the second wave came through but I needed a DVD player. That was the immediate selling point for me.

[@mistabrown830]

I find it interesting that ps2 was dominant during its generation that it pretty much shaped the 7th generation into being the most competitive generation in console history.

[@klaudkil]

If i recall..microsoft even said on the 7th gen they wanted to beat sony. And they did,for a while

[@bartsimpson83]

I bought my PS2 from Gamestop when they were getting rid of them and dumping all the games in bargain bins for five bucks or less apiece. I got a lot of the ones on my want list disc only for next to nothing and I was glad to get it. Hail Gamestop!

[@Portuguese-linguica]

Bought mine new after it had been out for a year . I bought metal gear solid 2 on the PS2 at its launch day . Two years later I sold it all to make ends meat with a new born and my wife . 20 years later I'm still married to the same lady and my daughter still loves me. Still wish I had that PS2 and metal gear solid.

[@sportsfan1496]

@@Portuguese-linguicawell now that's you're all settled. Do yourself a favor and buy a PS2

[@CastorRabbit]

@@Portuguese-linguica Never too late to sell the wife and kid

[@Basketball-p2m]

PS2 one greatest console ever

[@raggersragnarsson6255]

That era of games and gaming was top tier. I prefer it to this day. No messing around. Just play the game without any hassle.

[@SWOTHDRA]

Without a hassle? Memory cards? No wireless controllers?

[@SIPEROTH]

@@SWOTHDRA I don't think anyone cared about the no wireless controller back then. We just sit in-frond of the Tv and played. Memory cards weren't a problem ether. In some aspects they where more convenient than what we have today. I remember just taking my game with the memory card in the box and going to a friend that had a PS2 to play and the saves and data i sweat in the game to achieve was right there to show my friend on his PS2.

[@raggersragnarsson6255]

@@SWOTHDRA albeit memory cards were a bit small back then, but I dont remember them being a problem for me. I personally prefer wired controllers as I detest charging anything when you need something. Each to their own as always and all is good.

[@sebastiankulche]

@@SWOTHDRA Hey, at least you dont have to install the games.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@raggersragnarsson6255 , you could, and can still, get Sony PS2 Memory Cards that are so big that they are literally Flash Drives that you can put into a separate little slot on the back of your system.

[@gustavson1985]

PS2 had TTT and RR5 on launch. That was more than enough. People actually purchased console for one of those two games, mostly Tekken.

[@HollowRick]

Yup I had Tekken tag tournament and TimeSplitters

[@Tiger-makhulu]

How many people still have a ps2 at home? Me🖐

[@kilerdd]

Me to😅

[@MilkyHazard]

and still in use

[@MiBrCo4177]

Me three. Found an old Sony Trinitron 24in too to use it on. Couldn't be happier!! Love the damn system.

[@Tiger-makhulu]

@MiBrCo4177 alot of fun memories.

[@Sneif7]

Def me, too! 😊

[@DannyDorito504]

Please dont stop making documentaries. You make some of the best ones.

[@SamuelCarrier]

These documentaries are the most complete and interesting on the subject I saw on KZbin. You deserve way more subs. Keep it up!

[@jeremiahwindsor6114]

Oh joy another 90+ min video! I love your content, so well-researched and presented.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

I love this PS2 documentary. I remember buying my PlayStation 2 when I was a young adult (22 years old) back in 2004. By then I wasn’t as much into gaming as I was back in my teens. But man was it nice to have the 2nd-Gen PlayStation. As I used to play certain games I really enjoyed with friends (Soul Calibur 2, Tekeen 4, and others)

[@SIPEROTH]

I bought it as a young adult as well(20) but despite not having the childish enthusiasm it ended being my favorite console because i finally had a job and money to buy games and i didn't have a wife or kids or anything else to spend money on. I bought so many games that i now own more that 500 PS2 games. It was so amazing to finally be able to get every game i wanted and i played soo much on it. As a teen i had a PS1 and i played a lot but there were many games i couldn't get due to having little money. I started not being into gaming after PS2 when PS3 got released. When it got released i was excited but until it was easily available i stop caring so much and other things start occupying my life so i ended getting a PS3 very late just a year and a half before PS4 was out with most years not bothering with that console generation and never buying the number of games i bought with PS2.

[@WusijiDoctor]

this is probably the best video game documentary ive ever watched. great job man

[@Epic_C]

The PS2 and GameCube were probably the best systems with the best games. Everything went downhill after consoles started connecting to the internet, at least with the quality of games and gameplay. There were quirks still with this generation, but the quality was peaked.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

In my opinion, the 7th generation still had a lot of great games. To me, consoles didn't start going downhill until the mid 2010s.

[@floppytwist]

I strongly disagree. While consoles did converge to PCs and became quite similar, the fidelity of games finally reached a state that is visually acceptable. Games like Death Stranding, Elden Ring, It takes two prove that there is more to games than just figuring out early 3D control schemes. While some games stood out during the PS2 era, I am amazed that nowadays, I can barely keep track with new releases that I want to add to my journey. I just hate the market now - life service games and Nintendo suing private people just to keep their aged system alive.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

@@floppytwist Games today look phenomenal, but a lot of games today are lacking in replayability/engaging gameplay.

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

Yeah, game's today visually can not get better looking, just tweaked for the IP. Issues I have is character moment really hasnt changed much since zelda64. Rockstar tried to switch it up but it just feels like I'm steering a boat down the river

[@legendofswords]

More of the issue with this generation is to do with over monetization and issues with quality assurance with bugs and day one patches. There are definitely some gems of games that have come out you just need to refine your tastes in what you like in games. most Zelda fans are still happy with the current saga. Turn based rpgs are seeing a resurgence.

[@Understeerking]

The PS2 is my favorite system by far. I will always have one.

[@coinopanimator]

Perfect size and design. Even that rotating logo plus it was sold at a reasonable price.

[@ObliqueVisualsNz]

This channel deserves a lot more subs. Narration is A+++ sounds like advertisement level. Easy sub

[@Punisher6791]

Still the best selling console of all time at 155 million units sold. Rip to the guy who jumped off a building because he didn't get a PS2... He'd be alive today to get a PS5.

[@newbsagehaha]

play has no limits, except for supply.

[@TransformersTalkRAW]

Probably couldn't afford it.

[@SPG8989]

He would jump back off knowing how garbage Sony is now

[@salutboss3008]

​@@SPG8989 i think sony is still decent now. why say that?

[@MCharlesPainting]

@@salutboss3008 (1) Extra service costs and weird limitations imposed (2) Heavy push towards Cloud/online-only gaming (3) Lack of ownership/actual game on disc (i.e. you don't control/own it) (4) Most major Sony games infected with gambling/loot boxes and endless MTX (5) Incomplete/faulty AAA games (6) Endless waves of average indie/AA games (7) Political agenda/bad storytelling and terrible dialogue throughout AAA games (and indie and AA games to lesser degrees) (8) Lack of co-op and offline play (9) Far too much focus on multiplayer, not enough on singleplayer (10) Extremely bloated gameplay and filler to make every game longer (11) PS5 is too costly over PS4 for most gamers, due to relatively minor differences (like saving a bit of time with loading, and graphics/fps; not always hit or held stable) (12) Lack of great exclusive PS5 games (meaning, PC and PS4 and Switch are great options over PS5) (13) The fact PS5 is just a bad PC and more money long-term (14) The fact PS5 is large and loud, and has very fragile parts (it won't last too many years before it needs repairing compared with PS1, PS2, and even PS3) (15) The fact PS5 is driven more towards live service games and streaming services than pure gameplay (16) The fact AAA and other PS5 games require so much storage (17) The fact many PS5 games require patches/Internet access to 'fix' (18) The fact PS5 discs cost too much money (at least, according to many gamers) (19) The fact PS5 is itself very costly (at least, according to many gamers) Many of these problems existed with PS4, too, but not as much and some of them were non-issues. This is the death of console gaming, and is massively hurting gaming itself since at least 2019 according to datasets and investment trends. PS6 will be a moral disgrace and unthinkable to anybody even as late as 2006. Many of these items are recent issues created by Gen Z during the 2010s, and it's shaping the future according to the studies and trend reports I've read, both in the West and Asia (namely, China, Japan, and India). Mobile, PC, and console are major issues. For example, studies not alone ago found 30% of Steam games are driven by loot boxes -- which is nothing more than legal and normalised child gambling -- and 50% of mobile games. Sony also has this, and it never really existed even as late as 2006. The first 12 items or so are the most important for me. The PS5 library so far is largely just a better version of the PS4 library, so many gamers don't care. We won't see the true power of the PS5 until about 2026, and it won't be logical to defend unless it moves back to traditional gaming with a focus on healthy gaming and player control and ownership. It seems this is not going to happen. I've seen rumours already that PS6 is going to be all-digital and Cloud-based circa 2028, which will be a death machine with no relationship to traditional gaming or ownership in any way. I would like to hear from you, though. What has Sony done so well since 2016? What great Sony games have been published since 2016? How are you judging good games? What do you like about current Sony and PS5 compared with PC, Xbox Series, early PS4, and/or old consoles such as PS2?

[@fixorbricks]

Incredible! It was fun going down memory lane. But also kind of a bummer. I remember how much I LOVED my Dreamcast and how blown away I was by everything about it. It was just so cool in that Sega way. I think that’s how I felt about the PlayStation 1 when I got it. I was mesmerized by Twisted Metal 1. Great doc, can’t wait to see the next one!

[@MaidenHell1977]

This was joy to watch every minute of. Having actually lived through all this there are a lot memories that resurfaced as result of all this amazing detailed information. The PS2 is is my second favourite console after the SNES. I dropped an absurd amount of money for a Gran Turismo 3 bundle which I still own to this day, box and all. I have since then collected a few more consoles, mostly revisions of the model 1 system plus a Korean market system which is region free with Japanese games. We all knew it was the system to get despite how amazing the Dreamcast and Gamecube were. We were all waiting for Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X so launch games did not matter in the meantime. Vice City is still my favourite GTA game. My favourite ad from the launch was the North American advert showing the PS9, but until then, please welcome the PS2.

[@GTSN38]

I love the ps2 but I've noticed they don't work good after about 6 or 7 years. I think sony purposely made them break down.

[@SomeAngryGuy1997]

​@@GTSN38 You mean the laser?

[@SIPEROTH]

@@GTSN38 Mine lasted 11 years but what broke was the laser. The hardware still works so i put a hard disk on it and made it play roms.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@GTSN38 how about you a. play the video games/DVDs more sparingly, and b. find out if someone does electronics repairs in your area? Chances are that they, meaning the electronics repair person, can not only have the experience, but also the parts, to get you a new laser reader for your Sony PS2 as well.

[@atilamachado7379]

I'm addicted to your videos, please, make more!

[@Quagnol]

Great work buddy!

[@Foodstamp9162]

The DVD player in the PS2 is what I believe, got parents to buy it. I remember how my parents were surprised it can do that as well as play games. Didn't use it much for movies, but I bet that helped with sales.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

we used it all the time for movies

[@doriftuh7331]

The ps2 is the the goku of consoles its unbeatable.

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

It definitely had plot armour on its side lmao. The amount of slip ups the others made was uncanny.

[@MikeOxlongBoi]

It's the boodakai 😂

[@blungus]

New to your channel, watched the n64 documentary and now this all the way through and I have to say, excellent work you’re doing here. I can tell you pour your heart into these videos. It’s very fun learning about the history of these consoles, I hope to see more soon ❤❤

[@blackwolf616]

This is for sure my new favorite channel, please do continue, this is high quality stuff

[@contrivedresident5917]

Another fantastic video! I especially appreciated how you interweaved the history of competing consoles together to craft a compelling narrative about the sixth generation as a whole. One of the best channels on KZbin now in terms of quality content. Looking forward to your NeoGeo video!

[@StarsAndSticks]

You're doing a great job, brother. I especially love the old throwback video footage, advertisements, and magazine images.

[@wezite1983]

I remember watching a news report about the PS2, and they said the Emotion engine actually gave characters in the games 'real' emotions. They showed video's of various games where the characters would smile and I was absolutely blown away. However it was nothing more than the reporters misunderstanding of what the chip really was.

[@CalvinTennessee]

Another AMAZING retrospective! I absolutely love your videos! Thank you for doing them for us!

[@williamslough7147]

The PlayStation was my first beloved console Gran Turismo

[@brianthomas8411]

YEssssss. I don't know where this guy came from, but I'm not complaining! Great Work!

[@brianthomas8411]

@@GeorgeTigra which one?

[@Dj_Exo1]

This has to be the best documentary of anything of all time

[@hanzobi1926]

I still have my JP Launch 10000 series from back in 2000 with the utility disc 1.0 that had the bug/glitch in the DVD driver (that you saved to the memory card using the disc) and was not any specific peripheral used, which was mentioned in the video, as you only needed the Utility Disc 1.0 that shipped with early Japanese Launch units. It allowed only NTSC video region coded DVD playback (not true region free, as it could not play PAL region 2) but it was later patched in 1.1 and eventually part of the internal code on the US and PAL units.

[@nixsteps9678]

Your video is one of the best console documentary that I’ve watched. Please keep creating content. Love the passion and effort that you’ve poured into your videos.

[@chrisramsey6725]

Your vids are all great. Keep up the great work. Also your English is great!

[@MikeOxlongBoi]

My homies and I would all play PS2 daily, we lived in the polygon world. Kingdom Hearts was played like endless days and endless nights, oniy came home to eat and sleep. 😅

[@saiyanraoh5109]

The greatest system of all time and STILL the all time best selling console. I love the system so much that every device I own that is able has a PlayStation 2 emulator on it. Going retro to me is firing up a random PS2 game. Today's Sony is unrecognizable to me.

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Its not gonna hold that best selling console record for long.

[@EvelineE-001]

​@WhatIsMatter101 how so? Explain

[@Gamevet]

@@EvelineE-001 The Nintendo Switch is about to outsell it.

[@EvelineE-001]

@Gamevet and so? Why is it a big deal? Congrats to Nintendo if they do but I feel it's going to be just by a little

[@Gamevet]

@@EvelineE-001 The same reason it was important for the PS2. There's a lot of sofware on both consoles. And either Nintendo is trying to convince gamers that the successor to the console isn't coming out this year, to keep the sales flowing until that date. It's like any month now it will have sold the most units out of any game system.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

The ps2 felt like it was around forever as other systems came and went..... I love my childhood back then. It felt like the wild west of video games. I miss it and if I could go back i would

[@ThunderTHR]

I got recommended this, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Its crazy to think just how much the PlayStation 2 really had luck on its side, with the competition just not knowing how to captailize or deliver the same experience that Sony was giving, despite its own faults. It could've been a different story had Nintendo, Microsoft, or even Sega fully got behind properly on utilizing their machines as a DVD player similar to what Sony did. The library of games it had is not just astoundingly large, but full of perhaps some of the greatest titles that gaming has ever seen, even to this day. Any genre, and you've got just about a plethora of choices to choose from, that could leave you playing for days on end, even if you purposefully binged through it. I'm surprised there wasn't as much conversation about the "Disc Read Error" lawsuit, and how late it came into the video. I remember this being quite a notorious problem with PlayStation 2s for some time, ESPECIALLY with the North American/European launch units. It probably doesn't help that such an issue would get overshadowed come the following generation with Xbox and the infamous 'Red Ring of Death' plague with the Xbox 360 (and even Sony themselves to an extent with the 'Yellow Light of Death' on early PS3 models) becoming such a massive phenomenon due to how frequent it occurred. (I should know, I happened to be amongst many of those unfortunate users at the time.) But yes, definitely will have to watch your future videos, this was very well done!

[@shinoff-tw4eq]

I actually went to ps2 after my original Xbox gave me disc read errors so they had their issues as well. Far as ps3 ylod. That was nowhere near what the rrod was doing. With some saying the rrod happened on 33 percent of Xbox 360s sold. That's gotta be the worst failure rate in electronics history let alone video game consoles.

[@antusFireNova]

I love your vids, it shows how the life of a console is very complex, and I'm learning a lot of stuff about them. Research must have been very curated

[@htreutel]

Was MGS2 really not touted as a pS2 exclusive? I swear it was. The Xbox port was almost a surprise afterthought that came out a year later.

[@coreywong6229]

My OG phat passed away, but I still have my old slim.

[@gershonvillamor4490]

I didn't know this side of early PS1 and PS2 having rocky starts I thought these are sold like hot cakes since from the very start, thanks for this documentary.

[@MaxAbramson3]

I was one of the few people who believed that the playstation would be as big a success before it came out. I had been a SEGA kid and that company seemed to be self imploding.

[@Clusters3rdStrikeArc]

​@@MaxAbramson3Lol, yeah, looking back they were starting to seem desperate/irrelevant, sadly. And yeah, at the time what might happen it was up in the air, there was a couple or three other consoles on the horizon at the time.

[@otogiokami]

They did. This isn't the most accurate ps2 doc out there. I was there. It doesn't even mention games that looked mind blowing and above anything available at the time like tekken tag tournament and the bouncer. Also, some dates and events are weirdly inaccurate in the order they happened.

[@jamesstrength21]

Oh yeah, I had a friend that worked there on the PS2 and he'd come home and run to the bathroom screaming "this consoles going to fail!!!" "My life is ruined!!" Every day until he passed out from screaming on the cold tile floor. I'd wake him up and he'd scream " please end this nightmare for me..." I'd just laugh and help him get ready for work. It was a little dicey here and there but sure enough...few months later, they released it and it was a huge success!

[@MaxAbramson3]

@@jamesstrength21 I've been right about pretty much every console ever... except PS2. There were so many s***y FMV games and crap graphics. Those first 6 months really made me question SONY.

[@solidSchmaltz]

That David Lynch clip is the most David Lynch thing that David Lynch ever did.

[@Shannon-ul5re]

Fantastic video, you brought back some amazing memories of the time. I purchased the Dreamcast on day one release here in Australia! It was incredible midnight release with hundreds of people lining up. I did get a PlayStation 2 at launch but I was so disappointed by it, I took it back within the first week and picked up the VGA adapter for the Dreamcast. That definitely destroyed my pc at the time.

[@HollowRick]

I remember my cousin's boyfriend at the time got a dreamcast at launch then later a ps2 and I remember he thought his ps2 was busted as he was using RGB scart for both systems and the ps2 looked so blurry and aliased compared to the dreamcast he took the ps2 back and did exactly what you did and bought the VGA adapter 😂

[@rockapartie]

@@HollowRick Yes, going from Dreamcast to PS2 was quite the shock for me, too. I bought it for the ridiculously high MSRP of ca. € 460,- (NOT adjusted for inflation!) at release here in Austria, hooked it up - with RGB, mind you - only to be greeted by massive blur and texture flickering unlike anything I had ever seen on Dreamcast.

[@TravisTurbe]

Hey man just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your console documentaries. Amazing job. I really hope you continues hopefully you will eventually get to the other consoles that you haven’t done yet that I would love to see documentaries on like the PS1, ps3, ps4, Dreamcast, Saturn, Jaguar, 3DO, GameCube, original Xbox, Xbox one, Wii, Wii U ETC…You are than man. Please keep making these🙏

[@jay5286]

N64 had great games.. and I love ps2 and never played og xbox but looking back it was way more ahead of its time with built-in hard drive and ethernet and its online play.... but I was all about ps2 lol and then 360

[@Mastakilla91]

Thank you for this rollercoaster back into the times of the biggest console wars. I enjoyed every second!

[@johnrickard8512]

Kuteragi sounds like the Japanese Steve Jobs

[@shigum]

¡Gracias!

[@EvaFull]

….Aka “The Story of How the DVD & DVD Players Went Mainstream”.

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

Yupyup 👍 That's the real reason ps2 took off. "Should I get a ps2 for like 400 bucks or a dvd player for 700 bucks?" Hmm🤔

[@NintenDub]

​@@anthonycarlisle6184that's just not the case. The DVD was a bonus. It didn't have to do with it taking off though.a few years in, and it was a great feature for those who would barely play games who didn't even know it was a DVD player. The whole DVD angle is an important feature but it's over emphasized as to why the PS2 was a success

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

...I mean that's the reason I got one then, when they first came out, and I don't think I'm alone in that 😁

[@SWOTHDRA]

Yup

[@targaryen7029]

@@anthonycarlisle6184 DVD isn't the only reason PS2 was the sucess it was, to downplay the PS2 sucess is the same as people downplaying Switch's sucess because it's "mainstream".

[@calvin6715]

I remember working on an electronics department and everyone returning their third-party memory cards. I didn't know what went wrong until weeks later.

[@Clodd1]

I can imagine how much work you put into this video, it turned out great. Back in the day, I was that kind of Nintendo fan, but I bought a PS2. After some months I realized that Sony's machine wasn't for me, then I bought a GameCube. But I can't deny how great this console is. Jak & Daxter 2, GTA Vice City and Gran Turismo 3 are some of my favorite, just to name a few. Most third party games were better on the PS2. Nintendo made silly mistakes, so it was easy for Sony to dominate.

[@Clodd1]

@@GeorgeTigra What are you talking about?

[@tylertruebenbach7888]

The ps2 has always been my favorite counsel. I never even owned a ps3 until this year. This video clearly took a ton of effort and I greatly appreciate the work put into it. Good job man!

[@golimonkey]

As a kid, when I heard that you can play Vice city on new PS2 it was immediately the best thing in the world for me. (I tried Vice City one time before and loved it to death) Few years later I would get San Andreas for birthday even though I didn't have the PS2 :(. Few long months later my mom bought me my dear ps2 and it was really amazing and still is.

[@TB191]

This is one of the best documentaries I have seen on KZbin. Very entertaining and informative.

[@thelifeofbrandoncooney6099]

The PlayStation 2 was the official end of retro gaming and the PlayStation 3 was the transition into modern gaming.

[@nthgth]

I guess HD is as good a cutoff as any

[@Gamevet]

Luigi's Mansion wasn't the reason that I'd bought a GameCube. I bought the console with Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader. That game was easily a top 3 of graphically impressive games for that generation. That being said, the GC had more than one killer app at launch.

[@onza222]

I think Crazy Taxi is actually a better game on the Dreamcast

[@mtunayucer]

damn, only 5k subs? this channel will explode! already subbed

[@threeminuteshate]

3:18 you used “literally” incorrectly. They figuratively explode.

[@Wezzalicious]

Another excellent video. Please keep these coming. Your research, editing and narration are more than appreciated.

[@theclassicgamer20]

Sega should have made the Dreamcast a bit stronger and included dvd player even if it needed a add on like the Xbox did

[@eponymous7910]

Completely unfeasible, it launched in 1998 and Sega weren't able to absorb the financial loss on hardware compared to a behemoth like Sony. DVD tech in 1998 was in its infancy and extremely expensive

[@coffeebean_tamer]

Sega was targeting the Arcade experience at home but a cheaper option for those who couldn't afford the Neo Geo.

[@SIPEROTH]

@@coffeebean_tamer The Neo Geo was already outdated compared to the Dreamcast. Targeting the arcade experience when the arcade era was ending is not a really good thing ether.

[@SIPEROTH]

Impossible but also Sega didn't have the money. All they needed actually was a big marketing campaign when PS2 was launching but they didn't have the money for that ether because Sega was barely keeping it together after the failure of their previous generation and 32X. They were on borrowed time.

[@charongold6532]

Forever dear to my heart. I believed I owned at least 3-4 ps2 consoles myself because I just could not let go of gta vice city and mgs 2/3. Oh and btw this has to be so far the best documentary on ps2 to date. It lufts up things I did not know at the time of ps2 launch..keep up the good work :)

[@mrflamewars]

PCSX2 FTW

[@paulloughlin3732]

You're back!! Love the channel!

[@lenOwOo]

". . . .with matushita. . IBM and Panasonic. . .". But Matsushita is Panasonic 😂

[@MrRobarino]

A whole 90+ minutes video and that's the only thing you notice? You're trying so hard to be a know-it-all that you make yourself look petty and shallow.

[@NickTaylor-Phantom-Works2]

Fantastic content mate. It's rare for me to watch an entire upload of this length, but it was so well done, I didn't even realise I was near the end until you started talking about ps3!!

[@PixelShade]

I always hated the PS2 due to how it never gave the dreamcast a chance to get a foothold... The Dreamcast was great. Great hardware, great games, but due to people's lack of trust in SEGA and the immense brand loyalty people had towards Playstation, it was near impossible for the Dreamcast to succeed. It's a real shame since the Dreamcast was a great hardware platform with a fantastic games library. I know my friends loved playing on the Dreamcast at my place, but wouldn't get one themselves since they were waiting out on the PS2, and when it was released all of them tried to convince themselves that the PS2 was better, even though games looked far worse in that cross-gen period. Not the mention the insane flickering video output that the PS2 had. The PS2 was a complex and more competent machine than the Dreamcast at the end. But It took a few years before it matched up properly and even more years for developers to master the hardware. I still feel very little love for the PS2, it's weird. Today I'm definitely not a fanboy, but I guess SEGA's demise as a console manufacture stung pretty hard.

[@shinoff-tw4eq]

I had a dreamcast before a ps2. I loved it. I think in the end it was sega that failed the dreamcast. Sony didn't help but sega did sega in

[@dacollbns6336]

Such a high quality content, this is just awesome. I believe PS1 documentary will blow up just like this video. Thank you

[@CassandraPantaristi]

The PS2 is the Atari 2600 of the 21st century.

[@teh1archon]

Probably the best PS2 documentary I've watched! Well done 👍🏻

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

And now PlayStation is a shell of their former selves. Hardly any exclusives, and at that, many are going the way of the PC. Not to mention the layoffs and loss of Activision.

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

and gutting the japanese division in appeal to western markets.

[@schvyler]

Shell of their former selves? What is with the hyperbole with gamers lmao

[@markvandermolen7181]

Truly amazing video. Just your voice and very extensive archival footage. I’m in awe of all the material you compiled together man. 10/10.

[@markvandermolen7181]

Oh, not your voice haha. Anyway, fantastic video.

[@shahrukhagha9319]

Most underated channel I came accross. Loved every bit of it.

[@dudefromtheearth]

Thank you so Sakaru for this fantastic documentary that's hard to match versus other ones that I seen between the PS1 and PS2! I really appreciate what you did putting this documentary together about the PS2 that is the most in depth one I have seen to date. I never heard about all that you highlighted about the PS1 and PS2 before seeing this and you definitely just got another subscriber!

[@dsimpson530]

Those prices listed at 55:00 are not correct for the North American market. Memory cards, Dualshock 2 and the multitap were $35 MSRP each. PS3 raised the controller cost (SixAxis was $50 and DualShock3 was $55 MSRP).

[@psychotropictraveler514]

Dude, this was excellent. You deserve way more subs. Cant wait to see whats next.

[@KBHWC]

Great job with this mini-doc. I really enjoyed how seriously you presented the subject matter. Hoping to see more in the future!

[@Sognafar]

You have given the only truly great and fulfilling PS2 doc. Ive been searching for months. Id love to learn about PCs, the Saturn, or even the OG Xbox.

[@Sognafar]

@@GeorgeTigra damn that sucks

[@YS-by7wy]

This is the 2nd video I have watched on your channel, and I have to say they are AMAZING. So in-depth and well executed. Do you have plans to cover the original “Console War” between Sega and Nintendo? Great job!

[@drew8235]

Love the PS2. Got one as a kid, probs middle school at some point, and it was a mind-blowing upgrade to the PS1. Played sooooo much GTA 3, Vice City, Onimusha, Final Fantasy 11, but my main game was Everquest Online Adventures. Was so important to be able to play an MMO on a home console, and I'm very thankful that I got to be a part of that.

[@jordanhickman6381]

Man it's crazy that this guy doesn't have more views. Such high quality content

[@joshfirth91]

One of the best videos I’ve watched on KZbin. Thank you for all the information and nostalgia!

[@horridachillesful]

Amazing Production quality!!!

[@harrywright2408]

I bought my ps2 with my first wage from my apprenticeship ❤ I loved that system. I recently bought another one from the charity shop for £2. Can’t wait to build my library up again