Playstation's 2nd machine

Sony came back after more than 6 years of dominance with the original Play Station with the Playstation 2 (PS2) system.

The new system allowed for greater graphics and faster loading times over the original PS, and also began to touch the fully 3-dimensional capabilities that are now rampant in today's gaming industry.

The Playstation 2 beat Microsoft's Xbox to release by more than a year, and as such, commanded the market despite Xbox's capabilities. Sega tried to compete with the DreamCast system, and ceased production after only 3 years.

Playstation 2 lasted a staggering 12 years, going from March 2000 and finally discontinuing production altogether in December 2012.

During its reign, it had an impressive library of 1,850 games released on it.

One of my very favorite aspects of the PS2 was that it was 'backwards-compatible' with the original PS games, meaning you could play both PS2 and Playstation games on the same console. This led to only needing the one system, rather than a different system for every different generation of games out there.

This little, yet sought after capacity is one I really hope eventually comes back into existence in the near future. I am hoping that eventually Sony will make a all-inclusive system that can play any Playstation 1-4 title on one gaming system.

There is already similar systems out there for the more retro systems, combining SNES/NES/Genesis on one console. I own one of those myself for when I get the inkling to get beaten by Super Mario Bros. or Dragon Warrior 4.

Just a little side-note that I thought was cool. Here is a picture of one man's collection of all 1,850 PS2 games ever released still factory sealed!

Ahans 76 went to great trouble to collect every single game ever produced on PS2, intent on getting a factory-sealed version of every one for his collection, spending some $300 for an acceptable copy.
http://www.odditycentral.com/news/guy-collects-all-1850-playstation-2-games-leaves-them-sealed.html