Short for "PlayStation 2", it's the successor to the original
PlayStation, it was released in japan on the 4th of March, 2000 and in the European region, it was released on the 24th of November, 2000 and in North America in October 26th, 2000. it sold over 155 million units worldwide until it's discontinuation in January 4th, 2013.
the PlayStation 2 has had 10,035 games released for it world-wide on both the CD-Rom and DVD-Rom format.
the PlayStation 2 was also fully backward compatible with the previous PlayStation 1.
A big selling point for the PlayStation 2 was it's ability to play
CD and
DVD discs.
the PlayStation 2 originally came out in what's known as the "fat" model (SCPH-1000x-SCPH-5000x) and the "slim model (SCPH-700xx-SCPH-9000x).