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for Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2)

Rating Summary based on 394 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		205
  • 4 Stars
    		103
  • 3 Stars
    		47
  • 2 Stars
    		27
  • 1 Star
    		12

Detailed rating

  • Ease of use
  • Graphics capability
  • Instruction manual
  • Manufacturer Support
  • Range of Extra Features (I.e. email)
  		• 4.4
  		• 4.5
  		• 3.9
  		• 3.7
  		• 3.7
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  • 65 of 65 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    china_wolf

    5 Stars Sony's return with a successor to the throne Review with images 29/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It's Sony! It's got the most software developer support! Final Fantasy continues!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It's quite ugly, graphics are jagged in places

    Sony Sony Sony... these guys have some history with Nintendo. Back in the day when the Super Nintendo was the dominant video game console, Nintendo thought "We know! Let's make a CD add-on drive for our amazing Super Nintendo!" The executives of Nintendo all agreed since their rival at the time, Sega, had a CD add-on device for their Mega Drive. Nintendo drafted in Sony, a massive and well respected worldwide electronics manufacturer, to design the CD device for the Super Nintendo. However, when Sony was 98% complete with the device, Nintendo changed their minds and pulled the plug on the ... more
  • 84 of 84 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pleaseratemyreview

    4 Stars Prepare to become a hermit 12/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages it's got it all

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The cost is ever rising

    The tap was left dripping and the sink slowly filled until water began to splatter over the precipice. Onto the bathroom floor, then through the bathroom floor the drops kept coming. The carpet below was ruined, but more importantly so was my PSone. Pushing the button, nothing. Wiggling the plug, again nothing; I had to accept that my faithful machine had spun its last disc, and so my attention turned towards replacing it. The task of replacing the irreplaceable was always going to be tricky, but I thought it only logical to buy the PSone's big brother: the PS2. It was, after all, capable of ... more
  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    masterblaster1982

    5 Stars Whats that shiny black box you got there Sony? Review with images 15/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Loads of games, doubles up as a DvD player, plays PS1 games.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Needs a mulitap for 3 players or more, Games should be cheaper.

    Welcome to my review of the Original Playstation 2 Console, I'm going to start with a bit on the history of Sony, then their story of PS2 and how it playas part of my life. Then onto the features and my opinions. Finally finishing off with some helpful prices for the console and accessories. ----------------------------------------​----------------------- HISTORY Sony first started out as a radio repair shop in Tokyo, Japan of 1945, owned by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. As the years went on they started to made radios, recorders and other things. Then into other products we mostly know them ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    chunka

    4 Stars My Money won't Eject from the PS2 09/01/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent Capabilities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Extra Costs

    Well look what we have here, the PS2 the brother of the excellent PSone. I remember being a kid and waking up early just to get my hands on the Mega Drive for the morning, remember that one? Well Sega were successful then and the Mega Drive was a must have accessory. Sony have pulled through and changed things, now the must have console is the PSone of course. Though as technology progresses and time moves on it was only a matter of time before the brother of the PSone made an appearance and here it is, the PS2. The PS2 was on the shelves two years back just before the Christmas of 2000. Sony ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    DBZKing

    4 Stars PS2, Greatness in Entertainment 12/06/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages looks nice not too loud

    Disadvantages Disadvantages sometimes it can crash

    The Playstation 2 has many functions to it, you can get it in Jet Black, which I have it in, or you can get it in Silver, which looks way much better, but it is very rare to find. I have many games for this console, over 30. My newest ones are, Dynasty Warriors 3, Timesplitters 2, Enter the Matrix and Shadow Memories. They all are great games, but out of them, I have enjoyed Enter The Matrix or Dynasty Warriors 3 more. I have written a review on both of these games, if you would like to check it out after this review. Dynasty Warriors 3 is about, you’re a general, of an army, and you send them ... more
  • 129 of 129 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    maximax

    4 Stars Half Way 19/11/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages powerful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages hard programming

    Hello! Here is an op I first wrote on the Fr Ciao site. Actually, it is a rewritten op: I was not proud of the first one; it was 90 words (in the Fr version, I pasted it at the end) so I had to re-write it. Therefore, I am going to take some of your time to tell you about the Playstation 2, what a huge subject! The Playstation 2 has a big history, which I am going to try to tell you, in a no-linear redaction. So, let's get it on !!!!! PLAYSTATION 2, SONY. ----- Design Newspapers spent a lot of ink about the design of the Play 2. A console that can be put vertically, how surprising! Indeed, it ... more
  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Collingwood21

    4 Stars Box of Delights 05/01/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Has come down in price a lot, DVD and CD capabilities, Stylish design

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No RFU adaptor included, cost of buying extra accessories

    Santa was good to me this year - I must have been a very good girl indeed to come up this well in his list. On Christmas morning, there was a shiny new Playstation 2 sitting underneath the tree waiting for little me, and my inner child is very pleased indeed! At least today I have managed to tear my self away from it long enough to attach myself to the computer and get writing about it. - Choice of console To start at the beginning (usually a good place I find), if you are out to buy a games system at the moment, you have a choice between three - Sony's PS2, Microsoft's X Box and Nintendo's ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dabmim

    4 Stars DVD CD OR GAME 24/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great package 3 in 1

    Disadvantages Disadvantages game prices

    Living in a house that has always been Nintendo orientated, I was a bit shocked when my son announced that he now wanted to try play station. Not knowing much about it I agree to ‘scour’ the Internet to find the best deal! Unfortunately they were all about the same price - £199.99. This price was without any games! I eventually decided to order a deal from electronic boutique with an extra control pad and two games for £249.00. Un luckily my card details were declined. I then ventured into our town centre and entered Argos. They were selling the game for £199.99 (it was in the shop ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    buster_uk

    4 Stars DVD Player, Audio CD Player, Games Console. 22/12/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant Games, Brilliant DVD Player

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Technology not as advanced as competitors

    PS2 Im not going to bore you with about a page of tech specs that i dont understand and others arnt likely to either, but if you are interested then the official Sony PS2 site is below. http://uk.playstation.com/hardware/ps2te​chspec.jhtml The Playstation 2 my friends is not only a games console, it is a fine quality DVD Player and Audio CD Player. A brilliant future investment, well until the next Playstation comes out anyway. It is already beating Microsoft's X-BOX by far as well as the Nintendo GameCube to a lesser extent in the console wars. The information about the DVD player and the ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    whitedevil

    5 Stars Playstation 2 & Remote Control Review 22/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Price, Games, Graphics, DVD,

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Design(?)

    With the huge success of the original Playstation console, it was inevitable that Sony would capitalise on its success and produce a successor to take the gaming community into the next generation of consoles. The likes of Sega pulling out of the race, with their failed Dreamcast machine, and with Nintendo's 64 console restricting their market to a cartridge based box meant that the Playstation 2 and it's DVD based setup looked to be a certain hit from the outset. All this may be well and good but it can only become a reality to the bean counters when the product is actually out on the market ... more
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