Of all the Playstation consoles, however, the PS2 was by far the most successful, the longest-lived, and (well, subjectively), the most fondly-remembered. 158 million PS2 units have been sold since the console’s launch. That’s enough for 2.5 percent of the entire world’s population to own one.
The PS2’s success, though is attributed not just to a stellar line of exclusives, but also to the way it offered up advanced hardware at a more compelling price than its competition. Compared to the GameCube and Xbox, the PS2 was known for being difficult to program. However, the craft of first-party studios most familiar with the hardware shines through various exclusives. Here, we’re going to take a deep dive into the PS2’s hardware architecture and find out what made this remarkable machine tick.
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