The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home computer game comfort that was produced by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation, and is the second portion in the PlayStation lineup of consoles. It was discharged on March 4, 2000 in Japan, October 26, 2000 in North America, November 24, 2000 in Europe, and November 17, 2000 in Australia. It contended with Sega's Dreamcast, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube in the 6th era of computer game consoles. 

Declared in 1999, the PlayStation 2 was the main PlayStation comfort to offer in reverse similarity for its forerunner's DualShock controller, and in addition for its amusements. The PlayStation 2 is the top of the line computer game comfort ever, offering more than 155 million units, with 150 million affirmed by Sony in 2011.[10] More than 3,874 diversion titles have been discharged for the PS2 since dispatch, and more than 1.5 billion duplicates have been sold.[11] Sony later produced a few littler, lighter corrections of the reassure known as Slimline models in 2004 and well on, and in 2006, reported and propelled its successor, the PlayStation 3. 

Indeed, even with the arrival of its successor, the PlayStation 2 stayed prominent well into the seventh era and kept on being created until January 4, 2013, when Sony at last declared that the PlayStation 2 had been suspended following 13 years of generation – one of the longest keeps running for a computer game comfort. In spite of the declaration, new diversions for the comfort kept on being created until the finish of 2013, including Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin for Japan, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 for North America and Europe, and FIFA 14 for Brazil.