Editing PlayStation 2

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{{Infobox platform
|title           = PlayStation 2
|image           = <gallery>
PS2_Fat.png|Original
PS2_Slim.png|Slim
</gallery>
|caption         = The PlayStation 2
|type            = Video game console
|manufacturer    = [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony]]
| 
|first_available = {{vgrelease|JP=4 March 2000|NA=26 October 2000
|discontinued    = 4 January 2013
|units_sold      = 155.0 million (as of March 2012<ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/X9Ovv|url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/04/28/ps3-sales-figure-march-2017/ |title=The PS3 Has Sold Over 87.4 Million Units as of March 31, 2017|last=Khan|first=Zarmena|archivedate=11 November 2020|date=28 April 2019|publisher=PlayStation Lifestyle|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref>)
|cpu             = MIPS R5900 Emotion Engine 294.912MHz (Slim @ 299MHz)
|ram             = 
*32MB RDRAM
*4 MB eDRAM
|sound           = 
*Analog Stereo
*Dolby Pro Logic II
*Dolby Digital 5.1 (movies only)
*DTS 5.1 (movies only)
|precursor       = [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|successor       = [[PlayStation 3]]
}}

The {{Nihongo |'''PlayStation 2''' |プレイステーションツー |Pureisutēshontsū}}, often abbreviated as '''PS2''', is a video game console developed by [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]] in 2000. It competed with [[Sega]]'s [[Dreamcast]], [[Nintendo]]'s [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox]]. Its successor was the [[PlayStation 3]] and its predecessor was the [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], the later of which saw no ''Sonic'' games were released as Sega was still manufacturing their own video game consoles at the time.

Seven games in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]] were available for the system, including three from Sega featuring [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]].

==''Sonic'' games==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|[[File:Sonic Heroes (PS2).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic Mega Collection Plus (PS2).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic Gems Collection (PS2).jpg|100px]]
|-
|''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
|''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]''
|''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''<br/>{{C|JP/EU}}
|-
|[[File:Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic Riders (PS2).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic Riders Zero Gravity PS2.jpg|100px]]
|-
|''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
|''[[Sonic Riders]]''
|''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''
|-
|[[File:SU PS2 US Box.jpg|100px]]
|-
|''[[Sonic Unleashed (Wii/PlayStation 2)|Sonic Unleashed]]''
|}

===Sega games featuring Sonic===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|[[File:Sega superstars.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sega Genesis Collection.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sega superstar tennis (ps2).jpg|100px]]
|-
|''[[Sega Superstars]]''
|''[[Sega Genesis Collection]]''
|''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]''
|}

===''Greatest Hits'' games===
{| class = "wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
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|[[File:SMCP GH PS2.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:SH Greatest Hits PS2.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:ShadowPS2GreatestHits.png|100px]]
|[[File:MILKTUDS.jpg|100px]]
|-
|''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]''
|''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
|''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
|''[[Sonic Riders]]
|}

==Characters introduced==
[[File:Ps2uk01.jpg|thumb|right|The 100th and final issue of the ''Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine'', featuring [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] on the front cover]]
*[[E-123 Omega]]
*[[Egg Pawn]]
*[[E-2000]]
*[[E-2000R]]
*[[Shadow Android]]
**[[Hero Shadow Android]]
**[[Dark Shadow Android]]
*[[Neo Metal Sonic]]
**[[Metal Madness]]
***[[Metal Overlord]]
*[[Commander]]
*[[Black Doom]]
**[[Devil Doom]]
*[[Black Bull]]
*[[Hero Shadow]]
*[[Dark Shadow]]
*[[Jet's father]]
*[[Jet the Hawk]]
*[[Stolen]]
*[[Storm the Albatross]]
*[[Wave the Swallow]]
*[[E-10000G]]
*[[E-10000R]]
*[[SCR-GP]]
*[[SCR-HD]]
** [[Master Core: ABIS]]
*[[SA-55]]
*[[Chip]]
**[[Gaia Colossus]]
* [[Dark Gaia]]
**[[Perfect Dark Gaia]]
*[[Sonic the Werehog]]
* [[Professor Pickle]]

==Trivia ==
*The PlayStation 2's life cycle was a total of thirteen years (2000-2013) and sold over 155 million units before being officially discontinued on 4 January 2013. As well, the [[PlayStation 4]] would then be announced a month later and was released in November of the same year.
*The PS2 has over 1,850 games available.
*This is the first console to have a DVD drive.
*''[[Sega Superstars]]'' is the only Sonic-related game exclusive to the PS2 that comes with the EyeToy camera.
*The PS2 contains the largest selection of Sonic games available across the 6th generation, having a total of 10 games, including compilations featuring Sonic.
*''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' was the first Sonic game to appear on a Sony console.
*The NTSC PS2 versions of ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' and ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' are the only releases of said games to allow the player to separately change the voice and text languages in-game.
*The PS2 version of ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]'' was released in Japan and Europe but was never released in the US for unknown reasons. The PS2 version also contains both soundtracks to Sonic CD, which can be changed by switching the console’s language. This is not the case for the GameCube port, which may have been done to save space. However, the version of Sonic R on GameCube supports four-players, which was reduced to two on PS2.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{WP link|PlayStation 2}}
*[https://playstation.fandom.com/wiki/PlayStation_2 PlayStation 2] at [https://playstation.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page PlayStation Wiki]
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