Sony PlayStation 2

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The PlayStation 2 (2000) is the successor to the original PlayStation and remains the highest-selling home video game console in history, exceeding 160 million units worldwide. It was the first home computer entertainment system to integrate DVD playback alongside CD support, turning the console into a living-room media hub and accelerating global adoption of the DVD format. Optical Media Convergence: Built-in DVD-Video and CD playback eliminated the need for a standalone DVD player for millions of households in 2000. Online & Social Expansion: Offered internet play and expanded into social/family titles such as EyeToy, Buzz!, and SingStar alongside flagship franchises like God of War and Ratchet & Clank. Dominated its sixth-generation rivals—Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube—by combining backward compatibility, DVD playback, and the most extensive software library of its era. Became the fastest computer entertainment platform to reach 100 million cumulative shipments (November 2005) and was the first system to reach 50 million sell-in units in both North America and Europe/PAL.

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