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American Chopper982
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SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals944
Unreal Tournament925
Gran Turismo 3926
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas927
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom928
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams919
ESPN NFL 2K59110
Dancing Stage Fusion (Aka Dance Dance Revolution Extreme)91
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Breaker
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Picassio
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I-Ninja 2
The PS2 timeline
Full timeline1999The PlayStation 2 Is AnnouncedAt a PlayStation Meeting in Tokyo, Ken Kutaragi unveils the PS2: the Emotion Engine CPU, the Graphics Synthesizer, DVD playback and full PlayStation backward compatibility. Sony's 'Toy Story in real time' claims are hype — but not by much. The Emotion Engine is rumoured to be so powerful it briefly lands the console on Japanese export-control lists over fears it could guide missiles.2000North American Launch — The Great ShortageThe PS2 hits the US at $299 with around 28 launch games — SSX, Madden NFL 2001, TimeSplitters, DOA2: Hardcore, Tekken Tag Tournament. Sony can only supply about 500,000 consoles against demand for millions; pre-orders sold out months earlier and scalpers list units at $1,000+. It remains one of the most supply-constrained console launches ever.2001Grand Theft Auto III — Everything ChangesDMA Design moves GTA into 3D and invents the modern open-world game. Liberty City's living city, radio stations and go-anywhere freedom are a generational leap — 14.5 million sales, endless imitators, and the moment the PS2 becomes unstoppable.2002The Network Adaptor LaunchesSony's $40 expansion bay add-on brings ethernet and 56k modem to the fat PS2 — plus a 40GB hard drive bay underneath. Launch copies bundle Twisted Metal: Black Online free. The PS2 goes online properly: no subscription, no central service, just games.2003EyeToy — You Are the ControllerSony's little USB camera launches in Europe with EyeToy: Play, and controller-free gaming arrives a full three years before the Wii. Wave at the screen, wipe windows, kung-fu ninjas — it goes on to sell over 10 million units and directly inspires PlayStation Eye and Kinect.2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — The Biggest Launch YetThree cities, one state, a jetpack and a country-western radio station. San Andreas is the PS2's biggest game in every sense — 17+ million sales, the era's defining blockbuster and still the reference point for open-world scope.2004The PS2 Slim — 75% SmallerFour years on, Sony rebuilds the PS2 into a book-sized 900g slab: top-loading lid, built-in Ethernet, near-silent operation, $149. It gives up the hard drive bay — but outsells everything anyway and stays in production until 2013.2005Shadow of the ColossusTeam ICO's second game is sixteen boss fights and nothing else — a mournful masterpiece that becomes the permanent exhibit in every 'games as art' argument for the next twenty years.2005100 Million — Fastest Console EverSony confirms the PS2 passed 100 million shipped — in five years and nine months, faster than any games machine before it. The PS1 needed nine and a half years for the same number.2007God of War II — The Masterpiece EncoreBigger set-pieces, better puzzles, the Colossus fight through Atlas's palm — GoW2 is the PS2 operating at its absolute ceiling, a technical showcase released after the PS3 is already out. Frequently called the console's best game.2011150 Million — Best-Selling Console in HistorySony confirms 150 million PS2s sold. The Nintendo DS finishes just behind it at 154 million combined sales, but no home console is close — the record stands as of today, with Sony later citing over 160 million lifetime.2013Production Ends WorldwideSony officially confirms the end of PS2 manufacturing. Final tally: ~13 years in production, roughly 4,000 games, over 1.5 billion copies of software sold and 155+ million consoles — numbers no machine has matched since.2025Still the Best-Selling Console EverTwo and a half decades after launch, the PS2's ~155 million record still stands — Sony's own retrospective materials have claimed over 160 million. Its library, its controller, its boot screen and its cube skyline remain embedded in gaming culture.+49more milestonesSearch, filters and images on the full interactive timeline.