Sony Playstation 2 turns 20: A closer look at the world’s best-selling game console

Sony released its PlayStation 2 (PS2) gaming console in Japan on March 4, 2000, which according to the time difference was March 5, 2000 in India. The console was then released in North America on October 26, 2000, and in Europe and Australia on November 24, 2000. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

The PS2 was Sony's second instalment of the PlayStation console line-up, a successor to the original PlayStation, which was released back in 1994. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

It was a sixth-generation console, which competed against the Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube and the original Microsoft Xbox. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

Sony has confirmed that the PS2 sold over 155 million units during its life-cycle. This made it the best-selling video game console of all time, beating the Nintendo DS, which sold 154.02 million units. Over 3,800 game titles were released during its life-cycle, which in total sold over 1.5 billion copies. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

It was also one of the longest produced gaming console, which was being produced till the end of 2013, making it one of the longest lifespans of a video game console being 12 years into production. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

Even though repair services were terminated globally for it a bit later after 2013, the company kept the repair services running in Japan until September 7, 2018. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)

Sony PS2 came with backwards compatibility for its predecessor's DualShock controller, as well as its games. Which was not the backwards compatibility that any of its competitors offered consumers. (Express Photo: Karanveer Singh Arora) (Source: Photo by Karanveer Singh Arora)