What were the LAST PS2 Games? 

I love prerendered environments, they have their own merits rather than being entirely obsolete.

I sold all my PS collection...regret that. Someone gave my son 3 PS2s, & now we love retro game hunting together😇

I remember seeing PS2 games sold at Walmart up until like 2014, and they were always Sonic Mega Collection Plus, and the GTA Trilogy collection (the good one, not that bugged mess on modern systems)

You know what the fun thing is, even though my PS2 was my only console from the age of 6 till the age of 12, I've never actually owned a brand new PS 2 game, second hand games only and exclusively

"My dad's PS1 games"... oh, God... oh, God...AM I OLD NOW?

minor correction since i'm a nerd and also an FFXI player to some degree: the game's recieved more updates since 2015, no new full on expansions but story updates as recently as... this year.

I found a sealed copy of Star Wars battlefront 2 on ps2. In 2018, at Target, it was less than 13 dollars

The Wii kept the PS2 alive Most of the games that ported to the PS2 We’re also on the Wii the Wii popularity in previous generation graphics made porting a breeze

Seeing Raidou 2 mentioned in anything other than a specifically SMT-focused video made me spit my drink out.

I found a copy of high school musical for the PS2 SEALED at a local Walmart half a year ago. I was so confused

One of the last PS2 games I got before PS3, back then, was FFXII. It still looks amazing! I also feel like the PS2, especially the slim version, were so much more durable than PS3 and definitely PS4. The good ole days!

I find it interesting that _Don 2_ was _technically_ a European release despite being sold exclusively in India due to the fact that Sony never formally had a Computer Entertainment branch in the country, hence the PEGI rating.

Some PlayStation 2 games you could put into a CD player and they would play soundtracks pretty much. I think the same thing goes even for a DVD player that is not the PlayStation 2.

My PS2 is getting more in 2023 than it has since 2009. Started collecting as much from local spots as I can. The PS3 digital store is clutch for the SUPER expensive Games i.e. GOD HAND or Gex 2

I suppose you could consider Sakura Taisen V (Five) one of three last 3rd party release for the sheer fact the Japanese dub was on disc 2. Thus _disc 2_ is a 3rd party final ps2 exclusive game in NTSC considering the Wii version is based off the dub disc

lol I feel so old when someone's like "I've been playing PS2/Xbox since I was a baby" my brain still works like "were you a SNES or a Genesis kid?"

2001-2010 is my favorite gaming era. ps2 xbox 360 psp so many good times!

PS2 is overall the best console of all time. It simply has the best catalog of games that encompasses every genre. Sure HD wasn't a thing yet, but other than that critique it still holds up well.

I'm surprised Raidou 2 is one of the last games on the PS2! It's a pretty fun game. I know Persona 3 and 4 were also late PS2 releases too. I used to think it was odd games were releasing on previous console generations, but Atlus was known for low budget releases and the PS3 was tough to develop for. Even Persona 5 was originally released in Japan in 2016 for the PS3 when the PS4 had been out for a few years, when it was localized in North America in 2017 it was released on the PS4. Yeah Raidou 2 has pre-rendered backgrounds but it had a great atmosphere and great gameplay, if you like 1900's Japan like Great Ace Attorney, Disgaea 7 or Like A Dragon Ishin definitely check it out. I remember buying Raidou 2 day one, I still have my Raidou Jack Frost plushie ^^

Imagine when this guy founds out about Just Dance on the Wii... Alas, great video.

These are my favorite types of videos to watch and listen to while I draw

I find it funny how Sony felt the need to bleep out the word "fuck" in the game for Don 2, when the movie itself probably didn't have that bleeped. It's even funnier how they literally bleeped out less of the word than most American TV shows do when they bleep out the word "fuck" lol.

Super high quality production! You deserve way more subs. I am also a big fan of PS2 and I learned a lot of games that I have never heard of from this video. Thank you for making this video!

Later sports games on the ps2 are fascinating Like, ive played later maddens and ncaa football games and they honestly feel better than the ps3 equivalents and to some extent look better But then youve got the fifa games that are literally just roster updates

The last game I played on the PS2 was Final Fantasy X2. Then the console died. I never got around to buying a new one.

24:01 It is i, the "Wacky Races PS2" guy. I honestly find it so funny that even with a seven year gap between D&M and MM, they didn't even get it to look better than the PS1 game. If anyone is curious, the first Wacky Races game on the PS2 is probably my favourite kart racer because there isn't really anything like it, the weapon system is unique, the controls feel smooth and the soundtrack is fire. Contrastly Mad Motors is a mistake against god.

I remember at the Walmart near me they still had a few copies of the GTA III trilogy combo pack on PS2 up until around 2014, then I think the space they were in was taken over by amiibo. They even still had a single PS2 slim for sale until I think 2013, might've even been after the PS4 had launched which I always thought was pretty crazy.

Comparing FF7R‘s combat with that Shin Megami Tensei game isnt even far fetched

Time-Splitters 3, Jak and Daxter, and Soul Reaver, ahhhhh memories

6:56 For some reason, there are games being playable on platforms but never get counted as "official ports" like the Jak games you showed. Those "ports" are treated like small trivia. You'll see these with articles of games that were re-released for PSN or Virtual Console/Nintendo Switch Online.

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I was the same case that you were in with consoles. I started playing the Xbox 360 when I was 5 in 2011 and still played it up to 2016 with late life cycle games still coming out.

I would consider DDR an exclusive. No one would say SoulCalibur 3 wasn’t a PS2 exclusive despite being in arcades.

I actually saw a ps2 game on a Walmart shelf for $5 in early 2017 just before the switch launch it was the original guitar hero

22:02 Hey! I got that game in Singapore for only SGD10 (don't know how much that was in USD back in 2013) sealed in plastic... until I have to open it to play it on my PS2😆Glad I snatched it before anyone else did.

This almost 30 minutes flew by, love your commentary. Subscribed!

I just bought (a week before christmas) Persona 4 factory sealed brand new on the shelf at a local game store for 39.99$ lol

Great job on this video, rarely do I click on a video and end up watching it all the way through! Loved PS2! Still own many games including some rare ones like Haunting Ground! And loved those old NiS America games, they had a certain charm to them and love to go back to them every once in a while!✌️

Great video! I was never a PlayStation kid growing up, so this was really interesting to learn about!

I think the last PS2 game I bought from EB Games (Australia) was either Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 or Tomb Raider: Legend in 2012 on sale for around $10. It was about a year or two later that I noticed PS2 games completely disappeared from the shelves at EB Games.

Its crazy that while the rest of is were hyping the PS4 and X1 some people were still playing PS2

Seaman for Dreamcast also came with a microphone--it attached to the controller. 'Hey, You Pikachu' on the N64 came with a mic device attaching to the controller. And we all know the original Famicom had a microphone built into the 2nd player controller; Zelda used it for sure. I imagine there's other examples, but that's off the top of my head. Point being, by then it may still have been rare, but not remotely novel (though they all still worked pretty poorly).

Last PS2 game I bought was 50Cent bullet proof. That game was fun. The disc was scratched so I could never get past a certain part.

Holy shit i just assumed you had 100k subs but only 2k? Great quality vids man

can't believe you tricked me into watching 30 minutes of this, you deserve more views

I bought both Mana Khemia 2 and Sakura Wars: So Long My Love for PS2 at retail when they were "new" in North America. I never had a Wii since I wasn't really interested in the gimmick controllers but, even if I had one, I probably would've gotten the PS2 version of Sakura Wars: So Long My Love anyway for the bonus Japanese audio disk, which is the only version I've played. A couple of other late era PS2 titles I bought when they were new were Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli, Singstar Queen, and, of course, Persona 4. The most recent sealed PS2 games I bought from online retail in terms of when I bought them were both Capcom Classic Collections disks from Amazon Canada in 2022 (and, yes, these were sold directly by Amazon Canada and not marketplace sellers).

Reason those FIFA games still came out on PS2 until 2014 is because many people in Latin America were HUGE fans of the franchise but could not afford to upgrade to a PS3 let alone a PS4.

Honestly, sports games are way more enjoyable than many give them credit for, especially back on the PS2. As the generatioks progressed and the engines used shifted, a lot of features were gutted and gameplay was changed so much that both the current and last gen versions would exist in their own ways, neither /necessarily/ better or worse thancthe other in terms of raw gameplay.

I remember seeing sealed PS2 games being sold at Giant Tiger in Canada in 2015.

Came to say im huge FFXI fan, the game still recieves updates to this day and has a thriving private server community. I am a an avid private server player and have hundreds of hours across more than half a dozen private servers. The game really is one of a kind and is different than any other mmo. Every time i see the game mentioned even in a passing capacity i cant help but smile. Those who have played the game understand this feeling. The world and gameplay are unique and simply captivating.

One of the last PS2 games I bought was a Sakura Taisen game. I got the deluxe version with both Japanese & English audio - sold the English disc to a friend for $20.

I found this video by accident, and stayed till the end. It was funny, educational and interesting at the same time :D.

The last PS2 game I purchased new was Odinsphere. I didn't have a PS2 anymore and I played it on my PS3.

my best bargain bin find for the PS2 was Scaler. I only paid 5 dollars for it and it's unironically a fun platformer. The worlds are colorful and interesting, the music is catchy and great, about the only bad thing is the gameplay does not change much from the early game to the endgame, except for those transformations you get which change up the core gameplay. my favorite level in this game is Desollem, the one where you do races. the music is kickass

I Rember buying the gta trilogy ps2 box set from Walmart when I was 10 or something around 2013 and being like "wait you can still buy ps2 games?" the ps2 was a vintage console in my mind at that point especially since it was a little before my time, so I didn't grow up with it. it's my favorite console for sure just because of all the good JRPGS that were on there. the ps1/ps2 era was the best era for JRPGS. also, not all the JRPGS back then had the same bland anime AF art style. something like shadow hearts didn't look anime at all.

Honestly I'm surprised you're not even at 300 subs. Great video, funny, well researched, good sound mixing, well edited. Applause to you

To be fair, the Famicom had a microphone on its second controller, all the way back in 1983.

It's nice the grandfather PS2 was alive in time watch their grandson be born with the PS4

Binging this channel before 300 subs! This was such a good and well researched video

I have/collected almost every PS2 JRPG, and I knew about the sports games from late 2013 from looking up this topic before. I really thought there were more 2010-2011 games/localizations though.

The fact that an NRA game exists reminds me of games like Police Trainer and that one Hilton PSP game, games that are made for one very specific purpose and audience. (By the way, Police Trainer I remember being actually kinda fun.)

great video! glad to see some love for Sakura Wars 5. If ever you decide to check it out, it'll absolutely be worth your time. It's such a great, underappreciated game that'll likely never get rereleased.

This is a well made very interesting video, and your commentary was very entertaining, glad I’ve found your channel👍🏻

I have a sesled PES 2013, I went down this rabbit hole about 9 years ago. I got it off ebay for about $15. I had considered getting a bunch but I was trying to find NTSC release of PES 2014

Along with being good hardware, I think the 2008 financial crisis helped keep development going into the next decadenfor the ps2. It might have caused sony to rethink pulling the proverbial plug on the ps2 in, say, 2012.

Thanks for the story Roy, nice vid

Didn’t the Famicom have a mic in controller 2? And I think the N64 might have had a mic peripheral. So not too novel by mid-2000s

The psp mini game "Beats" also lets you use any mp3 on your memory stick as a level

Song: Spagonia (Night) - Sonic Unleashed [OST]

Final Fantasy 12 will always be the game I think about when I hear someone talking about the end of the PS2 era. I remember being in a Zavvi store when I was 12 and thought the cover art looked cool. The guy at the counter was telling me I was in for a treat and he wasn’t wrong. Still one of my favourite games to this day even if I was never a huge FF fan

A Seaman 3 was in development for the 3DS but it was cancelled.

damn that Gun Club music is actually pretty dope

The Prerendered environments in Raidou II were definitely a choice rather than masking "Lack of skill" or whatever from the team. They had released several fully 3D games on the platform. I also personally remembered playing Baten Kaitos for first time... in 2011. That game mixed extremely lavish looking pre rendered background with current generation technology elswhere; and had lots of neat fake outs; like bridges you could end up going under and over with, and other neat things like that. A non-child gamer can tell what is being done and where but things like well faked depth, shading and more make those look next level. Persona 4 Released in Europe during 2009 I can tell from playing actual DDRX2, the arcade version, Japanese one that one has Feel Good Inc. In 2012. Modern. (But it was also a throwback DDR game in sense with lots of older tracks being promoted "again") That the engines are really different. In Arcade they used Windows PC's and at least 720p HD output, and with that also updated their engines every once often. Beatmania IIDX up to 8th style uses PS1 based arcade hardware and rather easy route to porting the games onto PS2, 9th has PC hardware, new engine, VGA monitors and PS2 versions that start to become impossible to play on HDloader. DDRX2 Arcade uses it's current gen engine, new song selection style and more, while X2 on PS2 seems to be reusing a lot from older installments of DDR, it is using same engine at least from SuperNOVA that is three years older. That also brings back the anecdote about Playstation based arcade hardware. Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA/2 has PS2 based arcade hardware, making those versions between home and console same with differences in track listings etc, as arcade used HDD for more data. X had been first PC DDR and what I can tell from this; X2 PS2 is more like SuperNOVA4 than X2 AC. X2 AC does not have background 3D dancers anymore, those were replaced with mostly music video backgrounds in X2 AC. This is also likely why Arcade came LATER when it usually was other way around (well; at this point it was that new games came out ONLY in arcade); They were different games and X2 PS2 might been last push to get money from home dance mat market in America. TL;DR For all of the trauma dump on top of this line: X2 PS2 and X2 AC are, extremely, different games. Background dancers and our waifu Emi still being there is one dead giveaway, and should be counted, quite counted, and do not hate on DDR I can write a lot about my Dancing Stage love.

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This video is soooo gooood. How do you not have more subs.

How old were you if you played your dad's PS1 games? I was playing my own PS1 games lol and I thought I was young. I was 8 when the PS2 released. Such amazing times. I got gifted one in 2001. Amazing memories.

Same here about sonic unleashed. I saved my money and bought it new at a GameStop for $30 and passed on buying the sonic collection that had shadow the hedgehog. I now regret what 10 year old me did.

My last Ps2 game bought was Manhunt 2 in 2007 when I was in 8th grade. My dad bought it for me at Target before the stores pulled the game from the shleves for being "too violent". (It would have been awesome on the PS3!) I miss those dayz man.

I also didn’t get a ps3 until about 2011-2012 and I vividly remember Walmart section still having Original Xbox games and Ps2 games even my local EBGames since I’m in Canada and it was a weird time because I knew I wanted the new consoles but it wasn’t my choice and if anything the games for the older consoles were just cheaper. It’s crazy how quickly things change though and all the sudden there wasn’t a single accessory or game to be found in the store for the older consoles. I remember looking through 100 of used and new original Xbox games around the transition period and they were going for like $7 for 2 or 3 I can’t even remember. Definitely picked up some cool titles and had a last bit of fun with my OG Xbox.

I wasn't expecting it but FF11 HYPE! lol

Awesome video man. Gonna sub and watch your channel grow!

I got a sealed copy of Persona 3 FES on PS2 3 years ago. That was like, uh huh huh, cool

Bro i had a ps2 until 2019 💀

I was born in 1990 and I remember as a kid at Fred meyers they sold used nes games and remember snes consoles being new in their own section. Crazy to think about now

Sonic Unleashed for the ps2 has an absolute vibe. More fun than the ps3 version imo

Fun fact about Gun Club: it got released in Italy as well and that version of the game is the most expensive PS2 game (not only among PAL-releases but also including American and Japanese releases) - a complete inbox copy costs $1,479

There likely wasn't a direct follow up to Vib Ribbon on PS2 due to the being difficult to follow up on, not because of the CD playback. Audiosurf on PC does something similar with MP3. By the time of new console released, CD were starting to sell less and Spotify had launched.

The last game i buyed for the ps2 was a Beta testing disc for the ps2 where you could play some games as a preview edition ,and damn with the book and the disc it was damn good to know dome of the games that was about to exit at the time

Seeing psvita name dropped on the ps2 reminds me of Kirby’s dream collection name dropping the 3DS on the Wii

Great video, I wonder if exploring other console libraries in this way would also yield interesting results

I went to a supermarket to collect my PS4 on release at midnight, they had FIFA for PS2 on the shelves.

mana khemia 2 is one of my favorite games and i randomly found it online when i used to download ps2 isos

I just finished God of War 2. First time ever playing it. I can attest that it is awesome. I was even thinking about playing through again on hard mode, which is something I rarely do. Go play it!

“My dads PS1 games” god we’re old now…..

I literally bought this game complete on PS2 yesterday. I am trying to collect all Sonic games

I genuinely asked for and got the new WWE game on PS2 in 2009 for Christmas. Yuke's run on PS2 between their WWE and Def Jam games was incredibly strong, plus the power of the PS2 kept back ports coming for five years after the PS2 stopped being the main console for WWE games. I love it and the PS2 will ALWAYS be the best console for wrestling games. Nothing can even compete with the triple threat of Shut Your Mouth, Here Comes the Pain and SVR 2006 (and arguably 2007).

Persona 4 is the best persona imo

Man such a great video I really wish you did not include so much profanity its sad because it makes the video something I would not share with most people I know. Im a pretty open minded care free guy and even I find it upsetting when I hear the profanity probably because it feels like I have to worry if others can hear my device :(

FF11 on PS2 was and still is phenomenal unfortunately like you said no one can play it today but it has received many numerous updates to this day and is still receiving them now. Definitely worth checking out on PC.

Sakura wars was amazing. Mana Khemia 2 is one of the best games on the PS2 🤘😊and I think persona 4 came out in 2009 too I think.