Why I Like PS2 More Than PS5 

I always prefer older consoles over newer ones. Older consoles just feel like the game devs put more effort into them and focused a lot more on making fun games and experiences, then focusing on how hyper realistic & cinematic everything is. Heck, I still enjoy playing the PS2 even to this day. I still enjoy playing games like NFS Most Wanted (2005), Ratchet & Clank, GTA San Andreas, TimeSplitters 2, etc.

PS2 boot up screen is iconic and nostalgic

PS 2 is the Highlander console. It is immortal. I still enjoy it nowadays

PS2 is still legendary

Hey, I still have my PS2 that I've had since I bought it back in like 2003. Though this is my 3rd actual PS2. It lasted 20 years and still plays my PS2 games with ease.

Been playing FFX and Ratchet and Clank going Commando this week and man what a great time I've been having. There was just something special about that time in gaming.

I think we learn to appreciate the older stuff only after it’s gone. I’ve been on my PS3-PS4 for well over the last 6 months+. I feel it just offers more fun than what I can get what’s currently on the PS5.

PS1 - Great PS2 - Excellent PS3 - Great PS4 - Good PS5 - ???? Honestly I have no idea. It's the first Playstation I've yet to buy. I will get one eventually, but for the first time since I became a gamer, a Playstation hasn't felt essential.

I agree 100%!!!! These new games will never stack up to the ps2 days.

I don’t disagree with you,I just think the ps2 had actually put a lot in it

Agreed PS2 is just my comfort console -- I can always go back to it for a good time

Going back and playing alot of these old games really reminded me how gaming use to be an experience now it feels like the whole experience is "wow this game looks so realistic" and thats it

Same. I actually like the PS2 & (especially) PS3 more than both the PS4 and, PS5 😬😅

I'm back to playing ps2 been playing it again for last few months totally agree, I have a ps4 but play ps2 so much better games, playing medal of hour frontline again. Amazing unbeatable ps2 and the games 💯

Nobody ever mentions that the dualshock 1 and 2 had far stronger rumble where your arms really are shaking. i love it

I’m currently playing my ps2 right now the best system in my opinion

Ps2 still holds the record for most consoles sold to this day that was a crazy release day

Same here, mate. I’ve been sucked back into Burnout 3. Love your content and style. 👍👍

This is the first console generation since i was a kid where i fully have no intention of buying a system. I've built myself a killer PC and i have my few consoles and emulators.

Ps2 was one of my first consoles I still have my original slim and I’m still playing games and finding games I’ve never heard of.

im playing ffx mgs2 and god of war 2 right now on ps2. What a beast of a system

I still play PS2 and I play it all day long, I don't know it's magical that consol, and lately I upgraded it with a ssd drive and I play games through opl, I got 43 games and still downloading games. Long live playstation 2

I feel like you and me could be friends. PS2 is my go-to game console,, even owning a PS4 PS3 Wii and Switch. PS2 just offers so much fun... older consoles also do and do better than modern consoles, but PS2 is in another level

Cant beat early 2000's video game nostalgia! 🎮

Buy physical, people. Digital media is anti-consumer. Just because you paid for a digital game does not mean you own it. It can be taken from you at any time. "You will own nothing and be happy."

You're spot on with modern gaming versus previous generations they've really taken the fun out of gaming, this is why I'd never dream of getting rid of my PS2/3

ps2 is my all time favorite. friendly reminder: if you still have a PS2, it is time to have some maintenance done. capaciters start to leak after about 20-25 of age. battery acid will destroy your console. find a modder to replace them. also get it cleaned, cooling system checked and the gear on your laser lens is rubber. rubber dries out and cracks and breaks so get that checked too.

I was playing PS2 in 2011 🔥

I love my PS3 more than my PS5. Personally despite the numbers. I still think the PS3 is the best Sony Console , Sony has put out.

The most sold console ever, the PS2, had 4000+ games officially released

I still play Playstation 2 despite owning newer generation consoles is the sheer amount of games available on Playstation 2 is like insane.

damn bro you’re blowing up congrats

Hey Basement Gamer, really like your videos and sense of humour, i also got into collecting for the ps2 and ps3 recently, and just wanted to let you know that there is a adaptor for the ps2 and ps3 which allows you to connect a ps5/4 controller to them wirelessly, I think the brand is called Brook and i paid about £30 each, makes playing the older consoles even better.

PS2 Era - Developers squeezed blood from a stone with a console that, compared to what we have today, was a grain of sand in power. A marvelous respect and intelligence in using the tool they had at hand to create everything and then some up to the limit of what could be achieved. PS5 Era - Super powerful console, cutting-edge technology, fast internet with Wifi, SSD, tactile controller, and 4K resolution. Result -> Incomplete and buggy games released that mostly require periodic updates, graphics no longer efficiently extract all that the console can offer, services that exploit the consumer, such as releasing DLCs of content that could have been part of the game already released in its final version (as it was in the PS2 era), and finally, a lack of creativity and love for creating fun games with deep and memorable stories (let's admit that nowadays the focus is still mostly on 'pay to win' online games with expensive skins). I sound like a grumpy old man complaining, but unfortunately, it's the current truth.

I still have my PS2,SNES, and Mini PC and I still love what I got to these day.

Love the vids man keep up the awesome work...❤❤❤

I have absolutely NO IDEA why Sony moved away from the PSP/PS3 style home menu. It was perfect. So easy to navigate, satisfying to just scroll along and it was customisable! PS4's home screen was an absolute laggy mess, even to this day. PS5's looks even worse!!

Ps2 is very playable in 2024 and I currently do play more then my ps5 not because the new consoles are no good it’s just because I’m not interested in any of the games released recently I’m currently playing the the suffering wow what a fun game definitely recommend it

Hey man, I've been watching your videos for a couple of weeks now and I am new subscriber. What part of Canada are you from? I'm from Edmonton.

Awesome video like always…. Keep up the great work and Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.

Boot the PS5 without internet connected and see how basic and barebones it is.

I still got my OG PS2! Still play it to this day.

Same here, man. I play a lot of PS2 games and barely any modern stuff. Burnout, GTA, JAK2, JAKX, SSX3, DefJAm2, the list is endless. Pure fun.

I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary. It was hilarious as usual. Really looking forward to the next one

I realy like your Channel keep going you will be a great channel soon . Up from France

What type of Canadian are you? I'm an Ontarian looking to pick up a backwards compatible ps3 so I was wondering which towns I should hit

1990 to 2005 is the best ERA for whatever thing you take, eg. sports, movies, games, childhood..etc

This video could have been titled "the PS2 is better than the PS5" nobody would have had a valid argument on why.

I'v got my original PS2 on my 14th birthday & I still got it to day & I'm 34 now also it still works. Half way through it's life it stopped reading the discs but then as I constantly putting the disc in & out then it finally reading the disc so I don't know what happened there but it still going.

The Tony Hawk 1&2 remake was phenomenal, I highly recommend checking it out!

what are those window lights called?

There will obviously be a great game here and there in the future, but innovation seriously lacks outside of the visuals these days. Good thing we have an absolute ton of good games already released for many many years.

Don’t have a PS2 but an OG Xbox. Has most of the same games. And I feel the same way.

You make a salient point, my friend. I will die on this hill with you. I always have been and always will be a PS2 Stan.

It's the best console of all time. Every genre had many of the best games of all time.

Thank you for mentioning that PS2 games are complete out of the box. No updates required! PS2 was the last generation that did that.

i feel you bro, i love ps2 as well..

I have ps2, it’s a silver slim ps2. I brought ps2 back couple years ago and I really glad did that. I miss playing ps2 games.

Reason why PlayStation fanboy and dedicated lover - PS5 being my last PlayStation console. I’m going back to PS2, PS3 times and some PS4 - it has such amount of masterpieces that it will do me for life, rather than hoping for tomorrow which may never come.

good shit as always BG!

Youre funny man. Love the vids

11 days late, but my PS2 OG disc drive still works since like 2004. Love this console and love the videos

PS2, PS3 and PS4 are legendary for me, there so much good content on them that you are set for life!

I still play my original one I got at age of 12 now I'm 31 it still plays I took it apart cleaned it and put it up saving it for my boy now I have a refurbished ps2 slim and been playing my original gta san andreas on it I love ps2

Felt this as a ps5 owner who still has like 2 dozen ps2 games on my phone that I play daily

there was a Tony Hawk 1&2 remaster for PS4/PS5 that came out in 2020- there’s some things added to it as well. Will agree though as far as going back and playing on the PlayStation2 it’s definitely more of an experience, I’ve been playing Silent Hill 2 and having been really enjoying it (spite the scary ass fog atmosphere)

I have a PlayStation 2 emulator and I also have over 100 games for it too. I play it all the time on my laptop. It's great.

PS2 and PS3 are my favourite of the PlayStation systems.

I still love you man!

Its funny because I was just thinking about how I'm not going to buy future consoles anymore

I love your random jibba jabba basement gamer keep it coming buddy!

Totally agree. I spend more time with my ps2 and original xbox. I have an xbox series x. I gave up on ps5 thank god. Never had one never will.

Can someone help me find tips and tricks to getting a PlayStation 2 that is in good condition? I would hate to go the eBay route and not really know if it is worth the price and I don't have any retro games doors near me is there something I need to be looking for in particular?

PS2 is the best selling gaming console of all time at 150 million sold.

This guy's eyes and tone of voice are so jaded, this is the perfect opinion for him to discuss it's hilarious. I agree btw. I don't even own a PS5 and don't feel like it cause I have my PS2 plugged it. Those shoes could never be filled by another home console.

I still have a PS2 myself. The games I have in my collection right now is Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X2, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Sonic Heroes, Tony Hawk's Underground, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas & Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Also don't forget, if you have a PS2 it will play like 99 percent of the PS1 library, which I have 2 games currently in Syphon Filter 2 & Fear Effect.

there is a brook adapter for ps2. it connects ps3 4 and 5 controllers. However just the dualshock 3 ps3 controller handles rumble right while ps4 and 5 controller just start rumble and never stopp once got hit. But you can always play without rumble

100% agree still enjoying my pS2 console till this day and i don't need to know how big AAA game will be release on PS5

My favorite dashboard ui is still the xbox 360 blades dashboard. One blade for the online stuff, one was for games and im pretty sure the others were for like music, movies and system settings stuff.

I have one too. It emulates off my XBOX Series X at 8K.

I still have my PS2 slim silver and have Shadow Hearts Covenant on it probably my favorite game.

It also feels like we are all at that point again like in the 2000s when the ps2 came out all they had was time splitters and had to wait for games

I brought 2 ps5 consoles and returned both of them this gaming era is absolute garbage to me.

Now do a video on playing the gamecube and wii games.. trust me wii and gamecube underrated, 4 player games like no other console, easy pick ups, and just fun. Wii might be top 3 console…

love this guy

I subscribed!!

In the old days games were made and they were finished.. there was no updates. There was no change in anything… the fact that most of the hardware from back then is still running.. modern day technology is easy as it makes lives.. is basically rubbish

8:46 it would be cool if developers upload pictures or artwork for players to display of each game , that’s a good way to customize the ps5 menu

I got mine like new from an old couple. They bought it for their grandkids and never used it. It even came with a box. And games. Some even sealed.

imagine if sony did a Re-Release of the PS2

I recently started getting into PS2 again, I been using OPL to play games I dint get a chance to back in the day. Back then I didn't see what Metal Gear Solid series was such a big deal, well I've played through MGS2 and now finishing MGS3 and I can see why they are classics! I also have a PS5 and I haven't even touched it in months, hardly any games in it, the only thing I been waiting on is in the Elden Ring DLC to finally dropped after like 3 years!!!

library of games, AND crt tv with the glow, contrast, smoothness and color combo is unbeatable. Especially on the PS2 and Gamecube There are certain newer games I want to play on newer consoles like Ghosts of Tsushima, Nier Automata, and The Last Guardian, but I don't think the library is as iconic from the 6th gen consoles

I still have my 2 PS2 slims (SCPH-70012 from 2004 and SCPH-79001 from 2007) + an original model (SCPH-39001 from 2002) and still enjoy playing games on them more than any system. Reason 1: The library worth of games to play on there Reason 2: You don't need to constantly perform software updates on the system itself or download gigabytes worth of software to play a game. All you have to do is put the disk in the PS2, power it on after getting it set up, and you're set.

Can you upload more videos, about anything? Your rant videos are comforting before bed 😂 even my wife agrees

i cant even blame anyone still and currently playing ps2 to this day. heck a couple days ago i resurfaced my copy of Midnight club 3 remix after going through some stuff in the attic, and i already made it to detroit in those 2 days. i can get insanely mad at that game but i still think its one of th best games on the ps2. never even seen tokyo when i played it back in the day, so wish me luck i suppose. game is S tier.

The Getaway on ps2 ❤so good. Anyway i still have a PS3. Love Fight Night Champion and the Dirt Showdown game. Waiting for a game that makes the newer consoles a must buy. A Max Payne game maybe, Simpson's Hit n Run remake. I'll die before that ever happens.

Still have my PS2 slim I bought from years ago, it looks great (referring to Mjesus comment)

I like the look when it's on the side

Pump up the resolution on PS2 games to 4K, get the emulator going, enjoy PS2 for the next 20 years. There's a bottomless pit of creativity and great hidden gems on the PS2.

Most of the PS5 exclusives are on PS4 graphics are the same