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.
Yeah me 2. Its seems like company put out games now and rely on dlc to make it better. Smh older systems had to make the game good because there was no dlc to save them..if it was bad it was bad.
I know the Playstation 5 and Xbox series X/S are powerful hardware but as a dad and as an old timer , I prefer the simpler video games and not interactive movies so I like the Nintendo Switch.
@@BasementGamerYTSame. But the sound also jumpscared me sometimes when i wasn't expecting it 🤣 But other than that, I agree it's a iconic startup and i still appericate it even to this day.
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.
I have two. One is all original and can play blue disc (has problems but works) and a refurbished one that won't play blue disc. Ever since getting a PS3 jailbroken able to play PS2 my ps2s are taking a break
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.
@Cracker-p9q Cool. Used to play Need for Speed Underground 2 along with Kingdom Hearts 1 and Hot Shots Golf 3 at my Grandma's house as a kid and i still love the Riders on the Storm song to this day. Enjoy. 😎
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
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 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.
@@Jay053 You are not informed. Many games are cross gen . Sonic Superstars, EA Sports FC 24, Nba2k24, Prince of Persia: lost crown, Contra: Operation Galuga, Aew Fight Forever , Street Fighter 6and the list goes on. Only MK1,Tekken 8 and few others but most games are cross gen for the last 4 years. Do your research, man.
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.
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."
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 💯
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
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!!
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
It ain't worth getting a PS5. I have no words for the PS5, so I'd rather get a PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4 more than a PS5. The PS2 was an awesome console.
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 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 loved the PS3 and Xbox 360 but over the years I feel like both really didn't have that many amazing games. CoD, halo 3, The Last Of Us, Gears and that's it really. Where ps1-2 had so many dam amazing games.
@RAMY2472 I figured as much lol I started with a PS1 and remember the demo disc that came with it? Souls Reaver, Medievil , Parasite Eve, Resident Evil, Jet Moto , GTR,
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.
Best generation of gaming systems. The good old days when you didn't have to download large gigabytes worth of software just to play a game. Just set up the console, put the disk in, power it up, and you're ready to go.
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.
I think the PS2 is the sweet spot where it's the last console generation where you can just plug and play. There's something so refreshing about that. No endless updates, wi-fi connections, and no game installs. Literally just put a cd in and it just works. For that reason, the games are so complete as there's no updates to fix broken games. PS3 is an awesome console with a wonderful library of games, but I feel like the generation was starting to get clogged up with all the updates and game installs which make it a much harder sell for me to go back to, as it's a similar experience to playing the ps5, just with older (and probably better) games.
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 can definitely relate to this, after finishing a handful of games on PS5 i started feeling burned out and opted for some less time consuming games on the PS2 while tackling some old backlog games. So far I played Bujingai: The Forsaken City, Tsugunai: Atonement, now working on Crimson Sea 2. All of these games are just fun to me, I think part of whats hurting modern gaming is the trophy system, it causes people to overplay games doing boring, monotonous tasks to for arbitrary "completion". PS2 is just a fun console with easy to pick up and play games for any genre, tons of games that were clearly experimental but still creative and fun without the bloated amount of sidequests. I still think PS2 is the greatest console Sony ever made.
That is a good point. No need to worry about finding collectibles on games back then if you didn't want to. Now almost every game has them for trophy reasons
Honnestly, i have 33 years. I have sold my ps5 for all these reason. I can sleep while playing god of war. The fun of the ps1/2/3 is dead ! Before your video i would stop gaming. Thanks for your vidéo, i will rebuy a ps2. Bye
Easy, ps2 has games, ps2 games are finished and excellent games, ps2 was worth the price they were asking for, there's a reason that it's the best selling console
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 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.
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.
i honestly 100% agree with what you said in the entirety of this video. my fiancee and i are pretty divided. we have a lot of retro / older games & consoles, and we have the newer (for the sake of this comment i am counting newer as being Switch, Xbox One, Series X, PS4, & PS5). as far as the quantity of the games we have they are pretty even, we both find ourselves playing the newer games more than the older, BUT .. we do get pretty burnt out on a lot of the B.S. that comes with the newer games and we binge into our older games at that point. plus to help keep from getting to burnt out i like to rotate games so i'll play a newer game then after go to an older game, so on. Every year for the entire month of October i play "Halloween" (or Halloween adjacent) games and i personally love the ones from the older generations. with all that being said, my fiancee & i don't have gamepass, we don't see the point in it (for us) , i stopped playing online multiplayer because i just got too burnt out on it so i play solo games /mode, and we both agreed that if moving forward that the companies try to force all digital we were going to be done and just stick strictly to our older games. they are more fun than 90/5 of what's being put out, they have a lot of nostalgia , and be it good or bad, they are all (depending on the area that DLC's started) on the disc/cartridge. so..that's my ramblings,. thanks for listening and happy gaming all
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.
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 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
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
I actually like every generation because I don't buy games that come with season passes on day one and by the time I get the games for the prices I am willing to pay, the season passes are on sale for 75% off meaning instead of paying $170CAD I am only paying $20CAD
Recently been collecting for my ps3 again and loving the thing, for 200$ I can get like 5-10 games where as the ps5 ya get 2 games, not saying the ps5 is bad but going back in time can just be a great way to restore your love in gaming cuz what it once was was something special.
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.
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.
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…
Bro ps5 ui isnt even hard to use. Its so straight forward. The ps5 has a nice startup screen. Does not compares to the first boot up screen. I prefer to have everything inside the ps5. I dont have space nor time to be having hundreds or thousands of cd cases everywhere. I have like 200+ games in my library and i can download anytime in minutes. The ps5 is the most refined sony system. The PlayStation store still needs to be perfected. But its all within the ui which makes it fluid and easy to browse around for new games. I agree developers are slacking in game quality. But we still haven't seen the real potential this system has.
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!!!
I own both and love both. It depends on what I feel like playing that day. My biggest sticking point is th gat I will only own as console that supports physical media. I like owning my games.
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.
Yeah me 2. Its seems like company put out games now and rely on dlc to make it better. Smh older systems had to make the game good because there was no dlc to save them..if it was bad it was bad.
😂yea I don't even play my PS5. Back playing all the older ones
timesplitters 2 is on series x❤
I played Klonowa 2 just yesterday on my phone at was fun as hell !!
I know the Playstation 5 and Xbox series X/S are powerful hardware but as a dad and as an old timer , I prefer the simpler video games and not interactive movies so I like the Nintendo Switch.
PS2 boot up screen is iconic and nostalgic
It's fantastic
@@BasementGamerYT do I get a heart ☹️ ?
@@BasementGamerYTSame. But the sound also jumpscared me sometimes when i wasn't expecting it 🤣
But other than that, I agree it's a iconic startup and i still appericate it even to this day.
I get a quarter nostalgic chub every I hear it.
PS 2 is the Highlander console. It is immortal. I still enjoy it nowadays
There can only be one.
if it wasn't for a few games from nintendo and All pro football 2k8 on xbox 360 it would be the only system I play.
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.
I have two. One is all original and can play blue disc (has problems but works) and a refurbished one that won't play blue disc. Ever since getting a PS3 jailbroken able to play PS2 my ps2s are taking a break
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.
Jak II ❤
I like to go to the monster arena or fire up some blitz ball every few months 👍👍
PS2 is still legendary
@RAMY2472Agreed. This why i say fuck PS5 and fuck modern gaming, imo. ❤️
PS2 will always have a special place truly in my heart too.
@Cracker-p9q Agreed. I'm with you man ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@Cracker-p9q Cool. Used to play Need for Speed Underground 2 along with Kingdom Hearts 1 and Hot Shots Golf 3 at my Grandma's house as a kid and i still love the Riders on the Storm song to this day. Enjoy. 😎
@RAMY2472 PS2 Master Race 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
Nobody ever mentions that the dualshock 1 and 2 had far stronger rumble where your arms really are shaking. i love it
Thank you for bringing this up…
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
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.
Because we wait so long to get fun games to trickle in
@@mac1bc Companies just make remakes and sequels now because it's safe money for them. It's all a bit boring.
@@vDomMusic I know. And the only ps3 game I wanted remade, Killzone 2, has been ignored..
@@mac1bc It's actually really strange that Killzone has been ignored, I remember it being mega popular?!
Only worth it for GTA 6 at this point.
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.
Most games are releasing on last generation so there is no need to upgrade. I dont care about 4K. 1080p is upscaled fine on my tv.
@@misterlexx2721 this is literally not true, only a handful of games are releasing on ps4 nowadays
@@Jay053 You are not informed. Many games are cross gen . Sonic Superstars, EA Sports FC 24, Nba2k24, Prince of Persia: lost crown, Contra: Operation Galuga, Aew Fight Forever , Street Fighter 6and the list goes on. Only MK1,Tekken 8 and few others but most games are cross gen for the last 4 years. Do your research, man.
@@misterlexx2721sports games are always cross gen for the majority of the generation
@@misterlexx2721yes for first 2 years but over the last year or so the amount of cross gen games has decreased drastically
I’m currently playing my ps2 right now the best system in my opinion
@@brownleon52 And also the best master race than PS5 too
I agree 100%!!!! These new games will never stack up to the ps2 days.
Ps2 slim is a true slim
@@MercurysEdge Same here man
Agreed PS2 is just my comfort console -- I can always go back to it for a good time
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.
I was playing PS2 in 2011 🔥
I don’t disagree with you,I just think the ps2 had actually put a lot in it
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."
Boot the PS5 without internet connected and see how basic and barebones it is.
Ps2 still holds the record for most consoles sold to this day that was a crazy release day
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 💯
Sony can't mess with the software via updates either. That goes for ps3 too as long as the internet connection is disabled on it.
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
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!!
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
It ain't worth getting a PS5.
I have no words for the PS5, so I'd rather get a PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4 more than a PS5.
The PS2 was an awesome console.
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 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 still have my launch PS2 I got 24 november 2000. It is modded (NEO$) and it still runs and I still use it to this day :)
I brought 2 ps5 consoles and returned both of them this gaming era is absolute garbage to me.
lmao i feel u
Same. I actually like the PS2 & (especially) PS3 more than both the PS4 and, PS5 😬😅
the only reason I want PS4 if for resident evil remakes and a few others.
PS3 was slept on. The PS Move, 3D Features, Vita compatibility, and games were unique. PS2 is still superior though.
I loved the PS3 and Xbox 360 but over the years I feel like both really didn't have that many amazing games. CoD, halo 3, The Last Of Us, Gears and that's it really. Where ps1-2 had so many dam amazing games.
Same here, mate. I’ve been sucked back into Burnout 3. Love your content and style. 👍👍
thank you sir
I miss that series
@@GEMINIRED300 Time to get a PC and emulate. That’s what I’m doing 🙂 it looks amazing!
Burnout 3 is one of the best games ever made. There definitely hasn't been a better racing game made in the last 15+ years.
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 have my PS2,SNES, and Mini PC and I still love what I got to these day.
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.
@RAMY2472 I owed all the PS n 3 is still my favorite. So many fond memories
@RAMY2472 I figured as much lol I started with a PS1 and remember the demo disc that came with it? Souls Reaver, Medievil , Parasite Eve, Resident Evil, Jet Moto , GTR,
@RAMY2472 I was a kid too. My mom bought it for me and my little brother. I remember everything. I was in the 4th grade I 🤔?
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 play Playstation 2 despite owning newer generation consoles is the sheer amount of games available on Playstation 2 is like insane.
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.
damn bro you’re blowing up congrats
Cant beat early 2000's video game nostalgia! 🎮
Best generation of gaming systems. The good old days when you didn't have to download large gigabytes worth of software just to play a game. Just set up the console, put the disk in, power it up, and you're ready to go.
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 most sold console ever, the PS2, had 4000+ games officially released
PS1 and PS2 still hasn't been beaten, it's such a joke how bad this industry is now
I think the PS2 is the sweet spot where it's the last console generation where you can just plug and play. There's something so refreshing about that. No endless updates, wi-fi connections, and no game installs. Literally just put a cd in and it just works. For that reason, the games are so complete as there's no updates to fix broken games. PS3 is an awesome console with a wonderful library of games, but I feel like the generation was starting to get clogged up with all the updates and game installs which make it a much harder sell for me to go back to, as it's a similar experience to playing the ps5, just with older (and probably better) games.
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.
My PS2 is the original one I bought when it was new and the disc tray still works. It still plays both types of discs and PS1 discs as well.
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 still got my OG PS2! Still play it to this day.
You definitely pass the vibe check. You’re my new favorite TH-camr love the vids…
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.
I wish I owned a PS2 during my childhood.
I can definitely relate to this, after finishing a handful of games on PS5 i started feeling burned out and opted for some less time consuming games on the PS2 while tackling some old backlog games. So far I played Bujingai: The Forsaken City, Tsugunai: Atonement, now working on Crimson Sea 2. All of these games are just fun to me, I think part of whats hurting modern gaming is the trophy system, it causes people to overplay games doing boring, monotonous tasks to for arbitrary "completion".
PS2 is just a fun console with easy to pick up and play games for any genre, tons of games that were clearly experimental but still creative and fun without the bloated amount of sidequests. I still think PS2 is the greatest console Sony ever made.
That is a good point. No need to worry about finding collectibles on games back then if you didn't want to. Now almost every game has them for trophy reasons
The PS2 is better than the PS5. It is all about games, and the PS5 is lacking for a console half way through its lifecycles.
Honnestly, i have 33 years. I have sold my ps5 for all these reason.
I can sleep while playing god of war. The fun of the ps1/2/3 is dead !
Before your video i would stop gaming.
Thanks for your vidéo, i will rebuy a ps2.
Bye
PS2, PS3 and PS4 are legendary for me, there so much good content on them that you are set for life!
11 days late, but my PS2 OG disc drive still works since like 2004. Love this console and love the videos
This video could have been titled "the PS2 is better than the PS5" nobody would have had a valid argument on why.
Easy, ps2 has games, ps2 games are finished and excellent games, ps2 was worth the price they were asking for, there's a reason that it's the best selling console
Awesome video like always…. Keep up the great work and Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.
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
both The Suffering games are very good, the prison athmosphere is unique in the first game
The Tony Hawk 1&2 remake was phenomenal, I highly recommend checking it out!
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.
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.
i honestly 100% agree with what you said in the entirety of this video. my fiancee and i are pretty divided. we have a lot of retro / older games & consoles, and we have the newer (for the sake of this comment i am counting newer as being Switch, Xbox One, Series X, PS4, & PS5). as far as the quantity of the games we have they are pretty even, we both find ourselves playing the newer games more than the older, BUT .. we do get pretty burnt out on a lot of the B.S. that comes with the newer games and we binge into our older games at that point. plus to help keep from getting to burnt out i like to rotate games so i'll play a newer game then after go to an older game, so on. Every year for the entire month of October i play "Halloween" (or Halloween adjacent) games and i personally love the ones from the older generations. with all that being said, my fiancee & i don't have gamepass, we don't see the point in it (for us) , i stopped playing online multiplayer because i just got too burnt out on it so i play solo games /mode, and we both agreed that if moving forward that the companies try to force all digital we were going to be done and just stick strictly to our older games. they are more fun than 90/5 of what's being put out, they have a lot of nostalgia , and be it good or bad, they are all (depending on the area that DLC's started) on the disc/cartridge. so..that's my ramblings,. thanks for listening and happy gaming all
I last played ps2 as a kid and I got ps5 but something is nostalgic about ps2 I’d easily get another ps2
Whenever I have a bad day, I go back to Tenkaichi 3 on the PS2 and I have a beautiful deep sleep. ☁️☁️
I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary. It was hilarious as usual. Really looking forward to the next one
Thank you for mentioning that PS2 games are complete out of the box. No updates required! PS2 was the last generation that did that.
This is why the PS3/360 Era sadly nowadays leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. All the good things of those consoles made everything turn to crap
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
43y old and bought back a PS2 with a ton of games... damn this is still so much fun. PS5 for sale!
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.
I sold my PS5 and stuck to playing my PS2. This really told me a lot about the current games being released today….
As someone that has a digital PS5, Ive said the same thing. The disc drive looked like a last minute add-on
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.
This. To expensive for them to innovate and take risks?
1990 to 2005 is the best ERA for whatever thing you take, eg. sports, movies, games, childhood..etc
I would say 1990 - 2012
It's the best console of all time. Every genre had many of the best games of all time.
PlayStation 4 right with it
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 am the same, when i got my ps5 i connected to my tv, and i started playing Grand Turismo 4 on my ps2 😅. Love my ps2
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
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
I realy like your Channel keep going you will be a great channel soon . Up from France
Felt this as a ps5 owner who still has like 2 dozen ps2 games on my phone that I play daily
I actually like every generation because I don't buy games that come with season passes on day one and by the time I get the games for the prices I am willing to pay, the season passes are on sale for 75% off meaning instead of paying $170CAD I am only paying $20CAD
Exactly what I also do 👍 self control 💪
It also feels like we are all at that point again like in the 2000s when the ps2 came out all they had was time splitters and had to wait for games
mum bought me the fat ps2 when it came out. and its still going strong and ive no problems in over 20 years. And its never been taken apart.
Recently been collecting for my ps3 again and loving the thing, for 200$ I can get like 5-10 games where as the ps5 ya get 2 games, not saying the ps5 is bad but going back in time can just be a great way to restore your love in gaming cuz what it once was was something special.
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.
I’ve been buying ps2 racing games I never knew existed.
Don’t have a PS2 but an OG Xbox. Has most of the same games. And I feel the same way.
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.
Strange, I thought the ps2 fat was built like a tank, mine still works since I bought it when it was released.
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.
i feel you bro, i love ps2 as well..
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…
Bro ps5 ui isnt even hard to use. Its so straight forward. The ps5 has a nice startup screen. Does not compares to the first boot up screen. I prefer to have everything inside the ps5. I dont have space nor time to be having hundreds or thousands of cd cases everywhere. I have like 200+ games in my library and i can download anytime in minutes. The ps5 is the most refined sony system. The PlayStation store still needs to be perfected. But its all within the ui which makes it fluid and easy to browse around for new games. I agree developers are slacking in game quality. But we still haven't seen the real potential this system has.
I love your random jibba jabba basement gamer keep it coming buddy!
Still have my PS2 slim I bought from years ago, it looks great (referring to Mjesus comment)
PS2 is the best selling gaming console of all time at 150 million sold.
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!!!
me casually watching the video as my pizza cooks in the oven 😂
I did the same earlier 😂
Youre funny man. Love the vids
I own both and love both. It depends on what I feel like playing that day. My biggest sticking point is th gat I will only own as console that supports physical media. I like owning my games.