PS2 really a legacy console?

I mean, they're still making games for it. They're gonna stop soon, but they could at least keep it on itts own for a little while.

The PS2 is a legacy of the past. Though it's effects are still felt and remembered today thanks to it's undeniably superb selection of fun shooters, smooth platformers and engrossing RPG's.

...Plus it came packaged with a DVD player. How is that NOT a system seller? :P

Yeah, it's a legacy console.

No. If games are still being released for it (they are), and they are still selling (it is), it is not a retro/legacy console. And even when it finally does discontinue, I doubt I'll be calling it a "retro" console anytime soon as I usually consider all gens before the current gen "retro" consoles (when the 360, PS3, and Wii came out, PS1, Saturn, and N64 became retro consoles. When Xbox 3, PS4, and Wii2 roll around, the 6th gen systems will be retro).

For the millionth time, yes.

What games are they really making for it anymore? Nothing that gets any realy hype.

There's virtually nothing new comming out for it any more. It, for all practicle intents and purposes, is dead.

Aboustely! The games coming out for the PS2 in the next years are either sports or shovelware.The heyday of the PS2 has been over for about a year.

Yeah, it's a legacy console.

slipkill89

agreed. If it's not current gen, it's legacy. That simple. and they arent really developing games for the ps2 right now. the best games they get are backward-engineered psp games like Secret Agent Clank or Motorstorm Artic Edge (and those arent even recent either)

I was going to mention it getting de-listed from the NPD reports, but Emerald_Warrior beat me to it.

Definitely a last-gen system and with the way things are going right now and the losses it made for Sony in the past year, Sony will either be drastically cutting shipments or calling it a day for the PS2 altogether.

Not even Amazon sells it here in the UK anymore... it can only be bought second-hand.

Yep it is a legacy console. Even if a few games are still being released for it. The Playstation 2 does have quite a legacy and the largest game library ever. There is PS2 3500/5000 series (The epic phat PS2) and Slimlines 7000 & 9000 serries. But it is still a current console until that last game is released. (techinically) which mostlikely will be Madden 2012.

actually npd took ps2 off the charts ,,

so that should answer your question

also name a game thats comin soon for it ,

that doesnt or isnt made aftewr a movie , tie or somthing like lips or karookee revolution

the ps2 for me died back in 2008 when the last good game was wwe 2009

i think the term 'legacy' is a bit silly. just 'old' consoles sounds better.

For the millionth time, yes.

What games are they really making for it anymore? Nothing that gets any realy hype.

There's virtually nothing new comming out for it any more. It, for all practicle intents and purposes, is dead.

BuryMe

But perhaps most importantly, it's still sold in stores. It's still on the market, and in production.

I suppose that the PS2 would be considered a legacy console, if you define a legacy console to be any console from a previous generation.

It's legacy... and does it really matter? Do you still buy new games for it? No. Then how is it not legacy?

Of course! With monumental titles such as: Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, MSG 2 &3, Jak series, Ratchet and Clank series, Killzone, Sly Cooper series, Katamari series, The Getaway, Gran Theft Auto series, Tekken series, Soul Calibur series, and much more!! You can't dispute the fact that the PS2 will be remembered as a legacy system. The reason why Sony is still releasing PS2 titles is because of Sony's ten year commitment to it's consoles. Sony ceased production of PS One games in 2004. 10 years after the launch of the Playstation in 1994. I was still playing my PS2 even when Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 was released. That states a lot about a system: graphics isn't everything.