Happy 25th birthday, PlayStation 2, the last console that truly felt like there was a world of hidden gems to discover

There’s a very strong argument for the PlayStation 2 being the greatest games console of all time. I’m not going to get into all that now, as I don’t really have the energy to tackle questions like “but what about Mario and Zelda?” or “did Sony pay you to say this? Smells of secret sponsored content”. What I am going to reminisce about is that golden PS2 era, when the world felt bigger, the pace of change was startling, and the sense of discovery was closer to finding a message in a bottle than it was to watching the latest TikTok from an influencer. When Sony released the PlayStation 2 25 years ago the way we navigated our way through the console’s library of games felt like going on an adventure.

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