Sony has also made a PVR/DVD burning consumer device that plays PlayStation 2 games called the PSX.
Another major selling point over the Dreamcast was the PlayStation 2's ability to play DVDs, which gained it a presence in electronics stores which did not formerly sell video game consoles.
V10 and V11 have minor changes.
Not only did Sony roll out the PS2 online adapter in late 2002 to compete with Microsoft, several online launch games were first party titles such as SOCOM US Navy SEALS in order to show that Sony was supporting this feature actively.
A product named HD Connect can be soldered into the unit giving hard drive support though.
The PS2 launch seemed unimpressive and gaffe-prone, compared to the well-planned launch of the Sega Dreamcast, which was making a genuine attempt to woo developers and which had better launch titles.
One of them includes the old EE and GS chips, and the other contains the newer unified EE+GS chip, otherwise being identical.
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