The PlayStation 2 is easily in contention for the title of best gaming system in history, so it makes sense to celebrate it in a suitably epic series of books. Simply titled PlayStation 2 Anthology, this upcoming tetralogy aims to tell the console's entire story across four volumes, and you can back it on Kickstarter right now.
The project comes from the minds behind Geeks-Line, a publishing company focused on exploring the history of games and gaming hardware. There are similar books on their website about the PS1 and many other old systems, but the PS2 Anthology takes things a step further with a full four volumes dedicated to the machine.
According to the Kickstarter page, the tetralogy will cover everything, from the PS2's origins through to the end of its production, by which point it was (and remains) the best-selling console ever. Not only that, but the books will include reviews of its entire software library, meaning coverage of "over 4,420 unique games", which is frankly ridiculous. It's aiming to be the ultimate resource on the PS2.
By backing on Kickstarter, you can essentially secure your purchase of the whole collection or, if you prefer, you can pick and choose which volumes you want. Exclusive to the Kickstarter is a version that comes in a fancy collector's box and with four special dust covers depicting notable PS2 titles. The books are scheduled to release at the tail end of 2024.
It sounds like a very impressive piece of work, but what do you think? Will you be supporting the PS2 Anthology on Kickstarter? Play the boot sequence in your head in the comments section below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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I love the Bitmap books so might have a look at this. It's crazy to think that 4,420 (ISH) games had to have a physical release in those days.
Ps2 is the g.o.a.t. ๐ ๐. a lot of memories with that amazing console.introduce me to another g.o.a.t. ๐ ๐ in god of war.blew me away with kratos.some of the best video games franchises started with ps2.and old franchises games is even more profitable by the power of ps2.ps2 was and still is the biggest graphical jump in video games history.look at pd1 resident evil 3.compare to ps2 resident 4.or ps1 final fantasy 7 to ps2 final fantasy 9.word up son
I didnโt now this but the UK is the biggest game market in the whole of Europe.
Does anyone now which country is like first and second etc in the world?
@OldGamer999 I'm assuming Japan is in the top two, other spot US?
@OldGamer999 I think it's USA, Japan, UK then Germany. I could be wrong though.
@__jamiie
Not bad for the UK, think itโs because we do like having multiple consoles in the UK, owning more than one, as where other European countries mainly buy just one console for the house hold.
ยฃ121 for all four volumes for anyone curious.
For a split second I thought this article was about PS2 emulation on PS5. One can dreamโฆ ๐
"The PlayStation 2 is easily in contention for the title of best gaming system in history...."
I do wonder if the sales would have been as high if it wasn't the cheapest DVD player on the market at the time.
I don't mean that as any disrespect to the system - it had an amazing library of games - I just feel like the numbers are a little inflated due to the fact that standalone DVD players were insanely expensive, and this was the best gateway to DVD.
Whether that fact translates to tens of millions of sales is something we will never know.
I own all (except megadrive, waiting for English translation) the other Geeksline anthology: n64, neo geo (French), ps1 (English and French), gamecube, snes, nes, PC-Engine, gameboy+virtualboy. They are wonderful (expecially the limited/ultimate edition) and I don't understand because they are not well-known as Bitmap Books!
So, something you haven't read... And the main part of the 'story' is to explain what anthology means.
Not the greatest read.
Anyone read theses articles and wonder why they bother? I know it's for clicks, and comments like this, to get advertising.. but does anyone really want this anymore?
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