How the PlayStation 2 took gaming from niche to mainstream

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The original PlayStation entered a world that was already inhabited by giants. But when the PlayStation 2 arrived, it set trends of its own.

Sony’s entry into the console arena in 1994 was a success. Its sales numbers attest to this claim. But this was a realm populated with fellow Japanese heavy hitters Nintendo and Sega—the latter of these two slid into obscurity, while the former continues to go from strength-to-strength.

As we clicked over to the new millennium and shook off the Y2K bug, the PlayStation emerged into a new dawn. With version 2, it no longer saw itself as a competitor to the Nintendo 64. It set about creating a unique legacy, spurring on the continual developments that have created modern gaming as we know it.

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