Claim: Final Fantasy XII is a game played by electronically manipulating images on a display screen.

The PlayStation 2 -LRB- PS2 -RRB- is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega 's Dreamcast , Microsoft 's Xbox , and Nintendo 's GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles .   Announced in 1999 , the PlayStation 2 was the first PlayStation console to offer backwards compatibility for its predecessor 's DualShock controller , as well as for its games . The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time , selling over 155 million units , with 150 million confirmed by Sony in 2011 . More than 3,874 game titles have been released for the PS2 since launch , and more than 1.5 billion copies have been sold . Sony later manufactured several smaller , lighter revisions of the console known as Slimline models in 2004 and well on , and in 2006 , announced and launched its successor , the PlayStation 3 .   Even with the release of its successor , the PlayStation 2 remained popular well into the seventh generation and continued to be produced until January 4 , 2013 , when Sony finally announced that the PlayStation 2 had been discontinued after 13 years of production -- one of the longest runs for a video game console . Despite the announcement , new games for the console continued to be produced until the end of 2013 , including Final Fantasy XI : Seekers of Adoulin for Japan , Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 for North America and Europe , and FIFA 14 for Brazil .