The PS2 is part of the sixth generation era and is the best-selling console to date, reach

While the texture smoothing was universally effective (albeit with odd effects where transparent textures are used - white borders would be seen around sprites), faster disk reading could cause some games to fail to load or play incorrectly. Additionally some titles have unique bugs even when the en

The PS2 hardware can read both CDs and DVDs. It is backward compatible with PlayStation games and allows for DVD video playback. The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2. The PS2 also supports PlayStation memory cards (for PlayStation game saves only) and controllers as well. There is also support for the internal PlayStation 2 HDD which is placed in the expansion bay at the rear of the console.