The PlayStation 2 (officially abbreviated as PS2) is a developed and marketed by . It was first released in on March 4, 2000, in on October 26, 2000, and in and in November 2000, and is the successor to the , as well as the second video game console in the . As a , the PS2 competed with 's , 's , and 's . Announced in 1999, the PS2 offered for its predecessor's controller, as well as its games. The PS2 is the , having sold 159 million units estimated by IGN, with 150 million confirmed by Sony in 2011. Over have been released for the PS2 since launch, with over 1.5 billion copies sold. Sony later manufactured several smaller, lighter revisions of the console known as Slimline models in 2004. This console comes with 3pads, flashdrive downloaded with 20 games, ps2 software and all the accessories.