The wholesomeness of this is that these look like gamers excited to go into the next generation, not like the console scalpers that have rotted the release of new consoles.
In my group we were all super dedicated, we were there because we truly couldn't wait to get our hands on the new machine. Waiting hours in line with other people passionate to share your hobby with you is really a fun, unique social experience. Even for people with social anxiety like myself, lol.
I've said this elsewhere but my own experience of getting the PS2 on release night was a really special experience. I rushed from work to wait 6 hours in line and wound up being something like number 8 out of 12 (I'll never forget the feeling of disappointment we all felt for the first person who was told that he didn't make the cut, as well as everyone behind him, some of whom waited as long as the rest of us). It was a Walmart in Beloit, WI and after those of us who made the cut were informed that we were locked in our names were taken by management and we were allowed to roam the store. We went to the bathroom but then we just came right back to the electronic section where we grabbed some magazines talking about the impending release, excited and relieved that now we knew for a fact that we'd be leaving with the new console. The staff even gave us complimentary cookies and juice and the dozen or so of us bonded by talking about gaming and which titles we were gonna be buying that night. Funnily enough I didn't buy any, I just wanted the DVD player. That changed quickly enough though!
Okay great story but ofcourse it messed me up in the end because why in the hell and what dvd movie did you want to watch so badly you decided not to buy a game with your game console? Lmao, as I said.. It messed me up and now I need to know
@@MilkyHazard Not any specific movie, really. I've just been a fan of films as long as I've been a fan of games so I was really curious to listen to movie commentaries, see deleted scenes and alternate endings, etc. That said, I wasn't very interested in the PS2 launch lineup either. I'd say that my wanting the PS2 for its dvd capabilities was as much about my interest in dvds as my disinterest in the launch games.
I had a very almost identical experience as you did but waiting for the 360 at a Walmart in Naples Florida. Only difference was they made us stand in line in the gardening section of the store then at almost 11:00 p.m. after we had been there for close to 8 hours informed us they had 14 consoles 12 core systems and two premium 360s. But then after that it was like identical to your experience they close to store let us roam around use the bathroom And a midnight they actually brought the consoles to gardening and we had to check out in garden center. I'm great memories from that day
Yeah to me it’s still one of the greatest jumps in gaming from the ps1 to ps2, much improved graphics, built in dvd player, incredible varied games library. Still today it shows what an absolute beast the ps2 was when you play test drive unlimited which is an open world driving game set in pretty much a 1 to 1 recreation of Oahu in Hawaii- there were over 100 different cars to drive and purchase, a first person in car view with every vehicle, a huge detailed map and even the option to purchase multiple houses with garages to store all your vehicles in
I was born in 87, but mostly played n64, ps1 and ps2 games. It was the best era for gaming imo. I still buy the new nintendo consoles and games, but lost interest in playstation once ps3 came out.
A complete 180 to how gaming and gamers are today. This honestly looks like fun and the people there look genuinely happy and look like they’re having a good time. I was only 2 when the ps2 came out.
Because people actually went out more now with iPhones out it's changed bigtyme and these consoles our to blame a little we use to go hang out at the arcades all the time
I'm so jealous of the people that got to experience this when it was new. I was born in 2003, so by the time I was a kid, the PS3 and Xbox 360 were the big players. But me and my friends were all in poorer households. Not like dirt broke. But we were pretty bad. We had a Wii that we won from a competition in 2008. And I was never allowed a console to myself. Until I went Car Boot spelunking with my nana and my sister. And I managed to get a late revision fat PS2 for a whopping £3.50. And another £1 for a controller at the end of the lot. My uncle got his PS2 for Christmas in 2000, and luckily for me, he never threw away any of his bits and kept most of his games too! So I got the 5.1 surround sound speakers, DVD remote, and a good stack of games to add to my collection from my uncle. I was never able to take it home with me since we didn't have space back home. But when I was at my nanas house every Saturday I'd play from morning till teatime. And during the summer, every second Sunday I'd go car boots and get a solid stack of games for like £5-10 every time. Bionicle, Medal of Honour, TOCA, Sonic, all sorts. I've recently got back into playing and collecting for the PS2 and I honestly forgot how fun the games are. Despite the fact that they are noticeably dated today.
@@vampirerobot I just found some footage of my freind dancing with mario at the nintendo valley forge convention I uploaded a short. The costumes were so creepy. I am fighting with youtube for allowing comments on it they keep turning it off.
At this time, I was still content with my N64. I didn't really care much of the PS2 when it came out. My wife got one for Christmas in 2002. She still has it to this day.
Nah Super Nintendo was big and the N64 was sold out for months at launch. This was the first console people wanted enough to pay $1,000 for online however.
Nah Super Nintendo was big and the N64 was sold out for months at launch. This was the first console people wanted enough to pay $1,000 for online however.
This is what's missing from modern gaming. If you didn't live it you will never understand but waiting in line for something that was important to you and others sharing that moment was very special.
How are you so sure they aren't actually HIS kids and she might be their step mom? People can be step parents to their partner's kids from a previous relationship you know...
Unless your talking about limited edition and obscure colored models of PS2, you can nab one for anywhere between $20-60 if they're regular systems. The limited edition and other foreign obscure PS2 models go for much higher from hundreds to multiple thousands.
I remember playing a demo of Dynasty Warriors 2 for the PS2 at Curcuit City, I was stunned by the graphics and was super bummed by every commercial at home. My parent's suprised my bother and myself with the system a few days later. The first games we obtained were Tekken Tag Tournament and of course Dynasty Warriors 2. My personal favorite game on the PS2 was King''s Field: The Ancient City (Fromsoftware - makers of Dark Souls), the music was memoriable and the combat with puzzles were amazing.
Watching this, I kept thinking "that guy (on the right at 2:15 on) could pass for IGN's Dave Zdyrko!" Sure enough, it's him. He was one of the main editors at IGN back in it's heyday. I used to read his stuff all the time. Life is flying by too fast...
I love nostalgic gaming videos like this massive thanks for uploading and preserving this moment in gaming history. - to me the the ps2 is still one of the greatest consoles of all time with also one of the best gaming libraries of all time still have my og ps2 with the blue stand standing by my display cabinet in my bedroom funny to think a console released 24 years ago is still enjoyed by people all over the world to this day 😁😉
Remember waiting for a while to get my PS2 launch night in downtown NYC but didn't need to camp out. Was disappointed when I got home with it because the launch games were garbage. Played FFIX on it instead.
in UK we got a pre order payment slip ...... got a free booklet sent out from sony with pictures of console on production line ,just stock photos but good quality .... an picked up at 12am ..... anyone who did not pre order where waiting a couple of months ..... not as bad as ps5 launch which took a year or two for stock , however ps2 was months on waiting in UK from launch . enjoyed ssx , ridge racer , tekkan tag , Oni and timesplitters on launch ,,,,,, happy days ,,,, my brother even bought a 5.1 surround amp for DTS sound on DVD ....... Watching gladiator mad times
I remember getting a PS2 Slim as a gift from one of my uncle’s friends. He went to the back of his truck, pulled it out with the cables and everything and handed it to me. Coming from the 3rd world, the graphics on that thing were out of this world for me, especially GT4 😮😮. Unfortunately, the laser went bad a couple years later and I didn’t know or have the know how on how to fix it ( I do now).😔😔
Things were more human bk in those days enstrangement and cruelty followed close behind. Best era of gaming we anticipated this machine so much and it was so much more in our heads ps2 dreamcast og xbox and game cube. Games were games and not an imitation of reality altho that was where we going. It's the trip that's beautiful not the destination sometimes. Mark my words 2000's was the last good decade this world saw for a long time to come.
I think the PS2 started the whole midnight launch party thing for new consoles. It sucks the PS5 and the Xbox Series X didn't get to have a launch party. That would have been pretty cool.
The funny thing is the the Dreamcast was basically the better option at the time. The ps2 really took time to get into its stride. Very weak launch titles. But great marketing and a DVD player.
All we had was Nascar 2001(Was amazed by da graphics and physics doe) lol. Thank God for backwards compatibility lol. I was also still on my Pokemon wave back den so my Gameboy Color held me down as well lol.
The playstation 2 is the highest selling council of all time. The ps5 was impossible to find for 2 plus Years. Stores wouldn't even have them only online. 3 Yeats later I got lucky saved my money and bought one a ps5 at Target. Tje ps5 is the best plsystation ever. It fast and smooth.
wow dint even know it was a big deal then! i was still wearing out my ps1, till one day it died, now im sure i bought my ps2 when stores had no issues of stock, cause i went to toysrus and had the do i get ps2 or the new xbox system, some sales kid was trying to seel the xbox , but i knew ps2 had the games i loved plus it was a dvd player! and the first one i bought had died as well! how ironic? new metal gear, new grand turismo, and then i got a new one call gta 3 that was it i was hooked on running gunning and stealing cars! lol,
I watch these videos and I can't help to think that these console companies are just sitting there, watching allllll these poor saps sitting outside of stores for an entire day and night and they're just laughing saying to themselves "just look at alll these clowns camping outside of stores just waiting in excitement to give us hundreds and hundreds of their hard earned money!!!"
When it comes to losing, these mens are top notch A class losing sirs. “Employ in a job, sirs,” I would advise. “Divide moneys amongst hookers and blow, never television games.”
![Unboxing a PS2 on October 26, 2000 [Launch Day]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/s06omXyhfQM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Unboxing a PS2 on October 26, 2000 [Launch Day]](/img/tr.png)
The wholesomeness of this is that these look like gamers excited to go into the next generation, not like the console scalpers that have rotted the release of new consoles.
In my group we were all super dedicated, we were there because we truly couldn't wait to get our hands on the new machine. Waiting hours in line with other people passionate to share your hobby with you is really a fun, unique social experience. Even for people with social anxiety like myself, lol.
It’s not like the console scalpers that have rotted the release of new consoles the consoles are great bruh
Amen!
People were grabbing ps3s and listing them for thousands in 2006 .
They had scalpers as far as back the NES days my dude
I've said this elsewhere but my own experience of getting the PS2 on release night was a really special experience. I rushed from work to wait 6 hours in line and wound up being something like number 8 out of 12 (I'll never forget the feeling of disappointment we all felt for the first person who was told that he didn't make the cut, as well as everyone behind him, some of whom waited as long as the rest of us).
It was a Walmart in Beloit, WI and after those of us who made the cut were informed that we were locked in our names were taken by management and we were allowed to roam the store. We went to the bathroom but then we just came right back to the electronic section where we grabbed some magazines talking about the impending release, excited and relieved that now we knew for a fact that we'd be leaving with the new console. The staff even gave us complimentary cookies and juice and the dozen or so of us bonded by talking about gaming and which titles we were gonna be buying that night. Funnily enough I didn't buy any, I just wanted the DVD player. That changed quickly enough though!
The DVD player was a major add on...Sega really screwed that one up with the Dreamcast. Sounds like a great time.
@@vampirerobot The Dreamcast was really an amazing system, ahead of its time but sadly unprepared for the behemoth that was the PS2.
Okay great story but ofcourse it messed me up in the end because why in the hell and what dvd movie did you want to watch so badly you decided not to buy a game with your game console? Lmao, as I said.. It messed me up and now I need to know
@@MilkyHazard Not any specific movie, really. I've just been a fan of films as long as I've been a fan of games so I was really curious to listen to movie commentaries, see deleted scenes and alternate endings, etc.
That said, I wasn't very interested in the PS2 launch lineup either. I'd say that my wanting the PS2 for its dvd capabilities was as much about my interest in dvds as my disinterest in the launch games.
I had a very almost identical experience as you did but waiting for the 360 at a Walmart in Naples Florida. Only difference was they made us stand in line in the gardening section of the store then at almost 11:00 p.m. after we had been there for close to 8 hours informed us they had 14 consoles 12 core systems and two premium 360s. But then after that it was like identical to your experience they close to store let us roam around use the bathroom And a midnight they actually brought the consoles to gardening and we had to check out in garden center.
I'm great memories from that day
I was born in 92 and grew up with the ps1 then later the ps2 such an incredible system
Yeah to me it’s still one of the greatest jumps in gaming from the ps1 to ps2, much improved graphics, built in dvd player, incredible varied games library. Still today it shows what an absolute beast the ps2 was when you play test drive unlimited which is an open world driving game set in pretty much a 1 to 1 recreation of Oahu in Hawaii- there were over 100 different cars to drive and purchase, a first person in car view with every vehicle, a huge detailed map and even the option to purchase multiple houses with garages to store all your vehicles in
I was born in 87, but mostly played n64, ps1 and ps2 games. It was the best era for gaming imo. I still buy the new nintendo consoles and games, but lost interest in playstation once ps3 came out.
Baby with a PEPSI.... YEP real USA ....
That baby is 24 now how time flys
A complete 180 to how gaming and gamers are today. This honestly looks like fun and the people there look genuinely happy and look like they’re having a good time. I was only 2 when the ps2 came out.
Because people actually went out more now with iPhones out it's changed bigtyme and these consoles our to blame a little we use to go hang out at the arcades all the time
That baby drinking a Pepsi...
lol that baby is 24 now
I remember that lemon flavor, Murica baby
@@gearhead803 No no no she´s probably 27 as she was grown there maybe 3 years old in 2000..
I'm so jealous of the people that got to experience this when it was new. I was born in 2003, so by the time I was a kid, the PS3 and Xbox 360 were the big players. But me and my friends were all in poorer households. Not like dirt broke. But we were pretty bad. We had a Wii that we won from a competition in 2008. And I was never allowed a console to myself. Until I went Car Boot spelunking with my nana and my sister. And I managed to get a late revision fat PS2 for a whopping £3.50. And another £1 for a controller at the end of the lot. My uncle got his PS2 for Christmas in 2000, and luckily for me, he never threw away any of his bits and kept most of his games too! So I got the 5.1 surround sound speakers, DVD remote, and a good stack of games to add to my collection from my uncle. I was never able to take it home with me since we didn't have space back home. But when I was at my nanas house every Saturday I'd play from morning till teatime. And during the summer, every second Sunday I'd go car boots and get a solid stack of games for like £5-10 every time. Bionicle, Medal of Honour, TOCA, Sonic, all sorts. I've recently got back into playing and collecting for the PS2 and I honestly forgot how fun the games are. Despite the fact that they are noticeably dated today.
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
@@vampirerobot what happens to the original channel any ideas ?
@@stpworld I'd be lying if I knew anything definitive. I am just assuming copyright.
@@vampirerobot I just found some footage of my freind dancing with mario at the nintendo valley forge convention I uploaded a short. The costumes were so creepy. I am fighting with youtube for allowing comments on it they keep turning it off.
You missed out
My first experience was waiting 18 hours for Wii at Wal-Mart. Good times. Watching this on my Switch Oled. Long live gaming.
These are great memories lost forever if you didn’t have the state of mind to record it. Thanks for that!
When buying a console on launch day was fun.
Waiting in lines for hours was never fun lol. I always just bought consoles later or asked for them for Christmas.
That's was golden Era ❤❤❤
Really like the content you're putting out. Thanks very much.
24 years later… PS5.
23
20
At this time, I was still content with my N64. I didn't really care much of the PS2 when it came out. My wife got one for Christmas in 2002. She still has it to this day.
Same, but it was Dreamcast for me.
Yeah still have my og ps2 from 2000 with the blue stand in my bedroom
The first system that people went crazy over
Nah Super Nintendo was big and the N64 was sold out for months at launch. This was the first console people wanted enough to pay $1,000 for online however.
Nah Super Nintendo was big and the N64 was sold out for months at launch. This was the first console people wanted enough to pay $1,000 for online however.
I was not even born at this time and this feels nostalgic
This is what's missing from modern gaming. If you didn't live it you will never understand but waiting in line for something that was important to you and others sharing that moment was very special.
By far, the best (ok one of the best) channels on UA-cam. Rock on!
Wow! Thanks. Much appreciated!!
Lmfao the mudshark at 1:00. Clearly that's not their father
Her new boyfriend now has to raise them kids…🙄
@@mrrod6095I doubt she forced him to date her.
How are you so sure they aren't actually HIS kids and she might be their step mom? People can be step parents to their partner's kids from a previous relationship you know...
The odd thing is they still go for a small fortune. Mine is in a garbage bag in my closet. I haven't used it in like 15 years.
Ikr I’ve had every PlayStation from 1-5 and the best one till this day is PS2
I still play mine
Unless your talking about limited edition and obscure colored models of PS2, you can nab one for anywhere between $20-60 if they're regular systems.
The limited edition and other foreign obscure PS2 models go for much higher from hundreds to multiple thousands.
PS2. Buffy. Potter. Star Wars. And so much more. An amazing time that is unlikely to ever be repeated.
I remember playing a demo of Dynasty Warriors 2 for the PS2 at Curcuit City, I was stunned by the graphics and was super bummed by every commercial at home. My parent's suprised my bother and myself with the system a few days later. The first games we obtained were Tekken Tag Tournament and of course Dynasty Warriors 2. My personal favorite game on the PS2 was King''s Field: The Ancient City (Fromsoftware - makers of Dark Souls), the music was memoriable and the combat with puzzles were amazing.
When gamers were excited and grateful, not like today they’re a bunch of whiney brats!
Many gamers were always whiney brats. There just wasn't any social media then to hear about them.
Te pensas que en esa epoca no habia llorones en la comunidad gamer 😂😂😂 me atrevo a decir que hasta habia peores que los de ahora....
I remember this like it was yesterday
Watching this, I kept thinking "that guy (on the right at 2:15 on) could pass for IGN's Dave Zdyrko!" Sure enough, it's him. He was one of the main editors at IGN back in it's heyday. I used to read his stuff all the time. Life is flying by too fast...
Why is that baby drinking Pepsi?
bc murica. 😂
Because black like black and have white father in line
Cause he is apart of the Pepsi generation duh
@@penguininasuit4451😂😂😂
@@RinaShinomiyaVal Only in Murica.
I love nostalgic gaming videos like this massive thanks for uploading and preserving this moment in gaming history. - to me the the ps2 is still one of the greatest consoles of all time with also one of the best gaming libraries of all time still have my og ps2 with the blue stand standing by my display cabinet in my bedroom funny to think a console released 24 years ago is still enjoyed by people all over the world to this day 😁😉
I love the PlayStation 2❤
Most powerful gaming console no one
The breeze feels nice
Remember waiting for a while to get my PS2 launch night in downtown NYC but didn't need to camp out. Was disappointed when I got home with it because the launch games were garbage. Played FFIX on it instead.
Sir, you aren’t the father!
That's true she like black banana before
Maybe she had the kids with her previous boyfriend or husband BEFORE she got with him lol. Or they could be adopted. Who knows.
*nvr forget the metreon in downtown sf & the sony store.*
I never had one because I grew with Nintendo consoles but I will say owning a PlayStation now is still worth the hype
in UK we got a pre order payment slip ...... got a free booklet sent out from sony with pictures of console on production line ,just stock photos but good quality .... an picked up at 12am ..... anyone who did not pre order where waiting a couple of months ..... not as bad as ps5 launch which took a year or two for stock , however ps2 was months on waiting in UK from launch . enjoyed ssx , ridge racer , tekkan tag , Oni and timesplitters on launch ,,,,,, happy days ,,,, my brother even bought a 5.1 surround amp for DTS sound on DVD ....... Watching gladiator mad times
I remember getting a PS2 Slim as a gift from one of my uncle’s friends. He went to the back of his truck, pulled it out with the cables and everything and handed it to me. Coming from the 3rd world, the graphics on that thing were out of this world for me, especially GT4 😮😮. Unfortunately, the laser went bad a couple years later and I didn’t know or have the know how on how to fix it ( I do now).😔😔
ps2 and xbox, man I love them both
The mom n kids visiting their dad in line, smiles
The guy on the right in 4:40 is that the guy from Linus Tech?
No, but it does look like him, huh
@@PowerSynopsis It does look like him just younger right
Things were more human bk in those days enstrangement and cruelty followed close behind. Best era of gaming we anticipated this machine so much and it was so much more in our heads ps2 dreamcast og xbox and game cube. Games were games and not an imitation of reality altho that was where we going. It's the trip that's beautiful not the destination sometimes. Mark my words 2000's was the last good decade this world saw for a long time to come.
that dude with his family should get a DNA check on those kids lol
Maybe they are adopted. :)
@@nataliebarkhatova6471 Or just from a previous relationship.
Even better would be a follow-up video, "Where are they now?"
I think the PS2 started the whole midnight launch party thing for new consoles. It sucks the PS5 and the Xbox Series X didn't get to have a launch party. That would have been pretty cool.
Por que será que la actual generacion de video juegos no tuvo esta clase de apertura hoy en dia?
The funny thing is the the Dreamcast was basically the better option at the time. The ps2 really took time to get into its stride. Very weak launch titles. But great marketing and a DVD player.
That's true , I was still rocking the N64. By 2002 my dad bought ps2 and had access to many great games all at once
All we had was Nascar 2001(Was amazed by da graphics and physics doe) lol. Thank God for backwards compatibility lol. I was also still on my Pokemon wave back den so my Gameboy Color held me down as well lol.
Took a year or two before the really good games started to drop for the ps2
Metal Gear.
My parents got it specifically because it also had the dvd player
I didn't get it at launch I got it a couple of years later for Christmas
Will you please take me with you on your time machine. Serious inquiry.
2:14 2k Phil Spencer😁
The playstation 2 is the highest selling council of all time. The ps5 was impossible to find for 2 plus Years. Stores wouldn't even have them only online. 3 Yeats later I got lucky saved my money and bought one a ps5 at Target. Tje ps5 is the best plsystation ever. It fast and smooth.
They do that to make you want it more, and it worked.
God bless everyone there
wow dint even know it was a big deal then! i was still wearing out my ps1, till one day it died, now im sure i bought my ps2 when stores had no issues of stock, cause i went to toysrus and had the do i get ps2 or the new xbox system, some sales kid was trying to seel the xbox , but i knew ps2 had the games i loved plus it was a dvd player! and the first one i bought had died as well! how ironic? new metal gear, new grand turismo, and then i got a new one call gta 3 that was it i was hooked on running gunning and stealing cars! lol,
Much love to everyone who loves gaming haha 😂
PS2 the Goat
10.26.2000 My birthday!!
@ 2:54 wrong blud.. Madden on Dreamcast is far superior and runs faster than the PS2 version..
The dude saying Madden looks better than nfl2k1. Ooooops
He said MLB 2k1. LOL NFL 2k1 would have made sense...
The 2k series was far superior to anything released on the ps2 for like a year.
NFL 2k were the best simulator football games of all time. Best ea football games were the "Big"
series and the street games
I watch these videos and I can't help to think that these console companies are just sitting there, watching allllll these poor saps sitting outside of stores for an entire day and night and they're just laughing saying to themselves "just look at alll these clowns camping outside of stores just waiting in excitement to give us hundreds and hundreds of their hard earned money!!!"
Damn those kids are in their 30s now let that sink in …
Yup... People like me.. I was 8 in 2000.. I'm 31 now time flies
I was 10 at the time, and I'm now 34 😢
@@HollowRicksame ^^
Do you actually remember the year 2000?@@HollowRick
1989!!@@Chickadee777
Random escaped inmate walking by at the end
🤣
1:12 So Does the PS2 come with a DNA test?
Pre non binary era
Insane that people really did this and wow.
should i get ps2 sucks ps5 is better
Gaming died with the PS4 era .
When it comes to losing, these mens are top notch A class losing sirs. “Employ in a job, sirs,” I would advise. “Divide moneys amongst hookers and blow, never television games.”
all this for an outdated system thats so democrat
Wasn’t “outdated” back then
@@VinceEnclaveJohnson you must know everything
@@SamuelCharlesSanomAlbert when this video was recorded, the PS2 was the newest gaming system from Sony! This was 2000
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