User blog comment:Knuckleschaotix/R.I.P. PS2/@comment-98.148.230.220-20111001200043/@comment-1045899-20111002113127

The PS2 WAS bad. As I stated in an earlier comment. It was only more successful due to Nintendo and SEGA performing bad marketing decisions. The PS2 was the lowest spec'd of the 4, even the dreamcast was better.

It was popular for two reasons, it was cheap as chips and it had a DVD drive. That's all, pure and simple.