# PS2 or PS2 Slim? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982 "2009-01-05T19:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/1 "2009-01-05T19:49:10Z")
We have got both machines, and I don’t really need two. Which one is better, the PS2 Slim or the PS2? Is there a difference? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/2 "2009-01-05T19:52:52Z")
The size of the slim is great, and if you don’t give them too much hammer you can get some good use out of them. At the prices the big ones are going for now though, you may as well get one of them as well, just to give your slim one a rest now and again. p.s. Ignore the bit about purchasing another. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/3 "2009-01-05T20:16:29Z")
Well if you already have two; why not just keep them? I doubt you get more than 30 bucks for either one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/4 "2009-01-05T21:47:53Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Well if you already have two; why not just keep them? I doubt you get more than 30 bucks for either one of them. We’re being offered a trade, if there’s an appreciable difference (like one has a tendency to overheat or something like that-IDK, that why this thread), we’ll keep the better one. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/5 "2009-01-05T21:57:47Z")
Here is my experience. My step brother bought a PS2 about 6 years ago and he still plays on it. I bought a slim one about 3 years ago and it still runs like a champ. Neither mine or my step-brothers have over heated so I don’t think that is a problem. So design makes no real difference. However, Wiki says the slim does not have room for a hard drive while the original bigger one does and that some games like Final Fantasy XI need a hard drive. > **[PlayStation 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2)** > > The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 30 November 2000. It is the successor to the original PlayStation, as well as the second installment in the PlayStation brand of consoles. As a sixth-generation console, it competed with Nintendo's GameCube, Sega's Dreamcast, and Microsoft's Xbox. It i... Personally I would go with whichever is the newest made as it should last longer. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/6 "2009-01-05T22:07:29Z")
I have known a good-sized number of gamers who have had to replace their full-size PS2 a shocking number of times. I haven’t heard of any troubles with that since the slim ones came out. My slim has taken a lot of use/abuse, and hasn’t given me any trouble. I’ve had it for about 3 years now, and it hasn’t frozen up at all, whereas I’ve seen the full-size ones freeze up many times. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/7 "2009-01-05T22:11:03Z")
I’ve had to take my PS2 apart and fix it to solve game freezes and disc read errors, but I remember reading at the time that it was an issue with older models. If they’re both the same age, I don’t think there would be any noticeable difference. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-or-ps2-slim/479982/8 "2009-01-05T22:12:26Z")
The slim doesn’t have a power button (other than the standby button), which is a tad annoying.