I’ve my PS2 forever. It’s one of the old, huge, clunky ones. I had the internet capable part added on when I got FF9 (which I never played).
I use it to play my PS1 games as well, and I foolishly sold my old, clunky Playstation years ago.
I think it brough console gaming to a wider audience since there were just sooo many different games released on it. It also sucked away years of peoples lives.
My fonded memories are probably getting Kingdom Hearts the day it was released and playing it for hours with my friend. Beating bosses for my friends in Prince of Persia 2. Staying up for hours trying to beat a boss in FF9 and becoming angry and delirious cussing at the TV. Playing Jak 3 with my friends in our apartment (the racing was the best). Getting stoned and playing Harry Potter Quidditch. Driving around in GTA: Vice City and causing as much destruction as possible. Obsessively playing FF8 when I was 16 and disregarding my homework. Beating the boys in Tekken.
My favorite games, hmm.. Jak ⅔, Kingdom Hearts, Dark Cloud, GTA: Vice City, FFX/X-2 (BUT I FUCKING HATE BLITZ BALL), Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance II, Shadow of the Colossus (my friend actually made me go over her house and kill things on this game for her because she was completely inept) and of course, Soul Calibur II.