Phat vs Slim PS2 - Which form factor reigns supreme for the best-selling console of all time?

[Perkin_Warbeck]

I wish 8bitdo or someone else would make a quality wireless ps2 receiver.

 

[freikugeln]

Slim is a technical marvel but aesthetically l prefer the original in it's iconic vertical placement not to mention that with HD loader it rocks from a usability standpoint.

I wish 8bitdo or someone else would make a quality wireless ps2 receiver.

Click to shrink...

I think there 's a brook adapter that lets you connect a variety of bluetooth controllers

 

[Transistor]

While the original is a thing of beauty, the slim wins for being an engineering masterpiece, doubly so the last revisions that had an internal power supply

 

[D.Lo]

Fat models can use the hard drive, massively more utility so are the factually superior models.

Also I don't understand how people think the slim is 'the greatest looking console'? It's a great engineering feat for sure, it looks decent and is very small which is great. But it's still got the stupid 'two tier' design for no reason and the crappy ridges which get filled with dust.

 

[Kotze282]

I've never been a fan of the PS2 Slim. All PS2s I saw as a kid were Slims that were in awful conditions, banged up and scratched with many having the disc lid pop off on its own or something, which might make me biased to the original design that I know mostly from product shots. The Slim just seem unnecessarily slim and flimsy to me.

 

[Gold!e]

I never had the Slim but my cousins did and I was infinitely jealous.

It's the best console design of all time, bar none.

Plus built-in ethernet capability, though I'm assuming that only matters for homebrew stuff.

 

[Subnats]

Definitely the Phat with it's HDD support. Even if the disc drives are a bit less reliable being able to rip all my games to a HDD makes it mostly a non-issue. With the Slim you're stuck with using ethernet or usb to load backups which means longer load times and stuttery cutscenes.

 

[noinspiration]

The one you can put a hard drive in

 

[E.T.]

Goat Console, Goat design, Goat games. Goat Generation.

Stunning achievement in engineering for sure.

 

[Lulu]

slim just like the slim psx

 

[Lydecker]

The Slim is gorgeous and adorable.

But the phat model IS the PS2, my nostalgia is too heavy. Watching DVDs via scart and wondering why they were all green lol

Click to shrink...

Yes, indeed. This was one of my most beloved purchases back in those days...

 

[megashock5]

My launch phat started having trouble reading discs because they were bouncing around in the tray.
The slim I replaced it with (with a proper spindle) never did.

Slim wins.

 

[WhtR88t]

The Slim…

I was a Nintendo kid before I bought a PS2 Slim really late into the generation because I felt like I was missing out on really good games. At that time there was a small mountain of PlayStation Greatest Hits that were $20 a pop and amazing.

Since then, I've never regretted buying a PlayStation console day one.

 

[ElCidTmax]

I had the hard drive + modem/ethernet interface for the phat. Did the slim have any of that?

 

[Stone Cold]

I know it's inferior hardware but the phat model is so iconic, so many hours of my childhood were spent with that console.

 

[Moon Parade]

I personally prefer the slim model, but the original is iconic, even if it is a repurposed shell.

 

[MistahS]

The slim is a work of art

 

[Garrison]

Fat models can use the hard drive, massively more utility so are the factually superior models.

Also I don't understand how people think the slim is 'the greatest looking console'? It's a great engineering feat for sure, it looks decent and is very small which is great. But it's still got the stupid 'two tier' design for no reason and the crappy ridges which get filled with dust.

Click to shrink...

100%
Phat all the way. Having a hard drive makes things so much better. And the phat design looks great vertically.

 

[Nessus]

I like the design of the Slim more, but the original can have an internal hard drive.

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

Cant play system link time crisis 2/3 with the slim! pass!

(i have both. The slim is such a wonder of design compared to the phat.. its crazy to look at them side by side.)

 

[Jonathan Lanza]

Aesthetically I love the Fat
But functionally Slim is easier to use SwapMagic with.

 

[chandoog]

Slim. It's a gorgeous kit.

 

[Lynd]

I never liked the look of the original PS2, I just don't like the different sized rectangle shapes. At least the slim looks a lot nicer.

 

[metal]

Idk why but I prefer the phat. Sad that I sold it many years ago.

Still have my slim though that I bought at a Walmart for $99 the year it was discontinued in the US.

 

[tomakasatnav]

Phat 4 lyfe

That with the blue box was magnificent

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Phat for me, much more Iconic design and I love the PS2 carved on the surface.

 

[Ashhong]

That slim in the OP looks like a PS4. And then we got the giant beast that is the PS5, similar to PS3..

 

[Shiz Padoo]

I have both but it's phat all the way for me. It was such an unusual design at the time, looking more like a skyscraper than a console and the slim lost some of the impact the first model made.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

I use to be a slim enthusiast, but the reality is that games just load faster off an internal HDD compared to a DVD or a USB drive when using FreeMCBoot, so the fat wins.

 

[miserable]

OG Phat all the way. Just because of HDD support. Never cared for the design of a console, I'm not buying one just so I can look at it all day and go "Wow that looks good"

Functionality > design

 

[Jailer of Hope]

A lot of DRE frustrations with my phat PS2. That went away with the slim.

 

[2Blackcats]

The slim is great for lots of reasons but aesthetically it's not even a tiny bit close to the phat (sic)

 

[Tortahegesztő]

The Slim is just perfect as far as a sleek gameconsole can look. Only shame is you can't put an hdd in them, and the laser dies like clockwork, especially in the 7000 series slims.

 

[Camisado]

The slim is a thing of beauty and still surprises me to this day with how small it was.

 

[BigDes]

Slim is a contender for one of the best looking consoles of all time.

The normal large version is fine.

 

[RM8]

The poll being kind of close is the reason why the PS5 is the size of a small boat.

 

[SixelAlexiS]

Sorry but the fat is too iconic and beloved <3

 

[Arex]

the slim PS2 is georgous but the original PS2 is more iconic :d

 

[ScOULaris]

The poll being kind of close is the reason why the PS5 is the size of a small boat.

Click to shrink...

Wait, why?

Even the phat PS2 wasn't huge and ugly like the PS5.