Product Description

The Sony PS2 Memory Card shows that building a better system from the ground up sometimes involves digging into even the most mundane components. To provide larger storage capacity and faster access rates--PlayStation 2 cards transfer data 200 times faster than cards for the original PlayStation--PlayStation 2 developers have upgraded the technology for the new memory card. The 8 MB memory card uses Flash Memory, the storage technology that's revolutionising handheld computers, digital cameras and MP3 players. In contrast, the 128 KB memory cards that were designed for the original PlayStation use memory blocks. While large files can spill over several blocks, you can't store more than one file per block in that design, no matter how small the file. The 8 MB memory card alleviates that problem by organising and storing files much more like a computer hard disk.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2329 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-04-25
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: .11 pounds

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, but.............
The PS2 Memory Card (red) has been re-released in a new colour: Red. A more vibrant and/or romantic colour, this is more attractinve to Ps2 users in search of a new memory card. Another good thing about this is that the red colour can help you find it if you ever lose it and, by the way, there is a quite big of a chance that a person who is not a neat-freak will lose it.

There is a downside to this red Ps2 memory card: the memory-8mb-still hasn't dropped in price, probably because Sony wants to earn more money by coaxing the user of it's game console (s) to buy more memory cards, but this is one of the reasons why the Ps2 is not as popular as before for people wondering 'Do I get the Ps2 or the Xbox or the Gamecube?' The xbox, saves on the Console Hard drive, illiminating the need for memory cards.

To sum the review up, I would say that this is a essential accessory for Ps2 users, but it is not good value for money (think about it-8 gigabytes for 14 quid).

It’s Great!
Seriously, what can you say about a Playstation Memory Card... You save your games on to it. It does it really well. I will stress that I am a firm believer in sticking to the brand, they are quality! Buy a Sony Playstation 2 and get Sony Playstation 2 Control Pads and get Sony Playstation 2 Memory Cards.

Reliable storage but 8Mb is too little for too much
Don't trust your many hundreds of hours of hard earned game progress with 3rd party cards with their dubious compression features, LEDs and other "features" - get an official memory card.

That said, average memory capacity is doubling in capacity and halving in price every 6 months. It's a bit cynical of Sony not to increase the spec of their memory cards in proportion to this rate of progress, hence I knock off 1 star.