SIE Playstation 2 (SCPH-70000) Charcoal Black Console (Japanese Import)

I've been meaning to buy a Japanese PlayStation 2 for 15 years, and prices are finally low enough that I was able to do so. This device functions perfectly when attached to an American television and power. This is the slim model, and honestly I prefer the slide-out disc drive of the oversized original, but it's small, it's quiet, and it works. American controllers also work fine with this machine. I've tried to use the disc swap trick and could never get it to work. I'm not fond of modding hardware. I suggest if you want to play Japanese games that you obtain one of these and hook it up to your TV for the authentic experience. It used to cost between 200 and 300 dollars for one of these when I was a teen, but they are now less than a hundred dollars. Pick one up, buy all the games you want that never came out in the U.S., and then grab some grab games that DID come out in the U.S., but are ridiculously overpriced in the U.S. and dirt-cheap in Japan. I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend picking one of these up if you are interested in playing Japanese import PS2/PS1 games. There has never been a better time to be a retro gamer and buy imports.

Used PS2 slim received fast and works perfect!

本体は問題ありませんでしたが、コントローラーが全く作動せず。 したがって☆１つ減としました。

Arrived before posted date, console looks great no signs of damage, plays games with no problem. All cords look good and have no kinks. The only thing is the controller shows obvious signs of use, has dirt, kinks in cord, but overall works fine no problems with it. But everything else looks like its new. Also if people don't know you can set the language in English if you'd like in the settings.

Wish I had taken pictures, but I'm at work right now so that isn't going to happen. I am VERY VERY happy with this purchase. My PS2 is in GREAT SHAPE. It was clean and mint. Everything was original. I bought DEMENTO ( Haunting Ground Japanese Version) and it wouldn't work without a memory card. So I bought a memory card and now I am able to play HAUNTING GROUND / DEMENTO on official hardware. I had a VERY FRUSTRATING experience with a purchase on Ebay, see originally I bought this console because I purchase Japanese Silent Hill 1,2,3 and 4 on Playstation for 1 and PS2 for the rest. I bought these games from Kenja Games on Ebay and for some reason he NEVER SHIPPED the games even though I spent over $170 on these games. He provided a tracking number than never updated and never arrived in USPS possession. I made this purchase about October 16th and thought, oh shit well I need a Japanese PS2 to play them and I bought this lovely console. The PS2 arrived first even though I bought Kenja Game's transaction almost a week prior. Kenja's package never arrived and around November 8th Ebay refunded my money as he was unable to provide any valid tracking information after almost 30 days. Long story short, this is an incredible company, I had a good experience with them and my PS2 was amazing. Please be careful when buying Japanese Games online, there seems to be a lot of scammers and dishonest people out there, however given my experience I would recommend you purchase from these folks. Thank you.