I Bought a PORTABLE PS2 from Aliexpress... 😬

Have you ever wanted to turn your home console into a portable console? The PS2 was the home console that I always wanted to be portable... and the PSP almost fulfilled that dream. But what would be better than a PSP? An actual PS2 Portable console! And that's exactly what this portable console from Aliexpress is. This Portable PS2 from Aliexpress uses real PlayStation 2 hardware and... it's interesting. The one I bought had some issues, but the Portable PlayStation 2 from Aliexpress seems to work ok now - let me know down below what you think of this Portable PS2!

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My Equipment:

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Chapters:
0:00 Unboxing
1:26 Size comparison
1:59 Closer look at the console
4:44 Turning it on
5:25 They messed this thing up 😳
6:57 Testing the console
10:45 Console teardown

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[jrob]

So what do you guys think about this console??

[kevinchristianson]

Looks like a ton of problems for $400. Consumer definitely shouldn't have to open the console to check for solder shavings lol

[KarimJovian]

for $400 I'd rather get a steam deck

[GSX]

Despite the cost of it, consider me impressed that someone actually went through all of this to make a custom portable ps2

[MrLimbo-ljhc]

that microSD card just sticking out like a sore thumb aggrevates me more than anything else on this handheld.

[tystreasures]

I would have been SO pissed off if I spent almost $500 on that custom system from China. Waited almost a month to get it... assuming. And the thing didn't work. Mad props to you for being able to open it up and fix the problem yourself!

[iAMtwoman]

it looks like if a PS2 and PS Vita had a baby.

[busterscrugs]

I was expecting a PSP sized handheld based on the thumbnail, this thing is a monster!

[operationthrash]

Fun fact: The joystick issue with NBA Street has been baffling me for years. On my first fat PS2, you could not move up and left at the same time using analog. Your player would stop in place. I changed controllers and got the same problem. On my slim PS2, oddly enough, the problem seemed gone. Last year, on my jailbroken PS3 with software emulation, the problem returned with a vengeance. I have no idea what is causing this, but it even reoccurred in the Xbox version of NBA Street 3. This is the first time I’ve ever seen another person say this out loud. Interesting!

[ArrBee]

Pricey. Scarface the world is yours was my fave PS2 game I'd still play it now

[mr.sniffles]

For that price point, considering all of the issues, a better option for most people would be to get a steam deck, duel boot with windows, and run a PS2 emulator. This Portable PS2 is a cool system, but just seems to have too many issues to justify the price

[bigbadspikey]

For $400, I was expecting a nice non 3D- Printed console. I guess I can let the 3D-Print go but after seeing the issues, I don't think it's worth $400.

[blackpowder]

That just turned me off from third-party mods forever, but I'm glad you had the knowledge to fix it.

[woogaloo]

Honestly - just because it looks like a Vita makes me like it a lot more. The price seems kind of high considering the price of the PS2s vs the Dreamcast. Still really need to see - I enjoy this series. You should find a sweet Sega Saturn handheld (unless I missed it).

[Gaetano.]

favourite ps2 game is Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Amazing amazing battlefield game. One of the best multiplayer experiences ill ever have.

[maciejd]

Not a random voltage, 8, 4 is the voltage of fully charged two li-ion cells.
It's cheaper that way, than making it 9v and adding some regulators to finally make it 8, 4 anyway.

[xar]

0:05 "Life lasts for about 3 hours" i dont think they meant battery lol

[jrob]

Just so people are aware - if you’re getting a portable console like this commissioned by someone in the modding community, you’ll most likely be shelling out well over $1, 000. A ton of time goes into making a custom portable. This one is cheaper because it seems that they have some sort of small assembly line for these lol. $450 is definitely reasonable (if it didn’t have the solder issue)

[lordiblees]

The manufacturer did a pretty good job packing a full-fledged ps2 in a handheld model. This would be pretty impressive if they only did some QA to make sure everything is A-OK functionality wise but then you can get a ps4 for less than $400 these days

[HulksterHogan]

I remember watching another person review this same unit and it was even more a mess than pictured here. It isn't even that bad when comparing it to other homemade portable console mods but when you take something like this that takes a lot of hands on effort and try to sell it as a mass produced product you naturally get tons of quality control issues. There's a reason why people who make modded portable consoles rarely sell them and when they do they charge more than double than what this costs.