Why PlayStation 2

[Llana_Virren]

They also offered two versions of the HDD (an internal and an external) in Japan as well as a Lin-station HDD (which turned the PS2 into a pure computer). Again, another example of the home market getting preferential treatment.

Do some research on Sony's control over HDDs in the U.S. for a more educated assessment on why SE can make devices for PS2 in Japan but not in the U.S.

[bungiefanNA]

They also offered two versions of the HDD (an internal and an external) in Japan as well as a Lin-station HDD (which turned the PS2 into a pure computer). Again, another example of the home market getting preferential treatment.

There were two versions of HDD because there was an extra series of PS2 released in Japan before our launch model series. The model 10000 had no expansion bay, it had a PCMCIA slot for a PC card. The external HDD connected to that card, and wasn't compatible with model 30000 and 50000 systems with the expansion bay. The internal drive plugged into the Network Adapter, which plugged into the DEV9 port at the top of the expansion bay.

Japan had 3 models of PS2 in that series before we got our launch model. They had the 10000, 15000, and 18000, then the 30000 came out globally.