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Customer Reviews: Average Rating:  Rating :  - PS2 Memory Card 2 Pack - Required Accessory For Your PS2
The Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue is a quick way to pick up a necessary accessory for your PS2. Both cards do exactly what is advertised: they allow you to save game data and other files from your PS2. The list price is a throw-back to when these first appeared, which was LONG ago. While this memory is still rather expensive, it is an unfortunate cost of still using the PS2.
If you have a PS3 that is backward compatible, you can also plug these cards into the PlayStation 3 Memory Card Adaptor to play your games on the PS3.
As far as the PlayStation 2 is concerned, you absolutely NEED memory cards to get much playability out of the system. You can't even progress through the different game play options on most PS2 games without it. The PlayStation 3 comes with built-in storage, but also a much higher price-tag. So if you are planning on picking up a PS2 bundle, make sure you pick up some memory. Unfortunately, they do not include memory in any of the bundle's being sold today that I am aware of.
The PS2 is a good legacy system to have around for an extra to be devoted to party games like Rock Band or Guitar Hero III. Bundles like the PlayStation 2 SingStar Bundle allow you to have a mini-karaoke station for your holiday gatherings. Granted, for hardcore gamers, the PS3 is going to meet all their needs. But if you are going to have a pack of kids at home for the holidays, it never hurts to have an extra system that can keep them occupied and that you won't be concerned about them damaging.
There are many reasons to get the two pack over single PlayStation 2 8MB Memory Cards. The price of this dual pack is usually more attractive than buying them one by one. I say usually because the prices fluctuate and you have to watch them carefully. Having the two colors makes it easy to tell the cards apart. It's also good to have more than a few extra cards so that you can have a backup as well as an extra for the rare case you fill one up. So you will definitely need at least two memory cards anyway, and having a few more won't hurt either.
There are also many reasons to stay away from the higher capacity cards. Those with older PS2 units may have compatibility issues saving to some of the larger third party cards. Even if your system does work with them, once you use one of those 64MB cards you won't be able to take it with you to play on an older system. Outside of the PS2 world, 64MB would not be considered *large* by memory card standards. I know, paying this much for 8 MB cards is kind of annoying in the year 2008. But PS2 game files tend to be small, so you can still save plenty of files onto these cards. You will definitely get a lot of use out of this two-pack.
Memory is a must-own accessory for your PS2. Try to get the two-pack and have a few extras on hand. And definitely watch the price.
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