The PlayStation 2 Headset is a USB headset

Headphones

Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, held close to a user's ears and connected to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio, CD player or portable Media Player. They are also known as stereophones, headsets or, colloquially, cans. The in-ear...

 used with the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

. While the original headset was produced by Logitech

Logitech

Logitech International S.A. is a global provider of personal peripherals for computers and other digital platforms headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland. The company develops and markets products like peripheral devices for PCs, including keyboards, mice, microphones, game controllers...

 and distributed with SOCOM

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2. SOCOM was released on August 27, 2002, and it is one of the earliest online titles available for the...

, other headsets that support the usb-audio class may be compatible.

The PlayStation 2 headset can also be used on PCs

Personal computer

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 as it is a standard USB headset. No drivers are required in Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 or Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

.

The headset is most commonly used in online multiplayer games, however it can also be used in some karaoke style games, for voice control, and to enhance the immersive experience of some single player games.

Games that support the headset

• 25 To Life
  25 To Life
  25 To Life is a third-person shooter video game for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox released in 2006. The game was developed by Avalanche Software and Ritual Entertainment, and was published by Eidos Interactive....
  
  
• All Star Baseball 2005
• Area 51
• ATV Offroad Fury 3
  ATV Offroad Fury 3
  ATV Offroad Fury 3 is an off road racing game for the PlayStation 2 console.Released in 2004, ATV Offroad Fury 3 is the third installment of the Offroad Fury series.The game showcases racing on all-terrain vehicles on various track types and events....
  
  
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
  Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
  Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is a first-person shooter video game in the Battlefield series, developed by Digital Illusions CE. Modern Combat is the first Battlefield game for video game consoles....
  
  
• Champions of Norrath
  Champions of Norrath
  Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest is an online-capable action role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, set in the EverQuest universe. It is playable with one single player or cooperative for up to four players. However, with a Network Adapter, players can take the game online with others...
  
  
• Champions: Return to Arms
  Champions: Return to Arms
  Champions: Return to Arms is an Action RPG set in the EverQuest universe. It is the sequel to Champions of Norrath and is developed by Snowblind Studios.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
  Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
  Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a World War II video game for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox and acts as a spin-off of Call of Duty 2. It was released on November 1, 2005, in North America...
  
  
• Call of Duty 3
  Call of Duty 3
  Call of Duty 3 is a World War II first-person shooter and the third installment in the Call of Duty video game series first released on November 7, 2006. It has been released for all three seventh generation video game systems: the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii...
  
  
• Destruction Derby Arenas
• ESPN NBA Basketball
  ESPN NBA Basketball
  ESPN NBA Basketball may refer to:*NBA 2K, an annual video game series, 1999–present*NBA on ESPN, television broadcast...
  
  
• ESPN NCAA Basketball
• ESPN NFL Football
• ESPN NHL Hockey
• ESPN MLB Baseball
• FIFA Football 2004
  FIFA Football 2004
  FIFA Football 2004, also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 in North America, is a football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2003 with the tagline "Create Brilliance"....
  
  
• FIFA Soccer 2007
• Fight Night 2004
  Fight Night 2004
  Fight Night 2004 is a 2004 boxing console game developed by EA Sports. It is the successor to EA's previous boxing series, Knockout Kings. Four sequels followed, Fight Night Round 2 in 2005, Fight Night Round 3 in 2006, Fight Night Round 4 in 2009 and Fight Night Champion in 2011...
  
  
• Greg Hasting's Tournament Paintball Max'd
  Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
  Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D is a E10+ rated, action sport, first person shooter developed by The Whole Experience, under joint venture with Paintball Players Productions, LLC, and published by Activision on Xbox, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2...
  
  
• Hardware: Online Arena
• Jak X: Combat Racing
  Jak X: Combat Racing
  Jak X: Combat Racing , is a vehicular combat game video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and first released in North America on October 18, 2005, then in Australia on October 26, 2005 and then in Europe on November 4, 2005...
  
  
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
  James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
  007: Everything or Nothing is a third-person shooter video game, where the player controls James Bond. Bond is modeled after and voiced by the former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, making it his final performance for the character in game and film...
  
  
• Karaoke Revolution
  Karaoke Revolution
  Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...
  
  
• Killzone
  Killzone
  Killzone is a first-person shooter exclusive to the PlayStation 2 game console, developed by Netherlands-based Guerrilla Games and released on November 2, 2004 in North America. A sequel, Killzone: Liberation was released on the PlayStation Portable and another followup, Killzone 2 was released for...
  
  
• Lifeline
  Lifeline (video game)
  Lifeline, released in Japan as , is a video game released by SCEI and Konami for the PlayStation 2. It is a horror game in the genre similar to the Resident Evil series. Its defining aspect is that the player controls the game entirely by using a microphone to speak commands to on-screen...
  
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 cross-platform third-person hack and slash video game based on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The game was published by EA Games and developed by EA Redwood Shores and...
  
  
• Madden NFL 2004
  Madden NFL 2004
  Madden NFL 2004 is the 14th installment of the Madden NFL series of American football video games. Michael Vick, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, is on the cover. New features in Madden 2004 include a new owner mode option that allows the player to control a franchise...
  
  
• Manhunt
  Manhunt (video game)
  Manhunt is a stealth game developed by Rockstar Games. It was released to the public on November 18, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 console, and on April 20, 2004 for Xbox and PC. Although it was generally well-received by critics, Manhunt created a controversy due to the graphic violence the player...
  
   (in an ambient capacity)
• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
  Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
  Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor series, released by Electronic Arts in November 2003. Like its predecessors, Rising Sun is a first-person shooter set in World War II. Unlike predecessors,Rising Sun is set during the Pacific War. It features single-player...
  
  
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
  Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  is an award-winning stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2, and was released on November 17, 2004 in North America; December 16, 2004 in Japan; March 4, 2005 in Europe; and on...
  
  
• MLB 2005
• MLB Slugfest: Loaded
• MVP Baseball 2004
• NASCAR Thunder 2004
  NASCAR Thunder 2004
  NASCAR Thunder 2004 is a racing simulator by EA Sports, released in 2003 and available in separate versions for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. It features the 2002 champion Tony Stewart on the cover with a scowling look to represent the new Grudges and Alliances feature. It was the only...
  
  
• NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control
• NASCAR 07
  NASCAR 07
  NASCAR 07 is the tenth installment of the EA Sports' NASCAR video game series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released on September 6, 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PlayStation Portable. This was the last NASCAR edition to be released exclusively on sixth generation consoles.The NTSC...
  
  
• NBA Live 2004
  NBA Live 2004
  NBA Live 2004 is the 2004 installment of the NBA Live video games series. The cover features Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors . The game was developed by EA Sports and released on October 14, 2003...
  
  
• NBA Shootout 2004
• NFL Gameday 2004
• NFL Street
  NFL Street
  NFL Street received good reviews upon release. It received a 7.75 from Game Informer, and a 9.2 from IGN. The game also received 4 stars out of 5 from GameSpy, saying that "Pick-up football was never this exciting." Additionally, Gamespot gave it a rating of 7.9, saying "If you've been eagerly...
  
  
• NHL 2004
  NHL 2004
  NHL 2004, developed by the EA Black Box studios, is an ice hockey video game. It is the successor to NHL 2003 and is widely considered to be a major turning point in the NHL series. The game adds 3 European Elite Leagues: Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga , Sweden's Elitserien , and Finland's...
  
  
• NCAA Final Four 2004
• NCAA Football 2004
  NCAA Football 2004
  NCAA Football 2004 is an American football video game released in 2003 by Tiburon. The player on the cover is former USC quarterback and current Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer. The game is available for play with the N-Gage...
  
  
• NCAA Gamebreaker 2004
• NCAA March Madness 2004
  NCAA March Madness 2004
  NCAA March Madness 2004 was the 2003 installment in the NCAA March Madness series. It was released on November 17, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Former Syracuse player Carmelo Anthony was featured on the cover. Commentary is done by Brad Nessler and "Mr. College Basketball" Dick Vitale as he...
  
  
• Need for Speed: Underground 2
  Need for Speed: Underground 2
  Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a cross-platform racing video game published and developed by Electronic Arts. Released in 2004, it is the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground, and is part of the Need for Speed series, available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance,...
  
  
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
  Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
  Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is a platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony. It is the third installment in the Ratchet & Clank series and was released in North America on November 3, 2004...
  
  
• Ratchet: Deadlocked
  Ratchet: Deadlocked
  Ratchet: Deadlocked is a platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony. Released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005...
  
  
• Resident Evil Outbreak
  Resident Evil Outbreak
  Resident Evil Outbreak, known as in Japan, is a single player game with online playability for the PlayStation 2 initially released in 2003. It was developed by Capcom Production Studio 1. This game was the first in the Resident Evil series to feature cooperative gameplay and online multiplayer...
  
  
• Risk: Global Domination
  Risk: Global Domination
  Risk: Global Domination is a game for the PlayStation 2 , about the very popular board game, Risk. It was released in 2003. In Risk: Global Domination, the player tries to dominate the world by defeating eleven famous generals...
  
  
• Sly 2: Band of Thieves
  Sly 2: Band of Thieves
  Sly 2 Band of Thieves is a platform stealth video game develpoed by Sucker Punch and published by Sony Computer Entertainment released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2...
  
  
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
  Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
  Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves is a platform stealth video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. It is the third game in the Sly Cooper franchise. Sly 3 has optional 3-D stages, and it comes with a pair of specially designed 3-D glasses inside the manual...
  
  
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2. SOCOM was released on August 27, 2002, and it is one of the earliest online titles available for the...
  
  
• SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs is a third-person tactical shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 and a sequel to SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs. The game was developed by Zipper Interactive in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment...
  
  
• SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs
  SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALS, is a third person tactical shooter video game for PlayStation 2 and the sequel to SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs. The game was developed by Zipper Interactive in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment...
  
  
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault
• SSX 3
  SSX 3
  SSX 3 is a snowboarding extreme racing game published by Electronic Arts and developed by EA Sports BIG, which was released in late 2003. It is the third installment in the SSX series, and is THX approved. Like the previous installments, the game was critically acclaimed...
  
  
• Star Wars: Battlefront
  Star Wars: Battlefront
  Star Wars: Battlefront is a first and third-person video game based on battles in the Star Wars film series. It was developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts and released on September 20, 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, the same day as the release of the Star Wars...
  
  
• Star Wars Battlefront 2
• SWAT: Global Strike Team
  SWAT: Global Strike Team
  SWAT: Global Strike Team is a tactical shooter video game developed by Argonaut Games and published by Argonaut Games and Sierra Entertainment for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2. It was released on October 28, 2003 in North America and December 5, 2003 in Europe.-External links:*...
  
  
• Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
  Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
  Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is the fourth installment of the Syphon Filter series. As a sequel to Syphon Filter 3, it is the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• This Is Football 2004
• TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
  Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
  Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is a golf video game published by EA Sports. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and the N-Gage. It was the first to feature the Game Face feature, in which the player can create his or her own player...
  
  
• ToCA Race Driver 3
  TOCA Race Driver 3
  TOCA Race Driver 3 is the third title of TOCA racing video game series, developed and published by Codemasters. TOCA Race Driver 3 was released in Europe and North America on February 24, 2006...
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a tactical shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft subsidiary, and published by Ubisoft in 2001 for the PC. It was ported to the Mac, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002 and to the GameCube in 2003...
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
  Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a tactical shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft subsidiary, and published by Ubisoft in 2001 for the PC. It was ported to the Mac, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002 and to the GameCube in 2003...
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield is a computer game developed and published by Ubisoft and released on March 18, 2003. The Rainbow Six video game series is based on Tom Clancy's best-selling novel of the same name....
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is an action-adventure stealth game, developed and published by Ubisoft Shanghai, while Ubisoft Montreal, creator of the original Splinter Cell, was working on Chaos Theory. Pandora Tomorrow is the second game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by...
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is a critically acclaimed action-adventure stealth game, developed and published by Ubisoft. Chaos Theory is the third game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by writer Tom Clancy....
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent is an action-adventure stealth game, developed and published by Ubisoft. The series, endorsed by American author Tom Clancy, follows the character Sam Fisher, an agent employed by a black-ops division of the National Security Agency, dubbed Third...
  
  
• Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged
  Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged
  Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged is a video game based on the popular trivia board game of the same name. It was released in 2004 for Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game consoles and Personal Computers.-Classic Mode:...