The slim ones are super easy to modify in order to play pirated games not that I ever did it.  I have a large enough backlog that I don't ever have to pirate games.  I do have a few pirated games for the Dreamcast which needed no modding to play burned games.

Actually for Pirated games the fat PS2 is better.

I had the fat PS2 and the slim one.

Many pirated games that worked on the fat PS2 don't work on the slim one.

For example there was Super Nintendo and Nintendo Mario collection for PS2.

I could play all the classic Mario games on the fat PS2.

Mario Collection didn't work on the slim ps2.

There was also emulation for genesis and Super Nintendo games that works on the fat PS2.

It didn't work on the slim PS2.

for pirated games from my experience the fat PS2 is better.

All the original games work fine on the slim PS2.

Lol No. Lol

I try not to pirate anymore, those where the days when I was a broke teen :P

I think if you play emulators for older games there's nothing wrong it.

Consoles such as Nintendo 64 Game Cube or genesis and all the older consoles.

The companies don't manufacture these consoles anymore

They don't lose anything when you play the old game because the consoles aren't for sale anymore.

They already made their profit when the consoles and games were originally released.

And you can't pirate the new consoles anyway.

So playing old games on emulators is fine.

underpowered and with hardware issues...

no

my favorite game of all time came exclusive (back in the day) to the PS2, and im talking about ZOE 2, aside frome that there were othe amazing games as well, like MGS3, ICO, SHADOW OF THE COLLOSUS, GOD OF WAR 2 etc. so yeah i can agree with that statement.

Hur? What kind of new mature content did the PS bring that the other 4th and 5th gen consoles didn't have?

It's one of the best, but THE best? Mmm.. nah.

Amen. PS3 came close second though.