From my own personal experience, anything not made by sony, will eventually not work like you hoped. I have seen a generic (as in no name) memory card that would save just fine, but you could not load no matter what you tried. I have seen an interact memory card that worked flawlessly and held 2x data, but you had to put in a CD every time you turned on the PS2, then select 'start game' then change CD's (which is a total drag.) The only thing I ever plugged into my playstation that was not sony, was the MADCATZ steering wheel. No surprise, it sucked. I borrowed it from a friend, and it felt like a cheapo Taiwan toy. I spent about 20 minutes in and out of the analog settings screen on gt2 before I called my boy and said 'if you dont come get this stupid wheel, I am going to throw it into the street.'