it had better audio :) and it held better RPG's, although it couldn't hold a candle to the n64 when it came to kid platformer games like mario and fps games O_O
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it had better audio :) and it held better RPG's, although it couldn't hold a candle to the n64 when it came to kid platformer games like mario and fps games O_O
Here we go again. :eyeball:
Why is it that you seem to drag out that same old chestnut when you get backed into a corner? If that's the only thing you can find to support your argument, then you might want to consider that your argument might not be all that strong, and just back out. ;)
At any rate, I'm considering closing this thread. We know the PS3 is going to cost four-hundred bucks, and we now know exactly what anyone interested enough to tell us, thinks about that. So what exactly is the purpose in leaving it open? @_@
I was meaning the console itself. Both consoles were not built very well and went through many revisions during their lives due to various mechanical problems. The PS2 isn't the easiest console to develop games for either, but since it's sold so well mostly due to the success of the previous playstation and hype about it before its launch developers flock to PS2 because even a very crappy game will sell due to the massive customer base.
i knew it was a matter of time before i did get put in muh place :-/
I know what you meant as far as the technical stuff went. I don't disagree with you on that point. Sony really should've invested a little more time in making sure the PS2 didn't have the issues it did.
What you don't seem to understand is, even were uneducated hype the only thing that drove people to buy the PS2, had it launched and totally sucked seventy different flavors of ass, word of mouth would've led the system sales to slow down over time. Hype only goes so far after all, and if you don't have a strong product to back it up, then noone's going to buy it. Yet the PS2 still enjoys strong sales even today. You can't say that it's hype that's still selling it five years after it launched. Maybe, just maybe, it's still selling because it's...*Gasp* a genuinely good system? Nah, couldn't be...:eyeball:
i wonder how much longer ps2 games will continue to be developed now that the ps3 is in the works.
what sells a console truely is the games and PS2 has got the games simple as that and is why I purchased th console. I love my PSX and PS2 I just think Sony doesn't do very good product testing before launching.
other systems like the GC and xbox have strong games, not just the ps2 and they're both strong systems, so give us another reason why ps2 is so hot other than the name brand theory and the "its got the games" line.
Huh? Who are you talking to? And what are you arguing, for that matter? @_@
Sometimes it seems like you just join in on the argument because you can, and not because you have much of a reason to. :P
Personaly (and I can't back this up) I thnik it's still selling because they break down... and people go out and buy new ones...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyberxion
I do know of a few members who are on there 2 and 3 PS2's...
Er... we because It came out a Year earlyer... and got a huge market... It's hard to get games ported to a console with less Market... then the console it was first on... and It's hard to get Companys to invest money into games for consoles that don't have a huge market to sell to.Quote:
Originally Posted by X][Venom][X
i'm talking to kryptin. i said what i said not for the sake of argument, just that the ps2 sold because its a good system, with good games. not just because it had good games. i may just stop posting tonite...i think i'm giving the impression that i'm in an arguing mood and i'm not.
hmm lets see could it be because Nintendo's system is marked as having kiddy games and the xbox has the stigma of being made by microsoft plus has more of an american influence in the game designs? Not to mention both consoles came in a year late. The best console on the market is clearly the xbox (power wise) the PS2 is rather lacking compared to both the GCN and XBOX. What matters is games and like I said PS2 has the bigger library.
EDIT: Oh and I happen to be one of those poor fellows on his 2nd PS2 thats why I'm against Sony's hardware. I can't tell you how much better the PS2 I have now runs compared to the one i got at launch that broke down on me after 2 years. It's more silent and doesn't make as much noise when reading a disc. I've also had it over 2 yers with not one DRE. Sony is cheap and will do anything to cut costs for the first year or 2. Then when the parts cheapen they fix them with newer versions. I would not be shocked if the hardware failure of the first couple runs of the PS2 was done on purpose to inflate console sales later in its life cycle.
I was waiting for you to mention that. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by GundamGuy
Are you honestly trying to tell me that you really believe that such a thing would account for a large percentage of the nearly ninety million PS2's sold worldwide?
I don't think that broken systems are enough to drive the PS2t to that huge a market share, and frankly, I'm stunned that anyone would honestly suggest it.
Do broken systems not factor in at all? Yeah, they do, to a degree. However, to effect the market share to as noticable a degree as you're suggesting, the amount of systems that suffer break down would have to be pretty huge. I haven't heard anything that would suggest that it's a problem of that magnititude.
Yeah, but then I started reading a lot of stuff about it not being nearly as good as they've been saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by GundamGuy
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6219524044.htmlQuote:
I was not aware that IBM was porting Linux to it...
Yeah, my greatest desire for cell was actually to get a really nice computer with it and not the PS3 (although it will hopefully be awesome).
Yeah, anyway. Can we get this thread back on track, as far as discussing the PS3's possible pricing and whatnot? Thanks guys.