you'd spend on a bleeding-edge graphics card right now. You also get
lots of variety with what you can play, not that the PC doesn't have a
variety, but you can run to a video store and rent something for your
console. Great way to test a game out without downloading a 200
megabyte demo and worrying about tweaking this or that for optimal
performance.
I'm a systems pragmatist - PC... console... I don't really care, as long
as the game's good. I'll go from Call of Duty to Super Mario Sunshine
to Panzer Dragoon Orta to Kingdom Hearts without batting an eye.
- Jim
Kevin Graeme wrote:
>Even with my previous message defending the XBox, I agree that the PS2 has
>some great games. It's worth noting however that Prince of Persia is
>available for all 3 consoles.
>
>IMO all three are good. And buying all three is still generally cheaper than
>building a gaming PC.
>
>-Kevin
>
>
>
>
>>I don't know about that - I still think the best games are coming out for
>>the PS2.
>>
>>It might look marginally better. but not so much so to overcome good
>>gameplay (nothing looks so good that we'll put up with crappy gameplay).
>>Even now PS2 has a lot of hidden power in it. games like Jak II, Ratchet
>>
>>
>and
>
>
>>Clank: Going Commando, Prince of Persia, etc look fantastic but, more
>>importantly, play insanely well.
>>
>>As much as I've come to like the GameCube controller there still isn't a
>>controller better than the Dual-shock, IMHO. Because of the depth of the
>>market games on PS2 are more likely to push the gameplay envelop as they
>>don't need to persuade a majority of system owners to buy to be
>>
>>
>successful.
>
>
>>Family games on the PS2 also tend to be more available than on other
>>
>>
>systems
>
>
>>for the same reason.
>>
>>But innovation like that seen in the EyeToy just doesn't happen as much
>>
>>
>for
>
>
>>other consoles. Simply due to the number of developers you also tend to
>>
>>
>see
>
>
>>much more genre diversity.
>>
>>I think all the systems have great games and on their own there's cause to
>>celebrate and denigrate each piece of hardware. But saying that "you
>>
>>
>never
>
>
>>touch" the PS2 is just sad: you're missing some of the best games ever
>>
>>
>made.
>
>
>>Jim Davis
>>
>>
>
>
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