PhantomHelix Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 i kno that there have probably been a million threads like this, but here goes: i had gamecube for a little while, but its busted now because, strangely enough, some circuits melted down inside the gamecube when my mom left it in the car in the summer (lol :D:D). i dont feel like getting another or getting it repaired cause most of its games suk. so im askin now: which game console should i get? playstation 2 or xbox? please post recommendations here, along with a reason, cause im really torn between the two.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 PS2, yah I've heard GCs break all the time!!! and PS2 can play DVDs sweet! and It has the good games, but only If you have money to burn because PS3 is coming out like early next year:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 well, im not gonna be payin for it, cause my parents bustyed it, so they owe me for it. also, ps3 isnt suppose to be out until at least 1st quarter 2004, if the information ive read is correct....but im not quite sure. well, theres 1 vote for PS2. and i like the DVD player part, cause my family hasnt bothered to buy one yet, so that is definitely a plus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 that long for ps3 ?!?! PS2 is the best!!! what is funny is that when ever I go to Wal-mart or target the controler on the GC is always broken, I played Mario Sunshine yesterday at Target and I couldn't run forward or backward, but side to side. supa gay! mario looks fun though, the best game is Rouge Leader!!! !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 It totally depends on what type of games you like. Well, what do you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 PS2 has every thing, the best is SSX tricky, Gran turismo 3 a-spec, metal gear solid, (gonna get that new one that is coming out for computer) lookie 500 posts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 XBOX. it has all the GOOD games, and the graphics are awesome, and the load times aren't as long as PS2's. I'd suggest a PS2 if u have a PS1, and want to get rid of your PS1, but not some of the games, since it's backward compatible. check out this game http://www.bigbluebox.com also Knights of the Old Republic is coming to Xbox, and so is B.C., and Halo 2, and Metal Gear X and it's just awesome. Also, i'd wait until around christmas to get one, cause i hear they're dropping the price to $150. =) that's what i'm going to do. also, there's Xbox Live. and you can play dvds on it. You can do almost anything you can do with a PS2 on an Xbox. it all depends on what games you like though. Why don't you just wait and get both for about $300? That's probably something i'd do if i had enough $$$, but i have no job yet, so i'm only thinking about getting the Xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 i like shooters, action games (like Zone of the Enders), fighting games, simulation, etc...... but PS2 sounds really good. im still not sure tho....i need more opinions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 PS2, and i'm pretty sure it's 3rd quarter 2003 for ps3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 you sure? i thought it was gonna come out at the earliest in 1st quarter 2004....but you could be right....do you kno what its gonna cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 List of Xbox Shooters List of Xbox Action Games List of Xbox Fighters List of Xbox Simulation Games ______________ List of PS2 Shooters List of PS2 Action Games List of PS2 Fighters List of PS2 Simulation Games Look it all over and see what ya like. And we won't be seeing PS3 that soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 thank you rhett! *salutes* ill check em out. thanks for gettin that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Talliusc Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 well i enjoy the gamecube myself (it hasnt had any problems yet though i have heard of alot of controller breakings from friends). but since the choice here is between ps2 and x-box i have to say ps2. im sorry x-box users but i have no respect for that product whatsoever. my friend owns one and its given him nothing but grief and never works right. hes exchanged it for a new one 3 times so far and still has problems. plus i believe that sony will stick to its marketing system and come out with ps3 before the next wave of nintendo/microsoft systems. it will also likely be backwards compatible again (i havent read any info but it seems plausible as its such a good marketing ploy). and you're obviously an SW fan so you may just enjoy bounty hunter. *ps2 and GC only*. but like always it burns down to personal preference. go with what offers you the most games that you can enjoy or can the whole problem and upgrade your pc/buy some sweet comp games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 You will get a PS2...and Metal Gear Solid 2...and GTA 3...and Devil May Cry 2 (is released this November:D:D)...you will do what your Master says Phantom...you will give into your destiny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Torque Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 i have two words for you get XBOX:D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 If you want value for money, I'd get an XBOX, since the PS2 is well into it's product life cycle. That is the reason for the look of the better games on the PS2 - they have worked out how to program for it properly. For ease of online gaming - XBOX has an inbuilt ethernet card, so depending on your network knowhow, it can be online by just plugging in the cable modem connection. In general, the games on the XBOX are a lot better looking than their PS2 counterparts, since the system is able to produce better graphics. The PS2 has a few games that look awesome, but it took them 2 or more years to work out how to do that with the system. The FF games take advantage of the DVD quality screen rendering in their cut scenes to make it look as good as it does. It's kind of cheating to use a better piece of circuitry to make the game look better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Skywalker Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I disagree that it's nearing the end of its cycle, It is by far the best selling console in the Store I work in (Woolworths - 800 stores in the UK). It has the widest variety of games and its price has just been slashed, Graphics are still being improved with every game, it rocks. Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 + 3, are my favourites, but there are hundreds available. XBOX has struggled to gain a foothold, and new game releases are slowing up gradually, Great games available for it are few and far between IMO, please dont qoute or flame me here, its just my recommendation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Originally posted by Rogue15 XBOX. it has all the GOOD games, and the graphics are awesome, and the load times aren't as long as PS2's. I'd suggest a PS2 if u have a PS1, and want to get rid of your PS1, but not some of the games, since it's backward compatible. check out this game http://www.bigbluebox.com also Knights of the Old Republic is coming to Xbox, and so is B.C., and Halo 2, and Metal Gear X and it's just awesome. Also, i'd wait until around christmas to get one, cause i hear they're dropping the price to $150. =) that's what i'm going to do. also, there's Xbox Live. and you can play dvds on it. You can do almost anything you can do with a PS2 on an Xbox. it all depends on what games you like though. Why don't you just wait and get both for about $300? That's probably something i'd do if i had enough $$$, but i have no job yet, so i'm only thinking about getting the Xbox. Another advantage to Xbox is you don't have to buy as many accesories as Ps2. I comes standard with 4 ports to play multiplayer games.......Ps2 doesn't. I used to have a Ps2 and now I have Xbox........I made a wise decision. One other thing, Ps2 may have more games, but Xbox is a new system so it's still puttin' out the new ones!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I saw Devil May Cry in the GAME sale for £15! ...what a bargain! And the sequel (release end of this year for PS2) is looking to be a real stunner of a title...check out stuff about it here;): http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil2/e/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Bilbo, Are the games getting better graphics, or has everyone worked out how FF and GT have made theirs look so good on the PS2 hardware? Or is it that they are actually a lot better looking than their predecessors? Everyone knows a system that is out for about 2 years longer than it's competitor is going to have an extremely larger games catalogue, and have the availabilty to do large price drops for older games. Comparing like for like, the XBOX has beaten the PS2 to every major milestone so far, from launch. The XBOX was never going to immediately compete against the sheer numbers of the PS2 - which had relatively weak competition in it's market sector. (Nintendo is in general aimed for more of an anime looking game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Well BCanr2d2, despite this implication, it does not justify that XBOX is a better console, for the soul reason that it isn't. If you can remember way back to late 2001/early 2002 you should remember that the sales for the launch of the XBOX were shameful and abismal...worse in Japan than anywhere else, and it was still awful in the UK...and the funny thing was that XBOX was without any competition...PS2 had already been out for 1 1/2 years, and Gamecube was yet to be release, and yet XBOX fell below it's expected sales horrifically. I think that says something about the opinion's of people worldwide. And also, are we still thinking that graphics are what make a game, as you are speaking as if it is the only important aspect. The advancement and seemingly magnificance of the XBOX's titles pale in comparison to the sheer enjoyablity and playability of PS2 games. edit - and i honour of the upcoming Devil May Cry 2, I have featured the amazing Dante in my avatar:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Darklighter, There are different perspectives to what happened with the XBOX launch.... On one hand it didn't meet MS's projections by quite large margins, BUT in the same period of the PS2's product cycle, it has beaten it to every major milestone. That is saying more people took up the XBOX quicker than the PS2, and the PS2 had the PSX to draw it's user base from. Just because MS expected a larger take up of the console, it doesn't say that the XBOX isn't doing well. So, on your theory, the SOLE reason for the PS2 is the larger the sales, the better the product? Not in every case is this the truth, VCRs - the better format was BETA, but VHS won due to having the numbers in stock at the right time.. You want ambush marketing, then advertise the PS2 version of Moto GP, a game released before Dorna renamed the top motorbike road racing category to Moto GP, and make it half the price of the XBOX version. An easy way to try and convince the "same", only in name, game on a different console is a lot cheaper..... I think in many of the cases of new XBOX games just being eye candy, there are probably plenty of them, but that isn't the consoles fault, that is the developers. They are probably not used to developing for the XBOX yet, so have spent a lot of time on graphics, and not gameplay. If you asked the average Joe, and not the gamer nut, if they knew of consoles, they would probably know the XBOX for Halo, and probably the PS2 for the Gran Tourismo series, and any Nintendo system for Mario. One factor, which does it for me, is that the XBOX is a close cousin to a PC on Windows. That allows for easy portability of games for developers, obviously cheaper, almost a cash source for nothing, in the long term. There is online gaming, but that is yet to be launched properly on the XBOX, and not a real option on the PS2, a modem and hard disk are required to be placed into the PS2 to make it online. An XBOX just plugs into a broadband connection, and for those who have used XBConnect, it is on a network, easily controlled by a PC to find online games.... There are always those that are going to be pro PS2 and pro XBOX, no matter what. I am pro XBOX, since I just can't think that something less technically advanced, and older, is the better buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 16, 2002 Author Share Posted October 16, 2002 thanks for aall the hepl you guys.....most likely im gonna get PS2, because XBOX's controllers are friggin huge, and too big to really play well with, which is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Then why not make sure they give you the Controller S instead of the standard one, it is a lot better in size....... That is if it is your only problem with the XBOX...... Do not be tempted by the Dark Side!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomHelix Posted October 16, 2002 Author Share Posted October 16, 2002 well, thanks for the information. thats not the only reason however. i greatly prefer PS2 games to XBOX ones. yes, XBOX does have a bunch of really good games, but PS2's selection is much better, and it has a bunch of titles i really like that are not coming out for XBOX. but thank you so much for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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