10th January 2005, 3:29 AM
I am sorry to say but its pretty common to see a stack of lonely gamecubes in most stores I see.
I dont mean to gloat this time either , Since I was impressed with its RE offerings recently.
You should concider shaping them into pyramids it might increase sales!LOL!
First I start by saying I own a xbox and its my only console...
The only reason for Ps2 sales slowdown is because they have reached the saturation point were 100 million households have one and PS3 isnt all that far away.That and maybe a shortage of Slims which seem to sell like hotcakes because they look so cute and tiny,The only improvement is a more compact size and built in integrated Ethernet port and the disadvantage is a loss of HDD support.
Turth is microsoft has lossed money on the xbox, They just scraped XSN sports (good riddance) ,Xbox doesnt always get the big 3rd party killer apps at the same as the Ps2, I have to wait for San Andreas and probaily will beat it at my freinds house on his ps2 instead. The games on xbox are only good if the developer puts the effort into it ,seems to happen more often then it should that a ps2 game is better then a xbox one even graphically , Kotor2 had so many glitches and framerate lag that even the original didnt have, Thats obsidians fault atleast it doesnt hurt enjoyment to much I just hated the sluggish performance in big battles that had large amounts of multiple enemies on the screen,The graphics are more waterd down then the original its only the great artwork that saves it.
The Xbox makes a good heater and footwarmer! It happend once that it got so overheated just after 5 hours of play that the game crashed and I had to wait a half hour for it to cool down! My computer never heats up and even if it runs a game all day long its only slightly warm even on the disc and even the first generation ps2s didnt burn up like the even the newer xboxes it had a way superior cooling system even at launch, I remeber when xbox launched they made a report that people had overheating problems and microsoft suggested they only play between half hour intervals! LOL!That meant they suggested playing for a half and then quiting for a half hour and repeating the same process hardly a enjoyable experience, Imagine watching a movie like that!!
Its better now it takes atleast 2 hours before it starts to get noticiably warm but you cant go into endless weekend gaming frenzies without having to take little breaks for the machine to catch its breath.Maybe its my xbox but heck even my lint crusted PS2 didnt heat up like this.
Now the xbox dvd player is better then the PS2 , It works fine on all the dvds and doesnt have annoying preprogramed child lock systems that forces me to type in my password everytime I play it also preventing my family from using it without me, The PS2 atleast my launch one didnt work properly on 60% of movies I rented , The films worked fine but then it gave you error messages.
The xbox has a stable functioning dvd player that isnt problematic, The only annoyance is that you need a gay dvd player kit and shell out cash for it to work,The remote is uglier then the PS2 one but it is simplier and easy enough that my dad can use it the ps2 isnt novice freindly.
You know what I use my Xbox 95% of the time? Its a dvd player ,I never used it in 5 months for games untill Kotor2 came out ,The Xbox could have been the best if it only had more exclusive games.The hype around this machine was incredible and sadly only half of MS early boasting happened Xbox live is what saved this machine without it I doubt MS would even have tried going for xbox2 if Xboxlive didnt do good like it did.
I when I got my xbox the shop owner and his partner gave me a puzzled look I was trading a ps2 for a Xbox, Now they didnt make a fuss but I heard one of them joke to themselves whispering in french that it was ironic given that they had traded a Xbox for a ps2 and I thought I was crazy. My ps2 was ailing and starting to give problems and its poor reliability watching movies was what got me to trade for a new system, The Xbox had a nice bundle for the first Kotor and mechacrap, I loved Kotor but every other game I rented with the exceptions of Halo I did not love.Mechassualt is shit and so is Project gaythom which xbox rag touted as better then GT3 a total blatant lie, GT3 had way more interesting tracks and more cars that you could also upgrade and tune up and the graphics and effects were way better even though GT3 was older and even a ps2 game and Gt4 is even more impressive.
I dont mean to gloat this time either , Since I was impressed with its RE offerings recently.
You should concider shaping them into pyramids it might increase sales!LOL!
First I start by saying I own a xbox and its my only console...
The only reason for Ps2 sales slowdown is because they have reached the saturation point were 100 million households have one and PS3 isnt all that far away.That and maybe a shortage of Slims which seem to sell like hotcakes because they look so cute and tiny,The only improvement is a more compact size and built in integrated Ethernet port and the disadvantage is a loss of HDD support.
Turth is microsoft has lossed money on the xbox, They just scraped XSN sports (good riddance) ,Xbox doesnt always get the big 3rd party killer apps at the same as the Ps2, I have to wait for San Andreas and probaily will beat it at my freinds house on his ps2 instead. The games on xbox are only good if the developer puts the effort into it ,seems to happen more often then it should that a ps2 game is better then a xbox one even graphically , Kotor2 had so many glitches and framerate lag that even the original didnt have, Thats obsidians fault atleast it doesnt hurt enjoyment to much I just hated the sluggish performance in big battles that had large amounts of multiple enemies on the screen,The graphics are more waterd down then the original its only the great artwork that saves it.
The Xbox makes a good heater and footwarmer! It happend once that it got so overheated just after 5 hours of play that the game crashed and I had to wait a half hour for it to cool down! My computer never heats up and even if it runs a game all day long its only slightly warm even on the disc and even the first generation ps2s didnt burn up like the even the newer xboxes it had a way superior cooling system even at launch, I remeber when xbox launched they made a report that people had overheating problems and microsoft suggested they only play between half hour intervals! LOL!That meant they suggested playing for a half and then quiting for a half hour and repeating the same process hardly a enjoyable experience, Imagine watching a movie like that!!
Its better now it takes atleast 2 hours before it starts to get noticiably warm but you cant go into endless weekend gaming frenzies without having to take little breaks for the machine to catch its breath.Maybe its my xbox but heck even my lint crusted PS2 didnt heat up like this.
Now the xbox dvd player is better then the PS2 , It works fine on all the dvds and doesnt have annoying preprogramed child lock systems that forces me to type in my password everytime I play it also preventing my family from using it without me, The PS2 atleast my launch one didnt work properly on 60% of movies I rented , The films worked fine but then it gave you error messages.
The xbox has a stable functioning dvd player that isnt problematic, The only annoyance is that you need a gay dvd player kit and shell out cash for it to work,The remote is uglier then the PS2 one but it is simplier and easy enough that my dad can use it the ps2 isnt novice freindly.
You know what I use my Xbox 95% of the time? Its a dvd player ,I never used it in 5 months for games untill Kotor2 came out ,The Xbox could have been the best if it only had more exclusive games.The hype around this machine was incredible and sadly only half of MS early boasting happened Xbox live is what saved this machine without it I doubt MS would even have tried going for xbox2 if Xboxlive didnt do good like it did.
I when I got my xbox the shop owner and his partner gave me a puzzled look I was trading a ps2 for a Xbox, Now they didnt make a fuss but I heard one of them joke to themselves whispering in french that it was ironic given that they had traded a Xbox for a ps2 and I thought I was crazy. My ps2 was ailing and starting to give problems and its poor reliability watching movies was what got me to trade for a new system, The Xbox had a nice bundle for the first Kotor and mechacrap, I loved Kotor but every other game I rented with the exceptions of Halo I did not love.Mechassualt is shit and so is Project gaythom which xbox rag touted as better then GT3 a total blatant lie, GT3 had way more interesting tracks and more cars that you could also upgrade and tune up and the graphics and effects were way better even though GT3 was older and even a ps2 game and Gt4 is even more impressive.