Bluefusion
Into the Breach
's ok, ablack. We all make mistakes 
MS gets a taste of it's own medicine.
- Thread starter dlookus
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The Xbox is far superior in technology to PS2. Here's the facts:
XBox : 733-mhz Intel processor, 233-mhz Nvidia graphics accelerator, built-in ethernet
PS2 : 300-mhz Sony processor, 150-mhz graphics accelerator, optional ethernet connector available this summer.
The PS2 does have, in its favor, a Linux development kit for it.
Microsoft is loathed in Japan and Europe so its sales have been horrible. Microsoft loses about $100 per Xbox sold.
XBox : 733-mhz Intel processor, 233-mhz Nvidia graphics accelerator, built-in ethernet
PS2 : 300-mhz Sony processor, 150-mhz graphics accelerator, optional ethernet connector available this summer.
The PS2 does have, in its favor, a Linux development kit for it.
Microsoft is loathed in Japan and Europe so its sales have been horrible. Microsoft loses about $100 per Xbox sold.
phatsharpie
Futuristic Robotic Cat
Actually, I disagree. If the Xbox isn't by Microsoft, it would be obliterated by now. It is all thanks to the large amount of money MS is throwing at the Xbox to keep it afloat. First of all, it costs too much to build, and any smaller company would simply balk at losing so much money per console. Secondly, it might be technically superior to other platforms, but better technology rarely means success in home entertainment market. Remember Betamax? Laserdisc? Dreamcast?
It all comes down to games. Xbox has next to no exclusive games, and it simply has a reuptation as a "PC port" box. If I can pay the same amount of money for a console that has nth times more games and is more established... Why not? Consoles are not like operating system, it's essentially a dumb terminal, you don't interact with it, you just pop in a disc, so it all comes down to the games.
dave17lax
Inventor of the Egg Wave
You guys are so immature. Everyone starts ****ing on xbox just because it's from MS. I'll use Halo as my example because it is the best xbox game out there.
Has anyone every played Halo? It is NOT just another "PC shooter", it is an insanely hard (on legendary), extremely customizable game. Has anyone ever played through a level of Halo? The level loads as you go. No waiting, if you die, you immediatly respawn without having to wait for a bar to craaaawl across the screen (e.g. PS2). This is because of its better hardware, and included HD (hard drive)
Has anyone ever seen Halo, or SSX tricky on a HDTV? I have, and it is amazing. Tricky is naturally widescreen, and still looks good on xbox though considered a "port".
If you have 2 or more xboxes, you can network them together with a hub and some cable, and play head to head, I think up to 16 people. That is so crazy, even if that situation would probably not ever arise for any of you (or me).
Now given that Halo is one of the only almostfully-implemented games for xbox, don't you think that once that designers get their trains in motion, that a lot more games would start looking this good?
PS 2 is at a later stage in its development cycle. OF COURSE games will not be as good at first.
As for GameCube, I want one! I want a PS2 too! I miss nintendo's style of gaming, and I am impressed by PS2's thick satchel of titles.
But that doesn't mean we should sell it short just because of M$
P.S. Xbox plays dvds just like ps2, but you have to buy an adapter. Straight money grab by MS. Just like $ony's straight money grab when they required you to buy an adapter to have more than 2 controllers.
Has anyone every played Halo? It is NOT just another "PC shooter", it is an insanely hard (on legendary), extremely customizable game. Has anyone ever played through a level of Halo? The level loads as you go. No waiting, if you die, you immediatly respawn without having to wait for a bar to craaaawl across the screen (e.g. PS2). This is because of its better hardware, and included HD (hard drive)
Has anyone ever seen Halo, or SSX tricky on a HDTV? I have, and it is amazing. Tricky is naturally widescreen, and still looks good on xbox though considered a "port".
If you have 2 or more xboxes, you can network them together with a hub and some cable, and play head to head, I think up to 16 people. That is so crazy, even if that situation would probably not ever arise for any of you (or me).
Now given that Halo is one of the only almostfully-implemented games for xbox, don't you think that once that designers get their trains in motion, that a lot more games would start looking this good?
PS 2 is at a later stage in its development cycle. OF COURSE games will not be as good at first.
As for GameCube, I want one! I want a PS2 too! I miss nintendo's style of gaming, and I am impressed by PS2's thick satchel of titles.
But that doesn't mean we should sell it short just because of M$
P.S. Xbox plays dvds just like ps2, but you have to buy an adapter. Straight money grab by MS. Just like $ony's straight money grab when they required you to buy an adapter to have more than 2 controllers.
ablack6596
Registered
actually I do have an Xbox and Halo, I was playing Halo after school which is why I am still doing my homework (well maybe not
) and I agree halo is a good game but still there are many things I do not like about the Xbox especially the controllers (and if you say just get the new S controllers I disagree i already have two controllers and do not fell like getting more and spending more money on controllers insead of games which I need to even have a use for the controllers) also the Xbox is way to big and heavy. The GC is tiny, light, and has some very fun games. The PS2 is light and medium sized and a lot of games many of them great.Also about the
I havn't seen many games were you have to wait to "respawn" and actually you do have to load in Halo. There are loading times in between I guess umm missions when the loading sign lights up slowly across the screen and the part with loading during gameplay it is just loding while you walk or drive through a passage sure you are moving in zig zags through paths but it is just a way to hide the loading (after thinking about this maybe it is different on other levels, I am only on Halo but that is how it seems to me so far.)