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"question of all time HIT OR MISS?"

Everyone who has got/played a playstation2 will know that it has good games graphics etc..but was it everything that you had hoped for..or do you wish that you got a dreamcast or just waited a little longer for the gamecube?

Do you think that the £300 for a PS2 was a bit on the unfair side?

And marks out of 10 what do you rate the DVD player?

I cant say 'casue I still don't have a PS2 but it will be interesting to see who thinks it was a HIT OR MISS.

HIT (ish)
8/10

As I bought the thing for games - I'd have to say hit. SSX is still amazing me and I am impatient for GT3....

If it had just been sold to me as a games console - great and 10/10.
The DVD issue has left me sorely disappointed though. To have a perfectly good machine deliberately crippled so it will only play green screen through an RGB connector is unforgivable. Also I do not have a widescreen TV (in fact this may be a surprise but I *don't* like widescreen TVs) and the picture seems to be set up for widescreen and despite what the instructions say, will not change. This means the picture is vertically stretched.
The S-video cable is not available, so I am stuck with the crappy composite picture.
Sony should be ashamed over the DVD issue. Alot of people justified the £300 because of the DVD capability.

Games console - 10/10
DVD player - 4/10

Overall - 8/10 (As games is what I really care about)

redbull, I may just do that!

Now, what game do I want....=P

Bulldog wrote:
> Hehehe, 5 0utta 5. One more day has gone..when will I get my
> letter from sony?

I ordered my PS2 on the 12/9/00 from Dixons.
They just don't wanna know. However, when paying my deposit, the lady with the PS2 folder guaranteed that I would receive my PS2 before christmas.
If it doesn't turn up then, I will expect some sort of compensation. I would recommend that others follow if they were told this. Causing a scene in one of their shops will normally get you a game out of them!

Hehehe, 5 0utta 5. One more day has gone..when will I get my letter from sony?

HIT,HIT,HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!I think fifa is brill, if ya got it just score an own goal a few times an see what i mean.

make that 4 outta 4 poeple saying HITT now!!

Hit!!
£300 for a PSX, DVD player and the most powerful games console on the world....? I'd say that's a fair price. The games are excellent and the DVD playback is great!! It's not gonna be as good as a £700 stand alone player, but it's better that VHS and it's an added extra. Out of 10 I'd give it 9 until GT3 et al are released!

Oh, thats good 3outta3 people say HITT, which I am very pleased abut. Im off to see if the postman has got my final letter from sony now.

Later.

HIT!!! Most definatley a hit. I only have 2 PS2 games at the moment but have over 20 PSOne games and they all seem to run perfectly. I know for a fact that the games will come thick and fast and there will be a lot of quality on offer over the next few years. The £300 I think is reasonable when you weigh out the capabilities of the machine. The DVD runs fine but as I have never watched from a stand alone player I cannot say if it compares to them or not. I would give it 8 at the moment, sometimes a bit grainy but who cares??
I still think that the PS2 is the best item that I have ever spent money on and it has been well worth the wait even at this early stage!!!

A definite HIT in my case.

I had high hopes, and it's much better than even I expected; and that's without any absolutey mind-blowing launch titles.