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"Big Games, why does the PS2 often miss out?"

Why do lots of publishers with brilliant games, just shun the PS2? You have great Star Wars games coming out and all the PS2 gets is Battle Front and Episode 3, the most recent Rogue Squadron could have easily been ported, after the Starfighter games that were on the PS2 are almost the same and have sold massivly, its like they are trying to cripple themselves financially by not releasing on the best selling console. Ninja Gaiden is absolutely brilliant as is Halo, but they are X-Box exclusives. It may be hard to port to a "worse" console, but it should be worth it, I mean Namco did it with Dead To Rights and it turned out to be excellent, so why can't they do it, it would increase their revenues massivly! All of the brilliant PS2 exclusives have been ported to PC and X-Box, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City. So why can't the X-Box and PC developers return the favour, please?

Why do lots of publishers with brilliant games, just shun the PS2? You have great Star Wars games coming out and all the PS2 gets is Battle Front and Episode 3, the most recent Rogue Squadron could have easily been ported, after the Starfighter games that were on the PS2 are almost the same and have sold massivly, its like they are trying to cripple themselves financially by not releasing on the best selling console. Ninja Gaiden is absolutely brilliant as is Halo, but they are X-Box exclusives. It may be hard to port to a "worse" console, but it should be worth it, I mean Namco did it with Dead To Rights and it turned out to be excellent, so why can't they do it, it would increase their revenues massivly! All of the brilliant PS2 exclusives have been ported to PC and X-Box, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City. So why can't the X-Box and PC developers return the favour, please?

Because its generally a waste of time?
What has PS2 got ...

Digaea at the mo, but no-one'll buy that.
New GTA.
New MGS.
New Ace Combat, but few people will buy that.
Killzone.

That's about it until the PS2 dies, I think.

Well regarding Halo it will never appear on the PS2 or GC because the company it is made by is owned by Microsoft.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Digaea at the mo, but no-one'll buy that.

I will, one day...

> New GTA.

The only reason I'm keeping the PS2

> New MGS.

Surprisingly not too bothered about this.

> New Ace Combat, but few people will buy that.

Not for me, this.

> Killzone.

This had better be worth the hype or Mr Kutaragi had better start running...

> That's about it until the PS2 dies, I think.

Yup, couldn't agree more.

That's OK, PS2 gets GT4 and the others don't. By the way - nobody will buy Ace Combat???? HUH?!?!? Also Killzone is made by a dutch company, I doubt Kutaragi has much to do with it or it's hype.

Sorry for not being so bloody specific.

Oh, and the Ace Combat 5 statement wasn't mine.

Darwock wrote:
> PS2 gets GT4 and the others don't

And that's a good thing?! If Prologue is anything to go by, this game is incredibly infrerior by today's standards.

If Companies like Bizarre, Codemasters and MS Game Studios can make bloody fantastic racing games, I can't see why Polyphony still haven't twigged.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:

> What has PS2 got ...
>
> Digaea at the mo, but no-one'll buy that.
Na, not looking foward to another RPG at the moment.

> New GTA.
Yeah, one of the games I want.

> New MGS.
This too. Luckily boths hould eventually make it cross platform.

> New Ace Combat, but few people will buy that.
Damn, I won't be able to get this.

> Killzone.
E3 build plays like a good shooter (the best for PS2 probably, though that's not saying much), but nothing genre defining. Halo 2 however, should be...
>
> That's about it until the PS2 dies, I think.
Hooray!

I think the PS2's problem is it's lack of big exclusives, and there isn't really much arriving anytime soon either. San Andreas is the only one that I 'must have' but there really isn't anything else. It's strange, a couple of years ago the PS2 couldn't be beat, with titles like GTA and PES, but even those have went to other formats now.

It's a sign that the PS2 has had it's day, and Sony are even losing profits on the console now. Maybe Sony don't see the point in securing big exclusives for the PS2 anymore because in thier eyes, it's had it's day from a financial point of view. But this is a good thing really, because Sony are saving money, so they can use that in the future to secure some top titles for the PS3.

I do agree that Sony need to secure more developers to only do PS2 and later PS3 games, they have got Guerilla (killzone makers), but they may turn out to be yet another run of the mill developer, who do good games and awful games, what Sony need is more developers like Insomniac and Naughty Dog who consistently spurn out good games, bacause that will continue the life of the PS2 until the PS3 comes out, but if they do not then the PS2 could be dead before the PS3 is out!

philipbl wrote:
> the PS2 could be dead before the PS3 is out!

That's not surprising really, the PS2 was out years ago and it's showing its age compared to other consoles, and with the PS3 not arriving until 2006 it'll be a struggle for the PS2 to keep up with the competition. But there's still a few exclusives to be released that may tide the console over until the PS3 arrives:

San Andreas
Final Fantasy 12
Gran Turismo 4(I'm not fussed about this, but it's still a big exclusive)
Ridge Racer 6
Tekken 5
Devil May Cry 3
Killzone
Kingdom Hearts 2
The Getaway 2
And I'm sure there's more that I can't think of just now.

So although the PS2 is showing it's age, it may be able to hold it's own until the new console is released.