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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?

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?