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"WAS THE PLAYSTATION 2 WORTH 300 POUNDS?"

The hype of the PS2 made it so popular that half the nation, along with me, all booked it in advance and then sat there patientally playing on our playstation's waiting for the release. Now to start with the machine is ulgy but that is no reason to hate it, right? Well I'll get back to you on that one but the main difference was the graphics. They took gaming to the enxt level. Ok Forget the Dreamcast what did they actually do? Well obviously not a lot as they had to reduce there console price by 200 pounds as no-one was buying it. The Playstation game designers had to show the power of it and that's exactly what they did. The ingame graphics are amazing on all the games, but are they playable? The answer to that is sadly no. With the release of the original playstation we where taken to the next beyond the next level. It made games realistic and playable and that is what everyone wanted. Still it shows its power by releasing game after game which are mainly playable. The graphics got better and better as we went along and certain games were released that changed gaming overall. Take ISS Pro Evolution and Metal Gear Solid for example both with great graphics and even better gameplay. That is the thing the game designers on the PS2 have missed? But now back to the original question. Ok we get a dvd player and a console that let's you play both playstation games and playstation2 games. What could be wrong with that? And the answer to that is really nothing. The only thing that makes me hate the PS2 is that you need a playstation memory card to save playstation games. That's it. If they could make a decent game then there sales would go up. Now let's see what you think about that and by the end of today I'll probally have over 100 hate mail and a letter bomb in my post.

Thought so.Cheers!!

triple h, that wasn't abuse, it was just correcting a bit of homework

Good point!!

Triple_H wrote:
> Yeah I saw those figures too.Where did you see them? Cause I think
> it was in one of Gamesmaster, PSW or PSM2.

Yes, sorry - I forgot to name the source.

PSM2 issue 13, the "Battle Ready?" Bog Read section.

big_slow wrote:
> i think it sold worst tham the ps1 because people didnt have good 3d
> consoles before the ps1 and the ps2 went out of stock :-P


Ignoring the fact that you don't seem to be able to count (the PS2 actually sold MORE units in LESS time than PS1), and picking up on your other point about the shortages...

Just imagine how many it would have sold if Sony had been able to match or even exceed demand.

Ooohhhh.An Abuse.Can we come back from that?

'big slow', are you in remedial maths, or just living up to your name ?

It was a 'good' launch in terms of numbers because more psx2 consoles were sold was than the psx1.

6 months sales figure courtesy of wookie monster
psx1 140,951 psx2 414221

do you notice how one number is bigger than the other ?

ISS Pro wrote:
> The facts don't lie!!

yup, the facts show the sales were low because there was no stock.

The facts don't lie!!

i think it sold worst tham the ps1 because people didnt have good 3d consoles before the ps1 and the ps2 went out of stock :-P