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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.

blimeyoreilly wrote:
> I read somewhere that even at £300 the Sony Playstation 2 wa
> being sold at a loss,

PS2 is currently being manufactured at a cost of approx £260 per console.

althoughth this price will drop as manufacturing processes are streamlined

gamecube games wil reatail for $50 in the US. thats £35 for us lot, if nintendo do get the conversion right anyway.

anyway,i bought the PS2 when it went down to £270 becasue that ment i could get a game with it. also becasue i there were no games i wanted to play on the PS2 till GT3 came along. looking around so far....i see little else to spend my hard earned cash on.

its so cheap because they are cheap to make thier minidisk size these games

I read somewhere that even at £300 the Sony Playstation 2 wa being sold at a loss, I even read it earlier in this list of posts.

I think you're mistaking price and value.

If you're 15, and got a psx2 as a present then of course its worth it. It has entertainment value and it cost you nothing.

If and thats a big if, the games were sold at £15 then the developers must not make a profit and go bust.

kingklik wrote:
> 1 word, code whatever - cartridges.

thats 3 words. which one would you like us to take a note of

> nintendo quoted that the games should cost 15 pounds for the
> gamecube


what on earth are you talking about

Or†ega wrote:
> £300? i dont think so, thats why i bought it when the price
> went down to £270.

what made it worth £270 and not £300

super_dude2000 wrote:
> I am a n64 owner and a ps2 owner and i buy my monthly magazines and
> nintendo quoted that the games should cost 15 pounds for the
> gamecube

Considering that GBA games are on average around £30, that must be one of the daftest things I've ever read!

1 word, code whatever - cartridges.