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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.

hahaha yeah

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 so thats good and the console should cost £150 and i

Your talking about Nintendo the company that brought to you games like Super Mario 64 for £59.99, Nintendo's strategy is obvious, they release a cheap console and to get their money back they are going to sell the software at very high prices. Don't be suprised to find some games costing almost £60 or even more.

Was the PS2 worth 300 pounds?
Well, in a word, no.

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 so thats good and the console should cost £150 and i have seen the graphics they ar good but the playability is crap playstation 2 games will go down to about 20 quid they have allredy started to go i saw this advert all games 29 quid for ps2 oh and before i forget what is this harddrive i have opend trhe expansion bay so what is the hard drive and when is the broadband network comming out thanks fo helpning me

getting last year for £300 aint really lucky considering the only games availbe were a load of hashed together games just ready for launch

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of course not but the fact is
sony knew we'd pay for it and like lemmings we did dint we?
why did we pay? cos we wanted to get there first thats all
i was lucky and got it last christmas so whey hey!

£300? i dont think so, thats why i bought it when the price went down to £270.

I would say also it was worth buying for £300, otherwise i would not have spent the money on it or 15 games and other things.Probally also get the hard drive.

Some idiot wrote:
> WAS THE PLAYSTATION 2 WORTH 300 POUNDS?


Of course it was. What a stupid question.

it was probably just a publicity stunt to try and get loads of people to buy a PS2 now thinking the price will go up in a few weeks.