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Gamecube,Playstation2,Xbox......Which is it to be?
The gamecube,Playstation2 and X box are all powerful machines....But which is better?
Ive hightlighted the good and bad points of each console.
GAMECUBE:
+
Its 256 bit machine
The speed is 3 times faster than a Playstation2
Its runs on cheaper,smaller mini disks
the machine will only cost£165
you can play the gameboyadvance games on the gamecube
you can use infra red controllers(wave bird)
it is very small
4 players can play
-
You can not play nintendo64 games on it unless you have a adapter.
The mini disks could easily get damaged
the controls are a bit fiddly at first
PLAYSTATION2:
+
Its 128 bit machine
Its 4 times the power of the playstation
You can play your old games on it
You can play dvd on it
It is portable..
You can easily use a memory card on it
-
its costs around 200-300 pounds
It is half the power of a gamecube
you cannot play multiplayer games unless you have a multitap
even then there is not that many multiplayer(4)games
the disks if not taken care of,can get easily scratched
XBOX:
+
It is fairly fast at 160 bit
You can play 4 player games
-
its by microsoft,who will spend time not just on the games,so they wont be as good
It is about 300 pounds
The console looks awful
the cds can EASILY get scratched as the port is very fiddly
The noise of air coming out like you may hear coming out of a pc machine can be heard coming out of the vents in the console,annoying
So if you want a new console,the Xbox is not a great choice
but,The gamecube and playstation2 are winning choices
make the right decision!
The gamecube,Playstation2 and X box are all powerful machines....But which is better?
Ive hightlighted the good and bad points of each console.
GAMECUBE:
+
Its 256 bit machine
The speed is 3 times faster than a Playstation2
Its runs on cheaper,smaller mini disks
the machine will only cost£165
you can play the gameboyadvance games on the gamecube
you can use infra red controllers(wave bird)
it is very small
4 players can play
-
You can not play nintendo64 games on it unless you have a adapter.
The mini disks could easily get damaged
the controls are a bit fiddly at first
PLAYSTATION2:
+
Its 128 bit machine
Its 4 times the power of the playstation
You can play your old games on it
You can play dvd on it
It is portable..
You can easily use a memory card on it
-
its costs around 200-300 pounds
It is half the power of a gamecube
you cannot play multiplayer games unless you have a multitap
even then there is not that many multiplayer(4)games
the disks if not taken care of,can get easily scratched
XBOX:
+
It is fairly fast at 160 bit
You can play 4 player games
-
its by microsoft,who will spend time not just on the games,so they wont be as good
It is about 300 pounds
The console looks awful
the cds can EASILY get scratched as the port is very fiddly
The noise of air coming out like you may hear coming out of a pc machine can be heard coming out of the vents in the console,annoying
So if you want a new console,the Xbox is not a great choice
but,The gamecube and playstation2 are winning choices
make the right decision!
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Who cares about specs? I say this to many people. "If it plays well and has good games I will buy it"
There is no point having a 1000bit machine with rubbish games.
Its not about specs but I won't buy a new console with NES style graphics. Not in this time. Back in its day yes. Now, no.
My advise, wait for them all to fight it out for a while, then you wil see the winner rise triumphantly!
There is no point having a 1000bit machine with rubbish games.
Its not about specs but I won't buy a new console with NES style graphics. Not in this time. Back in its day yes. Now, no.
My advise, wait for them all to fight it out for a while, then you wil see the winner rise triumphantly!
Indian-DudeY2K wrote:
> geomon , if you can find somewhere on the OFFICIAL nintendo site
> that says it is 256bit , then i might beleive you , but if you got
> that info off of an unnofficial site then they are wrong , give me
> some proof and i may beleive you.
If Nintendo say that the Gamecube is 256 bit then they're probably right.
256bit means that the main processor chip has 256 pins in it.
This means that it can process more complicated binary combinations per freguency of signal.
It's still not as powerful as the Xbox though.
The Xbox has a very big and chunky graphics card in it.
> geomon , if you can find somewhere on the OFFICIAL nintendo site
> that says it is 256bit , then i might beleive you , but if you got
> that info off of an unnofficial site then they are wrong , give me
> some proof and i may beleive you.
If Nintendo say that the Gamecube is 256 bit then they're probably right.
256bit means that the main processor chip has 256 pins in it.
This means that it can process more complicated binary combinations per freguency of signal.
It's still not as powerful as the Xbox though.
The Xbox has a very big and chunky graphics card in it.
David Jacobs wrote:
> True, but even if you haven't got a ps1 you would prefer to play on
> the new and better games. If you really wanted to play on the ps1
> games you probably sould have got a ps1 before now if you were that
> desprate.
also most of the games i wanted like the FF series and metal gear solid was ported over to the pc.....
mind you i really like the ps2 games i have too.... :)
> True, but even if you haven't got a ps1 you would prefer to play on
> the new and better games. If you really wanted to play on the ps1
> games you probably sould have got a ps1 before now if you were that
> desprate.
also most of the games i wanted like the FF series and metal gear solid was ported over to the pc.....
mind you i really like the ps2 games i have too.... :)
nahh it's just tha i have just finished doing 6 weeks of work experience so finally had some money to spend....
before i didn;t really want a ps1 cos i knew of the ps2 backward compatibility....also the dreamcast (in my opinion is better) so i just stuck with that....
before i didn;t really want a ps1 cos i knew of the ps2 backward compatibility....also the dreamcast (in my opinion is better) so i just stuck with that....
True, but even if you haven't got a ps1 you would prefer to play on the new and better games. If you really wanted to play on the ps1 games you probably sould have got a ps1 before now if you were that desprate.
David Jacobs wrote:
> The way I see it is that when you buy a new console you want to play
> on all the new games. To me it doesn't really make me want to buy
> the PS2 any more than I would without being able to play old games
> on it. Surely if you do play your old games on it, which are
> actually made for a worse console, then the new games can't be all
> that good because if they were incredibly adictive and brilliant you
> would be playing on them instead of the old games.
well actually i've just got a ps2 VERY RECENTLY....i never had a ps1....and the ps2 backward compatibility has given me the ability/choice to play some of the best games from the ps1 which i wouldn't otherwise have been able...
> The way I see it is that when you buy a new console you want to play
> on all the new games. To me it doesn't really make me want to buy
> the PS2 any more than I would without being able to play old games
> on it. Surely if you do play your old games on it, which are
> actually made for a worse console, then the new games can't be all
> that good because if they were incredibly adictive and brilliant you
> would be playing on them instead of the old games.
well actually i've just got a ps2 VERY RECENTLY....i never had a ps1....and the ps2 backward compatibility has given me the ability/choice to play some of the best games from the ps1 which i wouldn't otherwise have been able...
The way I see it is that when you buy a new console you want to play on all the new games. To me it doesn't really make me want to buy the PS2 any more than I would without being able to play old games on it. Surely if you do play your old games on it, which are actually made for a worse console, then the new games can't be all that good because if they were incredibly adictive and brilliant you would be playing on them instead of the old games.
It is obvious that the gamecube is the best
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