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Browsing through the news sections on this very sight I noticed that a lot of games that are to be used as the weapons in the up coming battle for supremacy,after the Game Cube and X-Box are released, are to appear on all three platforms.
At first it seemed to be just PS2 titles that had been supposedly PS2 exclusive seemed to be falling into the hands of Microsoft and Nintendo. Most noticably the announcement of "Metal Gear Solid" games to appear on the X-Box in the future and the loss of previously exclusive title ZOE to X-Box and GBA.
More recently I've been reading about the appearance of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 across all platforms, I'm not sure whether the on-line skateparks will span across all 3 or if they'll be seperate. But none the less it is making a difference to "Console wars" debates that have proved so popular here. No longer can we list games in a bid to win over the X-Box massive or the GC crewe!
Then, after browsing OPSM2, I realised that its not just PS2 titles dropping their "exclusive" nature. Games such as "Malice" - a bizzarre actiony/ adventury game about a wee girl called Alice who attacks people with oversized mallets and such - that was previously an X-Box "exclusive" game is now being coded for a PS2 release as well. So it looks as though the gaming world could be getting friendlier.
The Final Fantasy games will be playable on-line across multiple platforms (from Final Fantasy 11 anyway), namely X-Box and PS2, so hopefully the scholl yard attitude of "my consoles better than your console" will start to drop.
Of course there's always specs to argue about and with Sony's PS2 definayely being the runner up in this category, it could seem a bit of a problem. However, as we saw with the PS1, Sony machines are good at seeming the underdog and coming out on top.
The PS1 took on the might of the N64, a machine apparently twice its superior in power, yet emerged the victor. Games such as THPS and FIFA '99, which appeared on both consoles, were far superior in terms of gameplay on the playstation.
Thats not a Playstation biased point of view either, at this time I was a dedicated Ninty!
Well, the specs are a lot closer this time, meaning that in theory, Sony shouldn't have too much trouble holding their own with the big boys.
So what with all the machines having a lot to offer, specifications being similar and many games being released on all 3, does this make it easier or harder to choose between them?
If you could offer your opinions in a non console wars fashion, that could help! State your opinions without slagging off the other machines :-)
At first it seemed to be just PS2 titles that had been supposedly PS2 exclusive seemed to be falling into the hands of Microsoft and Nintendo. Most noticably the announcement of "Metal Gear Solid" games to appear on the X-Box in the future and the loss of previously exclusive title ZOE to X-Box and GBA.
More recently I've been reading about the appearance of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 across all platforms, I'm not sure whether the on-line skateparks will span across all 3 or if they'll be seperate. But none the less it is making a difference to "Console wars" debates that have proved so popular here. No longer can we list games in a bid to win over the X-Box massive or the GC crewe!
Then, after browsing OPSM2, I realised that its not just PS2 titles dropping their "exclusive" nature. Games such as "Malice" - a bizzarre actiony/ adventury game about a wee girl called Alice who attacks people with oversized mallets and such - that was previously an X-Box "exclusive" game is now being coded for a PS2 release as well. So it looks as though the gaming world could be getting friendlier.
The Final Fantasy games will be playable on-line across multiple platforms (from Final Fantasy 11 anyway), namely X-Box and PS2, so hopefully the scholl yard attitude of "my consoles better than your console" will start to drop.
Of course there's always specs to argue about and with Sony's PS2 definayely being the runner up in this category, it could seem a bit of a problem. However, as we saw with the PS1, Sony machines are good at seeming the underdog and coming out on top.
The PS1 took on the might of the N64, a machine apparently twice its superior in power, yet emerged the victor. Games such as THPS and FIFA '99, which appeared on both consoles, were far superior in terms of gameplay on the playstation.
Thats not a Playstation biased point of view either, at this time I was a dedicated Ninty!
Well, the specs are a lot closer this time, meaning that in theory, Sony shouldn't have too much trouble holding their own with the big boys.
So what with all the machines having a lot to offer, specifications being similar and many games being released on all 3, does this make it easier or harder to choose between them?
If you could offer your opinions in a non console wars fashion, that could help! State your opinions without slagging off the other machines :-)
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Actually, Sony has sort of lost a major they had in the last generation of console wars.
A game is being made for Playstation and N64.
The N64 was difficult to make for and they struggled with the hardware and sqeezing it all into a cartrige.
The Playstation was a fair bit easier with the nice CD format and was pretty moderate to programme for.
That's why the PS version normally turned out best.
Third party devellopers couldn't release the N64's power like Nintendo and Rare do.
Now the PS2 is even harder to make games for than the N64 and the Gamecube is far easier to make games for that the Playstation was.
The roles have reversed.
Likewise, it may not make much difference at first as they'll put more effort into the PS2 versions at first (there being more PS2 owners), but as console sales level up, the PS2 will start to lack what the devellopers haven't had time to implement or polish thanks to awkward hardware.
I might be wrong though...
A game is being made for Playstation and N64.
The N64 was difficult to make for and they struggled with the hardware and sqeezing it all into a cartrige.
The Playstation was a fair bit easier with the nice CD format and was pretty moderate to programme for.
That's why the PS version normally turned out best.
Third party devellopers couldn't release the N64's power like Nintendo and Rare do.
Now the PS2 is even harder to make games for than the N64 and the Gamecube is far easier to make games for that the Playstation was.
The roles have reversed.
Likewise, it may not make much difference at first as they'll put more effort into the PS2 versions at first (there being more PS2 owners), but as console sales level up, the PS2 will start to lack what the devellopers haven't had time to implement or polish thanks to awkward hardware.
I might be wrong though...
Browsing through the news sections on this very sight I noticed that a lot of games that are to be used as the weapons in the up coming battle for supremacy,after the Game Cube and X-Box are released, are to appear on all three platforms.
At first it seemed to be just PS2 titles that had been supposedly PS2 exclusive seemed to be falling into the hands of Microsoft and Nintendo. Most noticably the announcement of "Metal Gear Solid" games to appear on the X-Box in the future and the loss of previously exclusive title ZOE to X-Box and GBA.
More recently I've been reading about the appearance of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 across all platforms, I'm not sure whether the on-line skateparks will span across all 3 or if they'll be seperate. But none the less it is making a difference to "Console wars" debates that have proved so popular here. No longer can we list games in a bid to win over the X-Box massive or the GC crewe!
Then, after browsing OPSM2, I realised that its not just PS2 titles dropping their "exclusive" nature. Games such as "Malice" - a bizzarre actiony/ adventury game about a wee girl called Alice who attacks people with oversized mallets and such - that was previously an X-Box "exclusive" game is now being coded for a PS2 release as well. So it looks as though the gaming world could be getting friendlier.
The Final Fantasy games will be playable on-line across multiple platforms (from Final Fantasy 11 anyway), namely X-Box and PS2, so hopefully the scholl yard attitude of "my consoles better than your console" will start to drop.
Of course there's always specs to argue about and with Sony's PS2 definayely being the runner up in this category, it could seem a bit of a problem. However, as we saw with the PS1, Sony machines are good at seeming the underdog and coming out on top.
The PS1 took on the might of the N64, a machine apparently twice its superior in power, yet emerged the victor. Games such as THPS and FIFA '99, which appeared on both consoles, were far superior in terms of gameplay on the playstation.
Thats not a Playstation biased point of view either, at this time I was a dedicated Ninty!
Well, the specs are a lot closer this time, meaning that in theory, Sony shouldn't have too much trouble holding their own with the big boys.
So what with all the machines having a lot to offer, specifications being similar and many games being released on all 3, does this make it easier or harder to choose between them?
If you could offer your opinions in a non console wars fashion, that could help! State your opinions without slagging off the other machines :-)
At first it seemed to be just PS2 titles that had been supposedly PS2 exclusive seemed to be falling into the hands of Microsoft and Nintendo. Most noticably the announcement of "Metal Gear Solid" games to appear on the X-Box in the future and the loss of previously exclusive title ZOE to X-Box and GBA.
More recently I've been reading about the appearance of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 across all platforms, I'm not sure whether the on-line skateparks will span across all 3 or if they'll be seperate. But none the less it is making a difference to "Console wars" debates that have proved so popular here. No longer can we list games in a bid to win over the X-Box massive or the GC crewe!
Then, after browsing OPSM2, I realised that its not just PS2 titles dropping their "exclusive" nature. Games such as "Malice" - a bizzarre actiony/ adventury game about a wee girl called Alice who attacks people with oversized mallets and such - that was previously an X-Box "exclusive" game is now being coded for a PS2 release as well. So it looks as though the gaming world could be getting friendlier.
The Final Fantasy games will be playable on-line across multiple platforms (from Final Fantasy 11 anyway), namely X-Box and PS2, so hopefully the scholl yard attitude of "my consoles better than your console" will start to drop.
Of course there's always specs to argue about and with Sony's PS2 definayely being the runner up in this category, it could seem a bit of a problem. However, as we saw with the PS1, Sony machines are good at seeming the underdog and coming out on top.
The PS1 took on the might of the N64, a machine apparently twice its superior in power, yet emerged the victor. Games such as THPS and FIFA '99, which appeared on both consoles, were far superior in terms of gameplay on the playstation.
Thats not a Playstation biased point of view either, at this time I was a dedicated Ninty!
Well, the specs are a lot closer this time, meaning that in theory, Sony shouldn't have too much trouble holding their own with the big boys.
So what with all the machines having a lot to offer, specifications being similar and many games being released on all 3, does this make it easier or harder to choose between them?
If you could offer your opinions in a non console wars fashion, that could help! State your opinions without slagging off the other machines :-)
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