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Right lets pretend I’m new to the gaming industry done a bit of research into the gaming market and decides to make an unbiased review (with the help of a few friends) on the success of the PS2. Well here I go:
The PS2 was made public in the United Kingdom now just over a year ago (a year of pain and suffering). The success in that year was perhaps what they were expecting but more perhaps then asked for. Once released back in what weren’t so long ago (just felt like it was), people was originally either complaining or concerned about the price of the years most anticipated electronic device. At a price of £300, not a penny more or less then the launch price of the original Playstation and Dreamcast, the PS2 was sold out in a matter of moments.
Somehow Sony has managed to persuade all of those thousands upon millions of spending their hard earned cash on this console that frankly didn't seem to have anything good to offer (and didn’t). I think you can fairly say that their huge success was partly down to past reputations and another console named Playstation may have already decided what they wanted before they saw this huge, grotesque black object that would be sitting on their lounge floors for countless hours and getting used more then the phone that will be needed to order all those pizzas for when your mates come around for a lads night in....in front of the PS2.
With a start slower then anyone would have anticipated the PS2 never showed any signs of achieving great goals or being remembered for anything in particular. Its games were nothing new, just mainly consisted of sequels and unoriginal games that had been seen before but this time around in a different context. The one thing that amazed us though and could not be disputed for was it's graphical capability (shame it will soon be outdated ah, ah).
You can't deny the immense achievement that Sony has done in the console market. Creating a console that beat the almighty computer giants of Sega (but did it deserve to?) without effort, doing better than a console twice as powerful created by Nintendo and still after 6 years games are still being designed for it. That was the success of the PS; our main concern is the PS2 and that is something else that will probably end up in the same way (ha wishful thinking).
Dropping the price from £300 down to an affordable £200 was their first wise move since the release back in November 2000 (actually not releasing it would have been a wise move). It was their first signs of showing their fear over the GameCube and Xbox and also their thought into making the festive season something for all young and old to remember, something that poor old Sega never did.
Although the Dreamcast was of the same ability as the PS2 it never caught the publics eye with either its games or its ability. It's timing was all wrong and they obviously forgot about what happened last time they went up against Sony. Maybe something to do with Sony being loaded to the brim may have something to do with their success, maybe their reputation from the previous Playstation could be the answer or it's ability to impress, but one thing is certain and that is that after a whole year of waiting for something big to happen, it finally has.
I do hate to criticise that poor machine as after all it did produce some mighty fine games and never did any harm to anyone. It just seemed at the end of the day that Sega weren't capable of accomplishing the challenge to obtain the crown, console king.
It seems in the months in which nothing was happening the games designers were secretly preparing for a game war, fought on the same console. Konami have done it once again and with the exception of Gran Turismo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 3 this is the only other PS2 game that has made us reach into our pockets before even having to think about how it will play or look (because if we did we wouldn’t buy it :D). Luckily for us, they have decided to stick to the same layout as ISS Evolution rather then the layout the first PS2 game was like, which quite frankly was awful (it’s a general trend). Another one to look out for is almighty Devil May Cry, from the legendary Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami (who is doing something else on another console can’t quite remember what though). The game follows Dante, a half-man, half-demon hybrid who is on a mission to eradicate evil. The Resident Evil designers have been busy producing what seems to be one of the most anticipated games of the year, Devil May Cry (or may not as the case maybe).
The genius' that brought us Max Payne for the PC have also been busy at work and have released it for the PS2, money making scene or not does not affect that this now and will always remain to be one of the games that changed the way they are made for time to come. It caused a huge fuss a few months back and by the sounds of things is doing just the same thing now. With bullets flying in all directions and scenes you'd only tend to find in a John Woo movie there is no doubting the awesome ability and enjoyment that Max Payne can offer.
The highly awaited Smackdown 3, kicked it's way onto the market with a BANG and although people found little difference from it's predecessor, I can safely say that this has made no odds to the satisfaction that you can get from this game, especially when you find yourself one on one against Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, the fun is just endless (maybe I should of added I hated it, nah).
The irresistible Grand Theft Auto 3 is out on the shelves and being loaded into Santa's sleigh faster then you can steal a car. The violent, controversial and damn right brilliant game that shows us crime really does pay has already caught the eye of every over 18 PS2 owner in the country with Play magazine giving it a review score of 98% saying "Only a pact with the Devil could produce a game of this perfection". And as far as I'm concerned, no truer words have ever been spoken (except maybe “get a Gamecube”).
You can take to the 3D streets fully loaded with whatever you may pick up on your travels. Using anything and everything available to you to complete the necessary 'job' until you've worked your way up the crime syndicate, and then you can set back and enjoy the rest of the ride. Quite possibly one of the best game ever made and without a doubt one of the most violent and pleasing games you are ever likely to play (did I mention a bit tedious?).
Soldier of Fortune, Half-Life, Silent Hill 2, Ace Combat 4, Medal of Honour Front Line, SSX Tricky and James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire are just other games that you may expect to hear about this Christmas. Each one showing great potential, immense original games and at exceptional prices they just can't afford to be missed.
With Christmas and hundreds of games just around the corner, with no competition to be seen for the next few months you can't deny that the PS2 will be having a very happy Christmas along with the rest of us who are lucky enough to own this piece of art. (By the way Gamecube will be better).
Another successful unbiased post!
Written by Dringo and Tom
The PS2 was made public in the United Kingdom now just over a year ago (a year of pain and suffering). The success in that year was perhaps what they were expecting but more perhaps then asked for. Once released back in what weren’t so long ago (just felt like it was), people was originally either complaining or concerned about the price of the years most anticipated electronic device. At a price of £300, not a penny more or less then the launch price of the original Playstation and Dreamcast, the PS2 was sold out in a matter of moments.
Somehow Sony has managed to persuade all of those thousands upon millions of spending their hard earned cash on this console that frankly didn't seem to have anything good to offer (and didn’t). I think you can fairly say that their huge success was partly down to past reputations and another console named Playstation may have already decided what they wanted before they saw this huge, grotesque black object that would be sitting on their lounge floors for countless hours and getting used more then the phone that will be needed to order all those pizzas for when your mates come around for a lads night in....in front of the PS2.
With a start slower then anyone would have anticipated the PS2 never showed any signs of achieving great goals or being remembered for anything in particular. Its games were nothing new, just mainly consisted of sequels and unoriginal games that had been seen before but this time around in a different context. The one thing that amazed us though and could not be disputed for was it's graphical capability (shame it will soon be outdated ah, ah).
You can't deny the immense achievement that Sony has done in the console market. Creating a console that beat the almighty computer giants of Sega (but did it deserve to?) without effort, doing better than a console twice as powerful created by Nintendo and still after 6 years games are still being designed for it. That was the success of the PS; our main concern is the PS2 and that is something else that will probably end up in the same way (ha wishful thinking).
Dropping the price from £300 down to an affordable £200 was their first wise move since the release back in November 2000 (actually not releasing it would have been a wise move). It was their first signs of showing their fear over the GameCube and Xbox and also their thought into making the festive season something for all young and old to remember, something that poor old Sega never did.
Although the Dreamcast was of the same ability as the PS2 it never caught the publics eye with either its games or its ability. It's timing was all wrong and they obviously forgot about what happened last time they went up against Sony. Maybe something to do with Sony being loaded to the brim may have something to do with their success, maybe their reputation from the previous Playstation could be the answer or it's ability to impress, but one thing is certain and that is that after a whole year of waiting for something big to happen, it finally has.
I do hate to criticise that poor machine as after all it did produce some mighty fine games and never did any harm to anyone. It just seemed at the end of the day that Sega weren't capable of accomplishing the challenge to obtain the crown, console king.
It seems in the months in which nothing was happening the games designers were secretly preparing for a game war, fought on the same console. Konami have done it once again and with the exception of Gran Turismo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 3 this is the only other PS2 game that has made us reach into our pockets before even having to think about how it will play or look (because if we did we wouldn’t buy it :D). Luckily for us, they have decided to stick to the same layout as ISS Evolution rather then the layout the first PS2 game was like, which quite frankly was awful (it’s a general trend). Another one to look out for is almighty Devil May Cry, from the legendary Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami (who is doing something else on another console can’t quite remember what though). The game follows Dante, a half-man, half-demon hybrid who is on a mission to eradicate evil. The Resident Evil designers have been busy producing what seems to be one of the most anticipated games of the year, Devil May Cry (or may not as the case maybe).
The genius' that brought us Max Payne for the PC have also been busy at work and have released it for the PS2, money making scene or not does not affect that this now and will always remain to be one of the games that changed the way they are made for time to come. It caused a huge fuss a few months back and by the sounds of things is doing just the same thing now. With bullets flying in all directions and scenes you'd only tend to find in a John Woo movie there is no doubting the awesome ability and enjoyment that Max Payne can offer.
The highly awaited Smackdown 3, kicked it's way onto the market with a BANG and although people found little difference from it's predecessor, I can safely say that this has made no odds to the satisfaction that you can get from this game, especially when you find yourself one on one against Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, the fun is just endless (maybe I should of added I hated it, nah).
The irresistible Grand Theft Auto 3 is out on the shelves and being loaded into Santa's sleigh faster then you can steal a car. The violent, controversial and damn right brilliant game that shows us crime really does pay has already caught the eye of every over 18 PS2 owner in the country with Play magazine giving it a review score of 98% saying "Only a pact with the Devil could produce a game of this perfection". And as far as I'm concerned, no truer words have ever been spoken (except maybe “get a Gamecube”).
You can take to the 3D streets fully loaded with whatever you may pick up on your travels. Using anything and everything available to you to complete the necessary 'job' until you've worked your way up the crime syndicate, and then you can set back and enjoy the rest of the ride. Quite possibly one of the best game ever made and without a doubt one of the most violent and pleasing games you are ever likely to play (did I mention a bit tedious?).
Soldier of Fortune, Half-Life, Silent Hill 2, Ace Combat 4, Medal of Honour Front Line, SSX Tricky and James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire are just other games that you may expect to hear about this Christmas. Each one showing great potential, immense original games and at exceptional prices they just can't afford to be missed.
With Christmas and hundreds of games just around the corner, with no competition to be seen for the next few months you can't deny that the PS2 will be having a very happy Christmas along with the rest of us who are lucky enough to own this piece of art. (By the way Gamecube will be better).
Another successful unbiased post!
Written by Dringo and Tom
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I was told to post it as my own and add my own magical touch that i did but it isn't fair that i get credit for it which i honestly don't deserve hence the Dringo and Tom bit at the bottom.
Read the post it isn't my style is it theres a few alterations by me but the basis of the post was tom. Joint effort, if i didnt write his name at the bottom it would feel like i had cheated and that is something i'd hate.
Read the post it isn't my style is it theres a few alterations by me but the basis of the post was tom. Joint effort, if i didnt write his name at the bottom it would feel like i had cheated and that is something i'd hate.
SSX pro wrote:
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
Tom wrote all of it, he cant get on so i posted it for him the unbiased sentance at the top was written by me as was teh bits in brackets e.g.
Play magazine giving it a review score of 98% saying "Only a pact with the Devil could produce a game of this perfection". And as far as I'm concerned, no truer words have ever been spoken (except maybe “get a Gamecube”).
That bracket comic bit was me the rest was Tom.
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
Tom wrote all of it, he cant get on so i posted it for him the unbiased sentance at the top was written by me as was teh bits in brackets e.g.
Play magazine giving it a review score of 98% saying "Only a pact with the Devil could produce a game of this perfection". And as far as I'm concerned, no truer words have ever been spoken (except maybe “get a Gamecube”).
That bracket comic bit was me the rest was Tom.
ssxpro wrote:
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
LOL!!!
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
LOL!!!
Dringo wrote:
> SSX pro this post was written by me and Tom, Tom helped me with the PS2 positive
> stuff its difficult to write good things about a system that you have spent all
> you time saying bad things about it.
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
> SSX pro this post was written by me and Tom, Tom helped me with the PS2 positive
> stuff its difficult to write good things about a system that you have spent all
> you time saying bad things about it.
So... Tom didn`t actually write any of it then...
So who gets the game and who gets the case and instructions then? ;-)
SSX pro this post was written by me and Tom, Tom helped me with the PS2 positive stuff its difficult to write good things about a system that you have spent all you time saying bad things about it.
This best win GAD g'damn it otherwise I'm gonna be annoyed....
ssxpro wrote:
> Meka:
Will metal detectors work in order to distinguish between regular humans
> and a Sony produced robot? Or do they have special insulation/camouflage against
> it?
Those evil Sony men have probably put in some way of camouflaging it....
> Meka:
Will metal detectors work in order to distinguish between regular humans
> and a Sony produced robot? Or do they have special insulation/camouflage against
> it?
Those evil Sony men have probably put in some way of camouflaging it....
Meka:
Will metal detectors work in order to distinguish between regular humans and a Sony produced robot? Or do they have special insulation/camouflage against it?
Ortega:
It may have been a little harsh. I was going to write something very offensive as the last sentence to finish it off, but just managed to hold back! :-)
Will metal detectors work in order to distinguish between regular humans and a Sony produced robot? Or do they have special insulation/camouflage against it?
Ortega:
It may have been a little harsh. I was going to write something very offensive as the last sentence to finish it off, but just managed to hold back! :-)
Dur. We all know the real reason behind the success of the Playstation and the Playstation 2.
Sony have brainwashed people with their other consumer elecronic goods.
When Sony first thought about releasing a games console they started to put special chips in their products, like TV's and CD players, that could alter the brains of the people that used the goods for any length of time.
Sony then used this to capture these people, herd them into vans, and replace them with robot replicas. Sony programmed these replicas to buy Sony consoles, and tell their friends how good they were, even though it was lies.
It's only clever marketing, and replica robots that have sold the PSX and PS2 to such an extent.
Don't let Sony's evil marketing men brainwash you too! Stand up and fight against them, go out and buy a console that has some great, next generation games! Don't be fooled into buying a sequel machine for sequels and no originals. Sony didn't even develop a new pad to replace the perfectly suitable Dual Shock one - how bad is that?
Sony have brainwashed people with their other consumer elecronic goods.
When Sony first thought about releasing a games console they started to put special chips in their products, like TV's and CD players, that could alter the brains of the people that used the goods for any length of time.
Sony then used this to capture these people, herd them into vans, and replace them with robot replicas. Sony programmed these replicas to buy Sony consoles, and tell their friends how good they were, even though it was lies.
It's only clever marketing, and replica robots that have sold the PSX and PS2 to such an extent.
Don't let Sony's evil marketing men brainwash you too! Stand up and fight against them, go out and buy a console that has some great, next generation games! Don't be fooled into buying a sequel machine for sequels and no originals. Sony didn't even develop a new pad to replace the perfectly suitable Dual Shock one - how bad is that?
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