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There has been a lot of debate on what exactly is the Playstation 2. People have been quick to critise it as a games console because Sony are selling games for it, but to be honest that is not the strategy that Sony wanted to adopt, even with the Playstation.
Let me set the scene- 6 years ago in Japan, when Sony had just broken off its collaberation with Nintendo to produce the follow up to the SNES. The DVD era was just dawning and Sony thought that it would be good to develop a product that could harness the new technology. However, as with most new pieces of hardware( look at the CD player, how much more expensive was a CD player 10 years ago!!!) it was rediculously expensive so was unproductive to develop a system that would use it as it would sell at a rediculously high price(IT DID ANYWAY!!!), so they developed a CD based system, prime target for software pirates everywhere, unlike DVDs(still now, unless you have 2500 in loose change!!!).
Now 6 years later, 70 odd million PSOnes sold and Playstation 2 is developed, now capable with the slighly cheaper(not probably much) DVD technology. The whole Sony stragedy was to develop a home entertainment system, not a games console(just look to see what Sony have developed over the years- right from the transistor radio to the flat screen TV and monitor), which is what everyone has been labelling it as. It is something that is supposed to be good all round, not excellent to play games or develop, or play DVDs even. Thats why it is difficult to program for, it has to incorporate all these new technologies into one to write a program for it, and thats hard. So overall, I would say that the PS2 is capable of doing many things, not just play MGS or TTT, and we should should treat it as something that could do many things like a swiss army kinfe rather than a can opener, that can just play games and games alone.
Let me set the scene- 6 years ago in Japan, when Sony had just broken off its collaberation with Nintendo to produce the follow up to the SNES. The DVD era was just dawning and Sony thought that it would be good to develop a product that could harness the new technology. However, as with most new pieces of hardware( look at the CD player, how much more expensive was a CD player 10 years ago!!!) it was rediculously expensive so was unproductive to develop a system that would use it as it would sell at a rediculously high price(IT DID ANYWAY!!!), so they developed a CD based system, prime target for software pirates everywhere, unlike DVDs(still now, unless you have 2500 in loose change!!!).
Now 6 years later, 70 odd million PSOnes sold and Playstation 2 is developed, now capable with the slighly cheaper(not probably much) DVD technology. The whole Sony stragedy was to develop a home entertainment system, not a games console(just look to see what Sony have developed over the years- right from the transistor radio to the flat screen TV and monitor), which is what everyone has been labelling it as. It is something that is supposed to be good all round, not excellent to play games or develop, or play DVDs even. Thats why it is difficult to program for, it has to incorporate all these new technologies into one to write a program for it, and thats hard. So overall, I would say that the PS2 is capable of doing many things, not just play MGS or TTT, and we should should treat it as something that could do many things like a swiss army kinfe rather than a can opener, that can just play games and games alone.
A top-of-the-range PS2/PSX gaming console / DVD Player / CD Player.
*Or if you like: A console with an integrated DVD enhancement that increrases disk capacity and quality of the games and their cutscenes. As an extra it plays all your favourite movies and further additions will be made to it in the not too distant future :)
*Or if you like: A console with an integrated DVD enhancement that increrases disk capacity and quality of the games and their cutscenes. As an extra it plays all your favourite movies and further additions will be made to it in the not too distant future :)
There has been a lot of debate on what exactly is the Playstation 2. People have been quick to critise it as a games console because Sony are selling games for it, but to be honest that is not the strategy that Sony wanted to adopt, even with the Playstation.
Let me set the scene- 6 years ago in Japan, when Sony had just broken off its collaberation with Nintendo to produce the follow up to the SNES. The DVD era was just dawning and Sony thought that it would be good to develop a product that could harness the new technology. However, as with most new pieces of hardware( look at the CD player, how much more expensive was a CD player 10 years ago!!!) it was rediculously expensive so was unproductive to develop a system that would use it as it would sell at a rediculously high price(IT DID ANYWAY!!!), so they developed a CD based system, prime target for software pirates everywhere, unlike DVDs(still now, unless you have 2500 in loose change!!!).
Now 6 years later, 70 odd million PSOnes sold and Playstation 2 is developed, now capable with the slighly cheaper(not probably much) DVD technology. The whole Sony stragedy was to develop a home entertainment system, not a games console(just look to see what Sony have developed over the years- right from the transistor radio to the flat screen TV and monitor), which is what everyone has been labelling it as. It is something that is supposed to be good all round, not excellent to play games or develop, or play DVDs even. Thats why it is difficult to program for, it has to incorporate all these new technologies into one to write a program for it, and thats hard. So overall, I would say that the PS2 is capable of doing many things, not just play MGS or TTT, and we should should treat it as something that could do many things like a swiss army kinfe rather than a can opener, that can just play games and games alone.
Let me set the scene- 6 years ago in Japan, when Sony had just broken off its collaberation with Nintendo to produce the follow up to the SNES. The DVD era was just dawning and Sony thought that it would be good to develop a product that could harness the new technology. However, as with most new pieces of hardware( look at the CD player, how much more expensive was a CD player 10 years ago!!!) it was rediculously expensive so was unproductive to develop a system that would use it as it would sell at a rediculously high price(IT DID ANYWAY!!!), so they developed a CD based system, prime target for software pirates everywhere, unlike DVDs(still now, unless you have 2500 in loose change!!!).
Now 6 years later, 70 odd million PSOnes sold and Playstation 2 is developed, now capable with the slighly cheaper(not probably much) DVD technology. The whole Sony stragedy was to develop a home entertainment system, not a games console(just look to see what Sony have developed over the years- right from the transistor radio to the flat screen TV and monitor), which is what everyone has been labelling it as. It is something that is supposed to be good all round, not excellent to play games or develop, or play DVDs even. Thats why it is difficult to program for, it has to incorporate all these new technologies into one to write a program for it, and thats hard. So overall, I would say that the PS2 is capable of doing many things, not just play MGS or TTT, and we should should treat it as something that could do many things like a swiss army kinfe rather than a can opener, that can just play games and games alone.