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The future of consoles is not with the likes of the Playstation 2 - its with proper consoles which aren't trying to be amazing all round home entertainment machines. The most promising future console is the Dolphin, it is staying as a plain gaming machine. If you want to play DVD get a DVD player, its cheaper than a PS2 and it works faster and better, because as we know the PS2 failed dismaly on its launch day.
LJ0286 wrote:
> The future of consoles is not with the likes of the Playstation 2
> - its with proper consoles which aren't trying to be amazing all
> round home entertainment machines. The most promising future
> console is the Dolphin, it is staying as a plain gaming machine.
> If you want to play DVD get a DVD player, its cheaper than a PS2
> and it works faster and better, because as we know the PS2 failed
> dismaly on its launch day.
> The future of consoles is not with the likes of the Playstation 2
> - its with proper consoles which aren't trying to be amazing all
> round home entertainment machines. The most promising future
> console is the Dolphin, it is staying as a plain gaming machine.
> If you want to play DVD get a DVD player, its cheaper than a PS2
> and it works faster and better, because as we know the PS2 failed
> dismaly on its launch day.
Well said LJ. The PS2 rellies too heavily on playing DVDs. In fact, PS2 games sales in Japan are very low, with the PS2 boosting the DVD market through the roof. LJ was also saying about the failures on launch day. I assume he's talking about all the DVD driver problems- something that shows how sony rushed the console into shops.
There is one major point that I disagree with though- that the Dolphin is the future. I accept that games on the Dolphin, especially those made by Nintendo, will be great, but why wait 2 years for a console when there is already a console made for gamers- the Dreamcast. By the end of this year, the Dreamcast will have the best racers- F355, Sega GT, Metropolis Street Racer- the best Beat 'em ups- Soul Calibur, DOA2 (european and Japanese versions), and all of Capcom's stuff- great horror games- Resident Evil, Dino Crisis- as well as a fully functional online network. In addition, as developers finally realise that not enough money is being made on the PS2 games, they will support the only other next gen console that is out- the Dreamcast.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a great Nintendo fan. I owned an N64 myself, and am rebuying one to play Perfect Dark on. However, the Dolphin is coming out too late, and in a world with 7 new consoles (4 of them being any good) developers will switch to making money on the consoles already out. (NB. If anyone wants to know what the 7 consoles are, here's a list: Dreamcast, PS2, Dolphin, Xbox, Nuon, Samsung thing, and the Linux based machine.) Unlike hardcore Nintendo fans, most casual gamers cannot be bothered to wait, and will just get a PS2 when they come out in stores. I think a majority of Dolphin owners will be hardcore gamers, since they are the only ones who would buy more than one console- I myself may buy one if the games are up to Nintendo's usual excellence.
-Rav
There is one major point that I disagree with though- that the Dolphin is the future. I accept that games on the Dolphin, especially those made by Nintendo, will be great, but why wait 2 years for a console when there is already a console made for gamers- the Dreamcast. By the end of this year, the Dreamcast will have the best racers- F355, Sega GT, Metropolis Street Racer- the best Beat 'em ups- Soul Calibur, DOA2 (european and Japanese versions), and all of Capcom's stuff- great horror games- Resident Evil, Dino Crisis- as well as a fully functional online network. In addition, as developers finally realise that not enough money is being made on the PS2 games, they will support the only other next gen console that is out- the Dreamcast.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a great Nintendo fan. I owned an N64 myself, and am rebuying one to play Perfect Dark on. However, the Dolphin is coming out too late, and in a world with 7 new consoles (4 of them being any good) developers will switch to making money on the consoles already out. (NB. If anyone wants to know what the 7 consoles are, here's a list: Dreamcast, PS2, Dolphin, Xbox, Nuon, Samsung thing, and the Linux based machine.) Unlike hardcore Nintendo fans, most casual gamers cannot be bothered to wait, and will just get a PS2 when they come out in stores. I think a majority of Dolphin owners will be hardcore gamers, since they are the only ones who would buy more than one console- I myself may buy one if the games are up to Nintendo's usual excellence.
-Rav
The future of consoles is not with the likes of the Playstation 2 - its with proper consoles which aren't trying to be amazing all round home entertainment machines. The most promising future console is the Dolphin, it is staying as a plain gaming machine. If you want to play DVD get a DVD player, its cheaper than a PS2 and it works faster and better, because as we know the PS2 failed dismaly on its launch day.