Hey guys! Well, I told my husband about this thread and he sent me an email giving reasons why NOT to get X-box. So for anyone thinking about buying either X-box or PS2, here's my husband's reviews:
1) DVD Movies
The playstation2 can play DVD's out of the box. There are no
problems with
it. You may purchase an additional remote control but this is
not necesary,
you can use the regular controller to interact with the menu.
The xbox will not play DVD's unless you buy an additional
remote/reciever
package which right now is hard to get. The xbox will not play
DVD's
better than playstation. You can purchase an adapter for the
xbox to get
hdtv quality output but this only works for games, it will not
work for
DVD's.
2) Graphics
Visually, the graphics look a bit better on the xbox than on the
playstation, however the hardware ability curve on the
playstation2 is
still fairly young. In a year or so, the newest games will look
twice as
good as today. If anyone has ever followed console games and
compared the
difference between first generation games and 3rd and 4th
generation games,
they know what I mean. Compare the first games for playstation1
with the
ones that are out there now. The programers have learned over
the years to
sqeeze the most processing power out of the system, and the
power of the
playstation2 will be better utilized over time.
Unfortunately for xbox, there is nowhere else to go. It is
already
utilized at 100%. This is because the xbox is not new. It is new
to
consumers, but if you open up the xbox, you will find that it
has a pentium
3, and a very popular geforce3 video card used in many
computers. The
graphics for this chipset are already optimized, as this has
been
programmed on for some time. What microsoft is selling you is a
computer
that you probably already have, and packaging it in a nice
console box.
3) Games
Hands down, the playstation2 wins for games. Being a veteran of
the video
game scene, I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing more
important
than games. The playstation2 has many more games available for
it, and
games like GrandTheftAuto3, GranTourismo, FinalFantasy X,
MetalGearSolid2.
It has many more "ONLY on playstation2 " games than the xbox
will ever have
"ONLY on xbox" games. Why ? Because since the xbox is commodity
hardware,
and it is very easy to port xbox to computer and vice versa.
This means
that most of the xbox games will also be available on your
computer, so why
bother buying the xbox ?
4) Compatibility
There is a large selection of playstation1 games that all work
with PS2, in
addition to all the PS2 games out there. The xbox only has a
few dozen
games.
The xbox has ethernet out for internet games, but you cannot
play them yet
(unless you install a hack that is not authorized by microsoft).
The PS2
will have the same ability as they have firewire support which
they can run
ethernet modem through.
5) Future
The future is bright for sony. The playstation2 will continue to
get
cheaper and cheaper as sony continues to make advancements in
its
fabrication process. This will allow many more people buy it,
and as the
market grows, more games will be out for it.
For the xbox, the opposite is true. Inside, the commodity parts
will
continue to get more expensive as the 3rd party vendors will be
more
hesitant to continue to produce older parts. Try asking Intel to
make a
batch of 486 chips. Sony does not have this problem because
they are one
of the few companies in Japan that make their own chips.
6) Conclusion
There is a lot of hype surrounding the xbox right now because
Microsoft is
the greatest marketing company in the world. But this is not
the PC world
where they can continue to leverage their monopoly and cheat
customers, and
the business world already knows all of Microsoft's
anticompetitive tactics
and I doubt they will let them play the same tricks in the game
market as
they did in the home computer market.
Sony is a large company, and now that they recieve 40% of their
net profit
from playstation alone, they simply cannot afford to lose this
battle.
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Well, that's it folks! I hope this makes your decision easier!
I know it's a bit long, but it was worth it!
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