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PS2 Vs. X-Box: Winner Emerging?

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-of-the-titans dept.

gripdamage writes "This article on MSNBC says XBox's sales are slowing and are not expected to meet Microsoft's expectations. MSNBC previously reported that sales have been weak in Japan. The strongest and most interesting assertion in the article is that "In its regular global video game survey last week, Goldman Sachs said U.S. retailers showed a 'surprisingly clear' preference for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 over the Xbox."" X-Box isn't dead yet - not by a long shot.

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  1. Uh, what about the... by gergi · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Gamecube? It's my preferred system by and far to either the PS2 or the XBox. The XBox doesn't interest me at all (supporting evil isn't my thing :) and the PS2 is pretty cool but just doesn't have as many games out or coming out that interest me.

    PS2 - quantity
    Nintendo - quality
    XBox - wants to be both but fails at both

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    Nosce te Ipsum
  2. Re:X-Box soon to be dead. by mark_lybarger · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    i wasn't really interested in MSFT's venture into the gaming market either, untill i saw them in the stores. the games look awesome. there may be less games, and the console might be less feature rich (do they play dvd's yet?), but from looking at it, it's a high quality gaming machine. awesome graphics! that's what it's all about. the PS2 is outdated, and hardly compares to the now dead dreamcast. dreamcast was a super high quality game machine for its day, and now we have the x-box. since dvd players can be had for 80$, that's not really a feature i want in a gaming machine anyway.