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PlayStation 2 Timeline, From Launch to Present
Decaffeinated Jedi writes "GameSpy has posted a timeline charting the history Sony's PlayStation 2, the third part in a series previously covered on Slashdot that includes similar retrospectives for the Xbox and for GameCube. The timeline traces the PlayStation 2's history from its initial boom, through its period as 'a repository for bad sports games, giant robot games, and other disappointing releases,' and up to the console's revitalization by such games as Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, and Grand Theft Auto III." How has the PlayStation 2 measured up to your expectations?
So where exactly was this timeline? It looked to me much more like a 5 page list of dated events. They seemed to have missed out on a very important part of the timeline....the LINE.
I take offense to the terrible treatment that giant robot games recieve.
In all seriousness, Zone of Enders II: The Second Runner is my favorite PS2 game. And that's all about the robots.
Also, I found it interesting that they could talk about games that looked cool but aren't really as fun as they look, and yet mention Devil May Cry as one of the console's great titles.
But come on. More love for the giant robots, please.
The PS2, and the forthcoming PS3 are the only Sony products I would ever buy for this reason exactly. For every Sony product I have bought over the years, only one of them still worked normally after about year and a half of purchase. I had to replace my Ps1, and I have already had to replace my PS2. Now one could write this off to bad luck, but of my half dozen gamer geek friends, 4 of them have had to replace their PS2s since launch.
I have owned every Nintendo system (except the virtual boy) and have never had a single problem. My NES, purchased in 1989 still works (albeit with a little bit of fighting with the cartridge loading mechanism) And while My X-box did need to be replaced a few weeks ago, I am the only person I know that suffered such ill-fortune with it.
Why do I still by Playstations? Um well I have this gaming problem and I can't help it. He doesn't hit me all the time...
On Wall Street they say "buy low, sell high" On the pad we say, "buy high, sell high" Isn't that somehow better?
And I don't quite understand how you define real 3D hardware. I would consider the PSX to have real 3D hardware but I guess to you, it had imaginary 3D hardware. That 3D hardware, the imaginary stuff, was pretty decent at the time. Even the first generation games like Jumping Flash had some pretty decent 3D aspects to it. But the thing with imaginary 3D hardware is that you're not limited by any constraints so the sky is really the limit. I don't know why every company doesn't go with imaginary 3D hardware.
Yeah, I'm joking here. But come on, what is real 3D hardware? I assume the AC is referring to real 3D hardware as being able to handle some X number of polygons per second or some such nonsense but making arbitrary high water marks like that where you distinguish between real 3D hardware and toy 3D hardware is silly. I can understand a phrase like "dedicated 3D hardware" but not "real 3D hardware."
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