Sony PlayStation 2 Console with Progressive-scan DVD Player

I bought X-box last year, it turn out good at firs ...

Posted Apr 14, 2004 - I bought X-box last year, it turn out good at first with Halo, and Project Gotham Racing really impressed me with its graphics, after that things started to get boring, released titles just don't cut it out anymore, the best game released was Project Gotham Racing 2 while Halo 2 still at announcement stage, I realized that XBOX only has plenty (never reach 15 titles) of exciting games to play. That's why I bought a PS2, while this is not the best system in the market in term of graphics, but it does boost excellent game library which is why I've become insommiac days after bought it, the version I bought has a progressive scan support for DVD playback along with 75% quieter fan as I know that PS2 had a noisy fan. One thing about the system, it gives more choice on buying accessories, Network Adapter, Harddisk, vertical stand, etc. Be sure to get the Network Adapter, the others aren't worth to buy unless if the game requires it.So far I've played Final Fantasy X, X-2, XI, Suikoden III, Metal Gear Solid 2, Kingdom Hearts, Crash Bandicoot 4, Ratchet & Clank I & II, Jack & Daxter, Jak II, Grandia Extreme, Wild Arms III, Granturismo 3 & 4, Resident Evil:Outbreak, Fatal Frame I & II, Hitman I & II, GTA III & Vice City, .hack I, II, III, IV, Zone of the Enders I & II, Xenosaga, Sly Cooper & The Thevious Racoonus, Drakengard, Auto Modellista, The Suffering, Prince of Persia, Shadow Hearts, and Nightshade. All the titles mentioned above are the one I bought, yes, all of them (in 30 days since I purchased PS2), yup I could buy another PS2 if you combine all the game's price above. Right now there's still a couple more titles scheduled to release this year, Metal Gear Solid 3, Suikoden 4, Crash Twinsanity, Driver 3, and much more still pending (how am I going to stop playing PS2!!). Not all great games (includes the one mentioned) only available on PS2, yes but PS2 already has many great exclusive titles compared to its competitor, while the others would be available on PS2 with lesser graphic detail of course, but it still can be enjoyable to play since the graphics isn't too much difference, I own a XBOX, I know. Most games that developed for XBOX, GameCube and PS2 (multiple platform) always suffers badly on PS2, the ps2 will suffer is lower texture resolution, less-sharpness, but still retained some features like lightning & shading, everything else looks the same, performance is acceptable with 40-50fps, enough to deliver smooth gameplay REALLY (few of these titles perform at 30fps, such as Sonic Heroes but still it enjoy number 7 in sales charts because it's still fun to play). Now my XBOX (also known as GAY BOX for PS2 fans), kept in the storeroom waiting to collect dust, so don't just sit and read this review, go to the store and bought the PLAYSTATION 2, be sure to say "SCPH-50000 only".

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Playstation is the best X-Box sucks. Playstation h ...

Posted Apr 30, 2002 - Playstation is the best X-Box sucks. Playstation has more games and better games. Playstation graphics are much much much better than any X-box or Gamecube combined. Gamecube and X-box are not good products compared to Playstation 2.

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Do not want to even look at another Sony product a ...

Posted May 15, 2003 - Do not want to even look at another Sony product after learning about the problems with the PS2. Very disappointing, the product and the company.

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i bought my son a sony play station 2 in christmas ...

Posted Aug 25, 2003 - i bought my son a sony play station 2 in christmas of 2001 and about a year later it didnt work right. it plays some games and some games not.for instance we bought two games last night and one works and the other dosent.and the games he got for christmas sometimes works and sometimes dosent.so out of 25 games he has all in brand new condition only about 3 of them work.i need some suggestions about what to do.i cant bring it back cause it almost two years old.and i know they will not take it back.so we spent 299.99 on the system for nothing.we should of baught x-box .my nephew has x-box and has no problems at all.well live and learn.what am i gonn do with this system that dosent work well at all.

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All i'm hearing about the xbox is that the halo ga ...

Posted Mar 5, 2003 - All i'm hearing about the xbox is that the halo game rocks. Is this because it's the best game the xbox has to offer, and now you are forced to play it until you love it? Get the ps2, and expand your gaming options.

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I still don't understand why people say Xbox graph ...

Posted Aug 12, 2003 - I still don't understand why people say Xbox graphics are better, I compare Silent Hill 2 or 3 to like Morrowind or Brute Force and notice the diffrence. Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill (2 and 3) and even Gran Tirismo have like 5X the graphics of Xbox. Sure the Xbox has everything in the console instead of buying thousands of memory cards and the multi-tap, but the controlers on Xbox are so dumb and big. Plus the only games you would buy is Halo and stupid.:) So don't listen to other people buy a PS2 and nothing else.

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The best console out there I have never had a prob ...

Posted Jan 2, 2003 - The best console out there I have never had a probelm with it and it can play dvds out of the box. Gamecube is for kids and xbox is pointless as I have a pc more powerful than it. xbox sucks.

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actually, my roommate has PS2, and I am planning t ...

Posted Sep 29, 2001 - actually, my roommate has PS2, and I am planning to buy one, I hook it up to my Samsung 150MP through S-Video, the graphic is cool, but he has a monitor, which only has VGA input, then he has to use the little screen attached on PS one if PS2 has VGA Support (640X480), the graphics on monitor will be a lot better than on TV in addition, PS2 supports 5.1 out, you can get the profit when watching Dolby Digital DVD, and use audio hookup through Optical Digital out to your favorite home theater system I know there'll have internet support, either through modem or lan, and PS2 hard drive will release in future, which has America Online, Real Player, Netscape...

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PS2 is the best system yet! It has the exact gragh ...

Posted Jan 25, 2004 - PS2 is the best system yet! It has the exact graghics as the XBox and a lot better graphics than GC. Kingdom Hearts is the best game ever and it's only on the PS2. Sony makes a lot better thing s than the other game systems. XBox is only the first system from Microsoft so they don't know what they have to fix on it and what they did wrong. PS2 is far the best gaming system ever.

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Great system overall great games compared to gay b ...

Posted Nov 27, 2003 - Great system overall great games compared to gay box and the babies Cube. The only thing people say about xbox is Halo ... I've played that sorry excuse for a game and wasn't impressed. You have a PC for first person shooters. everything else get a PS2. Although if u do get a PS2 watch out for the dust. As for graphics the games are brought out fast and there has yet to be a game to press this system to its limits. Lets wait to see which game will do that and compare the Gay box to that. See sony is smart unlike Xbox/GC which rape there system with almost each game. PS2 will have peeps drooling from beginning to end. Xbox only durring beginning GC only beginning and middle and just taht the GC was designed for kids noot teen and up Xbox well its too damn big! and is a worthless machine.

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Ok, first off, yes PS2 is the best system out ther ...

Posted Jan 22, 2003 - Ok, first off, yes PS2 is the best system out there, why do i say this? Game Cube: Pros: amazing system, beautiful design, extremely difficult to make copies, making people buy legit copies of the games Cons: not enough games, and very easy to damage, lose the minidicks. No DVD available, no broadband adapter available (yet) X Box: Pros: very smooth graphics, nViDia chip makes 3D Graphics come out beautifully Cons: ugly controller, also, game is too sluggish, i played it for about 2 hours straight to try it before i bought my PS2... i went for hte PS2 becuase, first off: not enough good games, HALO, and SoCOM are the only decent games out on the xbox. ALso, the games cost about 1/3 the price of the console itself, i would not want to pay $90 for an X-Box game PS2: the controller is great, maybe becuase i've owned a PSX, it was really comfortable to use. Consoles are MUCH better than PC's when it coems to gaming why? becuase CONSOLES ARE ONLY MADE FOR GAMING, 100% GAMING ONLY, PC's must do much other things. Also, ALL THE POWER GOES INTO GAMES, not running "Windows" or having ICQ or MSN in the background, no, ONLY the game. Also, the PS2 is running a 300 MHz Processor, lets see your 300 Mhz run games like Gran Turismo 3. TO those who've had it for 2 years, did u expect your PS2 to last you a lifetime? in conclusion: PS2 is the better choice over consoles w/ 299+ Games, and so much more catalyst_007@hotmail.com to e-mail me

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PS2 is the best game console at the market. Althou ...

Posted Apr 9, 2003 - PS2 is the best game console at the market. Although PS2 is not as powerful as Xbox on hardware but it have most successful game and ultima graphics.The console is also very durable. With mod chip you can even play all type of game without region restriction. Dual Shock 2 controller is very friendly use too.

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Console games will never compare to a PC. They are ...

Posted Feb 8, 2002 - Console games will never compare to a PC. They are always behind. You can't run bigger resloutions, and because you play them on a TV, they use that washed out anti-aliasing so the edges won't be so jaggy. Consoles are great after a hard night at the bar, because you really don't have to think to play one. If you want a challenge, a long with 10 times better graphics, buy a real PC, instead of these crap ones that don't come with a real controller(keyboard and mouse) and make you buy a card to save your games.

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Although ps2 has the best online stuff, xbox happe ...

Posted Sep 22, 2003 - Although ps2 has the best online stuff, xbox happenes to be better if u have the money to supply bill gates(the richest man in the world) which is why i have chose ps2 over xboz

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First off I would just like to say that rich fatca ...

Posted Feb 16, 2003 - First off I would just like to say that rich fatcats at Sony robbed me of $200 3 months ago.I thought I would see what everyone was talking about.Man was I wrong.This was a piece of SH*t to begin with.Even GTA3 wasn't that good(Its much better on the PC)My main beef with Sony is that they hardly improved much upon the PS one.They just put a slightly faster CPU in the PS one and put it in a black rectangle.Thats all.PS2 is just slightly better than the Dreamcast.Besides Sony lies to all of you(Pennywize is right)saying that this is the best console.What a load of crap.Technically it can't come close to the Xbox(Emotion Engine vs Nvida)I am so glad that I traded my PS2 for an Xbox.Man is the xbox sweet(read my Xbox review)With games like Halo,Mech Assualt and Ghost Recon.And future titles like Return to Castle Wolf,Halo2 and Sof2(I'm a big FPS fan can you tell)Another thing I would like to say is that Sony's online gaming sucks balls.All those monthly subscriptions for single games.Xbox Live is a much better ran system.Microsft built its Xbox with high quality hardware that was built to last(and please the gamer)which can't be said about Sony(Liars promised me a great system hah!)Even Sony hit GTA Vice City is going to the PC and I bet the PC will make use of its supierior graphics. In conclusion the PS2 is a waste of money.Xbox rules and 2003 will be the year of the Xbox.

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