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Pete LeBlond wrote:
> 
> Where did you get to play the PS2? What did you get to play for 5 mins at a
> convention or something? I hardly think you can honestly rate a whole system
> from that experience or from playing an import which is not exactly like the
> US vers. 

One of my friends imported a Japanese one last year. So I've played a
little more than five minutes.

> The fact that this is so new and there isn't a very impressive
> library of software for it yet really means that no one is in a position to
> declare the PS2 a bust yet. What are your actual quams with the PS2 anyway,
> besides  boooooo. I think you are just some lame dreamcast fan boys who have
> nothing better to do than bash Sony. Sega sux. 

So, you're _not_ a Sony fanboy? How can you say Sega sucks? I'm not
partial in any of the so called console wars, but I know the Dreamcast
is a superior system at this point. 

> The PS has more proc power,

True, although it's 100 MHz better than the DC's, the lack of enough
video memory makes it hardly more superior.

> way better controls, 

An opinion, nothing more. Not all of us like the Dual Shock controllers.

> and will very soon have more games than sega has
> subscribers to SegaNet or whatever that is called...what a joke it is. 
Nobody's doubting Sony, but after hearing from developers (including
Sony's resident bitch, EA) about how difficult it is to program for the
PS2, and the relative ease of producing Dreamcast games, Sony will need
to pull some major stunts to get the PS2's library to flourish.

> Sega couldn't even give away the dreamcast.

Chalk that one up as a victory to Sony's PR department. But no matter
how much you hype a system, if it can't deliver, it will not be the
victor in the long run. N64 and Saturn were both highly hyped, yet the
lowly playstation ended up being the best selling console in history.

> Remember, they tried, you could get a $200 rebate on a
> $200 DC if you signed up with their network AND STILL they can't move the
> units. Sony won't be able to meet the damand for the PS2 for months......

I agree with that only because of Sony's hype and demand creation
tactics, I think that in the long run, we'll see how things end up.
Remember that the Dreamcast still holds the record for the most units
moved in 2 weeks, almost tripling the record previously held by Sony.
And in Japan, where the PS2 has been out for quite a while, sales of PS2
units sharply dropped after a few months, presumadly because most
Japanese were looking at it as only a cheap DVD player, and realizing
that the anti-aliasing failures of the Playstation 2 make it look awful
at quite a few points. Hell, PlayStation, N64, and Game Boy Color games
still outsell PS2 games there.

I'll get a PS2 eventually, but only when the library gets some good
games, when Sony works out any potential hardware problems (look at
early generation PSXs and the problems they've had), and when the price
takes a few cuts. Until then, it's just a mediocre waste of $300. You
would be better off getting a Dreamcast and a few damn sweet games (Soul
Calibur and Marvel v. Capcom 2 spring to mind).

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