Interesting news from MS

[MrCaine01]

The story of Sony is this: From here on in they will always support two systems. So when ps3 comes out then they'll dicontinue ps1 and when ps4 comes out then down comes ps2.

As for better systems, specs wise, yes the xbox is the powerhouse but I dunno if I can agree about every game beating the ps2 hands down. I played Max Payne back to back for both systems and barely noticed any real difference except maybe a muted texture or two on the Ps2, which in the end who cares? Somethign a lot of people forget is that it's GAMEPLAY that makes games, not graphics. For example DOA 3 might look better than Soul Calibur II but I find the gameplay for Soul Cal 2 WAY more fun and engaging than DOA 3 which I feel is actually boring. Devil May Cry may not compare to the graphics of Otagi but I find DMC much more fun and exciting. For me it's all about the game play.

I do feel Microsoft let a lot of people down with the big green box. They promised more than they're giving, something I hear a lot of uber xbox fanatics (something this board lacks fortunately, leading to a lot of INTELLIGENT conversions and discussions) say was the problem of the Ps2, Sony promised more. Well so did MS. I'm not taking away anything from what MS has accomplished, a solid place as number 2 in the American Household, a feat by no means a small task, but I feel they really need to concentrate on what makes a great game, and THEN add amazing graphics...ya know, like they did with Halo. They promised severe quality control and I feel that they let people down, and another thing that MS has doen to start irking me is that EVERY game title I buy now comes with 2 months free of XBL. It's literally whoring itself out to people. If you want it you know about it and you get it, don't include 5 flyers telling me about the great-ness of online gaming. Most people know about XBL already so advertise on the games, inform the retailers about new stuff, don;t clutter up my box and make my manual for the game a three page booklet on what to do then put another 20 pages about how live works.

And on a quick side note I also don't like Rainbow 6 3 for one reason. Everytime the game loads up it tries to make a XBL account, how friggin annoying.