I'm new here so I hope I am not asking a question that's been asked a lot. I've noticed a lot of you here enjoy the ps2 and the xbox. Since I am not very wealthy I am trying to decide between the two. I have heard the xbox has a better system and I do like the new controller better than the PS2's. however, ps2 and ps1 have all the best games (xbox plays ps2 & ps1's or ps2 plays xbox's). My decision to get either one will now be based on which one is easier to rig up so it plays the other's games. Can anyone help me with this or point me somewhere online to learn more about this please?
[ November 14, 2003, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: BrianM ]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"My decision to get either one will now be based on which one is easier to rig up so it plays the other's games."
Um.... Assuming that you aren't going to restrict yourself to buying titles available for both PS2 and XBox, I must say that your best bet is to buy both and tape them together, perhaps calling it the "XPSBox2."
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
I'm pretty sure that if you can rig one system to play the other system's games, you can probably also build your own killer robot and destroy Tokyo, which to me makes any video-game-related decision moot.
It really comes down to the "flavor" of game that you like. The PS2 is dominated by Japanese games, and the XBox is dominated by Western games (with a few cross-pollenizations like Ninja Gaiden and Grand Theft Auto). Personally, I would choose on that basis. The XBox's superior hardware is cool, but enjoying the gameplay is what really matters in the end.
But if other factors matter to you, then yes, the XBox is the vastly superior machine. And Sony has a much stronger commitment to backwards-compatibility, which gives them a huge library of games that only gets larger as time goes on.
However, inevitably, most of those games acquired by time will always be dated-looking. It becomes a quality vs quantity issue.
By the way, don't try to hack up your console. Just pay the darn companies for their darn machines. If you must entertain the fantasy that you can do it, then consider this — all cross-platform games must have their specs reduced to fit the much older PS2 hardware. Which means I doubt you could ever get an XBox-only title to run on PS2 hardware, even if everything else were compatible.
[ November 14, 2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: A Rat Named Dog ]
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Geoff, what if you want to pay a Japanese company for their latest-and-greatest game so that you can play it at home, but not wait several months for a US release?
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Then you're obsessive, and you should live in Japan.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Okay, just checking. I personally find Japanese completely incomprehensible and have no desire to learn it.