"1: Internet Ability. Today the interenet is a crucial part to all video games. It alows for purpetual play again people, without the hassle of inviting them over."
Crucial? Hardly. I will admit that it is popular, and can even be quite enjoyable, but when you say it's crucial to all video games, I tend to believe you're wrong. Especially, when most PS2 games don't have internet support.
"2: Design. The design of the PS2 matches that of other electronic midia. Unlike the Game-Cube and X-Box which are bolbus cubes. Rather the a sleak rectangle."
Heh, if I recall, Nintendo Power said just the opposite with their list. It's personal opinion. When I moved into my college dorm, I found Nintendo's "bulbus[sic] cube" design, and "sporty handle" very much more desirable than my "sleak[sic] rectangle's" surface area. I like the GCN's design, as much, or more than the PS2. Invalid.
"3: Backwards compatability. Neither Game-Cube nor X-Box can play past systems. All playstation games every are playable on this 1 system. So chuck the old one, to by the new one. Then still play old games! How much more finicialy sound can you be?"
True. The backwards compatibility is a very nice feature. However, if we're going to be talking strictly in financial matters, what need was there to sell your old system when the GCN was over $100 cheaper to begin with?
"4: DVD/CD Playbility. Nothing sucks more than getting a CD with your game, then finding out your system can't handle it. And on those camping trips when you're out in the cabins with an old crap TV, why bring two systems in your lugage, when your trust PS2 is at hand? The PS2 can hanlde 4 midea realms. PS2, PS1, DVD, CD. How many can the Game-Cube and X-Box handle? Oviously the PS2 has the most functionality."
Yes, this is one of the biggest arguments out there for in favor for the PS2. It's a nice feature, again, but it still has little worth in terms of gaming, you know, the reason you bought the system.
"5: The controler? If it aint broke, why fix it? Who else has noticed how great the SNES controler was? It was perfect in its time. So why not just add 2 Joy-sticks, and another L and R, rename y,x,a,b, to square circle triangle and X and you got yourself a 3-D SNES controler, PS1 and PS2. Unlike the X-Box the overload you with far too amny buttons, and the gamecube who's A is five time's the size as it's B. What the heck kind of porptioning is that? Trust PS2, all 4 basic button are the same size, and easy to remember where."
If it isn't broken, why fix it. With that sort of mentality we wouldn't even have a PS2. Or PSX, or GCN, or X-box, or SNES, or NES. But, this is about controllers.
The SNES controller, you claim, wasn't broken. And I agree. Yet, by that philosophy, the PSX/2 went ahead and "fixed" it anyway. By adding Joy-sticks (After the N64 established that, might I add), and the extra triggers, Sony did, infact, re-invent what already existed.
The GCN controller fits like a glove. I dare say it's the only controller I am able to say that about. If you're having trouble remembering where the buttons are, I'd say you need to leave that Straw man alone.
"6: M-rated games. Lets see, Where is Vice City? Where is Mortal Kombat Deception? MONTHS behind the PS2 and X-Box release. And LOOK! The crappy Game-Cube can't even go online with it! THe first online MK and it can't go one line, HOW LAME! Where is Twisted Metal, oh yes Playstation. How many times have wee seen"For playstation 2 and X-Box," and the Game-Cube is either 3 months behind or not comeing. And if it comes it can't go online and is crap in comparasin. THe only good rated M game for Game-Cube is Eternal Darkness, and I would buy it for PS2 if it was avaiable, heck, it's basicaly the only reason I drag the Game-Cube out now days."
Yes, the PS2 has a wider variety of M-rated games, though none of the games you've listed really help prove your argument -- at least, if you meant good games, but it doesn't really matter. Where the GCN loses in that department, it destroys any competition in the "All Audiences" categories. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Pikmin obliterate any opposition.
"7: Populiarty. Let us be vain and honist for a moment. Who here would honistly go into your High-School and admit openly that you own the kiddy game cube? The Game Boy Empire is strong and vibrant. It has stood the test of time. And many our proud to boast their game-boys. But you'd be laughed out of the room if you bragged about a system the didn't even have Vice-City!!! So, in honisty, isn't video games suposed to be social, how can we be social with a purple system that looks like a box that hardly spills a drop of blood!"
Actually, with my graduating senior class, I found GameCube to be the preferred system out of the three. We held Smash Brothers Tournies, and even on campus, guess which game is the most popular in the "Electronic Gaming Society". Yeah, it was SSBM. No one there is ashamed of liking the GCN. And no one should be.
"8: Easy to develop for? If it's see easy to develop for, how come only Nintendo makes games for it? Is it because it's unpopular to other compainies, because it can't go online, or because everyone just wants to shy away from the "E" rated system with their blood and guns."
I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps it's because Sony offers superior support. I'm not part of the industry, and so, I have no idea about this one.
"9: And how about networking? PS2 can network other PS2's together and have one gaint game, without going online! This always for multiple players in one house, or perhaps even a club to host a jaint play seseion."
And so can the GameCube. And, in my opinion, the GCN has better games for it.
"10: Games for young people. Most people think PS2 is adult only. It's not. It has Spnge Bob and Spiral, and a lot of kick-butt games for the kiddies too. Heck, some of them I like. Every try Kingdom Hearts? Oh wait, yet another game the Game-Cube lacks, sry."
KH was a good game, but the PS2 doesn't have a franchise like Mario. Srry [sic] PS2, you lose this one.
EDIT: Bah, if I had known two others were made, I wouldn't have posted this. But, I guess that's what I get for starting it, and finishing it up later. Meh.
Edited by - Black Mage on 9/23/2004 9:50:57 PM
