@jtsiren

Well, I absolutely loved the Syphon Filter games and I didn't even have a PS1. I need to finish the third one at some point. Horrendous GFX, brilliant shooting action.

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@MikeB

Let's indeed have a look at how PS2 compares to PS3.

Here are PS2 hardware sales next to PS3 hardware sales with launches aligned.
http://www.wuergler.dk/pics/ps2ps3hw.png

As we can see the sales are not very impressive for an established brand name. Remember the PS2 had a troubled launch window like the 360 with far too few units available.

Here are PS2 software sales next to PS3 software sales with launches aligned.
http://www.wuergler.dk/pics/ps2ps3sw.png

Even though there's less of a drop percentagewise from its first month compared to the PS2 numbers, the number of sold games is extremely low compared to how the PS2 fared.

Finally let's see Xbox 360 sales compared to PS3 sales
http://www.wuergler.dk/pics/ps3360hw.png

What's of course worth noting here - and in the numbers Mike looked at above - is that the 360 was flying off shelves as fast as they got there for three or four months after launch, while PS3 hasn't had quite the same shortage issues. Obviously the PlayStation is also by far the biggest brand for mainstream consoles still. That the sales are flat-lining so early with available consoles is IMHO an ominous sign.

It is indeed good for Sony that the PS2 still has a bit of life left in it. This can however be a negative thing in the long run. While people wait for the PS3 to become cheaper, the 360 and Wii will get more and more great games and their prices will drop - and the 360 may well see a new hardware revision in the near future as well. If you had the choice between keeping your PS2 that plays all your PS2 and PS1 games and either paying £199 for a 360 Premium machine that has all the latest and greatest like Halo 3, GTA4, Alan Wake, Bioshock, Virtua Fighter 5, Too Human, Fable 2, Gears of War, Viva Piñata, Armored Core 4, Assassin's Creed, Banjo-Kazooie 3, Blue Dragon, Burnout, Call of Duty 3, Command & Conquer 3, Rain, Crackdown, Culdecept Saga, Dead or Alive 5, Elveon, Eternal Sonata, Forza Motorsport 2, Project Gotham Racing 4, Guitar Hero 2 (with more donwloadable content than any title before it), Halo Wars, Indiana Jones, Kane & Lynch, Lost Odyssey, Ninja Gaiden 2, The Darkness, Sega Rally Evo, Skate, Stranglehold, GRAW2, Two Worlds, Unreal Tournament 3 and many many many more or paying £425 for a machine that will play your old games but lack many of the next gen's most interesting franchises old and new? (There may be quite a few you don't now yet, but you certainly will soon enough)

You get quite a few games for £226.

Data courtesy of vgcharts.org.


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This is why I never really save old game libraries when moving on, even if the new machine is compatible. I would rarely play those old games when new, more spectacular ones are available.

Heretic!

*burns jtsiren*



I've actually picked up lots of titles for Xbox after getting the 360. I bought Ninja Gaiden: Black the other day. It looks pretty awesome in 720p with extra anti-aliasing.

I tend to hold on to my systems and games. I had to stick with my original PSX for playing PlayStation games, because it was modded and I had a load of import games. I also plan to keep the PS2 around as I did the Dreamcast and the rest of my 40 systems. I must admit, however, that I have become shallow too - but in a different way. Whenever I think about picking up one of the games on my older consoles I always think "Hmm no achievements" and put on a 360 game instead - even if it's just an old arcade title.

I think the 360 might just drive me to sell most of my collection sooner or later

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It's based on the .Net Compact Framework 2.0.

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51 pages, many flames, and much of it way OT...thsi threads become yet another clone of Mike's previous PS3 thread(s?). At 51 pages it also distorts the forum thread view for most.

While there's some good info in this thread, it's run it's course. Thread locked. If someone wants to start yet another, go for it. If not...it may or may not be missed, depending on whom you ask

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@Trezzer

Your graphs are IMO confusing, according to 1 graph the PS2 sold in one month 9 Million software copies after 3 months availability in Japan. That sounds a bit much for especially for May 2000.

Comparing XBox 360 vs PS3 hardware sales is simple.

For Japan and the US, after 80 days of availability.

The PS3 sold: 1,670,000 units
The XBox 360 sold: 1,100,000 units

@ Tigger grow up and please don't try to divert this thread further.