Originally posted by AznMAC007
PS2 > GCN > XBOX
Its true that the GC lacks 3rd party support but they have a lot of 1st party games that'll stay in the gamecube for months.
PS2 has a lot of cool games but most of their games are bullshit. A lot of PS2's 3rd party games are random, meaning that they will never be a good game, they're just releasing it to brag that they have more games than the GCN and Xbox. Like last night, I went to best buy and browsed through the PS2 aisle and I realized that only a few of the PS2 games were worth buying. Not so with the GCN. When I browsed through Nintendo's games, even though there weren't as many games as the PS2, they had a lot of games worth buying. The ratio of quality games between the GCN and the PS2 is 2:1 IMO.
XBOX, I can only note a few games that I really want and thats Rainbow Six 3. It seems like Microsoft isn't showing much effort to boost XBOX's sales because you know why? They don't need to. They never needed an XBOX, they're a monopoly in the PC martket, why even bother going for the console market? They were ambitious, thats why.
Cliff Note: Quality > Quantity
Games considered worth buying:
PS2: GT4, GTA (bonus pack), Final fantasy X-2, FF XII, MGS3, Socom 2, THUG, SSX3, Time Crisis 3, NFSU
GCN: Mario Kart Double Dash, Mario party 5, new zelda, new mario, starwars rebel strike, F-Zero GX, NFSU
XBOX: Rainbow Six 3, halo 2...
I disagree with most of this comment.
If Quality truly did own Quantity then the sales numbers would show it and 3rd party support would be all over the GC platform.
You are right MSN didnt need the XBX at all but it was an opportunity to push gaming systems to the next level and they did that quite well.
The way the GC the PS2 and the XBX render are all different and unique unto themselves so graphics are going to be different on each platform.....but then graphics aren't anything if the games aren't fun.
Problem with that is each person has their own idea of what a fun game is. Some like FPS, some like RPG, some like Drivers, etc.
I am not nor will not say that one system owns over another because that is just stupid since it is all personal preference and which one deals more with your preferred gaming style.
I did however notice that when you listed the games worth owning for the GC, PS2, and XBX that your list was quite interesting:
Games considered worth buying:
PS2: GT4, GTA (bonus pack), Final fantasy X-2, FF XII, MGS3, Socom 2, THUG, SSX3, Time Crisis 3, NFSU
GCN: Mario Kart Double Dash, Mario party 5, new zelda, new mario, starwars rebel strike, F-Zero GX, NFSU
XBOX: Rainbow Six 3, halo 2...
PS2 you list a lot of FPS games...not the PS2s strong point but it is still acceptable for FPS games, then you listed the standards as well THUG, SSX, NFSU, GT4 which at some point everyone owns a copy of each of some member of those series games.
GC you listed almost exclusively kids games...now NES has always been the masters of kids gaming....but the market has grown in age immensely and they are not keeping up with the times very well. As for the Star Wars games....thats a whole other thread my friend.
XBX you picked it right (although I don't like Halo) but you found where the XBX excels at...FPS games (my favorite style), but you missed some key quality games. Also the one thing I do like with the XBX is that the graphics rendering is consistent through about 80% or better of their games.
Not saying any one of those systems is better just pointing out they are all good within their specialty platforms
