Since backwards compatibility in some capacity is pretty standard these days, I tend to skip consoles. I had an N64 so I didn't get a ps1 which I knew could have backwards compatiblity in later systems and if not, could pick it up then anyway cheap. I got a ps2 about a year after it came out and played all ps1 games for a good year (excluding dark cloud which was the only half decent game on the ps2 for a loooong time) I played a ton of older ps1 games like the final fantasys and such. Then About when FFX came out I started to buy ps2 games.
Soon as I have the cash, I'll pick up a wii and play twilight princess and a TON of gamecube titles I've wanted to play over the entire console cycle.
Since I've completely trashed the entire ps2 lineup already. That's right, I've played every game that got better than an average score from most places and just about every RPG thanks to gamefly. Most I didn't finish, and some I totally pwned.
I'm not too worried that sony won't be making consoles in the next cycle, as I don't expect to see ANY good games on the thing. But if there are some (FF13 perhaps?) I'll pick it up after sony dies in a couple years.
I fully expect sony to ruin themselves in the next few years. They might still exist, but they will have damaged their clout so much that no one will trust them again. With Blu-ray and Ps3 failures on the horizon, not to mention a few other key potential failures in their PC and phone lines. I'm saying goodbye to sony. I don't trust them anymore.
I'll never own an xbox, just on principal. Xbox never had a single game on it I wanted to play that didn't come out on the PC (sept maybe halo 2 and it isn't worth the cost of the the entire system) And none of the games on the 360 appeals to me either.
So yeah. If you wanna pick up a ps2, now is a good time. Hit the entire back-cat and there are at least 50 must play games and another 500 ones worth bothing to find.
Soon as I have the cash, I'll pick up a wii and play twilight princess and a TON of gamecube titles I've wanted to play over the entire console cycle.
Since I've completely trashed the entire ps2 lineup already. That's right, I've played every game that got better than an average score from most places and just about every RPG thanks to gamefly. Most I didn't finish, and some I totally pwned.
I'm not too worried that sony won't be making consoles in the next cycle, as I don't expect to see ANY good games on the thing. But if there are some (FF13 perhaps?) I'll pick it up after sony dies in a couple years.
I fully expect sony to ruin themselves in the next few years. They might still exist, but they will have damaged their clout so much that no one will trust them again. With Blu-ray and Ps3 failures on the horizon, not to mention a few other key potential failures in their PC and phone lines. I'm saying goodbye to sony. I don't trust them anymore.
I'll never own an xbox, just on principal. Xbox never had a single game on it I wanted to play that didn't come out on the PC (sept maybe halo 2 and it isn't worth the cost of the the entire system) And none of the games on the 360 appeals to me either.
So yeah. If you wanna pick up a ps2, now is a good time. Hit the entire back-cat and there are at least 50 must play games and another 500 ones worth bothing to find.