PLAYSTATION 2 vs XBOX vs GAMECUBE !

[supremelord]

Please state any reasons why you chose that console to be the best in your opinion !

P.S.
And what would you rather buy in the future a PS3, XBOX 2 or a Gamecube 2 ?

Sorry dudes if i sound a little bit silly but i can't wait for them to come out, espicially the PS3 looks very promising indeed in terms of very high specs and games ... ;D

[darkschneider]

Dreamcast

[RoninBuddha]

i choose D) NONE OF THE ABOVE.

Why? well basically im not in it for HI SPECS or UBER-GFX or NEWEST-GAME ever... i choose a console for its QUALITY GAMES.

I owned BOTH a PS2 and Xbox, but i sold them cuz i WAS NOT happy with the games coming out, and the ONLY game i ever botherd to even play on the XBOX was DOA3 and DOAXVB, but still hve respect for PS2, but there still aint a real reason for me to buy a ps2 again...

to be honest, i kinda hate "NEXT-GEN" gaming bcuz the new games coming out doesnt have a "soul" only a "beautiful body".. get my point?

to this day, i recognize the Dreamcast, PS1, NGeo and SNES as the best consoles for me, sure it doesnt have the "BEST GFX" or the "HIGHEST SELLING GAMES", but thier games are simply... GREAT

darkschneider said:

Dreamcast

HELL YEAH!

Also, I would like to quote OPCGF:

Long before there was ultra-super-duper-128-bit-polygon-video-capture, hardware hype, wEiRd TyPe, pointless game ratings, E3, SCREAMING GUYS in ads, Virtual Reality, cliches like "in your face" and "it's the ultimate", 360 degree roto-scope-rhetoric from self righteous reviewers, CD-this, 3-D that, multi-million-dollar TV commercials tainted with TOILET humor...
...there was fun.

[Raiken]

Ps2 because I like the roster of games for it.

[Daaren]

Dreamcast beats them all !!!
But if i have to choose, i choose the PS2 cause there's too much interesting games one it and i hate Microsoft (still i have a xbox) and there aren't a lot of good games on the GC

[supremelord]

I have owned a xbox and sold it for the crap and shity games that were on it and all the new games still till now being released for it are CRAP!!!. Then i brought a PS2 and it's excellantly AWESOME!!!.

World Reknowned games which is only on the PS2, games include the Finest & best Final Fantasy(ff9, ffx, ffx-2) series, The king of fighters series (kof2000,kof2001,kof2002) and many other true <GAMES OF THE AGES.>

By these games i am referring to the now age consoles not the past. U will never find a final fantasy game on a xbox. Or a King Of Fighters game on an xbox, gamecube etc ...

Like i know about the past that Neogeo kicks ass and so those PS1 and Dreamcast and the snes and all the other consoles too. But i am referring to the new age consoles only, not the Beauty of the past. But rather the Beauty Of The Future.

[RoninBuddha]

i dont expect much from the future, i think the DarkAges of videogame history is still yet to come

[hullcityfcmad]

i refuse to vote 4 any of them..........dreamcast rules!!!
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[JJg@m3r]

i voted for ps2 coz of the games like FF series,tekken, u name it. i dont like xbox that much coz of it is lacking of good games like rpg's but i like its features. Gamecube;on the other hand, have some good games in it but it is lacking of features. Also i like gamecube's portable size. i also like Dreamcast espeacialy the games but since sega stop producing games, i got bored with my DC and sold it to Buddha_kun.

[sukotsuto]

PS2 4 me since it has a variety of games i like

though gamecube comes in 2nd since i like Nintendo games too

[supremelord]

Heres a little information on the up-coming PS3 Game Console ... It literally is a supercomputer on a little chip.

Heres the whole article below;



Courtesy of Gamespot.com



PlayStation 3 chip nears completion


Cell, a radical new processor designed by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, could enter production in 2004.

Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony, and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip called "Cell." The new multimedia processor, touted as a "supercomputer on a chip," is well on its way to completion, IBM says. The chip could end up inside the PlayStation 3, and elements of its design will be seen in future server chips from IBM.

Cell has nearly "taped out"--an industry term meaning that the chip's pen-and-paper design and layout have been completed. Soon the design will be handed over to engineers in manufacturing, who will craft samples. Meanwhile, engineers have been testing various subelements of the processor, both separately and together, before the manufacturing unit connects them inside actual Cell chips. At this rate, commercial production of Cell could begin as soon as the end of 2004.

While details remain vague, Cell will differ from existing microprocessors in that it will have multiple personalities. The chip will not only perform the heavy computational tasks required for graphics, but it also will contain circuitry to handle high-bandwidth communication and run multiple devices, sources say. This multifaceted approach is possible because a single chip will contain multiple processing cores (hence the name "Cell"). Communications features expected to be in the chips will also allow devices to form powerful, peer-to-peer-like networks, some analysts believe.

While the processor's design is still under wraps, the companies say Cell's capabilities will allow it to deliver 1 trillion calculations per second (teraflop) or more of floating-point calculations. It will have the ability to do north of 1 trillion mathematical calculations per second, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz.

Cell will likely use between four and 16 general-purpose processor cores per chip. A game console might use a chip with 16 cores, while a less complicated device like a set-top box would have a processor with fewer, said Peter Glaskowsky, editor in chief of influential industry newsletter Microprocessor Report. Some of these cores might perform computational functions, while others could control audio or graphics. But not everyone thinks this approach is groundbreaking, given that some processors already use inter-chip multiprocessing. "I just don't see that Cell is revolutionary, except in its marketing impact," Glaskowsky said.

While Cell's hardware design might be difficult, it's creating software for the chip that will be the trickiest part of establishing it in the market. "It's going to take an enormous amount of software development," said Richard Doherty, analyst with Envisioneering. "We believe the chip architecture is going to be on time and ahead of the software wizardry that is going to really make it get up and dance."

Furthermore, creating an operating system and set of applications that can take advantage of the Cell's multiprocessing and peer-to-peer computing capabilities will be the key to determining if Cell will be successful, he said.

Knowing this, the three chip partners have so far set a goal of crafting Cell as a system, creating an operating system and application software alongside the Cell hardware. Cell's designers are engineering the chip to work with a wide range of operating systems, including Linux.

But the chip triumvirate is also developing a purpose-built Cell operating system and applications, which Cell's developers will use to test the chip's various features, such as its multimedia-processing capabilities. They are also likely to form the basis of a Cell software development kit and also the Cell OS and applications for end devices, such as game systems, sources said.

While much of the work on Cell is complete, there's still a lot left to do. Together, the hardware and software teams will continue testing the chip's inner workings. The last stage of development work, which still lies ahead, includes completing circuit layout and then eventually testing actual sample chips.

IBM is expected to begin manufacturing Cell as soon as 2004 or possibly early 2005. But Jim Kahle, director of broadband processor technology and a research Fellow at IBM, confirmed only that the Cell project is on track to meet its 2005 release schedule, which was set forth at its initial announcement. The rest of the chip's schedule is a secret, at least for now, he said.

By John G. Spooner, News.com [POSTED: 08/06/03 11:08 AM]

[supremelord]

btw did u guys know that Samurai Shodown 5 is only coming out on the PS2 and Neo Geo game consoles ... ?

Just lettin u guys know thas all ... ;D

[hullcityfcmad]

felt sorry for the gamecube so i voted for it!!!
hullcityfcmad

[supremelord]

lol Hullcityfcmad ... in spite of ur vain attempt PS2 is still winning

hehehe nice try though .... ;D

[hullcityfcmad]

not for long...im gonna register a load of new accounts just so the ps2 loses
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