Blah blah blah!!! Those percentages are just a bunch of BS. Think about it, if the power of the PS2 is comletely unknown, then how can they derive a percentage.
Oh, and the thing Zavijava said about MGS2 only using 30% of the known power of the PS2, I don\'t know where you read that, but that is a bunch of crap. That\'s just a number derived probably from someone who thinks the PS2 is going to have a set number at like 20 million polies a second or something close to that...and guess what, we don\'t know what the PS2 can max out at.
The real truth of it is the max amount of polygons your going to get out of a system is going to waver. For instance, let\'s say you used all of the PS2\'s power for a Waverace type game. A large chunk of that power will be used for physics calculations (given the flexibility of the system), and then the rest will be used for other various things, one being polygons, obviously. Now, let\'s take a side-scrolling, um...let\'s say......Castlevania game and make it use the full power of the PS2. It won\'t need a bunch of power for physics calculations or other various things that take up some power. So, the backgrounds could be packed with massive amuonts of polygons. Probably more then any other game on the system. Why? Because it has more power to.
My whole point was that when people start nearing the usage of the full power of the ps2, the games are just going to vary in which uses more. It will all be based probably on what type of game it is, or what element are emplemented in the game.
So all this talk about percentages and such is just a bunch of BS. No one really knows. And, while they are estimates, people just really don\'t know. Why don\'t you go ask a programmer over at ND or Square. I\'m sure they\'ll have a much more educated guess at the true power left in the PS2 to be tapped. I mean, they\'re the ones actually working with the system and seem to be getting some of the most out of it.
Although, just to finish this, Jak and Daxter looks great and I\'m sure this wil end up in my game collecction when it comes out, unless of course it sucks, but doubtful. I do agree that we still have a little bit to go before we see what the PS2 can really do. I don\'t really care all that much though, I\'m happy with the graphics now. Just as long as the gameplay is fun. But hey, better graphics can just make an already amazing game even better, right!?