Is the PS2 losing it\'s famous franchises?

PS2 already has lost Metal Gear Solid 2 as an exclusive, what\'s next? Final Fantasy? Are we going to be left with games like Jak and Daxter in the end? Sure they are fun and very good, but it isn\'t as deep and compeling as MGS2.

Don\'t get me wrong, games like Jak and Daxter are great but it doesn\'t give an image of a mature system. What new games are there to wait for now? I heard, DMC2 is not a PS2 exclusive. Rachet and Clank(sp?) doesn\'t interest me... If there is a MGS3, it probably will be out for XBOX, too. I\'m worried about the PS2 actually failing, knowing that the XBOX has Project EGO, Unreal Championship, Halo 2(possibly), Dead to Rights, Enclave, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Doom 3 as exclusives, will we have any chance of winning with Final Fantasy X/XI, Timesplitter 2, Ratchet and Clank?


What else does the PS2 have in the future?

Originally posted by Soul Reaver

Don\'t get me wrong, games like Jak and Daxter are great but it doesn\'t give an image of a mature system. What new games are there to wait for now? I heard, DMC2 is not a PS2 exclusive. Rachet and Clank(sp?) doesn\'t interest me... If there is a MGS3, it probably will be out for XBOX, too. I\'m worried about the PS2 actually failing, knowing that the XBOX has Project EGO, Unreal Championship, Halo 2(possibly), Dead to Rights, Enclave, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Doom 3 as exclusives, will we have any chance of winning with Final Fantasy X/XI, Timesplitter 2, Ratchet and Clank?


What else does the PS2 have in the future?

i cant believe you think they ps2 may fail....even if it sells only 10 million more consoles for the next 3 years its not going to fail....

you forgot gran turismo 4 gta4, and who says those x box exclusives might not end up on ps2?

Don\'t worry about it; it\'s the industry now.  Why do you care so much?  Get an xbox, then all your fears will subside and you\'ll have the best of both.

BTW, Timesplitters 2 is going to xbox too.

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Project EGO, Unreal Championship, Halo 2(possibly), Dead to Rights, Enclave, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Doom 3 .
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Dead to Rights I think is only 6 months exclusive.

So far Sega has resisted porting anything except sports so I don\'t know, but there\'s no telling.  There have been rumours of Enclave being multiplatform--so it\'s probably a time one too.

I doubt Ego, UC, or Doom will ever go to PS2.

Halo obviously has no chance.

It does look like Xbox is picking up some steam.  Third party developers are starting to notice and MS looks to have a decent round of 1st party developers.  That coupled with an attractive, yet not very accessible, online plan is making Xbox look better by the day.

It does look as if Sony might be losing a little bit of their edge.  Their first party efforts have been mediocore at best, but who\'s to blame them?  Third parties practically carried them the whole way through the PSX era.  Having a formidable group of first and second party developers likely wasn\'t very high on the priority list...

Securing properties like Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, etc. will be more than enough to keep up with the competition...for now.

does it really matter than games will become exclusive to one console.  I mean sony already killed Sega, then Microsoft and Sony killed nintendo.  Lets all get along and have a communistic fricking gaming community....but seriously lets not.  But all good games shouldnt be limited to one console only.

Originally posted by square_marker
does it really matter than games will become exclusive to one console...

What made you decide what system(s) to purchase?

I mean sony already killed Sega, then Microsoft and Sony killed nintendo.

Not sure what you mean here...

did someone say communist?

Originally posted by Ginko


Not sure what you mean here...

nintendo released that the gamecube would be there last console.



plus, if a game is a great seller like GTA3 or somehting, then it should be released on all consoles, why not, it would pull in more sales that way, plus there isnt anything unique to the game that could limit it to one console such as online play.

Originally posted by square_marker


nintendo released that the gamecube would be there last console.

? When, why, are they taking the Sega route?  Or are you just talking some poop?

plus, if a game is a great seller like GTA3 or somehting, then it should be released on all consoles, why not, it would pull in more sales that way, plus there isnt anything unique to the game that could limit it to one console such as online play.

If every game were on every console, there wouldn\'t be a point in having 3 consoles=no competition=videogame market would go into a slump.  Or at least I think so, someone else could probably tell it better...

Originally posted by Ginko


If every game were on every console, there wouldn\'t be a point in having 3 consoles=no competition=videogame market would go into a slump.  Or at least I think so, someone else could probably tell it better...

ok you got a point....im just sick of spending all of this money.


BTW i heard that info on this extended play show that is shown on techtv.  They have a tie with http://www.videogames.com so its legit.

While I wouldn\'t go so far as to put it past Nintendo...I\'m going to say that\'s not true.

Industry shattering news such as that would have been all over the web...every videogame forum would be in fiery chaos by now.

true, but i could have sworn it....maybe it was brought up by a nintedo offical......maybe not put into action just yet perhaps?  Although this news does create for new disscussion.

whispers

Best not to drag this out any further...Eiksirf and Blade might be lurking around! 0_o

tiptoes away

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forgot!

I\'m confused, Nintendo going third party???  Not this generation.  They\'re not dead yet, they still have a decent crowd in their favor.  Excluding mm...