To DOD Poison Xbox Live vs PS2 Online

Just remember nothing is for free. We end up paying for online gaming one way or the other.

Ace

Well one can hope it works out like that.  I would say you are being optimistic about PS2O and pessimistic about XBL.

How do things look when you are pessimistic about PS2O and optimistic about XBL?

Things start to change.  Even disregarding that there are only a dozen or so devs working on online titles for the PS2 and 60 or so for XBL.  Disregard that the services cost the same for the first year and disregard that XBL has an entire community full of features and options.  Even disregarding all those things, the fact is that XBL has dedicated servers running for their games and a fatter pipe.

For someone that is serious about online console gaming, for year one, I can\'t see it as a difficult choice (unless you don\'t have BB, of course).

No I am not really being negative about XBL.  I have a friend who is beta testing it and he says it is as good as MS claims.  My only point is that come time for it to be live there will be problems.  More or less - I am hoping less.  

Sure I am excited about PS2 Online because it is here now.  If you read that as being down on XBL I am sorry because I am not.  This goes back to the ancient topic of console A is better than B.  In my opinion I like multiple systems because the gamer has more choices.  Regardless of what console sells the best, I want XB and GCN to be successful in their own right.  

Speaking of GameCube, why is that Nintendo always lags behind other console manufactures when it comes to enhancements?  This comment has nothing to do with their quality of games, but rather formats they chose to incorporate.  For instance, Nintendo was the last to abandon carts in favor of CD/DVD\'s.  It is also the last to get online - I could be wrong, but they haven\'t set a date yet for a network adapter.  GCN is a very good system, but why does Nintendo like to be last in developing or adapting new technology?  Maybe let the others test the water and see if its successful?  I don\'t know.

Anyway, I am not "down" on XBL Watchdog, just hyped that I have new games to play online right now.

Computer=teh ultimate online machine.

I doubt this will ever change.

Im with this guy. CPU online gaming > ps2+x-box online gaming.


And it will only get better and stay above online video gaming.

Well, I got a Gforce3 given to me (to replace my RageII--long story why I\'m still using it in my 1.7 ghrtz).  Anyway, I borrowed Return ot castle Wolfenstein, Neverwinter Nights, GTA3, Warcraft 3, and Mafia.  I couldn\'t play any of them.  PC games just aren\'t fun anymore.

I\'d rather not play hunched over my keyboard, sitting in a computer chair.  It\'s not natural, and it detracts from the experience.  It\'s a hobby that I enjoy, I want to be comfortable with a controller in my hands.  

Give me my PS2 and Xbox any day, I\'ll take the graphics hit (if any) anyday.

get rid of that milkcrate you sit on and get a nicer chair

I gotta agree with Watchdog on this one.

I can sit in my couch and play console games all day long.

Sitting in my chair for more than a couple hours kills my lower back.  I\'m not sitting on some wooden POS either... it\'s a very nice, expensive chair.

Like Watch said, it doesn\'t feel natural.

Though, I still do play PC games.  Games like WC3 always will be a blast.

just get a gfx card with tv out, works really well for me.
BTW "pc game\'s= teh R0x0rs yer B0x0rs "

get a more comfortable chair

I have a nice chair.  But it\'s not the same.  I hate playing with a mouse an keyboard.  Aside from RTS games, it doesn\'t feel right.  

Any console > PC

[Bobs_Hardware]

WOW

Any console > PC

Take that mm!  This is almost as big as mm calling Sierra bad in front of SonyFan!



I\'m with Watch on this.  Although I do still find PC games fun, it\'s just not the same

Yup, I\'m with Watch on this, too, except for FPS and RTS.

[Titan]

Watch is right. Most of the console games are better but PC will always have better FPS and flight sim games.

so you\'de rather play a FPS shooter with a joypad?

*shudder*

Yes, I\'d rather play with a controller.  We could get better control if they hooked our brains directly up to the consoles, but I wouldn\'t want that either.  A game is meant to be played with a controller.

Barring RTS games, the controller is almost always better, easier and more natural.  I still say the controller is more natural with FPSs, it\'s not easier or more precise, but it\'s more natural (not to mention more comfortable and you don\'t have to worry about tunnel carpel syndrome).  And the most important factor, it\'s more fun to use a controller.

PCs aren\'t meant for games, I hate driver updates, minimum specs, playing the game with low detail so I get get my POS computer to play yet another POS game.

PC games are always buggy, they require patches and updates, they always have cheaters online and they\'re just not worth the trouble most times.  And the playing field isn\'t even with PCs, the disadvantges range from a optical mouse to a bigger monitor, to higher resolutions to better framerates and ping.  At least with consoles, you know everyone is playing with the same stack of cards, and it\'s a fair game.

I\'ll take the hit on precision, to play in my comfy chair, in front of my big TV with a controller in my hands.