PS2 more "PC\'ish" than Xbox

I think it\'s pretty ironic how PS2 fanboys always referred to Xbox as being a small PC and whatnot. But in reality PS2 is far more a mini-PC than Xbox, as PS2 will have Internet browsing, email, AOL deals, realplayer, Flash, DVD playback out of the box, keyboard, mouse, USB, printers, cameras, Firewire etc. MS on the other hand is stressing quite hardly that Xbox is a game machine, not a PC. That\'s why it can only play games and the DVD playback is an option.

Pretty ironic huh?

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by Samwise
I think it\'s pretty ironic how PS2 fanboys always referred to Xbox as being a small PC and whatnot. But in reality PS2 is far more a mini-PC than Xbox, as PS2 will have Internet browsing, email, AOL deals, realplayer, Flash, DVD playback out of the box, keyboard, mouse, USB, printers, cameras, Firewire etc. MS on the other hand is stressing quite hardly that Xbox is a game machine, not a PC. That\'s why it can only play games and the DVD playback is an option.

Pretty ironic huh?

Thank you Sam.

Sam\'s post proves on thing about PS2 central... You don\'t have to kiss ass and be a PS2 fanboy to be a Moderator.


I have said the exact same thing everytime someone refers to the Xbox as a computer. Now with the new partnerships Sony has announced, it is even closer to a computer then before.  I mean, if you want a game console that shows no aspects of the "computer", then go for Nintendo which is stressing itself as a entertainment company, nothing more. MS is aiming for the same thing.

Sony on the other hand, call the Ps2 a "computer entertainment system". I don\'t think this is a bad thing, but it pretty much blows the Ps2 fanboy line--"The xbox is just a scaled down PC"--out of the water.

Now with the Square / Disney RPG, Naughty Dog\'s "Jax and Daxter", oh and the BRitney Spears DVD game, the fanboys can\'t even call Nintendo\'s system a "kiddie system".

THe truth finally comes out:D

"There were also indications that the hardware is not entirely stable yet - a crash during Nightcaster revealed a familiar looking PC boot screen, and a Microsoft representative explained that the memory configuration on the floor models was different than that of the final version."

Nuff said!

Fastson, did you see my earlier post about final PS2 games crashing on final PS2 hardware? You (and everyone else) is only mentioning these problems with the unfinished games on development kits because it\'s MS. Sony isn\'t better it seems - when their games can crash on finished hardware. So, perhaps you shouldn\'t be so quick to point your fingers.

Nuff said!

Sammy, I think you missunderstood me..

You said "PS2 is more PC-ish than Xbox!"
This is what this topic is about, right??

"a crash during Nightcaster revealed a familiar looking PC boot screen , "
 
PC BOOT screen..
PC in a box, thats Xbox!
(j/k)

PS2 aint a PC!

PS2 is 100% a game console.
But SONY gives you the option to add extra stuff, like internet, Real Player, Cameras ect.
Its up to YOU!

I bought PS2 for the games.

EDIT: All systems crash, my PS2 has crashed about 4 times.
Twice in SSX (ahola ice jam) and twice in Rayman (the ice boss!)

But not in any other games
My PC crashes about 30 times a day!

What\'s the X-box\'s processor? A pentium. Exactly.
GPU? A modified GeForce 3. Exactly.

Emotion Engine + Sony\'s GS does not equal pc components. Don\'t mean to start a flame war, but those are the reasons ppl accuse the xbox of being pc-ish.

I\'m probably getting one, so I couldn\'t care less.

- dm
- the trick is to keep breathing.

Originally posted by datamage
What\'s the X-box\'s processor? A pentium. Exactly.
GPU? A modified GeForce 3. Exactly.

Emotion Engine + Sony\'s GS does not equal pc components. Don\'t mean to start a flame war, but those are the reasons ppl accuse the xbox of being pc-ish.

I\'m probably getting one, so I couldn\'t care less.

- dm
- the trick is to keep breathing.

Yes, I am aware of that. But despite those \'PC components\' Xbox won\'t have all those PC\'ish options that PS2 has - i.e. almost all the things I mentioned earlier. But to be honest I don\'t really care about the insides of the Xbox - I only care about the games it\'ll deliver, and in that regard I can\'t be anything but positive.

[BizioEE]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip



Now with the Square / Disney RPG, Naughty Dog\'s "Jax and Daxter", oh and the BRitney Spears DVD game, the fanboys can\'t even call Nintendo\'s system a "kiddie system".

Give me a break Living-In-Clip...Jak and Daxter is attractive not only for children...and the fact that developers will make games for each "age-band" doesn\'t mean PS2 is a kiddy-console like Nintendo\'s one!

Nintendo has a different Target(Younger market)

Nintendo has a different Target(Younger market)

You\'re half right.  They do have a target market... "Gamers."

If GC is for kids, then Xbox is a PC, and PS2 is nothing but a jaggy machine...

-Eik

[nO-One]

True true.

But hardware wise the X-Box is more PC-ish.
But why is that a bad thing?I love PC\'s

How can a partnership denote PC qualities?  AOL has lots of 56k connections up, hell, they outnumber broadband users as a company themselves practically, and lots of people who use AOL may love to on the PS2... and lets also not forget that flash websites, such as MS\'s X-Box website, and many others cannot be viewed by systems without the plugins.  A partnership with these two companies means that more people will be open to both surfing the web with a PS2 and cruising more websites.  I know a lot of people who used a DC with a VGA adapter just to surf the web, but complained because they couldn\'t view certain pages.

Then of course there\'s RealPlayer for streaming videos... I personally hate RP and wish it to the depth of hell... but that\'s just my opinion of course

In any case, having companies support your system to make surfing the web an easy task can\'t be a bad thing.  We all love to play games online, but I also do a lot more with my BB connectionthen play CS, B&W and a few others.  You may call it "PC-ish" sammy, but I call it tools for the enviornment.

believe at this current moment that PS2 is more PC with all the new options that will come but i bet when Xbox finally gets its Online up and going it will have plenty of these options

but hell no one sould argue whether the PS2 is like a PC - i mean come on Sony even calls it a "Home COMPUTER Entertainment System" or something like that

Samwise where the **** are you getting your info from?how the hell do you know what the Xbox is going to have and what it isnt?alot of the new PCish things for the PS2 are for the internet,the things you require to view the web properly these days,and i am very happy that sony,has these deals wrapped up.
My views of you as a mod have really gone down,i carnt believe you started a thread like this!!!!!!!