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<blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 1116732" data-attributes="member: 1207">Yeah, the first year of PS2 sales came mostly on hype and anticipation of games to come.&nbsp; Their initial batch of titles were all pretty bland, save for SSX.&nbsp; There wasn't any competition to stop them, save for the &quot;too little, too late&quot; Dreamcast*.*The glaring lack of EA support certainly helped in delivering the death blow to Sega as hundreds of thousands of Madden-ites ditched or overlooked the DC, instead flocking to the PS2.I also agree, to an extent.&nbsp; Admittedly, I'd prefer to see two major players rather than three.&nbsp; With three consoles on the market the AAA exclusives get spread thin, ports are likely to be sloppier, and middleware (which I'm generally not a fan of) becomes even more popular among developers.&nbsp; The way things stand now, I've been on the fence for a long time about getting an XBOX or PS2, though I'm not sure which way to go, and I'd rather not shell out the cash (or living room space) for both.&nbsp; Not to mention I still have to feed my PC gaming habits...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ristamar, post: 1116732, member: 1207"] Yeah, the first year of PS2 sales came mostly on hype and anticipation of games to come. Their initial batch of titles were all pretty bland, save for SSX. There wasn't any competition to stop them, save for the "too little, too late" Dreamcast*. *[i]The glaring lack of EA support certainly helped in delivering the death blow to Sega as hundreds of thousands of Madden-ites ditched or overlooked the DC, instead flocking to the PS2.[/i] I also agree, to an extent. Admittedly, I'd prefer to see two major players rather than three. With three consoles on the market the AAA exclusives get spread thin, ports are likely to be sloppier, and middleware (which I'm generally not a fan of) becomes even more popular among developers. The way things stand now, I've been on the fence for a long time about getting an XBOX or PS2, though I'm not sure which way to go, and I'd rather not shell out the cash (or living room space) for both. Not to mention I still have to feed my PC gaming habits... [/QUOTE]

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