Sell me on getting a console.

[LightPhoenix]

I'd have to say the same for PS2 for gaming online when compared to a PC.

In fact, you had to say it three times.

I'll disagree though - X-Box, much more than the PS2 or GC, was specifically designed for online play. Basically, Microsoft took a PC and stripped it down, using only one specific configuration of components. That's going to be vastly better for online play than the PS2 and GC, which were never developed with the intent of online play in mind, IMO.

 

[DanMcS]

The difference between console gaming and PC gaming isn't a product of the technology, it's a product of the design decisions made by the developer. You can play console games on a PC. I've never seen a good implementation of a PC game on a console, though. Perhaps it's due to the lack of input options.

Doom had an excellent port to, um, playstation or N64, something back in that era anyway, I was still in highschool, so 96ish; I had played Doom on a PC, but it actually seemed better on the console. Doom was 2d (pseudo-3d), so I'm not sure how later games that are truly 3d compare on a consolve vs keyboard/mouse interface, but Halflife has versions for both PC and console, I believe, and Halo and a number of other 1st personish shooters are console-only and are quite popular.

Other games not in that genre seem to fare worse; simcity (2000, I think), had a version for a console, and I cannot possibly see how that would have been playable, there's too many little things to twiddle to make that game go, and doing it with a game controller would have been the height of tedium.

I currently use a PS2, and it's good for arcade type games, my current favorites are GTA and the Devil May Cry games. My computer gets used for different types, like halflife, starcraft, simcity, etc. The only problem with my PS2 is that I really want to play Crimson Skies, and it's XBox only. Release a PS2 version, you rats!

 

[Welverin]

The only problem with my PS2 is that I really want to play Crimson Skies, and it's XBox only. Release a PS2 version, you rats!

It's a Microsoft game, you don't actually think they'd release it on some one elses system do you?

FPS have only become reasonably good on the current generation of consoles.

p.s. Half-life was released for the PS2, a DC version was in development, and rumored to have been finished, but never released.

 

[DanMcS]

It's a Microsoft game, you don't actually think they'd release it on some one elses system do you?

Listen, you, stop crapping on my wild-blue-yonder dreams of interoperability and gaming goodness.

They could at least release a PC version of it. I have one of those. I refuse to buy a XBox just to play Crimson Skies. And that BuffytVS game. I hear Halo is really good, too. Wait, no, I refuse to buy an XBox just to play those three games. And they're coming out with a Halo 2 already. Rrrrrrrrrr. Four games.

 

[Welverin]

They could at least release a PC version of it. I have one of those. I refuse to buy a XBox just to play Crimson Skies. And that BuffytVS game. I hear Halo is really good, too. Wait, no, I refuse to buy an XBox just to play those three games. And they're coming out with a Halo 2 already. Rrrrrrrrrr. Four games.

Well I'll go in the order you mention them and add one more.

Microsoft also made a Crimson Skies game for the PC back in 2000 a search at Gamespot, Gamefaqs, or Gamerangkings will net you some reviews to see if it's worthwhile .

BtVS Chaos Bleeds is a multiplatform game so you can get that one, even if you can't play the first one.

Halo is already out for the PC, and Halo 2 will eventually make there as well.

SW:KotOR is also out for the PC.

And while I'm at it I'll also mention that Beyond Good & Evil is $20 or less right now (pretty much every platform), and if you buy Prince of Persia the Sands of Time for the PC or any of the home consoles you also get Splinter Cell for free (for the same system). So go buy them and support good games!