How are they not competing with the Wii? the PS2 and Wii share development on a lot of titles (since they do indeed have similar capabilities) like RE4 for both, Manhunt 2 for both, Okami for both ect. Also as a value proposition the PS2 still does very well vs the next gen consoles.
Soon after the next gen launches the PS2 was still number 1 from time to time, and was consistently ahead of the 360 through a lot of last year even (worldwide). I mean look at holiday 2008, the PS2 sold a million consoles in december despite being nearly a decade old with no price drop. It also had a good number of million sellers released in 2008 (including games unique to the PS2 that continue to be made).
That the PS2 is well over 100 million now and still going strong is pretty impressive. I wouldn't be surprised to see it at 150 million before its done.
Really, other then the controller (which doesn't matter for things like music games which are a lot of the big sellers) whats the difference between the Wii and PS2? the graphics are a little better on the Wii, but I would say God of War 2 or FFXII compares to the best the Wii has to offer so thats not a huge difference. The games certainly aren't better, especially if you haven't been playing the PS2 for a decade (and so haven't yet tried the God of War games, Gran Turismo 4, Final Fantasy X ect ect)... I mean there are some advantages to the Wii, but at 99 bucks the PS2 is an easy impulse buy now.
If you're looking at family buyers without much money to spend and they see Guitar Hero and Rock Band on both the Wii and the PS2 (with the PS2 150 bucks less) do you think noone will pick the PS2?
The difference between the PS2 and the Gamecube is the PS2 won and had all the good games, the gamecube was jsut trying to clear stock.
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