Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Many have said simply that the Wii library *isn't* better than the PS2 library. Which, although it's a matter of opinion, is almost certainly a majority opinion among consumers (probably would have to poll PS2 owners at end-of-PS2-gen vs Wii owners now, or maybe only those who owned both). Review statistics also back it up. Yeah, it's opinion. But saying Wii library > PS2 library, at this point, is laughable. |
The PS2 still should have a better library than the Wii being that it is a much older system that received the bulk of the industry's support for twice as long as the Wii has been around for ...
Now, since the XBox 360 was released (and the industry on the whole moved towards "Next Generation" development) there has been very few particularly noteworthy games released on the PS2; and for (roughly) 2 years the PS2's release line-up has been made up almost entirely of the same licenced shovelware that so many PS2/PS3 fans bash for being released on the Wii ... In other words, the PS2's line-up is great if you're looking to play 5 year old games that are hard to find (because they're not being made anymore) but it isn't a great console if you're looking for newer games.
With that said ...
I don't think Sony could really convert the PS2 into a Wii competitor being that there is no way that the PS2 will be able to keep up with the quantity or quality of titles that will be released from now on, and the PS2's sales will drop to (essentially) 0 over the next couple of years. What Sony could be successful at would be to get the PS2 to sell well enough that it can continue to offset their losses from the PS3 until they can reduce its manufacturing costs enough, and increase its software sales enough, so that they can return to profitability before they have to put a lot more money into their next generation hardware.
