| rajendra82 said: If you like videogames, you are crazy to pick the XBox 360 as the definitive console of the decade ahead of PS2. Yes the 360 is a good console, but is going to end up in second or third place by the time the generation ends. The PS2 on the other hand actually dominated nearlly the whole decade, and helped the parent company go under. It is the essense of gaming this decade. |
The 360 has done tons more for gaming than the ps2 ever did, the only things the ps2 did was bring a dvd player to a gaming console and also had a huge selection of games, it didn't do anything to "define" gaming,
The 360 bought online console gaming into the mainstream for the first time (xbox was testing the waters, the 360 made it mainstream), friends lists, voice chat, video chat, party chat, game invites, cross game chat, a superb online community (only possible on pc before), game downloads, game addons, themes, arcade games, indie games, complete dash updates never done before, achivements, rep system, match making, the biggest console online community with the most paying customers, then you got movie rentals, netflix, sky player, facebook, twitter, lastfm apps, the new 1080P instant streaming,
Then you got the hardware, 720P/1080P HD gaming in your living room (a first for a gaming console), wireless controls as standard, hard drive addons, different sku's, then you have the upcoming natal which once again will help shape the future of gaming for the next generation.
And you seriously think the PS2 did more or had a bigger impact lmao, most of the features the 360 bought to the table is now standard in console gaming, e.g, online play, achivements/trophies, game patches, dash updates, game downloads, arcade games, custom music, wireless controls as standard etc, this is now the standard in console gaming and was made possible by the 360 (and the original xbox to a certain degree)
