For the Wii's sake, the PS2 must be discontinued this year

[ZenfoldorVGI]

FreeTalkLive said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:
Another way to look at it, is all of the PS2 ports the Wii is getting wouldn't exist at all if it weren't for the PS2.

There might be no:

Rockband Wii
Baroque
Guitar Hero 3
Alone in the Dark
Ghostbusters Wii
Starwars: The Force Unleashed Wii

or many other games if it wasn't for the PS2 sticking around for a little while longer than we all expected.

It's not certain that these games would even be ported to a lower graphical standard if there wasn't more than one system for them to be ported to.

Don't listen to the anti-Wii talking points. The PS2 brings more games to the Wii, that it takes exclusivity away from the Wii. I say, let it go on forever, cause that just means more quality Wii ports.

Guitar Hero 3 Wii is not a PS2 port. To many people (me included) it is the best version of GH3. Of all those games, only Rockband seems like a PS2 port and there is added content.

Of course, you might have been joking :)

I wasn't joking, you missed the point. These games are very similar to their PS2 counterparts. In fact, most of them have their own development studios that are developing the PS2 and Wii version, completely seperate from the 360 and PS3 versions.

If the PS2 didn't exist, those companies might not go to the trouble of hiring a seperate developer to develop a version of the game just for the Wii.

I also own the Wii version of Guitar Hero 3, it's great. Most people take the slightest inadequacy and use it as a reason to degrade one version of a game. No DLC for instance. People that have no interest in Rock Band or the Wii, use no DLC in Wii Rock Band to degrade the Wii version of the game.

I'm saying, basically, the PS2 isn't hurting the Wii as much as you think, and in fact might be helping it in some cases.

 

Who' to say there would even be a Rock Band Wii it there weren't already an easily portable PS2 version? Nobody will say that, that's who.

 

I'm not hoping the PS2 dies. I also think the Wii, could just possibly still do ok if the PS2 stays alive another 12 months, wouldn't you say?