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Guitarguy on 01 October 2016
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DannyDesario said:
Guitarguy said:


Totally agree. I think we saw Sony get a bit comfortable with the Slim not having any upgrades(except for the stronger Wifi but if you are a serious gamer you would try use ethernet anyway) and taking away the optical port while Microsoft added a UHD blu ray drive and kept all its ports intact except for the native Kinect port. No UHD drive in the Pro still boggles my mind though, I thought Sony would have been all over it but they can make some strange decisions when they are winning like having only 2 controller ports in the PS2 lol.

The PS2 killed it cause of the DVD drive though, even though the Xbox came shortly after, the damage was done taking into account how PS2 streamlined DVDs in Japan and had a great lineup for the holidays that year in North America.  Omitting the UHD BD drive was weird too, but I guess they don't wanna take chances seeing as most of their profit is from the PS brand OVER their film studios (Ghostbusters 3, lol) , meaning they're in an awful place.

Oh definitely, the timing for the DVD drive was perfect. Was perplexed about the 2 controller ports though but ultimately it did not matter as the PS2 sold 150 million units lol. The lineup of exclusive games was amazing. I think we got FFX, MGS2, DMC, GT3, Jak & Daxter, ICO, GTA III and Silent Hill 2. 3 of those were first party and in the fall of 2001.