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| Kyuu said: You can look at this from a few different angles, If we're to ask ourselves which is the better console to buy today or in the future, counting late ports, and ignoring generational exclusives, the Switch and a few other systems would beat the PS2 comfortably, maybe unless you count backwards compatibility with PS1. Because many if not most classics have been ported and improved on modern consoles. But this wouldn't really be a fair comparison. When you play DMC1 or MGS2 today vs when you first played them in 2001 are completely different experiences. The PS2 had a mindboggling leap in graphics technology and gameplay. It was also the first console to standardize dual sticks, the last groundbreaking hardware feature. Frankly, Switch's 3rd party exclusive library is very weak even when compared to older Nintendo systems. Not Nintendo's fault, it's just the state of a an increasingly multiplatform industry. Even Playstation's 3rd party support sucks if exclusivity is the sole metric. To put things into perspective... The PS2 had 7, and I repeat, SEVEN exclusive Shin Megami Tensei games. Basically, SMT alone puts PS2 well above the entire Switch 3rd exclusive (even when counting timed exclusives like Monster Hunter Rise) library as far as A-AAA games. Fortunately for Nintendo, their first party games can't be played outside their own systems, and this saves the Switch from an exclusivity standpoint and keeps it unique with a strong identity compared to modern consoles/PC. PS2 had a very large quantity of quality games that you just couldn't play anywhere else, not counting PS1 games via backwards compatibility. And this is what differentiates it from anything that came after. But in the end, it's a product of its time. |
This,i also think a lot of gamers dont really know how MANY games sony released on the ps2.
5 ratchet games
4gt games ( gt3/4 prologe)
3 sly racoon games.
2 gow games
4 socom games
5 jak and daxter games
2 siren games
2 or 3 twisted metal games
2 ape escape games
And many many more.
And most of them where made for the ps2, not just a port of a older console
Not even talking about the HUGE amount of third party/jrpgs and dont forget if iam not mistaken about 40-50% of all ps2 games never left japan.
The switch is impressive in its own way, but to me it doesnt even come close.
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