Why is it that while the PS2 still lives the original X-BOX has died away?

In my opinion the PS2's presence amongst this time of PS3 AND XBOX360 shows the great games upon which its foundations have been laid upon. Whats your opinion? Do you completely disagree with the statement in the title?

The PS2 was the better console and also had the better games overall.

Also the fact that Microsoft themselves killed off their original Xbox when they released the 360 has something to do with it. :)

Microsoft pretty much killed the old Xbox to move on to the 360... Sony just kept producing PS2s and PS2 games.Funkyhamster

and dont forget that the ps2 killed the xbox 360 for years before the ps3 came out.but if you look at it they though the xbox would last longer cause it had a more capable online but then they realized they had no games and ps2 just kept droping hit after hit.if ya ask me naruto ultimate ninja series kills anything in xbox history both consoles.

Main reason: Microsoft let the Xbox die.

Microsoft and Nintendo chose to stop supporting their previous systems upon release of the Xbox 360 and Wii (and prior to release as well), while Sony continued to support the PS2. Only now is PlayStation 2 support starting to slow down.

Microsoft treated original Xbox like a red-headed step child. It's sad cuz I love my xbox. At the Gamestop near me, there is almost half of an entire wall dedicated to new and used ps2 games. The xbox games take up just one side of a rack in the back of the store. :?

IMO Microsoft abandoned the XBOX because it is completely no match to the awesome games on the PS2. And besides, most xbox titles are multiplats. GTA:SA was even a time-exclusive title to the PS2.

its part marketing ploy, part common sense.

the xbox360 was released a while before the ps3 so they had a while to discontinue games bufore the ps3 was even released. also, xbox games werent selling near as well as ps2 games, the ps2 console and games outsold all of the next gen systems by far for a year or so it would have been and still is a stupid idea for sony to discontinue the ps2

Microsoft treated original Xbox like a red-headed step child. It's sad cuz I love my xbox. At the Gamestop near me, there is almost half of an entire wall dedicated to new and used ps2 games. The xbox games take up just one side of a rack in the back of the store. :?

lilwormy

Half a wall of PS2 games... Wow, sounds like heaven!

Wow check out the flood of PS2 fanboys in this thread...

I wish Xbox wasn't dead, I like it more than the PS2.

i have proof that ps2 is still being sold

i had a 2005 ps2 slim which a little water got in it and fried it so i bought a new one at wallmart in early 2008

***warning, i will restate plenty of old information to some people, but it may be some new info to others***

First as I see it, the ps2 is only a zombie of a console now. it's not like Sony is releasing any GOOD new games for the ps2 at all. Everyone knows the past couple years the ps2 has been basically dead. But SONY (unlike MS) owns the rights to all of the ps2 hardware, so they can keep producing it if they wish.

I read the previous posts and it doesnt look that you guys know that MS CAN NOT produce the original xbox anymore. well at least the video card part. in case you didnt know MS used Nvidia as the video card in the xbox. then years back Nvidia stopped making the chip. so M$ stopped production on the xbox when they ran out of the chips. and now they have a contract with Nvidia's competitor ATI. To create an Xbox using an outdated ATI chip would not make sense. So they only make the Xbox360 now. See link below for some of the info.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4902

hope this cleared up things for some of you.

oh and besides all this i said above. I dont think M$ even got production costs down enough on the Xbox to even pull a profit on each unit sold. While sony on the other hand, makes this (cheap) slim ps2 that is way easy to produce and sells for a profit. if the ps2 was as bulky and complex as the xbox, they wouldn't keep making it.

PS2 is the top-salled console of all history, not for nothing

hugh library of great games, some of the best ever made for every genere, cheap price, dvd player, etc

where i live the 7th generation consoles are incredibly expensive, so well all stick in the 6th for a while

***warning, i will restate plenty of old information to some people, but it may be some new info to others***

First as I see it, the ps2 is only a zombie of a console now. it's not like Sony is releasing any GOOD new games for the ps2 at all. Everyone knows the past couple years the ps2 has been basically dead. But SONY (unlike MS) owns the rights to all of the ps2 hardware, so they can keep producing it if they wish.

I read the previous posts and it doesnt look that you guys know that MS CAN NOT produce the original xbox anymore. well at least the video card part. in case you didnt know MS used Nvidia as the video card in the xbox. then years back Nvidia stopped making the chip. so M$ stopped production on the xbox when they ran out of the chips. and now they have a contract with Nvidia's competitor ATI. To create an Xbox using an outdated ATI chip would not make sense. So they only make the Xbox360 now. See link below for some of the info.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4902

hope this cleared up things for some of you.

oh and besides all this i said above. I dont think M$ even got production costs down enough on the Xbox to even pull a profit on each unit sold. While sony on the other hand, makes this (cheap) slim ps2 that is way easy to produce and sells for a profit. if the ps2 was as bulky and complex as the xbox, they wouldn't keep making it.

120 million userbase Vs. 24 million userbase

Sony has a large base of users that are still gaming on a PS2 that have not transitioned to the PS3 and Sony wants to be able to continue to sell to to that market as long as it can.

Much like Nintendo continued to support NES well into the SNES days as the NES had a respectable 80 million user base.

Microsoft cut its teeth with Xbox, made a lot of mistakes and then cut the cord and started on the 360. With such a small userbase its not that much of a surprise, how long after Wii was released did Nintendo stop supporting GC?

I think it's because the PS2 is just so much better than the Xbox. I mean, let's face it, the only good exclusive for the Xbox was Halo/Halo 2. The PS2 has had so many, Soul Calibur 3, Metal Gear Solid, God Of War/God Of War 2, Devil May Cry (up until the newest one). The list goes on and on, there are just so many better games on the PS2 than on the Xbox and especially on the Gamecube. The PS2 will live on for who knows how long, meanwhile the other consoles only live on...in our hearts. Well, not in my heart, I only care about the PS2, I don't care about the other last gen consoles.

Wow check out the flood of PS2 fanboys in this thread...

I wish Xbox wasn't dead, I like it more than the PS2.

podliver

Everyone is just being honest. You are an Xbox fanboy.

[QUOTE="podliver"]

Wow check out the flood of PS2 fanboys in this thread...

I wish Xbox wasn't dead, I like it more than the PS2.

skp_16

Everyone is just being honest. You are an Xbox fanboy.

What the hell?

I am not a fanboy. I have both an Xbox and PS2, and play BOTH OF THEM and I enjoy several games on the PS2 AS WELL. I just happen to like MORE of the games on Xbox than PS2.

The PS2 was the better console and also had the better games overall.

Also the fact that Microsoft themselves killed off their original Xbox when they released the 360 has something to do with it. :)

ColdRush88

[QUOTE="skp_16"][QUOTE="podliver"]

Wow check out the flood of PS2 fanboys in this thread...

I wish Xbox wasn't dead, I like it more than the PS2.

podliver

Everyone is just being honest. You are an Xbox fanboy.

What the hell?

I am not a fanboy. I have both an Xbox and PS2, and play BOTH OF THEM and I enjoy several games on the PS2 AS WELL. I just happen to like MORE of the games on Xbox than PS2.