Welp, it's been a whole year since the PS3 launched, and I'm just now putting away my PS2. I figured with a 360, Wii, and PS3 leeching onto my TV, it's time to put the ol' PS2 away. I'm not selling it though, cause there is way to much sentimental value in that console. I remember getting it around October of 2001, and having to wait all the way until Christmas to get my first PS2 game - Grand Theft Auto 3.I actually borrowed Twisted Metal Black from a friend before Christmas, which I ended up buying from him anyway. (By the way, why the freaking heck was TMB the only Twisted Metal on the PS2? WHERE IS THE SEQUEL, IT WILL SELL! IT'S AWESOME!)
Anyway, what can be said about the PS2? It sold nearly 100 million more units than it's closer competitor (Xbox) did! Playstation was a slang word for "video games", and if you owned a GameCube or Xbox, odds are you were just about the only one in your "click" that opted for Xbox/GameCube over PS2. Ah, the greatness of the PS2.
Where do I begin to describe it's greatness? For me, it doesnt get any better than the PS2. The 360, Wii, or PS3? They dont compare. Call me crazy, but the PS2 is the greatest console of all time. So many new franchises were born on that console, and now common features including backwards compatibility and DVD playback were born on that console. The "all in one" entertainment center was born on that console.
In a new generation when watching themain character'sshirt wrinkle as you control which directions he goes, or watching the sweat roll off of Dwayne Wade's face as he shoots free throws, I'll miss last gengraphics. I'll miss the almost cartoony vibe each game tried to pull away from, but usually failed. I'll miss the GTA cutscenes with clumped together hands, because although it was realistic enough to be entertaining, it was cartoony enough to remind you - it's not a movie, it's a video game. Not that I'm not absolutely in love with the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune demo in all it's spectacular beauty - I am. But I also have to look at the skyline of Vice City at night and say, there is nothing prettier in any game.
So, today I officially retire my PS2. It's given me 6 solid years of pure entertainment. From car jacking old grannies on GTA, to blasting away terrorists online on Socom. From slaying mass groups of skeleton armies on God of War, to getting decapitated by a chainsaw on Resident Evil 4. The PS2 has been there for me, and beating my own expectations. It's been with me all the way from the beginning of High School till graduation, and through college to now looking for a full time job. But now, I have to let it rest, back in it's original blue PS2 box with the styrofoam casing for comfort. Rest in peace, PS2. You were good to me.
(And also, yes my PS2 does hold sentimental value to me, but yeah, I am sarcasticly overreacting about it in some of this post, lol.)
Long live the PS2!!!