I'm really starting to notice how late I started into online gaming. Online gaming is probably the most popular aspect of playing video games. Games like SOCOM started setting a high bar for online enjoyment in 2002 and eventually games like Halo 3 had over 100,000 people playing every day. I've had a console since 2001 and didn't even KNOW about PS2 online until maybe a few years ago. By the time I finally decided to find a network adapter (that were no longer sold) and get an ethernet cable, the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii had already come out. People were already flocking to the brilliant graphics and amazing games that were built off those visuals like Call of Duty 4. My friends all got Xbox 360's or PS3's before then too. But I still pursued to get my 7 year old PS2 online and play Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Eventually last August, I connected the cord to my router, slipped in BF2: MC and played a few matches online. Since then, I have devoutly played my PS2 online, and offline for that matter, buying used games that were supposed to be great 5 years ago when they came out. Even playing a lot of next-gen games at my friends' houses didn't hinder my enjoyment of my online PS2 games. A few days ago, actually, I bought Call of Duty 3 for my PS2 in hopes of playing online and was pleased to find a solid 50 or so people playing. Despite the drastically shrinking communities, Socom: Combined Assault's 2000 players, BF2: MC's 200 players, Call of Duty 3's 50 players, and Star Wars: Battlefront 2's 60 players keep drawing me online. Though I wish to get a PS3 and play games like Battlefield: Bad Company, I'm content with my small PS2 online communities that continue to stay in the last-gen. Eventually, I'll be forced to switch over to next-gen, but I'll keep playing PS2 online games until there is no one left anymore. I guess you can just say that I'm 5 years behind everybody else.

Who needs 100,000 players anyway when you got 50! lol