Um, what? The PS2 is a video game console that plays DVD's, the Xbox 360 is a video game console that plays DVDs. They're both billed as video game machines, it's not apples to oranges.
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Exactly.
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No.
You are both oversimplifying the market.
Wrong.
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No we're not man. Don't say we're wrong like you're god and know everything, you're not and you're wrong about this.
You're not comparing apples to oranges like you say, the PS2 and 360 are both video game consoles that use the same media format how can you not put the 2 in the same category? This isn't like comparing the N64 to the PS2 where you have 2 different types of media(cd-rom and cart) and one system does more than the other. The PS2 and 360 both use DVD, both can get online to play games, both allow you to watch DVD movies, both have these things called controllers, and funny enough, both connect to your TV. What doesn't the PS2 do that the 360 does? Is it because the PS2 isn't labeled a "next-gen" console?
But then again, what exactly are you comparing here? If it's sales figures then they fall into the same category, if it's tech specs then the 360 has the clear advantage and it's not really a fair comparison or if it's games then the PS2 has the advantage. I'm looking at the sales figures and they're telling me that more people are buying a PS2 over a 360. People want games and the 360 doesn't have them.......yet.
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Read what I wrote AGAIN. I did not say that one console was better than the other. (That is YOUR erroneous inference). I simply stated that the PS2 and XBox 360 are different consumer electronics, and thus exist in slightly different markets. Like four wheel drive vehicles and compact cars, just because they both run on an internal combustion engine and people use them to get from A to B, doesn't mean they are the same.
If you do not know why they are different, you may ask or (better yet) do some research: the PS2 is not competing directly with the XBxo 360, the XBox 360 is trying to be a living room interface to the internet (hence "next-gen"), not just a games console. Hence comparing their sales figures will only lead to poor conclusions.
If you don't understand that, then I can't explain it any clearer than that.
Actually, I am just as likely to but an XBox 360 at this point FOR THAT REASON, as I will eventually be looking for a living room internet computer.