Yet another Halo 2 rumor thread - Page 2

Since we're talking about systems breaking...does keeping a PS2 on it's side decrease the life of the system? I'd prefer to keep it laying down but the only way it fits in my armoire is on its side.

Yep. Tried everything. Everything would come up disc error.

Heh, the Japanese all but ignored the XBOX for a while because of a similar disc-reading problem.

I've had my PS2 on its side since launch and have had no problems.

How many AAA titles has Nintendo had? Not many.

The bottom line to me is MS will win the war in the end it's just a matter of how long will it take.

Not that I really care because I own them all but I have very little use for the Fisher Price looking GC these days.

I like people like you, they are clearly biased and it oozes in each and everything they say but fall back on the "oh I have all three systems" routine.

I have all three systems myself, and lean to supporting Nintendo simply out of habit. But I'm not going to sit here and let that blind me and spout off how they have done nothing wrong.

Someone has this ass backwards and it aint MoNkaholic.

Back the biased truck up here a minute. I was a huge fan of Nintendo's but honestly they've let me down and until they get their shit together I'm a bit jaded. Sony is great and I loved the PS and love the PS2. I say I'm a MS fanboy only becasue I admire Bill Gates and what he's accomplished. Plus I really do think they've done a great job of introducing a brand new console into the market something I wish Sega had done better both with their amazinf Saturn and clearly ahead of its time Dreamcast.

Metroid: Prime (best game ever), Zelda: Wind Waker, Super Smash Bros., F-Zero GX, Viewtiful Joe, Eternal Darkness, Rogue Squadron, Skies of Arcadia, Mario Golf, Mario Kart

...animal crossing, pikmin, the monkeyball games...

I don't really care much for the cube these days, but these were worth the time/investment.

Yes and I have played all those and they were great or good but that's sad compared to Sony and MS and you guys know it. Nintendo is letting the Cube die just like they let the 64 die. Third party support is practically nil and when a developer makes a cross platform game it's generally weakest on Nintendo's machine. Why put resources into somethng you're not going to make much money on. Where's the rest of their AAA titles. I'm also just tired of the same old retreads coming out every year. Zelda looked great but became incredibly boring to me in the end.

I was a huge Nintendo fan in the days of the NES and SNES but since then they've been doing the slow fade into obscurity and it pisses me off.

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I played Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast. It was just a port so does it really belong on that list?

Ehhh... I don't think many people look at that as a pretty sad list when were talking about games of that quality, especially when you consider the fact that you can't find those games anywhere else.

But in the end, telling people that one system obviously has more quality titles than another is pointless, the quality of a game is a very subjective thing. I think Nintendo has the most top tier games for me, which is why it will be the only system of this generation that I will buy (once Crystal Chronicles is released). But that's just me, others love the GTA games, Gran Tourismo, Crimson Tides etc etc etc...

I love my Sega Saturn (Gaurdian Heroes pwns me), and my Sega Dreamcast (Almost every fighter I could ever want, solid sports titles and Ikaruga just rules). I had no interest in an XBOX (I just can't play an FPS on a console, I did buy Halo for PC though), and the luster of MGS II just died off for me after it finally came out. I've played just about every PS2 and XBOX game of note, and outside of a few instances (Disgea comes to mind), I've never really been tempted by either.

It's been my opinion for a while that for all of a systems titles, theres usually only about a handfull of games that you'll ever go back to years later. Before my GBA SP, I used to break out my PS1 for Castlevania Symphony of the Night, or Final Fantasy Tactics. I used to dust off my SNES for Final Fantasy VI or Super Mario Kart. Hell, after that video, I started to play Mario Bros. 3 on Nesticle (I doubt my Nintendo still works). So my whole perspective on systems is to find the one that I know I'll be playing even after it's lifespan has ended.

But just because that's my opinion doesn't mean that every other systems library is crap.

I agree.

Just to add another nail into the April release coffin via Gamespot:

While talking to Reuters at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach dropped two bombshells. First, he claimed that the Microsoft console outsold the heavily discounted GameCube over the 2003 holiday season, despite the fact the Nintendo console moved more units than the PlayStation 2 in previous weeks. "Christmas was good, we feel like we had a very good holiday," Bach said.

Bach's second revelation was that Halo 2, easily the console's most anticipated game for 2004, may not be ready for its previously reported April release date. Repeating the developer mantra, "We're going to ship it when it's ready," Bach continued, "That might be the first half of 2004, it might not. You have to be careful with franchises like this." It may--or may not--be worth noting that the original Halo was a holiday 2001 release.

"Maybe first half or not" isn't the kind of talk that says this game is coming out in a few short months. I'd be surprised if we saw it before fall.