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7264004 No.7264004 [Reply] [Original]

Is the original Xbox a waste of money? Why would anyone buy this when they can afford a PS2?

>> No.7264008
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>> No.7264018

>>7264004
No. The Xbox is way better than the PS2 because...

1) custom soundtracks
2) an internal hard drive
3) connects to the internet without an add-on
4) better graphics
5) it looks better than the PS2
6) better versions of multiplat titles
7) better video output

>> No.7264021

>>7264018
8) no games

>> No.7264030

>>7264018
PC is even better, and shares almost all of the Xbox game library.

>better video output
That's a lie, a flaw of the Xbox was it's poor video quality, which negated the better graphics it's extra power over the PS2 provided

>> No.7264052

>>7264018
>4) better graphics
>5) it looks better than the PS2
>6) better versions of multiplat titles
>7) better video output
You literally said the same thing 4 times jesus fucking christ just admit all Xbox had over PS2 was better graphics

>> No.7264095

>>7264004
Halo 1 & 2
Panzer Dargoon Panzer Orta
Jet Set Radio Future
Project Gotham Racing 1 & 2
Ninja Gaiden
Chronicles Of Riddick
Rallisport Challenge 1 & 2
Crimson Skies

>> No.7264110

>>7264095
lol

>> No.7264113

halo, ninja gaiden, the list goes on...

>> No.7264147

>The only console where you can't play RE4
Embarassingly worthless

>> No.7264154

>>7264004
Great media box, that and emulators.

>> No.7264162
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>>7264004
Xbox is basically the other Dreamcast. You see zero value from it, unless you know you already love what it offers. However it does not have Dreamcast's street cred so you aren't inclined to suck Sega's dick to look like you have good taste on the internet. No hate on the Dreamcast though. I would like an Xbox but I'm getting by with Xbox 360 BC.

>> No.7264171

When the fuck are they going to either port or remake Jet Set Radio Future, it's the only really great Xbox game they haven't done it for

>> No.7264182

... and this is why adding next generation to the board was a mistake

>> No.7264195

>>7264162
360 and One are okay consoles, it's the OG Xbox that has no value, well unless you can BC it.

>> No.7264224

>>7264162
the dreamcast has street cred because it actually has good fighting games and arcade ports. the xbox has one overrated fps.

>> No.7264228

>>7264004
Xbox is fucking shit. All of its good games are better played on the PC.

>> No.7264235

>>7264147
Who cares

>> No.7264240

>>7264228
Point me to the PC port of JSRF.

>> No.7264242

>Console war thread
>"(insert console) is clearly superior!"
>needing to decide to pick one console
>not appreciating enjoying the best games and ports for every system
yeah this shit isn't ever going to stop

>> No.7264245

>>7264224
Good ports are welcome, but flexing with ports is sad especially when it's only Sega that gets a pass. I don't even know what FPS games I would get an Xbox for.

>> No.7264256

>>7264052
Actually...

>Better Graphics
Could mean just that, better graphics.

>It looks better than the PS2
He's talking about the look of the Xbox and PS2 consoles. I have to agree. The big X and the green circle with the Xbox logo looks awesome.

>Better versions of multiplat titles
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the ones that include custom soundtracks, which the PS2 lacked.

>better video output
He's right. The AV port on the back of the Xbox is digital, which works great with an HDMI converter. The PS2 AV port is flawed and looks terrible when using an HDMI converter cable. A similar thing happened with the N64 HDMI converter.

>> No.7264259

>>7264004
>Why

Why not both?

>> No.7264365

>>7264242
... were you at any point of your life expecting it will ever end? Genuinely asking

>> No.7264461

>>7264235
It matters because Xbox has no games, not even "no exclusives", games that were both made for PS2 and Gamecube are not in Xbox, it's fucking garbage.

>> No.7264467

>>7264365
I understand current gen users will always bitch and debate but after literal decades I thought that the battle between Atari and Colecovision would face out.

>> No.7264489
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>>7264004
i don't understand the point of arguing over this when both consoles can be picked up for less than the cost of a current AAA title and hacked with very little additional cost.

>> No.7264494

>>7264004
Had by a landslide the best online support of any console that generation, and the best online support any console aside from MAYBE the Dreamcast had yet seen period.
Had modern features like custom soundtracks and a built in hard drive.
Was easily the most powerful, giving it the best versions of multiplats.
Had some really great exclusive games. A slew of cancelled Dreamcast games went to Xbox exclusively. You had hidden gems like Otogi 1 and 2 and Phantom Dust. Ninja Gaiden fucking Black. and up until the very recent GOG rerelease Kingdom Under Fire as well.

>> No.7264501

>>7264147
>only
the PS2 version is a complete fucking piece of shit and laughable downgrade from Gamecube. It may as well be a Gamecube exclusive for that gen.

>> No.7264506

>>7264147
It has Dark Corners of the Earth which is a way better horror game. It seriously had me running like a rat in a maze for the entire Innsmouth escape.

>> No.7264509

>>7264030
I have a PS2, Xbox, and Wii (for playing Gamecube games I'm not going to get a GC and get raped for component cables) all hooked up through component and PS2 has easily the least clear looking output

>> No.7264514

>>7264162
OG Xbox was literally Dreamcast 2. Every Sega exclusive title went to this, except for Sonic Team games that went to Gamecube and VF4 for the PS2.

Shit now I want to re play Crazy Taxi 3. I remember I had to draw maps for that to figure out the last level on the Crazy X (you have to visit every single point of the city, but in whatever order you want).

>> No.7264517

>>7264030
>>7264228
PC build their games with keyboards in mind. I prefer versions of games that cater to analog controls.

>> No.7264528

>>7264509
Gamecube has the based Gameboy player you which you could try to consider getting.

>> No.7264548

>>7264514
Crazy taxi 3 was based? It's the only one I never played.

>> No.7264681

>>7264489
There is no point in buying a watered down PS2 for like 10 games, might as well buy two PS2s.
>>7264501
EVERYONE LOOK AT ME PLEASE!

>> No.7264701

>>7264681
most stuff that released on both runs a lot better on the xbox and the controllers are much more comfortable. it also has a number of exclusives.
buying 2 ps2s instead is irreconcilably retarded logic.

>> No.7264739

>>7264245
nah arcade ports were based if you didnt have an arcade close by

>> No.7264759

>>7264701
>buying 2 ps2s instead is irreconcilably retarded logic.
Reserve console

>> No.7264771

>>7264759
realistically if one dies then the other isn't far off.
old caps will do that.

>> No.7264772
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Halo was enough.. I bought OG XBox just for that. It did have a lot of games tho. GTAs with the hardrive was cool. It was called tape player in vice city lol. Tenchu renamed was better then PS version. A bunch of dumb xbox games. Like fusion frenzy Burnout etc...

>> No.7264776

Stop making these threads you nigger.

>> No.7264782

>>7264701
Ps2controller was better than the duke.

Also both ps2 and Xbox ports suck dick compared to Dreamcasts versions.

>> No.7264812

>>7264004
It was without any doubt at all a superior system to the PS2 and gamecube. Microsoft lost hundreds and hundreds of dollars selling them because the cost of production was significantly higher than the retail price. Even as the years went one, the cost barely got any lower, all those parts were still just as expensive.

It was the better system of the 3, no doubt but there was just no surmounting the ridiculously generous 3rd party support the PS2 had.

>> No.7264841

>>7264548
>Crazy taxi 3 was based? It's the only one I never played.

It had Brian Setzer rockabilly/psychobilly music, a Las Vegas city that swam in neon light effects (and on the desert area you could climb a mountain or jump off a dam), and one of the new cabbies was a groovy big black momma.
I hadn't played the second game so I can't tell you how many of the improvements came from that or were added in CT3, but in CT3 the car was more wobbly, had extreme smoke effects and burning tires when you did a dash, and you had a separate button for doing jumps, KITT style. It had multiple passangers but I know that was in CT2.
If you finished the Crazy X you could unlock all cabbies/cars and cities from the entire trilogy. The West Coast from the first game was hugely expanded, almost twice as big as in CT1.

It was pretty based and with all the unlockables it was the definitive version of the entire trilogy, unless you enjoyed the simpler aesthetics of the first game (the smoke effects were a bit overdone, but you gotta show off those Xbox graphics).
Only downside beyond the extreme aesthetics is that ultimately it is just more of the exact same shit as the previous games.

>> No.7264862

>>7264008
Fuck off nigger

>> No.7264865

Not retro, zommer!

>> No.7264872

>>7264681
idiot have you even played ps2 re4

>> No.7264882

>>7264872
Yes like most people, seek for more attention

>> No.7264901

Nearly all multiplats were best on the Xbox. Gaming PCs existed of course, but ports were often spotty at that time.