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Saying farewell to the PlayStation 2 (2000-2012)

VB - Well, my friends, it’s official. Sony has confirmed that production of our beloved PlayStation 2 has finally ended. After 12 years and over 10,000 games, no new PS2s will ever be made again. While many gamers may have hung up their DualShock 2 controllers a long time ago, this announcement adds a sad finality to what we all knew was inevitable.

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DragonKnight4122d ago

To the King of Consoles. *Raises a mug*

League_of_Draven4122d ago

This article is about the PS2 not the SNES.

DragonKnight4122d ago

While I will agree with you that the SNES is probably the best console ever, the PS2 not only delivered games that were, in many cases, on par or better than the SNES, it also is still the highest selling console of all time and it doesn't look like that is ever going to change. 10,000 games and over 150 million consoles sold worldwide is enough to earn it the title of King of Consoles without taking anything away from the SNES which was part of the Golden Age of gaming.

TongkatAli4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

I can't watch movies and play Grand Theft Auto on the SNES. I can't even put a DVD movie in my Wii U and watch it. The PS2 was ahead of its time, lol.

Outside_ofthe_Box4122d ago

Am I the only one getting tired of seeing these funeral articles?

KangarooSam4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

Half of us were raised by the PS2. I'd be upset if my parents died, wouldn't you..?

Edit: I was really raised by my parents, but I did love my PS2 and I kinda agree with this flooding of articles. But it will all be over soon.

ElectricKaibutsu4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

Wait, raised on the PS2... didn't that come out in 2001?

Oh great, I'm old and out of touch now, aren't I? I still vividly remember their PS2 E3 conference. That was the first system I bought with my own money. I remember being lucky enough to get a preorder from toysrus.com. And the day it came... Whoa, nostalgia.

MGS2 graphics blew my mind at E3: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Catoplepas4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

Depressing.

Especially when you consider that generations absolutely stellar library, then compare it to the present deluge of fetid bilge-water.

jakmckratos4122d ago

To the object that both helped cause and alleviate the fact I had no friends from ages 13-16..

Thank you for god of war and kingdom hearts and letting me able to watch Harry Potter on long car rides with that sweet little tv that could attach to you

MadMax4122d ago

I was more upset about the Dreamcast ending! Only reason PS2 overshadowed Dreamcast was because of that dvd player and advertising. When it came to the actual quality of games, Dreamcast had the clear advantage.

People have forgotten that it should really be about the games and not all the extra crap weve been distracted by. Do we really need a controller with a screen, Kinect, Netflix or a Bluray player on our console? I want quality games only!!!

optimus4122d ago

um; call me crazy but didn't the dreamcast have a "controller with a screen"? ...although the dreamcast was ahead of the game (at the time) of all the games it did have in it's short life span it was only a "handful" that can be deemed as quality games...it did have quite a few duds...

once the xbox and ps2 rolled around and showed that their early games were just as good (if not, maybe better) and offered MORE bang for the buck, sega knew it was time to throw in the towel.

MadMax4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

PS2s early games looked quite inferior to the Dreamcasts! Graphics took a long time to catch up to the Dreamcasts visuals. Quality games were what they were about. I thought the PS2 and Xbox were very overrated. Most people didnt even know Dreamcast was out!

They didnt market it right. Its ashame too, because if the Dreamcast kept going the way it was, it wouldve blown away the Xbox and PS2 all together. The controller didnt have a screen, it was actually the little VMU card. It was quite a bit different than playing on an ipad for a controller.

insomnium24122d ago

I still love DC. It has one of my all time favourite jrpg Skies of Arcadia. I also have Shenmue even though I never played it more than 2 hours. I think getting accustomed to Yakuza might make me absolutely love Shenmue. I should hook my DC up one of these days and try Shenmue and finish Skies of Arcadia again. It's been years...

optimus4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

@MadMax... Dude you're just as delusional as a drunk mel gibson...the only reason to think the ps2 and xbox were overrated is because you probably couldn't afford one...
You must have been sleeping under a rock to think they didn't market it right because i remember quite well they advertised the hell out of it during the mtv video music awards on 9/9/99... Practically every commercial break had a dreamcast commercial...not to mention it was plastered in all the gaming and tech magazines...

And the vmu was actually a removable screen for the controller that served as a memory card and handheld gaming unit...hence why i put it in quotes because they did incorporate using it while playing certain games ala' the wiiU....

And if the dreamcast did keep going the way it was then it would have completely bankrupt sega instead of keeping them afloat as a software company...no thanks to how easy it was to pirate games for it. (i should know) ;p

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Remembering Medal Of Honor: The Forgotten Master Of WW2 Games

Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."

banger882d ago

They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.

FPS_D3TH1d 2h ago

Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid

PrecursorOrb1d 1h ago (Edited 1d ago )

I wish they’d remake warfighter

Strictly for the campaign

The_Hooligan1d ago

I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.

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8 Years Later, It's About Time Sony Revives The Rest Of Ratchet And Clank

Hanzala from eXputer: "On this joyous 8th anniversary of the Ratchet and Clank reboot, it's about time Sony considers reviving the originals to complete the saga."

shinoff21833d ago (Edited 3d ago )

It's not the ideal situation but Sony does offer them on ps plus. I to would just like a big ass compilation on doscto though

purple1013d ago

Insomniac roadmap leaked a while ago and they are making another, they’re doing the best they can and these games, especially the last two, are master pieces

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC3d ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC3d ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Exvalos3d ago

What a weird name, it's essentially devil may cry, devil may cry lol

Cacabunga3d ago

Best to good for me: 3, reboot, 1, 5

2 and 4 are trash, didnt like any of them.
5 has very good gameplay variety but i hated the foes.. it is just insects the whole time. Reboot has the best foes for me

Friendlygamer3d ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6023d ago (Edited 3d ago )

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya3d ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde3d ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

SeTTriP3d ago

This right here is my order as I thought DMC 5 was amazing and obviously 3 comes after 4 was great and 1 for the nastilgic value it holds 2 was so terrible that my local GameStop gave full refunds to people who returned it.

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