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Raganork10 posted...

I was astounded to learn that the PS2 was the weakest system of its generation

I'm astounded you didn't know this, I thought it was common knowledge that the GC was quite powerful, only slightly less than the Xbox. And it easily produced the best looking games of that era (R4 and The Metroid only really had Halo as their equal). Not that I ever care about graphics, but the PS2 looked like buttered ass in comparison. Part of why I think so many PS2 games aged so poorly, but plenty of GC and XBox ones still look playable. Anyone the controversy for when they ported RE4 to the PS2? They had to cut a lot of corners to get the thing to run.

PO basically got it backwards: It's how powerful the GC was, yet still managed to sell so poorly, that inspired Nintendo to stop trying to keep up in the tech arms race. They more or less took a page out of Sony's book console-power wise with the Wii, and basically swapped places with Sony for that gen. Power, essentially, is less important for gamers than commonly thought, and WAY less than what MS and Sony think.
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