In 2008, a year the PS2 was supposed to fade away, Sony saw releases such as LEGO Batman, SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Need for Speed: Undercover that were also released on next-gen systems. These titles prove that the PS2 is still seen as viable when it comes to making a prophet for publishers...
2009 is still an unknown for they system as the release schedule is not nearly as kind, to be expected, but with Ar tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica, Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Naruto Shippuden : Ultimate Ninja 4 of note there are a few good titles hitting the system. Ultimate Ninja 4 should be great as it is the first Shippuden title here in the states of any gaming form, quite nice for us Otaku.
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There is and never will be anything like the ps2 console again, its the best console ever made.
Im still would rather play PS2 games more than anything.
Hehehe... he said prophet instead of profit...
I think that in this article they probably mean a 'profit for publishers', not a 'prophet for publishers'.
I say that the demise of the PS2 in terms of selling games is overdue. To me, the PS2 become synomonous with being a soulless machine (ironic for a console with an 'Emotion Engine') pumping out loads of games with only a relative few true greats. Compare that to the more limited but richer library on the Dreamcast or Gamecube.
Like the Wii now, the sales of the PS2 are in inverse proportion to how good the technology of the console is. The PS2 has a much less powerful engine than the Gamecube or Xbox. It was a bit more powerful than a Dreamcast but do its own original games look as timeless, fun and inspired as Sega's such as Ecco the dolphin, Shenmue, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure? Of course not. Sega has more soul and spirit than even Nintendo (Nintendo is more conservative really- one thing Sony did right is that Crash Team Racing is better than any Mario Kart game).
Now that Sony have swung to the other extreme and offer the most powerful console on the market (I even owned a PS3 for a very short time) Sony should deserve some praise for not relying on those who don't care about the tech specs so much. But like the need to buy a multi tap on the PS2 to play 4 players games (an inexcusable thing considering that the earlier N64 and Dreamcast had 4 ports), Sony find ways to extract money from even those laying out large money for the PS3- this 'future proof' box which is supposed to have everything you need doesn't come with an HDMI lead!
The PS2 has nothing on the Gamecube's Metroid Prime or the Resident Evil remake. People should have been getting the Gamecube when it was selling for dirt cheap instead of continuing to prop up the PS2 with more praise than it ever deserved.
PS2 fans can rarely even say what is so great about their machine other than the number of games- but not the number of great games you can't get anywhere else.
...360!!! ;-D