A recent poll of the
bit-tech community revealed that an overwhelming
majority of you wouldn't buy a PlayStation 3 even if the price dropped again, but I'm still willing to put money on the fact that a lot of you have a PlayStation 2 still.
In fact, it's not just me who thinks that - Sega too thinks there's a lot of life left in the old PS2 yet.
Speaking to
MCV recently, Sega COO Simon Jeffrey said that he expects the PlayStation 2 to carry on selling for "
another two or three years at least"
Jeffrey confirms that "
PS2 high profile titles, especially 'wide market' and licensed titles, will absolutely be part of the Sega portfolio going forwards."
In fact, a quick search by
Joystiq showed that there are dozens of games seeing a release on the system before January, including titles like
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground and
Guitar Hero III.
The PlayStation 2 is one of the best selling consoles ever and has sold well over 100 million individual consoles, with continued strong sales and games like
Tomb Raider: Anniversary still debuting on the console.
Which raises the question - what is it that makes the average gamer love the PS2 but frown at the PS3? Is it just a matter of pricing and games, or is there a deeper issue? Let us know what you think in
the forum.
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