Price: PS2 will be well over the Dreamcast's $199 price tag. Heck, it will be well over the $300 mark. $370! Yep, you read that right, $370. This price is just way to high, period. If Sony doesn't lower this price (I think it will), the PS2 has no chance in hell of repeating the PS's succes.

Graphic power: The PS2 is superior to the DC graphically. Quality and gameplay are another issue, but the graphic power of the PS2 are increadable. Though not as much as one might think. The Dreamcast can pump 4 million poly's a second with all effects turned on. The PS2 can pump 16 million polys a second with all effects turned on. In therory, the PS2 is 4 times more powerful than DC. But the human eye can only see so much detail. The extra power that the PS2 posseses might be wasted due to the fact that our eyes just don't notice that kind of detail that the PS2 is capable of. Blue Stinger is very, very detailed. I couldn't imagine a game being more detailed, but get this, IT ONLY USES 50% OF THE DC CAPABILITIES! The point is, the DC has amazing graphical poosibilities. From what I hear, Toyko Xtreme Racer graphics are as good as the Gran Turismo demo for the PS2. But heres the kicker: Metropolis Street Racer's graphics are rumored to be better!

Looks: This may seem dumb, but looks are important in a console. I refuse to post the pic of the PS2 on this site, but I assure you the PS2 looks like absolute crap. It don't even look like a console. It looks like some sort of high tech gizmo from the 80's. The DC looks cool. It looks like a console, and gamers want a console. Not some weird looking gizmo thingy.

Features: The DC blows away the PS2 in this department. First off, the DC is a multiplayer machine. 4 controller ports are always better than 2. This is great for sports games as well as others like racing. The Modem. Online multiplayer gaiming. This is what truly will the PS2 in the end. If Sega plays its cards right, and gets a bunch of online games before the PS2 launch, it will make the DC seem a whole lot better. The VMU is great too. Downloading mini-games and downloading saves off the net, without having to bye anything else, is awesome. Light years ahead of the basic memory card for the PS2. The controler is better too. A million times more comfortable to hold. Compared to the Dual Shock 2, with nothing inovated but analog buttons (ooo, how impressive, a good idea, but a useless one at that).

Conclusion: The DC's price, features, online gaming as well as a larger game library will any chance of the PS2 seeing the light of day.

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