"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:03:24 GMT, "Slitheen"
> <the.slitheen@nospamthanksmam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:14:46 GMT, "Slitheen"
>>> <the.slitheen@nospamthanksmam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I can't see it to be honest. I think GOW2 will be a PS3 title. Hope I'm
>>>>wrong, I hope it'll be out for both actually....considering Sony said 
>>>>they
>>>>want to support PS2 till at least 2010 (despite PS3).
>>>>
>>>>Cheers, the link with the story removed explained a lot! ;)
>>>>
>>> yeah, but they supported PSone until about last year, doesnt mean much
>>> good came out for it up until then ;)
>>>
>>
>>A fair point, but they had an actual strategy for PSone though (which I
>>agreed with too)  - making it a format for toddlers/kids (Bob The
>>Builder....kinda vibe) - probably a very misguided anti-Nintendo move at 
>>the
>>time.
>>
>>Seeing as though they want to bring Socom 4 and GOW2 to PS2 though, well 
>>it
>>would seem this is no longer the strategy for an outgoing system?
>>
>> I personally think they have an official 'PStwo' screen lined up - and 
>> will
>>hope to see it become a sort of alternative to PSP.....although not quite 
>>as
>>'portable', for cars/caravans/hotel stays and such....PStwo and a screen
>>would be ideal. (I will have a screen sooner than they make an official
>>version though - and am keeping my PS2 games for this very reason)
>>
>>Basically it's one *HELL* of an installed user base.... that any company
>>would be simply crazy to just drop. I hope it's well future supported, 
>>even
>>if only by Sony in-house. The PS2 is going to be making money for Sony in
>>the run-in for PS3, and there's no reason that would just stop.
>>
> well of course theyre not just going to drop the PS2, and yeah it will
> become a "budget" system like the PSOne did, but at the same time they
> can support it for as long as they like, the honet truth is that
> 18-months to 2 years after the PS3 is out, all the PS2 will see is
> crappy budget games and re-releases.


Two years would do me - I don't see them sticking to the full estimate they 
give either, not the 3rd parties anyway......but two years after the PS3 
comes out, added on to the life it will have already lived by 
then.....that's serious value for money. I think it may be a year more 
though, at least. I bought a launch machine, and recently, after a couple of 
years, I got the slim-unit....and when I consider the games it has given me, 
I feel that it is