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The only games that require monthly/annual fees on PS2 are the MMORPGs like Everquest, but those have monthly fees no matter what system you play them on. The majority of action/adventure games like SOCOM, Resident Evil Outbreak, Splinter Cell, etc., etc., don't have any fees whatsoever. And if they do, it's the developers choice to instate them. Sony doesn't charge anything for their online service other than the cost of the network adaptor.
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Ah Ok I wasn't aware of which games you had to pay for, only that some charged a monthly fee. From polls I've seen on various PS2 gaming boards though, quite a large percentage of PS2 owners would be willing to pay the monthly fee for a better supported online service with better features.
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PS2 with a harddrive allows you to download new content for games also, such as Metal Gear Solid 3. And yes, you'll probably say "but you have to buy the HDD separate", but even so, it's still not much more expensive to buy a PS2 and a HDD than it is to buy an Xbox alone.
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PS2 and Xbox are both 199 here. Then you add 159 for the PS2 HDD. So not exactly true.
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Also, I could care less about all the extra features on Xbox Live like connecting to your MSN buddy list and what not. I go online to play games, not to chat. If I wanted to do that, I'd use a computer.
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Ok well being a female gamer, I keep a very select group of friends that I will play Live with. So I love the whole tracking system, seeing what games they're playing so I can join up with them and not some random group.
So keeping an open mind...I decided I'd go and check out the PS2 last night..thinking there are some games I'd like to play on it. I was fully prepared to pay the 199.00 plus 15% sales tax on it.
But I started looking at their games...started with RPG and then began looking at just anything really - so question: are there ANY 1-4 or even 1-2 player RPG's on PS2? The only game I could really see that involved more than one player was Rainbow Six 3. Needless to say I walked out sans PS2.