What's in store for PS2?

      The question should be "what's not in store for PS2?". The success of PS2 has been so huge that the systems are flying off the shelves faster than they are put on. The current PS may be very weak, but the it still manages to amaze many gamers such as myself. At this time the Playstation has the best 3rd party support, companies like Square, Namco, EA, Capcom, and Activision have made the PS what it is today. That will continue with PS2, Square has already announced three new Final Fantasy titles, two of them will come out on the PS2. Square has said that them and Sony will be establishing a network called PlayOnline. Final Fantasy X will support the network scheme as well be an RPG, while FF XI will be strictly for online purposes.

      On the second week of the PS2's release Sony shipped out a multi-tap resembling the PS2. The following weeks Tekken Tag Tournament was released simultaneously with Dead or Alive 2. Both games were reviewed fairly well by a Japanese magazine The Weekly Famitsu. PS2 is already a DVD player out of the box and it plays original PS titles and even slightly enhances them. Its USB port is clearly setup with the future expendability in mind and could be used for connecting external storage devices, video capture devices and all other types hardware that would enhance our experience and take the system a step further.

      Games like Metal Gear Solid 2 are already in development for the PS2. My personal favorite is Dark Cloud, I think that this will be one of the PS2's shinning stars. Not only are MGS2 and Dark Cloud on their way but a re-make of Gran Turismo 2 will also be available for PS2 soon. GT2000 can be qualified as an extremely enhanced version of GT2 but Sony and Polyphony have said that there will be new features added to the game. To me it is a question on the amount of cars the PS2 version of GT2 will have, I'm looking forward to 2000 cars since that would kind of compliment the title as well.

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