In this new age of technology you can take the idea of skateboarding to another level by creating a video game. Now, I’m not just talking an arcade game you stick coins into and play till you lose, I’m talking about gaming systems. In today’s world there are two systems that constantly butt heads Playstation 2 and Xbox. Course you can’t exclude the two new versions of both either Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. So what’s the deal? What makes one Playstation different from the other one or Xbox even?
Let’s start with the first one to hit the markets Playstation 2 or PS2 for short. The PS2 was the next step in gaming and entertainment. Combining gravity, friction and environmental elements to produce amazingly accurate physical simulation and high-resolution 3D graphics. Dolby Digital AC-3 and DTS sound capabilities further enhance the experience (About Playstation 2). Also, aside from having over 1,400 games made especially for the PS2, if you still had the urge to play one of your favorite Playstation 1 games you could. Finally what really set the bar for gaming systems was the PS2 could play games online, as well as DVD videos and audio CDs. Three individual entertainment Medias combined into a now slim, lightweight system.
This brings the Xbox into the picture. Better graphics for it’s over 500 games and capable of playing DVD videos and audio CDs just like a PS2. Though if you want your product to sell you have to offer something more. The Xbox was the first to introduce online gaming, but at a charge. You no longer had to just buy PC games to be able to play with people across the world. Course not all the games could be played like that but still better than nothing. Also you didn’t really have to worry about buying a memory card for the Xbox cause it would save your game on its built-in hard drive, but if you wanted to share how far you got on your friends Xbox then they you could buy a memory card if you want. The last thing the Xbox offered that PS2...