Recent content by mark_f1man

Not sure why they would expect the PS2 to sell less units that PS/PSOne. Perhaps: 1. Expect shorter lifecycle for PS2? 2. Increased competition from Microsoft? 3. Competition from other devices eg. PSP?

I'm guessing that the percentages Microsoft are quoting are for sales of the console itself. This is perhaps because they released the XBox **so late** over here. As the press release says - just one year ago. That is not a misprint. For some reason it was released here quite alot later than in...

I would be interested to know how the console sales figures for different territories pan out. Here in New Zealand the XBox is giving PS2 a run for its money in terms of current sales, although I think it's still a reasonable way behind on installed user base. Here is a press release on...

I'd be rather sad to see the console forum close. I haven't posted much at all on the current Beyond3D board but keep a regular eye on it. I did post a bit on the previous board before it was restarted and had to re-register (previous handle MT_Feeling). I quite enjoyed some of the early...

What does the performance analyser measure? Does it just measure all of the bandwidth useage for the various buses in the PS2 vs. the theoretical maximums? Can it analyse the processing units (core, VU0, VU1, GS etc) to detect "idle time", nops or waiting loops? In any case could...

First look at this topic but the suggestion that the PS3 (or PS2) would be deliberately made hard to program seems bizzare. I would expect this to be more of a function of deliberately making the hardware complex in order to push the performance envelope. After the unprecedented success of...