The Halo 2 Fever

Admittedly, I had so much fun with my XBox Blue and my XBox Live subscription. Ironically, this is the only thing that has came out good from Microsoft, instead of Windows. But if PS2 and the upcoming PS3 has this "Live" thing, I would happily switch or add it to my gaming system. Technically, Playstation is better. It's just that it "doesn't put value to the business", no one can just always play alone or with someone on a split screen forever. So what if you have great hardware that can be possibly tweaked to launch missiles but sucks in marketing value? The sad thing about XBox is [I think that] it's selling below cost. Which is ok if you really want to put M$ out of business.

Going to Halo 2, I am skeptical why some people has touted it as "redefining the FPS genre". Until I played "Live", I realized it is very much different than other FPS like Counter-Strike. Now Battlefield 2 is following the same success with their "USMC vs. MEC" where you can fly Blackhawks, drive tanks etc. but that's too "American".