LOL You think stats and MHz are everything, then how come there still aren't any PC games that look NEARLY as good as Shenmue on the Dreamcast. And the PS2 blows away the Dreamcast. Perhaps you don't understand, in Madden 2001 on the PS2 you can see the individual HAIRS on players arms. You can see leg and arm muscles flex, there's a scoreboard in each stadium that shows (LIVE) the action going on in the field AT THE SAME TIME THE GAME IS GOING ON. You can see players, especially QB's, SQUINT (SQUINT FOR GODS SAKE) before they're going to be hit. You can see tufts or dirt and grass stuck in a player's helmet after he hits the ground. And in the snow if you look closely you can see small swirls of the wind and snowflakes brushing up.
AND ALL THIS ON A FIRST GENERATION PS2 GAME -ie look at the first PSX games, they look crap compared to PSX games out now, and the same learning curve will happen with the PS2.
It's not a matter of what is more powerful, PC or PS2, it's a matter of what the programmers are able to do. For Madden 2001 for the PS2 the EA programmers knew that each owner would have the same system (ie the PS2), for the PC version the EA programmers have to cater for the lowest common denominator - ie they can't program the game for 1Ghz PC's with Voodoo 5's.
Another thing to point out is the TV, I have a TV with a comb filter and DVD component inputs and my PS2 is as crisp and as sharp as my PC.
[This message has been edited by Neutral (edited 12-09-2000).]