An Australian games website has put forward 10 reasons as to why the PS2 needs to retire in order to help boost the PS3. The reasons are as follows - 1) Most PS2s look bad on HDTVs 2) online play sucks 3) PS2 is no longer the only 'party starter' 4) lack of budget titles 5) PS3's software is good 6) PS2 doesn't connect to anything 7) PS3 owners can play franchises such as God of War and Final Fantasy on PS3 yet 8) PS2 is robbing sales of the PS3 9) PS2 is being used as a comparison point for next-generation gaming and 10) What applied to PSOne does not apply to PS2.

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The decision to keep PlayStation 2 alive is largely a commercial one. It still has the highest user base and game developers are still making money from it. Plus, many of the marketing highlights that were touted at its initial launch still apply: it’s backwards compatible and it’s a cheap DVD player (something the Wii can’t do and which the Xbox 360 requires an add-on to progress beyond).

Hardcore gamers who have high definition televisions and have already signed up for next-generation gaming have tacitly accepted the commercial reasoning behind the PlayStation 2, but only because they accept that there are companies still making money from it. But where is the line drawn? When will the PlayStation 2 be ‘not good enough’? Is it destined to become the Amiga 500 of the console industry, or will it take the realisation that it might be hurting the industry’s progress into next-gen gaming for something to happen? Here are the top ten reasons we believe the PlayStation 2 should be retired.