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Considering Microsoft is the richest independant company in the world, Sony would be hard pressed to buy them out. Also the rights to Halo belong to Bungie, not Microsoft so it wouldn't matter if Sony did buy them. End result: No Halo for Ps2. Ever.

I got hold of the XBox version of Vice City the other day and tried it out. The graphics are better, the saves are quicker and the custom music option breathes new life into the (admittadly excellent) soundtrack. But the controls are just too damn fiddly. To drive-by you have to take your left thumb of the analogue stick and use the d-pad which is a nightmare if you need to turn at the same time.

If you haven't played GTA3 or Vice City yet (what the hell?) then take the PS2 version. Poorer graphics but easier controls.