While I love Max Payne, I haven't played the PS2 version. But like others have said, most cross platform games looked and generally played better on the Xbox because of the added hardware muscle. Having said that, I remember reading somewhere that the PS2 version of Burnout 3 had "spark effects"(when two cars are grinding) that were absent from the Xbox version. I'm not sure if thats true but I do know that the Xbox version ran at a smooth 60 fps.