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Yes Swap Magic is cheaper, and there is a good reason for that.
1. Swap Magic can not play DVD9 Back ups and a good modchip can. With Swap magic you have to rip parts of the game out to shrink it to DVD5
2. Swap Magic requires you to buy new discs each time they update them if you want the new features and fixes. A good modchip has free flash upgrades that you download and burn to CD that will always keep the features and fixes for newer games up to date.
3. With Swap Magic some games require rebuilding or patching, not with a modchip
4. Swap Magic will have a small portion of the screen cut off when playing games that are from another region, a modchip will not
5. Swap Magic has all kinds of special proceedures you have to use to load back ups with cheats, that is if you ever get it to work at all. A mod chip will work with AR Max just like originals, and a DMS4 Pro even has it's own cheat device built right into the flash for the chip.
6. swap magic can not be backed up, so if the disc gets scratched or broken you have to buy new one's
7. A good modchip like DMS4 Pro has all the features you need for installing a hard drive (IDE) onto your PS2 and formating it, loading games to it, and playing games from the hard drive. No need for extra programs like HD Loader, Winhiip and so on.
and that is just off the top of my head. In the short term it may seem cheaper, but it is just because it is an inferior mod with less features and more overall problems. Trust me. I have a PS2 V7 with Fliptop that now collects dust since i bought a V12 with DMS4 Pro in it. I will never go back to swapping again.
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