05-19-2005, 10:42 AM
I would have to cast my vote into, not so impressed with any of the new generation consoles since the days of game systems out doing the PCs are way over...
doesnt matter how much power they throw into these new generation consoles, the games themselfs can only look and run at a finite number... that finite number has been archived with plenty of current and even 2 year old PC games... (granted I am talking about if you have a good PC and video card, not a 486DX2-66)
as for the PS2 selling for 800-1000, its true, thats not the MSRP but the first wave of PS2s sold out fast, so the ebay price for PS2s was that much... I even seen a "Brand New PS2 BOX" sell for 500 dollars, and the buyer was pretty pissed off when he got a "Brand new PS2 BOX (without anything inside)"
If i had to choose between the 2, PS2 or Xbox 360, I would have to go with the Xbox, since I like what i am hearing about the media center capabilities, cause the Modded Xbox I have is super cool, streaming audio and video off the net, music, videos via CDs home network etc etc... its amazing what u can do with the original Xbox, I cant wait to see the mods that happen to the new xbox (i hope they will) but even if they dont, it still sounds like they will put alot of effort into that part of the system.
so in conclusion, my decision to buy the next gen system wont be on who got more power or who got more games, or better looking games (I vote for PC any day) but for the media center portion.
doesnt matter how much power they throw into these new generation consoles, the games themselfs can only look and run at a finite number... that finite number has been archived with plenty of current and even 2 year old PC games... (granted I am talking about if you have a good PC and video card, not a 486DX2-66)
as for the PS2 selling for 800-1000, its true, thats not the MSRP but the first wave of PS2s sold out fast, so the ebay price for PS2s was that much... I even seen a "Brand New PS2 BOX" sell for 500 dollars, and the buyer was pretty pissed off when he got a "Brand new PS2 BOX (without anything inside)"
If i had to choose between the 2, PS2 or Xbox 360, I would have to go with the Xbox, since I like what i am hearing about the media center capabilities, cause the Modded Xbox I have is super cool, streaming audio and video off the net, music, videos via CDs home network etc etc... its amazing what u can do with the original Xbox, I cant wait to see the mods that happen to the new xbox (i hope they will) but even if they dont, it still sounds like they will put alot of effort into that part of the system.
so in conclusion, my decision to buy the next gen system wont be on who got more power or who got more games, or better looking games (I vote for PC any day) but for the media center portion.