X Box or PS2

[LaCuna Coil]

I've never had to get my Xbox repaired, nor have I met anyone who has. Also, if you've got the money to buy a $240 console purely for one game you may aswell get both PS2 and Xbox.

 

[Chippo Raiders]

Well on that note there are far more games on PS2

 

[Paullyboy]

Geez, the stories are convincing for X Box, the repair bit worries me abit though. But whats with the votes?


Ah well im guessing its X BOx for me

 

[bulldog]

I've seen the laser go on the Xbox drives, but from my personal experience, PS2 units are far more unreliable and prone to break(not sure about the new slim one though).

 

[Choppies]

the new slim PS2 would be very flimsy IMO and could break down more easliy

 

[LaCuna Coil]

Well on that note there are far more games on PS2

Quality > Quantity

 

[Chippo Raiders]

Quality + Quantity
or
Quality

 

[Munky]

I've seen the laser go on the Xbox drives, but from my personal experience, PS2 units are far more unreliable and prone to break(not sure about the new slim one though).

Both had extremely shoddy Disk drives in their first generation.

The original PS2 laser was dodgy and my fried went through 3 PS2s after he got his on launch day nack in 2000.

The original XBox drives were made by a different company to what they are now.

 

[canberra_raiders2k2]

xbox, i mean i play ps2 alot but game wise almost every game on ps2 thats any good is on xbox.

i own both systems and my ps2 scratches cds like crazy...xbox hasnt messed up anything and with xbox live halo 2...lol = no sleep.

 

[strong_latte]

When it comes down to it though both are pretty dated machines... I've personally always been a console man because the grpahics cards and other specs in PC's are just a pain, but my mate bought himself a new graphics card about 6 months ago and he gave me his old one (which is a GeForce 4) and that thing runs better graphics than my xbox... So yeah, it all pales in comparison to PC hardware I guess....

 

[Lang Park]

xbox is my choice.

 

[bulldog]

What did you buy Paullyboy?

 

[Cupid Stunt]

i own both systems and my ps2 scratches cds like crazy...

You dont have it standing up dp you?

 

[Munky]

When it comes down to it though both are pretty dated machines... I've personally always been a console man because the grpahics cards and other specs in PC's are just a pain, but my mate bought himself a new graphics card about 6 months ago and he gave me his old one (which is a GeForce 4) and that thing runs better graphics than my xbox... So yeah, it all pales in comparison to PC hardware I guess....

The consoles are 4 and 3 years old, can't expect them to compete with a modern PC for 15% of the price.

The next generation of consoles should be the ones where graphics have gone as far as they posibly can before they are indistiguishable to the human eye and can't be improved.

 

[canberra_raiders2k2]

nah mine isnt standing up, but ive had it since release day...ive also had to fixed up while it was under warranty..

 

[Choppies]

IM gonna put mine on its side now :shock:

 

[bulldog]

The next generation of consoles should be the ones where graphics have gone as far as they posibly can before they are indistiguishable to the human eye and can't be improved.

I remember reading an article about this a while back, the writers research suggested that game graphics would need to improve by 15,000 times to be indistinguishable from the real world.
A long way to go yet.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

PS2 easy.

 

[Mad Dogg]

X Box is certainly the superior machine. However, that doesn't mean much if it doesn't have the games quality and quantity of it's competitor. You only have to look at the N64 vs PS1 to see that. N64 was technically a better console, but PS1 crapped all over it both in quantity and quality (barring a few standouts) of it's games. The difference between the X Box and PS2 certainly isn't as big, but I still think the PS2 has a slight advantage when it comes to the games.

However, I'd probably agree with what Munky said, it depends on what other types of games you like. If you are only interested in the sports games then X Box is probably the best bet; otherwise:

If you want all action head for Halo/Halo2 and the XBox, the king of action.

For action/adventure try the PS2 for GTA: San Andreas and its excellent range of platformers and RPGs.

 

[Paullyboy]

I bought an X-Box (it came with Halo and Top Spin Tennis) - However my only intestest was getting Madden.

I honestly have no interest in Halo or shoot-em-up rubbish so ill sell that Id say coz its still in its plastic packaging and never been opened. Might give tennis a run one day.

Love Madden.