Should I sell my A1200 and get a PS2?

[Trezzer]

I'm a big console freak.

The only console I have that I dislike is the PS2.

The game selection is crappy (quantity is great, but quality is few and far between).  The graphics are between good and bad (whereas Xbox and Gamecube would be "excellent") and many games have a framerate that's so low it's unbearable.

There are a few gems, such as Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Splashdown, but in general I'd say it sucks. And it's really really noisy too.  

As a matter of fact I still prefer my Dreamcast over my PS2. By far even. The game catalogue kicks the PS2 all the way to hell and back and often the games look way nicer on the Dreamcast too.

It's kind of hard to get hold of new games for the Dreamcast now though, and that's really the only reason why I wouldn't recommend it unconditionally.

Instead I'll point towards the Xbox and the Gamecube. The Gamecube has a couple of really good first-party games and a lot of support from SEGA. Obviously it gets the classic Nintendo titles, which is always good. The Xbox is where the action is at if you want awesome graphics, brilliant games (Halo, Jet Set Radio Future, Splinter Cell, Mechassault, Amped, Oddworld, DoA 3, Morrowind, Gunvalkyrie, Rallisport Challenge and besides those (and many more) there are also the titles that are coming for all three platforms. Besides Xbox does have the ultimate ace up its sleeve: Xbox Live. The headset works so well it's unreal. Can't wait for Phantasy Star Online.

Forget who made it - it's the best contemporary console out there that you can buy today. It's all about the games.

[Trezzer]

GT3, GTA3, GTA:VC, FF series, Devil May Cry 1&2, MGS2

GTA3 and GTA:VC are mediocre games that have a so low framerate that it makes me seasick to watch them. I personally find the FF-series to be as overrated as anything can be. The plot may be extensive, but it is also overdone. Devil May Cry is certainly good, and if you're a big stealth fan you could do worse than get MGS2, but I'm sure the Xbox version is even better.

About Halo, after the huge hype and waiting, we got a mediocre 3d shooter which is smacked on the floor by pretty much all 3d shooters on PC today. Biggest dissappointments together with Stuntman and State Of Emergency for past years. Halo is NOT a good game.

Halo is - bar none - the best FPS on the planet. It wasn't because they liked the hue of the disc that Edge elected it game of the year and gave it several other awards. It hasn't been topped yet. Heck, I don't even like FPSs all that much, but Halo had me playing it all the way through.

I must agree on the stand-alone DVD player issue though. And there are no signs of PS2 slowing down significantly. However since I nearly fall asleep when reading about upcoming games for it I'd be hard pressed to care less. Oh no, wait.. there's that Alien Breed game coming out for it right? I'll probably drag it out by then in that case.  8-)

I've got three consoles attached to my telly right now: CD32, Xbox and Dreamcast. The GameCube was out a couple of days ago when I got my Sonic Mega Collection (brilliant, just brilliant), but Xbox Live just keeps dragging me back.

[Trezzer]

What are some of you people smoking?

Please, don't just make up stuff because you don't like Microsoft. The Xbox may have a couple of FPS-games more than PS2 and Gamecube, but the number is insignificant besides all the other great games that are out for it. It is a console - and a good one - in every single sense of the word.

The fact that SEGA makes lots of games for it is enough to buy one at all. Crazy Taxi 3, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Gunvalkyrie, Sega GT 2002, Jet Set Radio Future, Shenmue II, their sports-series and even more games that I can't remember right now. And that's just from Sega for crying out loud.

The people who go on about Xbox being just a PC .. you should get over the hardware and look at the games. The games are what matters. Some people who have bitched about the Xbox being nothing more than a PC shut up good when they finally had a chance to try it. And there is nothing out there that compares with Xbox Live.

I have pretty much every console from Atari 2600 to Xbox (missing a few Asian handhelds and the NES - although I do have one of those boxes with lots of NES-games in a joystick). The king of the console market right now is Xbox. I managed to get over my hatred for Microsoft in this particular case. I really just started to see it for what it was: a bloody awesome console that kicks the living daylights out of the competition.