Playstation 2 or Xbox?

[fs5]

$129 around E3 time also.

 

[Skiguy411]

Nothing can beat a modded xbox, except the PC. If you are going to get a xbox, I would say mod it. Not because you can pirate games, but because it can become a whole media center. You can stream music, movies, internet radio, and pictures from your computer. I use that stuff more than I do playing games. Its great.

 

[MazerRackham]

Another vote for xbox and xbox Live...

 

[Thraxen]

Nothing can beat a modded xbox, except the PC. If you are going to get a xbox, I would say mod it. Not because you can pirate games, but because it can become a whole media center. You can stream music, movies, internet radio, and pictures from your computer. I use that stuff more than I do playing games. Its great.

Ditto for me. Plus you can install lots of emulators. I could do that on my PC too, but there is a certain feel to playing the games on an actual console on my TV... plus it's highly portable so I can take it to a friends or on a road trip and have thousands of games to play in the hotel room without even having to take a single game disc with me.

 

[royaldank]

XBOX a few days before E3 this spring. Hang onto the receipt in case there is the rumoured price cut to $129.99. And mod it. It can be a great hobby working on the XBOX at night.

 

[Asharus]

Xbox Media Player is great for viewing your porn on your TV.

 

[aircasper]

quick question, is there an easy way to mod the xbox without causing issues with xbox live? i'd really like to be able to stream music from my pc, or even better, be able to display pictures from my computer. i know the xbox music mixer can do that, but i've heard it's kind of clumsy.

 

[CraigRT]

if I could buy just one, and I didn't have anything, it would be hard, but because I love a few of the games so much for PS2, i'd get it.

Xbox though is a great system... just some games I really NEED to have (PS2 only)

 

[purbeast0]

I have both systems, and I would recommend xbox. I have played both of them TREMENDOUS amounts of time. About 95% of games come out on both systems, and they look better on Xbox, with the exception of the only game I can think of, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 ... it was much better on PS2.

Along with better graphics, on Xbox you dont need a memory card, and the load times are noticeably better. The DVD playback on the Xbox is also much better than the ps2.

Most of the "must have" PS2 games end up coming out on XBox in the long run (like GTA and MGS2), with the exception of a few. IMO, the exclusives on XBox are actually better. I am a huge EA fan though and EVERY SINGLE EA game, cept NFS:HP2, is better on Xbox as far as graphics and load times, and the memory manager on the XBox is great because as you probably know, EA games take up ALOT of space on a PS2 memory card.

My ps2 mainly collects dust now a days, with the exception of some ratchet and clank 2 because I haven't finished it. Besides that game and Jak 2, I hadn't really touched my PS2 in a while.

So in my opinion, I would have to go with the XBox. And if you dont like the xbox controllers, which I know alot of people dont, you can always get the PS2->Xbox control adapter that lets you play with your ps2 controllers on the xbox, for about $20 or $15.