I have an Xbox because:
1. It is the most powerful system available.
2. Graphics are SWEET!
3. Hard drive allows updates and unlimited save games w/o having to buy a frigging memory card!
4. Broadband adapter for Xbox Live means sweet online gaming. (PS2 only has dial-up. Yuck.)
5. "Xbox Only" titles like DOA3, Halo, Splinter Cell, MechAssault.
It also really irks me that Microsoft released such a sub-par piece of hardware for the Xbox. Almost every person I've talked to who does circuit boards or consumer products has agreed that the Xbox is really a steaming pile of dung. They aren't servicing their customers well; they have wrapped a sub-par PC in some industrial-strength marketing and media blitzes, and bribed dozens of software vendors to line up to create titles for the platform. It makes me sad that Microsoft is buying its way into such an important market and lowering the bar like this. Any other company trying to enter the console market would have folded by now under the weight of its inefficient hardware and field failures. Maybe Microsoft will prove me wrong by doing Xbox Live flawlessly and giving Sony a run for its money. I'm not holding my breath, though. Sadly, Microsoft probably never has to really shape up and start delivering quality hardware. Even if MS sold as many units of Xbox as Sony did the Playstation 2, they would have burned off only $10 billion out of their $40 billion war chest. It is almost painful to watch the console market devolve like this. Microsoft is just trying to bleed everyone else out of the market, so they can push whatever they want and set the prices in a competition-free market place.
Give me a f##king break! The guy is obviously an MS hater. WOW, he cracked the XBox! Maybe he should spend his time doing something a little more...time worthy.direct quote from very qualified person (Andrew Shane "bunnie" Huang)
1-4 player support out of the box.
2-DVD playback is better than the PS2's DVD playback and they had a deal where the dvd kit was free with rebate.
3-HDTV support with all but a handfull of games.Most games support at least 480p.
4-Never have to buy a memory card because it saves the savegame files to the HD.
5-DD 5.1/DTS(dvd) support and most games support DD 5.1 in game.
6-Can copy cd's to HD and listen to your own music in games that support it.
7-Come with ethernet built in,you can play online if you have broadband but if you dont you can link up 2 or more Xbox's in games that support system link.
8-You can pick up the Sega bundle for $200 and it has 2 games,JSRF and SegaGT along with the Xbox and a controller S.Wal-Mart still might have the deal where you get the bundle with the additional game Amped along with JSRF and SegaGT.
9-Games.It has a strong lineup IMO.(a couple of these are multiplatform but I give the Xbox the advantage because you dont need a memory card)Halo,Splinter Cell,Ghost Recon,Panzer Dragoon Orta,Shenmue2,Unreal Championship,Blinx,Outlaw Golf,RalliSport Challenge,Quantum Redshift,Phantom Crash,Mech Assault,OddWorld Munch's Odysee,Morrowind,Gun Valkyrie,Fatal Frame,Enclave,Deathrow,DOA3,Conflict Desert Storm,and Buffy just to name a few.There are a ton of sports games and other kid friendly games as well.
4. Broadband adapter for Xbox Live means sweet online gaming. (PS2 only has dial-up. Yuck.)
I stand corrected. I was misinformed.Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
DefRef, the online adapter for the PS2 supports both dial-up and broadband, just an FYI.
I was wrong about the PS2 modem, but not about this. According to the headline here at Gamespy:Originally posted by: Splitfyre
Grand Theft Auto 3 Vice City will Not be coming to PC any time soon considering that Sony has bought the exclusive rights to the title and does not want it to appear on the PC, XBox, or Cube platforms.