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Posted: 12/23/2002 9:16:37 AM EDT
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XBox- Halo for everybody!
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Posted: 12/23/2002 10:39:39 AM EDT
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I have a PS2, get an XBOX.
Either way you will be fine, but go nuts. Graphics are better, etc... Visit your local Toys-R-US store and test drive both... |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:02:48 AM EDT
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despite how much i hate supporting microsoft any more than i already do... get the X-box it is truly above the rest. hell man, Halo is the only reason you need. the only thing is the controller is large, but once you become accustomed to it, you dont want to go back. excellent ergos. i have small hands and the large controller of the xbox is still perfect. it is obvious that a lot of thought went into this machine. if you have any friends with an x-box invite them over and have some 8-16 player halo. it is the shit. gamecubes and ps2s are nice for sure, but not comparable. ive spent hours on both. i am starting to hate the playstation because it is a real bitch about playing scratched games. it doesnt take much to fuck up a ps2. thats my two -Spaceman |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:13:20 AM EDT
[#4]
I just bought an Xbox and prefer it over the PS2. Circuit City has a $199 deal that includes 2 games and a third game for $19.99 or less for free.
The only game I play is Halo on my 43" HDTV and 5.1 surround sound system. It is fricken awesome. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:16:28 AM EDT
[#5]
I have an Xbox and it rules !!! HALO is definitely worth buying the console for.
But having said that, the PS2 is probably better for kids. They have a much larger library of games available and all the PS1 games work on it too. The Xbox is aimed more at teen and young adults. Technically, the Xbox is the most advanced of them all. It's practically a PC. Hell, at $200 each you could just buy 'em both ! |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:21:28 AM EDT
[#6]
For kids that age you should get the GameCube.
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:22:40 AM EDT
[#7]
I've got both, and have stopped buying games for the PS2...IMVHO, the Grand Theft Auto series is the only reason for keeping PS2 around.
Besides....it's only 11 more months until HALO 2 comes out. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:23:19 AM EDT
[#8]
Just got an XBox too, and it rocks. Got it, an extra controller, and the dvd kit at www.ebgames.com with free 2 day shipping (saved $20 in taxes).
PS2 has a ton more games, but after playing all the systems it came down to a gamecube and an xbox. Since the gamecube won't play dvd movies, it was an easy decision for the XBox. Plus XBox seems to have a lot more "Mature" rated games while Gamecube seems to market to the teen and preteen. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:25:35 AM EDT
[#9]
Use the search Luke...
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:28:35 AM EDT
[#10]
Buy a console so you can play DVD's![rolleyes]
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:45:45 AM EDT
[#11]
This may be the only reply that you will need to read...
1) Game Cube is marketed as console for younger kids ~ you will find here 'family' oriented games (read non-violent) 2) Real choice is X-Box vs. PS-2 X-Box is more advanced => it was released after PS-2 was released. However that gave PS-2 an edge in number of units sold => X-Box have to fight an uphill battle for market share. From visual point of view X-Box has slight edge over PS-2. There are way more good games for PS-2 than X-Box => that really counts!!! PS-2 can play older games for original PS (and there are hundreds of those); there is nothing like that for X-Box X-Box dominates in the sport games niche. Gamers I know tend to prefer PS-2 gamepad (joystick) over X-Box [we are talking pads bundled with retail product] 3) Becouse I am computer wiz I would buy X-Box for myself => it can be modified into a computer (that's for ADVANCED users only) 4) ---- BOTTOM LINE ---- Go to your local video rental place (Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, etc.) most of them will carry console games - that will give you good idea what you want to buy. Most of them will carry titles for all systems - visually count 'shelf space' - your kids will most likely want to rent games (as opposed to spending $50 per title) If your kids have friends that have a game console - call them, more than likely they will swap / borrow each other's games (including so-called 'backups' - illegal copies). 5) From technical standpoint X-Box rules. Despite that (and as much as it pains me) PS-2 is still dominant in the market, and most likely it will reign as a king of consoles. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:46:49 AM EDT
[#12]
Yeah I know, a console to play DVDs... but in my own defense our DVD player broke about a month ago, and it is how I convinced the wife to go ahead and do the XBox... Cheaper than buying a console and a new DVD player.
Another question though... Do backups need to burned to a DVD-R in order to work on the XBOX? I have seen the mod chips/boards, but not going to spend the money on one if I have to buy a $200 DVD burner. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 11:54:35 AM EDT
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Oh... few more things...
Most people buy any given game console because of this ONE game that they want to play. That's why you see all those replies from HALO nuts above (and I mean it in a loving way). I am not so sute that you want to focus on HALO (X-Box) or Resident Evil (PS-2) or any other particular KILL 'EM game. You want variety, especially that you have 9 year old... |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 12:04:40 PM EDT
[#14]
He did say his kids are 9 and 11.
The GameCube is the best choice for this age group. The GameCube is also good for adults who don't want to grow up.[:D] |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 12:06:19 PM EDT
[#15]
Xbox has plenty of variety, not like it only has 5 games... It has more than enough kiddie games and more adult games for you as well, and the list grows everyday. I would definitely get the Xbox, but the PS2 isn't a bad choice either. Gamecube shouldn't even be a blip on the screen, except strictly for little kids.
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Posted: 12/23/2002 12:15:24 PM EDT
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I picked up Shrek as my free game that came with my Xbox. Your kids would really like the fact that you can fart, eat a chili pepper, belch and ignite your fart resulting in an explosion.
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Posted: 12/23/2002 12:35:42 PM EDT
[#17]
XBox, definately
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Posted: 12/23/2002 12:40:18 PM EDT
[#18]
I'm getting an Xbox for christmas, though I played my brother's for the last year. It's the way to go, without a doubt.
And I got a refurbished one from Electronics Boutique for [b]$149.99[/b], which is damn good for a machine that is fundamentally new. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 3:58:03 PM EDT
[#19]
Fuck the XBoX!
Get the old Nintendo 8 bit system! you can't beat 10 year old proven technology! 8 bit RULES! |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:03:25 PM EDT
[#20]
X-box
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:05:21 PM EDT
[#21]
Gamecube or PS2, although Xbox is catching up to PS2..
IMO, nothing compares to the gamecube due to it's exclusive titles though.. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:23:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Forget the gamecube. I have a ps2 and a xbox and like them both. So my answer is get both.
oz |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:32:25 PM EDT
[#23]
Quoted: Fuck the XBoX! Get the old Nintendo 8 bit system! you can't beat 10 year old proven technology! 8 bit RULES! LMFAO!!! Thats right man. Tell like it is. When was the last time someone got bored playing Super Mario Brothers 3, Castlevania 2 or Ninja Gaiden? I've owned most of the console systems out there. I ended up with the XBOX. The best gaming system is and always will be the PC however. The GameCube has the resident evil series wich i consider mature. RE 0 is cool. Vice City will also be on the PC so that rules out the PS2. Not that VC is all that great. Its good no doubt, but there is only so many times you can steal a car or mug someone without the novelty wearing off. The next step for GTA should be multiplayer. 110 |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:41:39 PM EDT
[#24]
This might work good too:
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3537&item=1946802258[/url] Oz |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 4:59:40 PM EDT
[#25]
Just to let you know Resident Evil only came out on Gamecube not PS-2. PS-2 is a proven game system that has games for both little kids and adults. PS-2 graphics may be a little less than Xbox's graphics, but the PS-2 system isn't made out of stupid off the shelf computer parts.
If you want a trusted system get the PS-2 because it has specific parts that are fited to the system. Plus you get more discounts when you buy PS-2 games. However, whatever people say is only their personal oppion and not fact. You should do some research and check each system out. Look at the types of games, features, prices, and quality of each system. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 5:31:52 PM EDT
[#26]
Quoted: Just to let you know Resident Evil only came out on Gamecube not PS-2. PS-2 is a proven game system that has games for both little kids and adults. PS-2 graphics may be a little less than Xbox's graphics, but the PS-2 system isn't made out of stupid off the shelf computer parts. If you want a trusted system get the PS-2 because it has specific parts that are fited to the system. Plus you get more discounts when you buy PS-2 games. However, whatever people say is only their personal oppion and not fact. You should do some research and check each system out. Look at the types of games, features, prices, and quality of each system. Ah hahahahahahaha!! Your saying the XBOX is lesser because it uses off the shelf 'Puter parts? Well hmm....let me think. Which system of the Big three has the most troubles reliability wise? 110 Whos owned two PS2's |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 6:13:33 PM EDT
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having played all of em. I say Xbox theres more than just Halo. PS2 is ok but theres just way to many raving Sony Fanboys and after a while GTA gets really old *ducks to avoid rotten veggies*
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Posted: 12/23/2002 6:52:24 PM EDT
[#28]
Get and XBOX and then turn it in to a computer...First why get an XBOX?
XBOX more advanced? Well, yes and no. The XBOX is basicly Pentium-III (733 Mhz) with a nice on board nvidia chipset. It comes with either a 8 or 10 gig hard drive. The controllers suck (they are selling a non-suck version now), but use a bastardized usb plug (big +). There are a bunch of games out there, and the list is growing, but they aint cheap. Also you have to buy a $30 remote to make the DVD player work at all. The PS2 is based upon specially desighned RISC chips that are made to pump out a hell of a lot of vector calculations. Using fully optimised code it run aproxomitly equivilant to a Pentium-4 (1400 Mhz). The problem is that alot of the game programmers do not know how to really code for the PS2 well. Simply put they have to do funny thing to get information in and out of the system fast enough. The PS2 comes with nice controllers, DVD working out of box, no hard drive , and many times the number of games available for the XBOX. Also you can pick them up cheap (5-10 bucks), so its alot more economical to give a kid a game for missing a t-ball game. The thing that might throw you over the XBOX is that it is possible to turn it in to a computer running linux fairly eaisly. Check out: http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/ |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 7:12:09 PM EDT
[#29]
FYI, the Xbox controller takes some getting used to if you are already used to older setups, but it is far and away the best console controller out there ever. Ergos are awesome with it. I can play all freakin day (literally, HALO FEST!) without so much as a sore thumb. Not that the PS2 controllers are bad but the Xbox controller is superior in every way (except maybe for children with small hands), despite "them being crappy" being what almost every PS2 fanboy says immediately...
The Xbox might look like a basic off the shelf PC on paper, but it is one badass system. The video setup being intergrated the way it is has bandwidth the likes of which even the newest and about to be released PC cards can't touch (it is however still GF3 based, so it's starting to be behind the times, still alot to be done with it though). The harddrive is vastly useful for a console as well. And the Xbox is just barely getting into it's second generation of games. The PS2 is not going to catching the Xbox graphically... |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 7:29:24 PM EDT
[#30]
the controllers for X-box are a tad big for little kids.
I just bought a PS/2 soley on the basis that my kid said that's what he'd rather have. I did pick up "Ghost Recon" for myself though. Anyone play it yet? since he hasn't opened it yet, I haven't gotten to play it. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 7:29:34 PM EDT
[#31]
Simple:
PS2 Ebayed my XBOX 2 months ago.. and got a PS2. XBOX is a far better system technically, but it has very few good games... PS2 has sooo many. |
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Posted: 12/23/2002 8:13:46 PM EDT
[#32]
know are we talking about the regular xbox controller or the new S controller cuz the S controller is alot better same one but smaller.
the xbox that coes with the 2 cames comes with the S controller. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:16:01 AM EDT
[#33]
Buy all [b]3[/b]
Go take out $1000 XBOX w/ 2 games - $200 PS2 - $200 GameCube - $150 ---------------------------- $550 That leaves you $450 for games and taxes. Get Halo and a bunch of other games for your kids. You can buy used games from local games stoares and save some change too. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:33:13 AM EDT
[#34]
Here's a pretty good article about XBox vs PS2 (shows both sides)I found when I made my decision.
[url]http://www.gamesfirst.com/articles/shawn/xbox/xboxVps2redux.htm[/url] People talking about the PS2 being more advanced than the Xbox should definately read |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:43:20 AM EDT
[#35]
My nephew is 11, we rented all three on one week plans when he was left with us for a month (long family story).
X-Box is hands down the best system. The controller is so-so, but the 'special' smaller one is a decent price and the equal of any of the other system's. Good game selection used to be Halo or SSX (I also like circus racing) then Outlaw golf came out. About 1/4 of the new releases are good to great. Downside is that GTA is not on X-Box. I used the blockbuster game card deal this summer a lot and that really helped me narrow donw the game choices. Wait for another deal like that to really try some games. Buy all games second hand, either at BB or the local game shop (caution, the boys at the local game shop are all jackasses and you will want to beat them down) |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 10:32:11 AM EDT
[#36]
The youngest of the DC snipers was said to be addicted to Halo. Guess that I will have to try it.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 12:49:18 PM EDT
[#37]
Buy NONE!
Get your kids and yourself off your asses and experience real life! |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 9:23:22 AM EDT
[#38]
HALO
Mech Assault Splinter Cell Get the Xbox |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 10:02:19 AM EDT
[#39]
for the kids get a gamecube(better children's themes but for u XBOX all the way
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Posted: 12/25/2002 6:31:39 PM EDT
[#40]
THANKS FOR ADVICE. WENT WITH THE X-BOX.
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Posted: 12/25/2002 6:53:52 PM EDT
[#41]
xbox: xbox live starter kit and ghost recon, halo, and splinter cell.
ghost recon on line with high speed internet and voice chat fvcking kicks ass. + it's a tom clancy game with pretty damn realistic tactics, and lots of m16a4+m203's m4a1, and (holy hell the real thing is more fun than sex)m249's. xbox version is much better than pc version as far as online, plus you can't beat a tactical simulator combined with voice commo. might be a little to complicated for many kids however, and expect explicit language while talking to other people on xbox live. |
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Posted: 12/26/2002 3:01:20 AM EDT
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Get the PS2.........games for the same title (sometimes) can be found a a better price..........and then there is the "Classic" PS2 games that run only about $20.00
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Posted: 12/26/2002 4:03:33 AM EDT
[#43]
Grand Theft Auto III == PS/2
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Posted: 12/26/2002 4:40:35 AM EDT
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I have an 11 year old boy which is a gameaholic. Xbox is more for teens and post teens with limited game choices. PS2 has the best game choices and attracts kids pre-teen to teen. Game cube leans more to the younger set to pre-teen. What is difficult is that your age groups fall inbetween the machines target markets. I would not recommend Xbox for another four or five years in which by that time something new will be out.
One major thing to consider is how involved are your kids are now in Nintendo. If they have other Nintendo games they won't be content with a non-nintendo format. My boy switches between PS2 and Gamecube regularly. Attractive adult/parent features for game cube is the portable screen and 12Vdc operation which allows the kids to take the cube in the car on trips or overnight camping etc. The PS2 offers a DVD player which has benifits for their own in room movies. Game selection is different for the formats with Gamecube offering the more traditional formats such as Zelda and Mario Brothers. PS2 offers more adult type games such as these guys on AR15 like, war games, sports, etc. and can play PS1 games which are available cheap now. One thing I can tell you for sure, it is like buying an AR. Your kids will want the options and more and more games. Watch out for the options. For example, the first thing you have to buy for PS2 is a memory card and if you don't want to run out to Wally World in the middle of the night go ahead and buy it. On the other hand, PS2 will use PS1 game controllers. My solution was simple and worked. I told my kid he had to buy it and encouraged him to save his money for each and every option. I buy him games for birthday and Christmas but the rest he saved for. By the way guys, I think Grand Thef II is better than III. Other than the motorcylces, there are less movies, more game area, and more action per hour of play in II and the cheats are easier to remember and punch in. LOL |
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Posted: 12/26/2002 5:52:13 AM EDT
[#45]
Quoted: THANKS FOR ADVICE. WENT WITH THE X-BOX. Well recieved? |
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Posted: 12/26/2002 8:11:56 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: THANKS FOR ADVICE. WENT WITH THE X-BOX. Well recieved? Yes, well received. thanks for asking. it came with 2 games. I bought Max Payne for myself and just bought 2 more games for kids with "E" rating. My son's b'day is in 2 weeks so he will get them then. |
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