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Hmn.
Hmn.
What games do you want to play? The console market is so wide and wonderful at the moment, that's the easiest way to answer the question. My answer usually comes down to "Sega Games" which doesn't help, because Monkey Ball's only on GC, the wondrous VF4 is only on PS2, and Jet Set Radio Future's only on Xbox. See? But if you KNOW there are platform specific games you want, then it's easy to make the decision. The GC has some TOP quality stuff on it, and the future lineup is superb. The Xbox isn't exactly bad, and the PS2, though swamped with titles, of which many will be crap, does have its highspots.
I'd hold on on the PS2 front - there SHOULD, godwilling, be a price drop soon. It plays DVDs OK from what I've heard (I'm considering one just because it's the only cheap DVD player that will go vertically, which is the only way there's room for one by my telly at home).
So: maybe? It's got more good games than it used to, the games aren't too tough secondhand, and it will play DVDs and almost all old PS1 games. But the Gamecube's smaller, cheaper, and funkier, and the Xbox does have some mighty impressive stuff unique to it - if you want the hard disk, and the big (but not as unwieldy as people make out) controller, and the large box, and Microsoft in your front room, then go for it.
The Xbox does have Halo, though. Which irks me. Can't I get Halo any other way? Evidently not. |
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