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What is the best bet for a cheapish entry into gaming....PS2 or Xbox???????

If I were buying either of these I`d go PS2. Don`t know why it "just seems to be" the right choice

Play.com are currently selling the XBox for £79.99, and I think that the PS2 is still selling for around £100. Not sure on the second hand market cost.

As for games, PS2 has the shear volume, but in that is some real dross. Places like Game and Gamestation have masses of second hand PS2 games so you should be able to pick up some real bargins. Saying that, you can pick up some real Xbox game bargins as well (Farcry £17.99).

I`ve had a PS2 and I`ve got an Xbox. I presonally prefer the Xbox.

I suppose it comes down to what you want out of your games. If you want a large supported network for online play and slightly better looking games, go Xbox. If you want a massive back catalogue of games, PS2 is the way to go.

Just my opinion.

I agree with andyk,

I have both consoles but if I could only keep 1 it would be the Xbox no question.

I have found the games to be better than PS2 games and just prefer the look of it, the controller and it has a massive amount of available games.
Gamestation currently have excellent games in their 4 for £20 offer - you really can`t go wrong.
The PS2 is also nice and more `discreet` if you have old ps1 games to play it may be the way to go for you?



why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

I would say Xbox. Purely as it`s vastly superior to the PS2. And it has LIVE.


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Purely as it`s vastly superior to the PS2

I hope you`re simply referring to the hardware. Otherwise... *cough*fanboy*cough*

It depends on the games you want to play. The PS2 has a larger back catalogue (over 6,000 games) and within those titles, manages to cover all genres quite nicely, with some really stonking games.

The Xbox doesn`t. The Xbox has plenty of fantastic games and a great online/multiplayer network, but lack killer games in a few fields (wrestling and RPG spring to mind)

If you`re new to gaming (and couldn`t care less about aging hardware and frame rates), I`d plump for a PS2.

Oh yeah... Ken is a badass dude!

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OMFG!! WRESTLING!!?!? ahem......;)

I would say that the top 20 titles for the Xbox are easily a match for the top 20 on the PS2. All it comes down to is choice. Go into your local game. Look at the charts. If you like the look of more games on the PS2 than the Xbox, get that and vice versa.

If all the games you like the look of are out on both systems get the Xbox because the GFX are better.

It really is that easy..............

To be honest, at this stage of the game, if you cant answer this question yourself you should consider a Dreamcast as an entry level into gaming. Seriously. £15 quid for the console and 2-5 quid for games.

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OMFG!! WRESTLING!!?!?

Excuse me, Mr Sarcismo - he might want to play a rasslin` game. :p

Oh yeah... Ken is a badass dude!

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The last wrestling game I played I got a 7 foot 500 pound transvestite, called `Cutty Ranks`, with a long pink skirt and high heels to win the mens and womens WWF titles. I actually used to quite enjoy them.

But then they made a revision where you couldnt skip the matches you werent involved in and i stopped playing withing two or three hours.

Acutally, speaking of the dreamcast, Royal Rumble was pretty good with 4 mates.

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I guess it depends on what you want to play.
I bought my PS2 purely to play GT, Ico, God of War and the forthcoming Shadow of the Colossus and Okami (releases early next year).
I would have bought the Xbox just to play Steel Batallion but that controller was enormous.

I agree with the previous poster - Dreamcast is a good choice - great graphics on a par with PS2 without the aliasing problems and cheap too.
I`ve still got mine and I`ve got no intention of getting rid of it anytime soon - must go and dig it out.

What sort of games do you enjoy - driving, fps beat `em up and how important is multiplayer to you?

Cheers