A quick opinion on game box's.

[phloop]

I am looking for decent opinion's on the three different game box's that are on the market. What are the option's of the people here? This will be for me (40yr's) and my son (7+yr's).





Thanks,

Phloop.

 

[EBottema]

I enjoy ps2. I am 20 and love grand theft auto... my cousins who are 6 and 10 enjoy it too. You cannot really go wrong with either...

 

[Mike Ellis]

My kids have the PS-2, X-box, and a Gamecube. Not really sure how that happened, the grandparents spoil them too much. I have played them all, and I can give you a 40-year old's perspective on 'em.



The kids tend to play the X-box the most, I prefer the PS-2. Mostly because there are a couple of games they have for the PS-2 that I really enjoy (Simpsons Hit and Run, etc). There are lots of grown-up games (RPGs, flight simulators, etc) on the X-box, but most of those are available on the PC too and I prefer playing them on the PC. (Some of them are so violent and have such "mature language" like GTA-San Andreas that I wouldn't be comfortable letting kids play them at all).



Gamecube is behind the pack in terms of power, the games are usually the worst of the lot too. The Nintendo franchise is long on kiddy games IMHO, the only ones that hold my interest are the Zelda series.



The X-box has a better DVD-playback than our PS-2, on the PS-2 dark scenes become almost black and tough to see detail. The X-box plays back DVD's as good as most dedicated players.



Something that has surprised me is how fast the younger kids lose interest in the "big games" but continue to return time and again to franchise formula crap. Based on my kids and the Cub Scouts I've been around for years, the average kid spends more time playing Pokemon, Yu-gi-Oh, and Dragonball Z type games than everything else combined. I find those games absolutely mind-numbingly boring, but kids play them for hours on end. All of the three major systems have pretty much identical titles in those arenas, so no matter what you buy your kids will find stuff they like to play.



But if YOU want to play, I'd say #1 = X-box, #2 = PS-2. Avoid Gamecube

 

[DieselMinded]

Seems to be ...



X-box is for Older Nerds

Ps2 is for mature gammers

Nintendo is for 0-14 years old



I would buy my kid a nintendo he would enjoy it and the game collection the best . .



But If I was buying one I would wait for the PS3 to come out ... . Its going to be soon.



Just leave the X-box to online gammers and Geeks



:>



DM

 

[DBogo]

i like my PS2 i played an XBOX and it was ok but i liek the PS2 more it is simplier

 

[Hummin Cummins]

PS 2 for me (35 year old kid) Kids also have x box, I never played it. I like Socom Navy Seals for ps 2, alos Syphon Filter, or any other military type game that makes ya think a little bit.

 

[Hohn]

The reason I could never, EVER own an X-box is because it lacks the one thing I value most that PS2 has:

GRAN TOURISMO!!

 

[crobertson1]

Justin,



Wanna race? On PS2 I mean. I heard that X Box has a game that's GT3 comparable called Forza or something like that. That way we could do X Box Live.



Craig

 

[KBennett]

We have PS2 and you are right Hohn, GT rocks!

I like Desert Storm, Ghost Recon, and SOCOM.

 

[nickleinonen]

The reason I could never, EVER own an X-box is because it lacks the one thing I value most that PS2 has:

GRAN TOURISMO!!

diddo... that is the reason i first got playstation... and when my sister got ps2, well i got GT3... now when GT4 becomes a greatest hits game, i will get that...



i have gamecube myself and i only got it for metroid... i was a massive fan of the super metroid for the older snes system and i was hoping that the one for the cube was going to be as good, but the control of that game is awful... being first person, i got use to the first person controls in the n64 games like goldeneye and perfect dark, and the metroid prime controls don't work like the n64 controls at all so i rarely play it. and i have the mario sunshine game for cube too, and i was hoping it would be very much like mario 64 for n64, but there are too many of those bonus levels that you have to play through, and not enough of the game play is actually in the different worlds/levels in the game...



there has never been any game that has interested me on xbox, but that new fortsa motorsport looks very nice i think. .

 

[Byershome]

We have all three... ... ... ... . now if you ask the kids which they like the best they will say PS2... ... ... ... ... but if you watch what gets played the most when there is more than one kid around, the XBOX wins hands down. It also tends to vanish win there are parties elsewhere. I have also come home to routers in the middle of the house on the floor, cables stretched hap hazard with XBOX's at the end ... ... and the echo's of mass destruction... ... ..... hey you, give me that controller, the owner of this house is taking your spot :-laf



Bring on XBOX 360 Oo.

 

[1smoknC]

lol. i wish they would make a dhra game or somethin for any system. that would be sweet. ive got x-box and my sister has ps2 and IMO the graphics of PS2 just suck compared to x-box.

 

[Bob Wagner]

My kids love playstation 2. we tried many different systems over the years. I still have the atari boxed up :-laf

 

[1smoknC]

thats funny. i would say ps2 for kids and xbox for like teenagers. xbox has less games and more like mature stuff and ps2 has more games with not as great graphics. it was a hard choice, but i was glad i got xbox..... but both are great systems.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

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Many more popular titles , Games for us "Touched" people (Grand theft , getaway , mercenaries etc) Na dsports fans , and not to forget The Gran turismo trilogy which is unarguably the best driving sim yet to date bar none.

 

[biggy238]

I love the online gaming that X-Box offers. Ghost Recon online...

Set them down to an ATARI 2600 and space invaders... . we'll see who the true gamer is



X-Box truely is marketed toward an older gaming-mature audience.

 

[ndurbin]

X-box here. I've made the leap from my dad's old Atari... . to the first Nintendo... then to the Sega..... PS1... . and now the X-box. I do miss the Gran Toursimo game from time to time but I can always dig the PS1 outta the box and play it.



Nathan

 

[TxDieselKid]

Xbox is what I have, but then again I only play Halo2, which I would not let my 7 year old play (if I had one). Gran Tourismo is a great game also. If it were me I would get him the Xbox, and watch the games that he plays.



I have seen some VERY wild video games in my life.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Like Liesure Suit Lary? :-laf

 

[red-rider]

get the PS2 (Im 30 years young, my kids 6 and 9) also get MX vs ATV Unleashed to go with it.