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Originally posted by Mikado
I'm going to go against the norm and say the Xbox. I'm not fanboy either, in fact I own all three systems, however if you're just going to be playing mostly sports titles then I'd go with the Xbox. There aren't any sports titles exclusive to PS-2, that I know of, and it's been my experience that most games look and play smoother than the PS-2 counterpart. Images and textures are sharper, framerates are smoother, and I personally feel the controls are more responsive. You'll get all the sports games PS-2 has, plus Microsoft's own first party titles.
I know you're not interested in online play, but I feel it's best to at least purchase something that will satisfy that need if you decide to go that route in the future. Xbox has a much better online function than PS-2 at the moment, and it's got HDTV output if you ever decide to upgrade your TV. So to me it would make more sense, if you're going to spend the money, to buy something that has more flexibility for the long run. Especially considering that you probably won't want to buy another console anytime soon.
However, the PS-2 is dropping in price this fall for the holiday sales. I believe it will be $99 just like the Cube. Xbox is also dropping it's price as well, though we haven't been given a final quote. Even still, I think the Xbox is well worth the price of admission.
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I checked IGN, and the PS2 has about 10 exclusive sports games that the XBox doesn't have.
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Originally posted by UnlikedOne
I'd go with an Xbox too, if you like sports games, it has some damn good ones, just go to IGN.com and check it out.
Also, if you are a music fan, you can rip entire cd's to the xbox's hard drive, i have 60 cd's on there now, with plenty of rrom left. Xbox is quite worth the price of admission, Halo is one godly game and it has all the sports titles PS2 has, not to mention its got a lot of damn good action games.
Just my .02
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I checked out IGN (I go there all the time) and every single XBox sports game that came out has the same review as the PS2 version
or worse.
Yes, XBox does have Halo, and Halo is an amazing game, but it's not worth buying an XBox over if you only have one system choice (I buy every system that comes out to solve this problem
). PS2 is the king of action games, even though XBox does have its fair share of them. I'm just saying from experience that the PS2 has the best library of games, and that's what a system decision should be made on.
Of course, it's entirely up to you. XBox is a great system as well as Gamecube. I would hate making the decision of choosing one system, but it would have to be PS2. Any system you buy will serve you well as long as you play the good games on it. This sounds overly obvious, but it's not -- most of the people that hate this console or that console hate it because they've played all of the shitty games for it. Buy either one of the three and play games that IGN gives 8.5 or above and I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
-Lasereth