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<blockquote data-quote="Apok" data-source="post: 513033" data-attributes="member: 1969">Seeing as how the discussion has been primarily about hardware, allow me to give you my radical point of view...The hardware is irrelevant.Why are you buying this system?&nbsp; If you are buying it to show it off to your friends so they can stare and say, &quot;oooooh, check out the hardware specs on that baby!&quot; then you should definitely grab the Xbox.&nbsp; However, I would assume that you are going to buy a console for the purpouse it was intended for; playing games.The games selection should be your only mode of comparison, IMO.&nbsp; True, alot of third party developers are going the multi-platform route with most of their games but both Xbox and PS2 will have their share of exclusive titles and those are what you should be looking at.&nbsp; Don't buy a console because it's the most advanced one at the time, buy it because it plays the games you like.&nbsp; Just as an example, Namco was releasing it's Tekken series soley on PS2.&nbsp; That about did it for me.People who stare at hardware specs and mumble things about the nebulous 'future' should realize that once the future gets here, you'll be dealing with a slew of new consoles boasting the latest &amp; greatest that modern technology has to offer.&nbsp; Sure, the look and design of console games will get a little better for both systems down the road and the Xbox has the advantage here due to its hardware.&nbsp; However, don't delude yourself into thinking it's going to be so noticeable you'll be screaming, &quot;Wow!&nbsp; This is like nothing I've ever seen before!&nbsp; I'm amazed they haven't tapped this potential before now!&quot;&nbsp; By the time developers start taking advantage of each systems full capabilities, both Sony and Microsoft will be hard at work marketing the PS3 and Xbox2.&nbsp; So, just to recap, find out what kind of console games you'd be interested in playing and research the two systems from that angle.&nbsp; That's the way to do it and I assure you that you will be glad you did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Apok, post: 513033, member: 1969"] Seeing as how the discussion has been primarily about hardware, allow me to give you my radical point of view... The hardware is irrelevant. Why are you buying this system? If you are buying it to show it off to your friends so they can stare and say, "oooooh, check out the hardware specs on [i] that [/i] baby!" then you should definitely grab the Xbox. However, I would assume that you are going to buy a console for the purpouse it was intended for; playing games. The games selection should be your only mode of comparison, IMO. True, alot of third party developers are going the multi-platform route with most of their games but both Xbox and PS2 will have their share of exclusive titles and those are what you should be looking at. Don't buy a console because it's the most advanced one at the time, buy it because it plays the games you like. Just as an example, Namco was releasing it's Tekken series soley on PS2. That about did it for me. People who stare at hardware specs and mumble things about the nebulous 'future' should realize that once the future gets here, you'll be dealing with a slew of new consoles boasting the latest & greatest that modern technology has to offer. Sure, the look and design of console games will get a little better for both systems down the road and the Xbox has the advantage here due to its hardware. However, don't delude yourself into thinking it's going to be so noticeable you'll be screaming, "Wow! This is like nothing I've ever seen before! I'm amazed they haven't tapped this potential before now!" By the time developers start taking advantage of each systems full capabilities, both Sony and Microsoft will be hard at work marketing the PS3 and Xbox2. So, just to recap, find out what kind of console games you'd be interested in playing and research the two systems from that angle. That's the way to do it and I assure you that you will be glad you did. [/QUOTE]

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