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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1266829" data-attributes="member: 151">That the X-box will be different hardware is certainly not speculation.  Microsoft has already announced that they will be using a different processor set from IBM and different video hardware from ATI, instead of NVIDIA.  I agree that it shouldn't be rocket science to make the platform backwards compatbile...in fact, I assume it will be a high priority for them.  Sony reaped the benefits of such a strategy, so it's no suprise.  I'm not so confident that the Nitentdo 129 witll be backwards-compatible, though.  While Nintendo's box can't play DVDs or CDs...it's also the only console that hasn't been hacked to play bootlegs, turned into a Linux machine or modded to be a media center, AFAIK.  Well, this is the rare occasion that you and I will disagree, John.  I distinctly remember the large amount of disappointment at the PS/2s graphics at launch time.  In particular, the lack of anti-aliasing was often lamented.  The X-box and Gamecube are only a year younger than the PS/2, and there are some games on the PS/2 which looked better on the Dreamcast (but honestly, that says more about the developer than the hardware). All of which is irrelevant in that, depending on your situation, the PS/2 is, as you say, the best bang for your buck.  All the more reason I should get one, I suppose. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I got X-box as a Christmas gift, and I got the 'cube when I traded in my DC and games.  With Mario Sunshine and a memory card, I paid $27 for it....and that was before the price-drop. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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