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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2015520" data-attributes="member: 4779">Yeah, there will be new consoles coming out soon.  But they typically take anywhere from 4 months to a year to have any kind of decent library of games.   That and this next generation of consoles will be very expensive, as is normal for a launch.  Think a minimun investment of $350 just for the system.  Add in the accessories, tax and a game or 2 and you are easily blowing $500 dollars.That said, now is a great time to buy one of the 2 consoles!  They are dirt cheap and the libraries are huge.  You'll have a great selection of games.Here's the breakdown:The PS2 is unmatched with it's library of games.  Every genre is represented in full force.  RPG, action, driving, adventure, fighting - you name it, they got it.  The downside is the graphics:  they are the worst of the current generation of consoles.  So it comes down to:  what kind of games do you dig?  If the answer is RPGs or hack-n-slash RPG/action hybrids than this is the system for you.  And in my opinion, they have the best controller on the market as well.The Xbox is good as well, but for different reasons.  I play my Xbox much more than my PS2 these days but that's after it sat there for almost 2 years, doing nothing but collecting dust.  I didn't jump on Halo when everyone else did (I eventually bought it but that was last summer) and the selection of games I like (RPGs, sports, action) were lacking badly compared to the PS2.  But now, the graphics are what draws me to buy the Xbox version of (for example) X-men Legends rather than the PS2 version.You say you like fantasy?  Well, you've got the best and largest RPG library on the PS2.  You'll never run out of them to be honest.  And there are a ton of really good ones.  There is the Champions of Norrath series, Skies of Arcadia (great game!) Xenosaga 1&2, Dark Cloud 1 & 2, Star Ocean, Suikoden 3 & 4 plus Final Fantasy X, X-2 & XI (online only for XI).  Not to mention RPG/strategy games like Phantom Brave, La Pucelle: Tactics & Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.  There are more but those are the better ones.One the other hand, for RPGs, the Xbox has Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 which are simply awesome.  It also has Morrowind & Fable.  Jade Empire will be out in a few months as well.  That game is going to be very cool.Both systems have X-men Legends, Beyond Good & Evil and Baulder's Gate 1 & 2.As for the really heavy hitters that don't directly deal with fantasy but are great games that just about anyone will enjoy - each system has some.  Again, the PS2 has more.Xbox:  Halo 1 & 2.PS2:  Final Fantasy X.  Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City & San Andreas.  Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3.There are also a slew of games with a list too long to name that are on both consoles.  Like other here have said:  What kind of games do you like the best?  Start there, check out some gaming review sites and go from there.  <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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