sell me on a system

[Del Murder]

I'd say PS2 is best for sports games. Madden on GC takes a whole memory card, where a PS2 card can hold like 7 franchises, and the controller is a better fit. Then again you won't get gems like Mario Golf and Tennis. Sony has the bonus of getting the main FF titles, but Nintendo has the bonus of getting the Zelda titles.

When I had this decision I ended up choosing PS2 because I didn't have a PS1 or DVD player and plus I wanted FFX.

In conclusion, if it's quality games you want, you can't go wrong with Nintendo, who seldom makes a bad game.

[Shoeberto]

Yeah, I'd go GC due to price and exclusive Nintendo games. But I'm not much of a sport game fan, so y'know.

[Lord Chainsaw]

I'm so proud of you all^_^
No one has said or voted Xbox yet! YAY!
hehe, i just don't like xbox...

get anything but that lol... I think you'd be good with a PS2... its definantly a good price range... and has more games for it.

You sir, just inspired me to vote Xbox.

[Raistlin]

PS2 has a ton of damn fine games.

Final Fantasy
Suikoden
Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid

and a helluva lot more games only found on the PS2. It also has by far the best controller.

[Shlup]

Nintendo Game Cube can be easily modified into a handheld nuclead device.

[Tidus Andronicus]

You sir, just inspired me to vote Xbox.

=P hehe, well do what you like XD I'm just glad it took this long for someone to vote xbox lol ^_^

[Chzn8r]

PS2 still has the dominance in RPGs, but Gamecube *has* seen many exclusive RPGs this year (Crystal Chronicles, Tales of Symphonia, Paper Mario 2, Baten Kaitos) and a new Fire Emblem coming in February (I think), so that's really tempting for any RPG fan, I'd say.

That, and there's NOTHING that beats the price point of GC right now... $99, Mario Kart Double Dash, an extra controller, and $15 Nintendo Gift Card to boot. That's near $200 if bought seperately.

[Martyr]

Final Fantasy addicted me to the nes! I was spending 8 hours a day in my youth playing Final Fantasy with different parties, Zelda, Dragon Warrior, Battle of Olmpus etc! I had to smash it with a hammer to break the addiction! I will never buy another system again!

SO I can't recommend anything except that you keep your PC and seperate your gaming time with healthy intervals of typing your notes for school and/or writing stories to improve your prowess as a writer.

[Eö Telrúnya]

Or ... if you want to save money and still have a good time playing amazing computer games, just download some Roms from the Internet. But ... remember to make sure you own the original cartridges before you download them! Or you could do what I do and pretend you've got them all in the attic.

[eestlinc]

yea, I've played all the ROM games I want to play (except maybe finishing ff3), and I have all the ff games available on ps1 except 4 and 8, and i still have my NES and SNES, so it's not like I need help playing old games.

I'll either buy nothing or buy a gamecube. Now we shall see which I choose.

[Ryth]

I like the PS2 best because of all it's different kinds of genres everywhere and all the FF games plus online play that the cube doesn't have except for Phantasy Star Online, people tell me Xbox is the best I don't have one though so I wouldn't know which it does have a good selection of games like Halo of course and Fable, Ninja Gaiden, and I hear it has the best version of Pandora Tomorrow just to name a few but the Ps2 is the dominate system for sure.

[eestlinc]

I don't care about internet in a game system.

[Strider]

You sound a lot like me, man. Seriously.

And if I were in your shoes, I would definitely buy a GameCube.

[Rostum]

They need to make more RPG's on PC. You can pretty much get anything to play on PC I guess, through emulators and such.

I'd say upgrade your PC. =)

Anyways you'd probably want something that's fun, yes? Well it depends what games you like and what style they are. Because I find that games are usualy different on each system unless they've been ported to each system.

[eestlinc]

i have a good pc. i don't like PC games that much. I don't like cluttering my PC with games anyway. Better to have a standalone system.