X Box or Playstation II
 

I am thinking of getting my little brother either X Box, or PlayStation II. Ha maybe even Game Cube, but I think I have ruled that out. :ak47:

I have heard games for PSII are better, but XBox has more potential, I don't know.

What do you guys think? His parents refuse to get him one, so I want this to be a total surprise.


Andrew

I recommend the new Atari :thumbsup

Get him a new pc and show him how to make galleries >:)

Are you having an identity crisis? Your board name is Luke but you put Andrew at the bottom of your post. :eek7

How old is he?

playstation 2 kicks ass... get gran turismo 3 and you wont see your brother for months..... Xbox doesnt have as many games out and its super pricey

If he's under 12, GameCube might be a better investment.

LOL
i choose this over any game console too :thumbsup

i never had a concole and i dont want it....
but for a kid i think PS2's better than xbox(just dont like microsoft much)...but PS2 games are so fucking expensive(saw them in stores :) )

PSII games are about as pricey as those for the "X-Box!"...at least at "Best Buy" they are!

I've played some demo games for the Xbox (Gotham City) and I've got to say the controllers for the xbox are very uncomfortable for anyone playing a long time.

I'd go for the PSII...especially to play GT3!

My :2 cents:

I have two teen boys, ages 17 and 14. They have both PS2 and XBox. In fact they have two PS2 (one is installed in my explorer with an 8 inch vid screen so they can play games or watch DVDs). By far they spend more time playing PS2 games then the few XBox games they have picked up. They've complained about the XBox controller too. I've heard that there as some out that are a bit more streamlined, but we haven't found them.

life sucks eh?

PS2 . . . mo better

playstation owns!

i dont think they make GTA3 for x-box, and you can beat hookers with baseball bats on that game! kids love that shit :thumbsup

Playstation II- WAY more game selection and a lot of them completely rock.

PK,

They are probably gonna want the Gamecube too because that has the Resident Evil series EXCLUSIVELY on that console as well as other cool Games that game God Shigeru Miyamoto puts out like the Mario and Zelda games!!

:winkwink:

He is 14.

(and may real name is Andrew, I feel it is more sincere to sign off with your real name :glugglug )

Fuck i wish my mom was that cool when i was a kid!!! :Graucho

Ya no shit,...

I guess you have to settle for just a DVD up front eh Xap?

Its a hard life =)

Buy a PS2 - Get your son "Grand Theft Auto3"
and "Metal Gear 2" to start with.

If they play any computer games you should buy them Counter-Strike.
I play that game all the time.

I was one of the fools that waited out in the cold, in line for an Xbox a few months ago.

The Xbox is technically superior to the PSII, but the PSII just has so many great games already out that it is a hard call.

The few Xbox games that are out are awesome, and the ones that are on their way look fucking incredible. When Microsoft gets their network up for playing games over a broadband connection - the Xbox will be the way to go for sure.



:2 cents:

They've tossed it around, but right now there's nothing really great for GC. Neither of them are interested in Resident Evil.

They're spoiled rotton, but hey... they spent too many years living in a cramped little place with me living from paycheck to paycheck and having to decide between hot dogs and mac and cheese.

Everywhere we go there's people asking if I want to adopt them.

I do make sure that I'm teaching them the value of the almighty dollar and the right way to live.. (ie the bills come first, etc).

Spoiled kids suck ass... not implying anything PK.

My brother bought a PS2. Haven't seen much, but what I have seen was pretty damn cool. My friend plays GTA3 for hours upon hours, probably wouldn't buy it for my brother though.

What do you guys all think of FFX? I absolutely love FF7, but I got pretty bored with FFX. But then again, I only messed with it for an hour or so. Does it get better?

I got my 8 year-old son both a PS2 and a Gamcube and he plays the Gamecube the most. When it comes to playing multi-player games with friends Gamecube has fun games like Super Smash Brothers Melee, Super Monkey Ball, and 007:Agent Under Fire (the Gamecube version has a MUCH better mutliplayer setup than the PS2 version). There are 4 controller plugs in the front vs. the PS2's 2 plugs. I have a 61" widescreen TV for the games so we always have a full house. Our neighbor has an Xbox with Halo and BloodWake which are cool games but the others we played were kinda lame. I myself prefer the PS2 for action games such as Maximo, Virtual Fighter 4, and GT3 but one drawback to the PS2 that I don't see with the Gamecube is that the edges on many objects look jagged and rough. When you play on a bigscreen it is really noticeable. The edges on objects in Gamecube are smoother although I think PS2 has better lighting.

You can debate all day, but it comes down to deciding which system has the most games that you are going to want to play.

In case you didn't know they now sell Japanese Xbox Controllers that are smaller (if you have small hands) also the madcats are smaller too but they don't hold up very well to alot of usage.

I have a PS2 and ARS will be giving me a Xbox here in a week or so from points.

The best thing about the xbox is playing Halo on 4 xboxs, nothing like it in consoles.

Best game for me on PS2 is ATV Offroad Fury which is now $19.95 at Frys. If you want a 2+ player game nothing else competes.

If you want to get our kid a Gamecube, get the japanese one with the USA mod chip, that way it plays dvd's and can play both american and japanese games.

I believe the run $300-400 though, but worth it.

I think true gamers like myself want and do buy every console that comes out, in addition to hand helds and pc and mac games shit, I want them all.

There is no OR when it comes to video games...

check out the superbooger video game store hehe

http://superbooger.iwonsuperstore.com

If I cant jerk of to it, I better be able to jerk a joystick to it.

Well I just bought xbox and it is fucking amazing! The graphics are awsome, the sound is great, gameplay is great..

I got just 2 games with it (only had it a week!) - halo and project gotham racing.. fucking incredible.. its almost like watching tv instead of computer graphics.. so smooth, fast and realistic.

I played a couple of ps2 games a few months back and although they were cool they just didn't compare.. maybe it was just those games, I dunno..

While its true that there are not so many games for xbox yet you have to remember that its microsoft which means BIG MONEY is behind it - uncle bill will make sure that there will be loads of games soon enough! Trust in uncle bill ;)

In my opinion the xbox is something that microsoft actually got right first time.

Looking forward to the xbox broadband network thingy getting started.. that will be cool!

Oh and the built in vibrators are an added bonus.. :thumbsup

PS2- State of Emergency, GTA3, GT3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Games are soo much better.

xbox is 100times better than that fucked up ps2
currently there are more games for the ps2
but xbox's graphics and upcoming games are tons better than ps2 ones!

Get him a Dreamcast and NBA2K2. I've been playing that game over and over and over and over again and i still play one game/day. BTW: i just kicked Lakers' ass in the finals. Average win margin of 40 point, superstar level... Try beating that :Graucho

Dreamcast is dead...my local video rental store just pulled all the dreamcast games off the shelf and put them up for sale.

i love counter-strike too :D

i'm ranked in the top 100 on one of the main servers in Australia. hehe.. i am a nerd :(

And if you like the GTA series, try State of emergency on PS2. Much like GTA, cept without the cars and the view is third person. (So what's the same?!) lots of mindless killing of civilians :D

Get the xbox for, if nothing else, the game Halo. There is no console game that even comes close to comparing. Plus, you can play it online at gamespy.com. The neighbors kids around here are constantly hanging around my door waiting for me to get a game of Halo going. Either that or they are using that as an excuse to hang out with my daughter.:BangBang:

The xbox is set to blow the psII out of the water. This reminds me so much of the Navigator/Explorer issue years ago. Everyone was talking about how Navigator was much better, well established, and blah, blah, blah, blah...we all see what happened.

There is no game out there for the xbox, including Halo, that has used up HALF the capabilities of the xbox yet. It will take developers at least a year to come out with games that will begin to use all of the xbox resources. Basically, what it comes down to is that in a year, all of the games for the psII will be obsolete and way inferior to the xbox games. Yes, right now, psII has more games but that will not last.

Just play Halo once or watch someone play it. That is all it will take to convince you.

Ps2 For sure.. get Gran Turismo 3, Grand Theft Auto 3, and SILENT HILL 2= DONT LET HIM PLAY SILENT HILL ALONE!!


bunky

Never tried anything besides my PS2 and I'm happy with it. Recomended :thumbsup

PS2 by far- it has more games

Try SS tricky- snowboarding game, its great!

Ok we have close to 40 posts, and maybe 3 people suggested the xbox and the rest are saying PS2.

Ps2 has at least 15 kick-ass games to date, and hundreds of other solid games.

xbox has Halo which is kick-ass, but nothing else to date which is good.

Either buy the ps2 system which has great games already, or buy the xbox and hope they make some good games.
IN 1-2 years, I'm sure both systems will have a newer version or some upgrade so It doesn't matter too much.

hhehehe he hhehe hehhehehe hehhehee....HALO.....hehhhehh hheheh hhhehhe hehehhehhehh .... its like...hehe hehe...costing me my marriage..hehhehhe...HALO'S COOL! hehhehhe hehhe hehh





MechAttack and Elder Scroll's are on the way...My skin is translucent.


If you drink a twelvepack and take a nice big 4 mg Xanax...you can achieve transcendental states of being with an xbox...

Grand Theft Auto 3 is supposed to be out soon for the Xbox.

Get him a pc and tell him to go to www.newgrounds.com or www.helpgame.net that should be enough...then get him to sign up under your referral code and get him posting galleries at the hun...Look at the benefits:

1) Cash Income (unless promoting ARS)
2) Sex Education lessons on line.
3) Cash Income (unless promoting ARS)
4) Another daily unique for the hun
5) Cash Income (unless promoting ARS)
6) Possible membership to the Bone Prone Family
7) Cash Income (unless promoting ARS)

Wow! That really surprises me!! The Resident Evil series is one of the most popular console series to date!!

Are they more into stuff like Snowboarding, skateboarding, and sports games then??