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I am fairly informed about the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, but if my son wants the very best console, then which do you feel will be the best console/entertainment system out of the following:

(note, I have a very healthy Mega Drive and around 30 games, my son has the Dreamcast, my wife has her books ;)

The Game Cube - it's Nintendo, it's gonna be good right? So will Sonic Team's bandwagon soak up the sales? Will Sonic versus Mario happen? That'd be pretty amazing!! Maybe Nintendo and Sega will venture in joint projects!!

The PS2 - it's not rubbish by any means, but I am not convinced by the football games on the format, and yet I think it will produce some of the best games of the next few years - the highly anticipated GT3 and MGS2?

The XBox - Microsoft's first, and possibly last foray into the console market, can they steal the limelite from Sony, and would this console be the best investment?? Who knows? If the price is right, and the DVD player good quality, I may well get this one.

thanks

if you can add to this thank you ever so much!!
Phil

Intersting topic, and myself have a PS2 which I have been fairly pleased with it except for the Sony customer service!!! It's not that great really seeing as I finally received my PlayStation 2 gamers pack thing for registering, consisting of a demo disc - four months old, and a competition with a closing date of 3 days ago! What a con!! I sent off for it 2 months agao as well...Didn't exactly endear me to the world of Sony....


Anywho, the PS2 is not a good investment - I don't believe it's as good a choice as the GameCube or Xbox and thus I am selling up now, just a 6th of the year gone and hoping to get around £240 for the machine. It's a con that there's only 2 ports on the machine, it's a con that the memory cards are so expensive, it's a con that all the games fail to fullfil my gaming desires, and it's a con that nothing AAA (or even Single A) has been released, and I'm not talking battery sizes!!!

DVD player on the machine is ok, but without a decent remote control it's not all that special!

So, definitely don't get a PS2 for your son unless he really, really wants at least 5 or so of the games, maybe one of those wouldn't disappoint, so I suggest waiting, but researching now, for the Xbox from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube.

Personally I am not going to get anything until the launch titles have been reviewed, the consoles are cheap enough and the world seems happy with them!!

Dreamcast is the best console on the market, bar none, sorry PS2 owners - I know there are around 10 good games, but hand me a pair of maracas, a dance mat, Samba de Amigo and I'll be entertained for hours, as well as getting fit! (Obviously I'll need a TV, Dreamcast and all the leads)....

GameCube may 'look' like it's for children, but with Sega, EA and nearly every developer under the sun signing up to pump out some top games for the machine, plus the compatability with the GBA, and the piracy problems - there won't be any hopefully, then I'd get that one mate!!!

Dan2K1

Yeah Gamecube thats what im getting, joined forces of the greatest games companies...the big N and Sega. It will also link up with your GBA and it will have internet access!

**Starts to Drool all over keyboard**

Bill Gates is hated by some. PS2 'may' be a let down in some eyes, and thus GameCube is gonna rock isn't it!"

Try getting a plugin off microsoft!

Be careful it may crash your system like the last microsoft download I had :-(

Media player tells me it can't find the source filter to play them


AAARGGHHH!

But then again maybe Im wrong!

the latest version of Winamp will suport the filetype but I think youll need a plugin!

Windows Media Player?

Erm...not to my knowledge, it doesn't support it. I have the latest version, and it doesn't want to play them. That's enough to convince me.

Any other ideas? ;)

Doesnt the latest version of WinAmp support .mov files?

www.winamp.com