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"my money- gamecube or ps2?"

i have very limited money but i am able to purchase either a gamecube or a ps2. As the gamecube will be more recent do u beleive it will have a longer console life than the ps2? the ps2 has impressive games in the lineup but not many speculations for the coming years. hpwever the gamecube has a poor release date lineup so which is wiser to buy? also i already have a dvd player so does that take away some off the ps2s charm over the gamecube?

I would get the PS2 because they have better games out then the Gamecube has. Also, I feel that the PS2 is just a better system.

the x-box's stats r about as twice as good as the ps2's. however the launch titles for x-box will b about the quality of the current ps2 titles. (obviously more on ps2). but i think a year down the line the x-box games (if they get the backing) will b better than the ps2's cause the x-box is more powerfull and has the ability to have better games in the futre.

You think X-box is better!!??......Why you little.......!! ;)


No problem with having your own opinion.

Anyway, it all really depends on what type of games you like as all 3 consoles have different types, so its really down to your past experiences. If you owned either a Nintendo are Sony machine and liked them then your possible better off staying with them as they have the games for you. However if these did not really impress you all that much then you may find that the X-box is the machine for you.

All though the specs for each are different, they are not different enough to make a big difference in the performance of the machine, so dont be worried about that.

between ps2 and gamecube, i say go for ps2. but honestly i would say x-box is the best bet out of the three.

just my opinion. im not going to go into detail as it will turn this into one of those anyoing consol war posts.

Sorry I forget to put this in, there is a way that a Us Gc can play Japanes Gc games without an extra peripheral though I dont know if the new batch of consoles can do that.

Get the xbox or the Ps2 or an import GC, and if the reason your getting GC is mainly for the Resident Evil games then get it when the games actually come out which is far away but by then it the price may have already dropped.

So in order of best to worse this is how I'd advice you to get one of the next-gen console:

1. Ps2 - because its out now and already has a few killer games already out in the UK.

2. Xbox - It may be a bit far away but also the games on it are impressive with cut out loading times due to developers using the HDD plus most games are network compatible like Halo using gamespy network, the official network is still being worked on.

3. Gamecube - Well Resi 4 is exclusive on it as well as some old favourites like Mario and maybe Pokemon.

So by my advice if you can only afford one console get the PS2, if you can afford two then get the Ps2 and the xbox ans get the Gc if you can afford all three.

The reason for this is that the Gc doesnt very many games out even at launch in UK, though Nintendo havent confirmed what gems are out at launch and it isnt backward compatible with N64 games. Though an import Gc would be the best as there are some good games in Japan and USA but dont expect the same treatment in Europe.

Your really gonna get an Unbiased view posting this question in here aint ya!

As for console life, well there is speculation of PS3 being released in 2003.

Ps2 and GC games should be the same price. Nintendo have always had expensive games due to them being cartridge based. I've had a look at prices of games over in America and there is no difference in price between PS2 and GC, all titles are roughly $49.99 and one GC game was only $36.99. So price of games over here shouldnt differ too much.

The only thing you have to decide on is the games. Look at each consoles games that are out now and future games. If you want more games on the PS2 than get that. If you want more GC games get that.

cheap games? what ones and where can i buy them (not second hand)cheers m8
MM

If your short on Cash you should find out which has the games you want, also bear in mind that Nintendo have always been expensive in my experiance, where as some older PS2 games are going dead cheap.

Its not buying the console that costs money, its the games to play on it.