PS2 or XBox

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by illdefined

the xbox is the best machine, and now that Madden does Live, there really is no reason not to get it. it has the best audio and graphics and is always the version EA uses to promote the game, even last year w/o Live. if you want to see the power of its hardware check out Chronicles of Riddick or the xbox versions of Splinter Cell. night and day.

Gamecube has great first party games, IF you like those styles of games. the controller is made for these certain types of games, and has one button LESS than the other consoles. this handicaps Madden and other more involved games. and effectively no online now or ever.

PS2 hardware is undeniably aging, its tough to see every xbox version of PS2 games look 50% better. they have the most games tho and some great exclusives you cant find anywhere else (then again they all do).

if you want the state of the art as far as consoles go, get the xbox. now with EA doing Live, there's no downside.

how much is it to play online on the x-box? I've heard that the ps2, or atleast certain games, r free to play online but the x-box requires online fees. is that true? 1 thing I do like about the x-box that the other consoles don't do is the fact that u don't need freakin memory cards for the x-box cuz its got a built in harddrive.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

how much is it to play online on the x-box? I've heard that the ps2, or atleast certain games, r free to play online but the x-box requires online fees. is that true? 1 thing I do like about the x-box that the other consoles don't do is the fact that u don't need freakin memory cards for the x-box cuz its got a built in harddrive.

$50 for a year im afraid. but its really very slick. most online games for PS2 are free but dont have near the online features Live has. that and for your $50 you get a nice headset, which you'd have to buy separetly for PS2. yeah like i said, gaming $tate of the art. and if you have a digital surround sound setup definitely get an xbox.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

kewl, thanks u guys 4 the info. after watching one of the recent stories on sportscenter about atheletes playing video games online a lot, I was thinking that would be kewl as hell to play some skins and maybe beat them, lol.