even tho its a massive brick.
it has some good shit on it.
with anything you get, as soon as you buy it, another bigger better machine comes out. you buy a saturn (eww-crap) and out comes a psx. you buy a dreamcast and out comes the ps2 (even tho a ps2 is a dreamcast with dvd) you buy a ps2, and here comes the xbox. gamecube? well, nintendo let me down years ago with the gameboy. they seem to have lost in the market.

as for microsoft invading the games console market,
maybe its a good thing. after all... sony mostly made cd players and walkmans etc before they decided to introduce the playstation. and who is gonna argue that that wasnt good?

but i am biased to another party.
the humble PC.
Even tho the "outdate" occurence happens each minute, with pc prices going hectic and newer,faster,better systems coming out, you can do one thing that you cannot do with a console...

upgrade.

you can get the beastiest computer and run a class game.
programmers have to work to a thresh-hold of performance on a console, you dont have to on a pc.

you just say - minimum spec -
and you know ppl will buy newer pcs coz they cant play those games on em.

see, there isnt gonna b a console for a lil while that has a processor with the power of the AMD ATHLON XP 1900 with quantispeed ( equivalent INTEL 2.3 ish ) a 128meg 3d graphics card , 512k of ram(types to choose from there) dvd ram, cdRW
Unrestricted internet, ability to run a helluva lot more than games,
use of millions of periferals, printing, amazing sound ... .... ....

i could go on and on.
and always....you can upgrade that.
This is one reason why i love PCs. and anyhow....
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can you get on Darkforum on a PS2???????