Eh, I'm not the least bit offended. Nor do I really care. Everyone's got opinions, right? Personally, after extended time with all the systems, I really like the Xbox. Especially since when it first came out, I absolutely loathed it, with a passion. But one day I spent some time playing Oddworld, then a couple months later, Project Gotham and Cel Damage, and finally, Crazy Taxi 3 on a big screen at FAO Schwartz in NYC (imagine how one's opinion changes when you're in THAT environment), I was hooked.
That's not to say the PS2 and GC aren't good, I just prefer the Xbox more. I'm not terribly hung up on the size of the system, as my Genesis(model1)+SegaCD(model2)+32X is godawful huge. And it's not that much bigger than my Saturn, so I don't much care. As for the controllers? I don't have big hands, (I don't think) but I thought the gamepad was comfortable enough. And if anything, there are the S-Controllers.
All the games that would have interested me for a PS2 either have been ported over to other systems (i.e. Cel Damage, Batman, various sports titles) or I just didn't find them as good as the hype said they'd be (Devil May Cry, GTAIII). As for the GC, I never liked Resident Evil, and Pikmin looks fun, but it's not something I'm interested in. Timesplitters 2 was fun, but not that fun (single and multiplayer). And you know what? I never played Halo. I've actually seen only 3 screenshots, and one commercial.
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The DC was in part an abomination because instead of making a system that could compete (realistically) with the PS2, they rushed out a system that was underpowered and didn't offer the obligatory DVD system that everyone was expecting, just the PS2 was going to have it. Hey, I love my DC... but it's a case of Sega screwing it's loyal fanbase and themselves by thinking in the short term and trying to make a quick buck.
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As far as extra modifications go, I figure that if Sega is releasing them with the game, they must have bought the Xboxes from MS. In which case, since they're still in the red (for the most part), which would be cheaper, releasing an Xbox with a different case, or a modified Xbox? I think the former. And even if it were different, if I were to own one, I sure as hell wouldn't mod it. But that's just me.
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That's my $.02... plus some more.
That's not to say the PS2 and GC aren't good, I just prefer the Xbox more. I'm not terribly hung up on the size of the system, as my Genesis(model1)+SegaCD(model2)+32X is godawful huge. And it's not that much bigger than my Saturn, so I don't much care. As for the controllers? I don't have big hands, (I don't think) but I thought the gamepad was comfortable enough. And if anything, there are the S-Controllers.
All the games that would have interested me for a PS2 either have been ported over to other systems (i.e. Cel Damage, Batman, various sports titles) or I just didn't find them as good as the hype said they'd be (Devil May Cry, GTAIII). As for the GC, I never liked Resident Evil, and Pikmin looks fun, but it's not something I'm interested in. Timesplitters 2 was fun, but not that fun (single and multiplayer). And you know what? I never played Halo. I've actually seen only 3 screenshots, and one commercial.
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The DC was in part an abomination because instead of making a system that could compete (realistically) with the PS2, they rushed out a system that was underpowered and didn't offer the obligatory DVD system that everyone was expecting, just the PS2 was going to have it. Hey, I love my DC... but it's a case of Sega screwing it's loyal fanbase and themselves by thinking in the short term and trying to make a quick buck.
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As far as extra modifications go, I figure that if Sega is releasing them with the game, they must have bought the Xboxes from MS. In which case, since they're still in the red (for the most part), which would be cheaper, releasing an Xbox with a different case, or a modified Xbox? I think the former. And even if it were different, if I were to own one, I sure as hell wouldn't mod it. But that's just me.
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That's my $.02... plus some more.
