PS2: DVD only, no only marketplace system
PS3: Overpriced breadbox. Features a format that will lose the war as any Sony enforced format and will need at least another year until it has enough consoles sold to get some serious dev support. At least it is of use if you have a PSP through PSOne game downloads for like 5$ ^^
Capable of 1080p, not much better than PS2 on regular resultion
X360: sells far better than PS3 as it isn't a totally overpriced piece of hardware. (might be that the PS3 is not totally overpriced but consoles at that price range just won't sell usefully until first or second price drop)
1080p, DVD with possibility of external HD-DVD, online marketplace and out of my sight the currently best one (the arcade games are cool and not just rips of old stuff you most likely already own *grml*).
As well, not much more usefull than an XBox if you are not on HDTV. And XBox can be modded to be a full home entertainment system for 20$ ^^
All in all: If you are a casual gamer with casual TV: PS2 or Wii is currently the best choice (XBox is not really supported anymore). I just sold my original PS2 with softmod disk etc and games I didn't need to order a slim ps2 :)
If you are a hardcore gamer, who is willing to pay 60-80$ (thats the price to which those games will raise) and own a HDTV and have some bucks left, you could buy X360 or PS3. This depends on your loyality or preferences on games and the online market place.
PS3: Overpriced breadbox. Features a format that will lose the war as any Sony enforced format and will need at least another year until it has enough consoles sold to get some serious dev support. At least it is of use if you have a PSP through PSOne game downloads for like 5$ ^^
Capable of 1080p, not much better than PS2 on regular resultion
X360: sells far better than PS3 as it isn't a totally overpriced piece of hardware. (might be that the PS3 is not totally overpriced but consoles at that price range just won't sell usefully until first or second price drop)
1080p, DVD with possibility of external HD-DVD, online marketplace and out of my sight the currently best one (the arcade games are cool and not just rips of old stuff you most likely already own *grml*).
As well, not much more usefull than an XBox if you are not on HDTV. And XBox can be modded to be a full home entertainment system for 20$ ^^
All in all: If you are a casual gamer with casual TV: PS2 or Wii is currently the best choice (XBox is not really supported anymore). I just sold my original PS2 with softmod disk etc and games I didn't need to order a slim ps2 :)
If you are a hardcore gamer, who is willing to pay 60-80$ (thats the price to which those games will raise) and own a HDTV and have some bucks left, you could buy X360 or PS3. This depends on your loyality or preferences on games and the online market place.