Question for video gamers

My kids have the ps2 they have some great games for it, I have girls but they love Guitar hero. Buy the game which comes with a guitar and then an extra guitar runs bout 20 bucks. They will dual for hours! And after christmas when they are bored of the games they do have check your local gaming stores many of them sell used games for around 20 and even offer trade ins.

I would go with a PS2 personally. I had one for the longest time and loved it. You can still buy games as where with the 1st play station games are harder and harder to find. X-box is another good choice. They are pretty reasonable but not a fun as a PS2 IMO. I would ask them what they want and go from there. There was the whole disk read error with the first PS2's(shich we unfortunately bought) so watch out for that

I have both the xbox and the ps2, and I certainly don't plan on spending any money on the newer consoles until they drop in price. There are plenty of games out on both platforms and they will continue to put out games in the future. There have been problems with the Xbox360 and PS3 when it comes to playing some older games or usuing certain controllers. I prefer my xbox over my ps2 because I find the graphics to be better. There are plenty of people on ebay selling their whole set ups including lots of games for a great deal.

The wii has some great games and nice features if you interested. http://wii.nintendo.com/

Thank You all for your help. It made my decision alot easier. I think I'll go with Ps2.

He will likely be thrilled with the PS2, we had the same dilemma with my nephew when PS2 first came out....he wanted one so bad, but it just wasnt in the cards at the time :( So we got hime a PS1 and he was just ecstatic, he didnt care that it wasnt the PS2, he was just so happy to have his very own game system :) and besides....it may not seem like it compared to whats out now, but the PS2 is a very cool machine....definitely trumps anything I had as a kid ;)

I love game cube, because i love the games that they have for it, honestly, you're kids are young, and they are probably not going to complain too much...and when your 11 year old is a little older, and he wants a better game system, he can save money and earn it himself, :D
If you go to GameStop (I dont know if you have them where you are), or a local gamer's store, they usually have used ones for about 20% less, and usually in great condition.

Good Luck!

Gamecube: $99
Nintendo Wii: $249

If you want to spend $400ish get a nintendo wii, an extra remote or two, and a few games + a few gamecube games.

If you want to spend $200ish, get a gamecube, controllers, and then games.


The one benefit of the nintendo wii is that it can play Gamecube discs, and theyoffer older platform games for download wirelessly. Also with the motion sensing controllers, the nintendo wi gives a much better workout than sitting down playing games :)

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

He will likely be thrilled with the PS2, we had the same dilemma with my nephew when PS2 first came out....he wanted one so bad, but it just wasnt in the cards at the time :( So we got hime a PS1 and he was just ecstatic, he didnt care that it wasnt the PS2, he was just so happy to have his very own game system :) and besides....it may not seem like it compared to whats out now, but the PS2 is a very cool machine....definitely trumps anything I had as a kid ;)

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I think PS1 is better then the PS2. PS2 is more about looks and PS1 had much better games.

ps2 and xbox are great. we have all the systems and no one ever plays the gamecube...

just got an xbox 360 and it's great. future shop has the system for 499 with 5 games!!!