I'd go for a PS-2 with no doubt. And that's not because i got some games for it laying here.
But a X-Box? No way. first i have to pay Microsoft to get the box, then for each game i buy i also pay Microsoft a share.
I admit that i don't like Microsoft very much. If it hadn't been for the games and paintprograms i wouldn't had windblows on my pc at all.
Second. With the PS-2 you can buy a HD-kit with keyboard, mouse and so on and install a specialbuilt Linux version. That still takes other Linux programs. So you'll get an extra pc too.
And did you hear about the good one that Microsoft came with after that guy in Australia that was on trail for selling modified chips? He was protected by the law so he was entiteled to do it. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft said that if that law wasn't removed or changed so that it would be illegal to sell modified chips. Then Microsoft didn't want to sell the X-box in Australia.
So why pay extra for a small box operated by a hacked down windows2000 os that crashes just as much as a pc with win98 on it?
Playstation is the best anyway.. The graphics have so far been much better than on the X-box and the games have so far been better.
*shuts up now*