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Originally Posted by KROW

XBox is a stupid console IMO. It was only Microsoft's way to capitalize on the video game industry. I'm a Nintendo loyalist all the way.

Why are you giving the word "capitalize" such a negative connotation? Company's thrive off of capitalization. Business is business, or haven't you heard?

If Microsoft can get money from something new, how is that a bad thing? Besides, the XBox is a great system, and honestly, if you don't own one, you're missing out. The game Ninja Gaiden is reason enough to go out and buy an XBox. If you haven't played that game, let me assure you that it is more than worthy of it's predecessors.

The XBox, just like every other video game system out there, is not without it's flaws.

It makes me sick to my stomach when people criticize a certain video game system just because they do not own that system, or when people have owned it, had a bad experience with it, and sold it or something. Also, if you think a system sucks just because you read something about it sucking or one of your buddies tells you that it sucks, that is not cool, and you should try the system for yourself before you say it sucks.

I love Game Cube, PlayStation 2, and XBox pretty much equally.

PlayStation 2 has the default DVD player built into it, the sleek system design and the ability to stand it up horizontally or vertically, an incredibly vast library of games, and some really fun RPGs, such as the Final Fantasy games. Of course, let's not forget the fact that the system supports backwards compatibility for the original PlayStation games. A lot of people claim that the system's graphics are not up to par with the Game Cube's and XBox's, but I don't think they're different enough to warrant blackballing the PS2's capabilities. I've been impressed more than once with what the PS2 can do.

Game Cube, as everyone knows, boasts people's favorite Mario games, Zelda games, Metroid games, etc. Nintendo has been in the video game business longer than most of it's competitors, and it has an outstanding reputation for coming up with quality games. The graphics are sharp, clear, and beautiful, and the discs are compact, although I'm not sure if that's necessarily beneficial or not. Hardcore Nintendo fans, such as myself, will stay loyal to Nintendo no matter what people say about their products. I know a solid company when I see one. Nintendo's gonna be hangin around for a long time.

Ah, XBox, my beloved XBox... what a great system you are. What's this? I don't need to shell out an extra 20-40 bucks (or more) for memory cards? SWEET! Yes, that's right, the XBox system has a hard drive built into it, which is one of my favorite aspects of it. Sure, the fact that you have to go buy the DVD Playback Kit to watch DVDs on your XBox is kinda lame, but it's not as bad as one might think. I'd rather spend extra money on a DVD kit than on extra memory cards for every time I run out of room saving stuff. XBox also sports beautiful graphics, a grip of great, XBox exclusive titles such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Ninja Gaiden, Breakdown, Halo, Halo 2, Fable, True Fantasy Online, and more. Also, in my opinion, the XBox improves upon the games which are also on PS2 and GameCube in terms of graphics, detail, and sound. It sort of makes up for the shortcomings that the same games have on the other systems. Maybe I'm the only one who has noticed this, but I have noticed it, nonetheless.