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How did you choose between PS2 and Xbox (or PS3 and 360)?

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AstralSoul:
So I've always been Nintendo first and it wasn't until Final Fantasy IX came out that I got a PS1, them from there I always just went with PS consoles for Final Fantasy and Resident Evil games.

kamikazekeeg:
PS2 released before the Xbox and I was much more interested to see what that system had over the Xbox.  I got an Xbox probably sometime in the next year after it launched, almost entirely because of Halo.  I did play other games on it, but that console, for most people really, was a Halo box lol PS2 had more of the actual games to play though overall.

Things after that flipped, as it was the Xbox 360 that interested me and not the PS3.  Xbox was starting to have the games I want, Halo 3, Dead Rising, etc..., I didn't see a lot with the PS3 that interested me and the PS3 had that super high cost.  I never even got a PS3 till I got the slim as a gift and that was maybe a year or so before the PS4 launched.  I was glad I made the choice as the PS3 did not have a lot for me outside of a couple games.

Things THEN flipped again, where Xbox went full stupid on the Xbox One, had zero interest in anything they were doing, while the PS4 seemed super decent and was absolutely the right choice.

Now the PS5 isn't super great, but it's fine, and Xbox might as well not exist for me because everything is coming to PC right away anyways.  Sony is bringing stuff to PC also, but it's usually a good year or so after release, but there is starting to become less reasons to own a console if owning a PC, other than a Nintendo system. 

tripredacus:
Both of these were true at the time I purchased them:
- the PS2 was the cheapest DVD player on the market
- the PS3 was the cheapest BD player on the market

Xbox never entered my mind. By the point I got around to buying a PS3, HD-DVD was already dead.

marvelvscapcom2:
PS2 was a dvd player, a ps one and a walkman all in one with at least 2000 more iconic games than og xbox. That one was easy money.


I chose xbox 360 because its what all my friends played om and in fairness its achievement system and UI was superior. Its controller as well. However rrod and lack of industry changing exclusives drove me to ps3 which im more into now.

Warmsignal:
Actually, it always mostly came down to which console was the most established, or the most affordable at the time, whenever I'd decided I was ready for an upgrade.

I was more than ready to pounce on the Dreamcast when it launched, and then, my brother and I not sharing so well with it - I decided to save up and buy another one for myself. Before I could do that, the PS2 was out and it was spring of 2001. They had just started to become more readily in stock, and I thought.... well, that's the latest and shiniest toy, may as well go for a PS2. So PS2 kept me occupied and I was not interested in any other console for quite some time after that. I didn't feel like I needed to own multiple competing platforms back then.

Similar as with the Xbox 360. It was more established in my mind, I knew friends who had it, it had more value-oriented bundles available by the time I decided I wanted a 7th gen console. So, Xbox 360 it was.
 
I never spent much time weighing the pros and cons of competing systems. It wasn't based on specific games, or system specs, or bias for a brand. Just a gut feeling.

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