The PS2 was built from the ground up for gaming. While the Xbox was also built for gaming there\'s no way in hell MS would make its own processor or graphics chip. Sony has its own hardware division that specializes in chip design. MS had to buy from people who already knew how, not surprising really.
I still think both have very good graphics and being a videogame fan as long as I have I\'ve learned to ignore most of the tech data. There are always games that prove the machine can do more than was thought. Ie- Donkey Kong Country, Gran Turismo, FFIII.
I\'d still like to see the PS2 have some widescreen games in progressive though. Xbox has already been there and done that. PS2\'s 4mb of VRAM isn\'t helping any.