I don\'t care either way, I\'ll be getting all three consoles again. This time I\'m going to get one at launch and wait for the other two to go WAY down in price. I\'m very much torn between getting a Xbox 2 at launch or waiting for the PS3. If Rare has something good out at launch then I won\'t give it a second thought, but if Naughty Dog or Insomniac have something ready for PS3\'s launch I\'ll wet my pants and pre-order Sony\'s new toy.
I don\'t really prefer any of the controllers over each other, they all have quirks, imo. I don\'t like the four shoulder buttons on the Dual Shock, I don\'t like where the start and select buttons are on the Xbox S controller, and I don\'t care for the location of the Z button on Gamecube\'s controller.
My absolute favorite controller I\'ve ever played with is the Sega Saturn\'s, not the hockey-puck but that one is good too.
My Xbox crapped out on me after one year, bought it on 11-15-01, the thompson dvd drive went out. Replaced it back when Halo 2 came out and it\'s worked wonderfully ever since. Fortunately I haven\'t experience a fire due to the power cord, my free replacement is on the way.
Purchased a PS2 around March \'02, it\' been working great until the last few months. My Dual Shock controller no longer rumbles, it kinda jolts every now and then but I can tell it\'s dying. Also, my PS2 takes FOREVER to recognize and start a game. Since PS3 is backwards compatible I won\'t have to worry about purchasing another PS2.
My Gamecube has been perfect. Thank you, Nintendo.
