Ok here comes my input (I deal with this question every day at work so just listen to me
) In my opinion PS2 has more quality games, and you can play DVDs on it right away. Problem is though, if you like watching movies, you're DVD drives will burn out quick, meaning you won't be able to play DVDs or a lot of games. Sony's policy on this is basically you're ****ed. Xbox doesn't quite have as many good games right now, but they do have some really good ones, and there's some really good looking ones comin out soon. Yeah you need to buy the DVD playback kit to play movies, but you'd have to buy the memory card for the PS2, which you won't need for the Xbox(Built in hard drive) and the Xbox DVD player is of a MUCH higher quality than the PS2s, play all the DVDs you won't and you won't have to worry about it. And of course there's the graphics, Xbox is the only console powerful enough to run Doom III, and Halo 2s graphics look like they might even be better than Doom's. And if your box breaks down Microsoft's customer service is a helluva lot better than Sony's. If you plan to do a lot of online gaming, don't even waste your time with PS2, Xbox has so many more good online games, and their online network actually works well, Sony's ain't worth a shit. Anyways in the end it's a matter of personal preferance, if you just plan to stay offline PS2 might be better for you, but with Xbox's future lineup that may change soon, and if you plan on goin online Xbox is really the only choice. Woo I'm tired after typing that.