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£49 at ASDA from tomorrow morning.

More for those like me who like the occaissional computer game as any kid would fling it back at you and demand an XBox360 or PS3.

I still play my PS2 and I love it.  I'm back into GT4 at the moment, superb game.  I only own about 10 games and only play about 3 of them. Normally I have breaks of about 3 months in between playing at all too, but you know you can go back to it and have a great game from time to time. 

Currently I'm grinding cash and grinding races on GT4 at the same time.  Need to get money in both and I can do both at the same time :D

In the end I need a new DVD player, the games will be a bonus (although I may treat myself to a gun and play some shootemups to get out my excess aggression ;) )

The dvd player on the ps2 is ace, it plays all sorts of crap my proper dvd player refuses to play :D 

whens the PS3 coming out?

Does anyone know how to fix disc read errors on the slimline PS2. I think nem linked me to a ebay site which had a edocument for sale, bought it but only applys to the chunky monkey PS2. Any help would be appreciated as i only ever used it twice and it wouldbe nice to sell it on. I took it apart, which was fun, but didnt fix it!

KP

you can pick up used ps2 slims for a tenner these days

They were stll going for 50/60 quid on ebay a month ago!

PS3 is end of March, 23rd I think but may not be 100% accurate there

everyones slagging the PS3 tho. Its a flop isnt it? I may have to move to the dark side!

We really should get a blode networking gaming thing going!

looks good to me but the price tag is the thing that's putting me off.  Very tempted to get a Xbox 360 :D

Is the Nintendo Wii thing with it's motion capture thing any good? Or a gimmick you'll tire of in two weeks.

I turned to the darkside last month, there are only about 10 okay games out for the PS3 and no great ones while the 360 has about 60 worth playing. Give it a year and I'd consider buying the PS3 especially when they reckon there will be a 25% price drop within that time. The Wii seems to be selling well but if I'm doing to be diving about that much I'd be as well taking up a sport as playing a console.

My mate bought a Wii for his daughter (she's 8) and it's great fun.  The games like bowling and boxing are a good laugh after a couple of beers but I can't see it competing with PS or Xbox.   I expect some of the games you can get for it are pretty good but sometimes you just want to sit and play the game not actually be the game.

Great fun but that's all it is imo.

the way consoles should be played
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/02/21/playing_wii_on_a_cinema_screen/

Report out yesterday from the 'experts' saying average Wii user gains substantial health benefits from all the jumping around. Good news for internet poker players whose exercise regime consisted of going for a Wii anyhow. I thought they looked a great laugh for post pub and stuff like that. My mate has a PS2 with EyeToy and that was always a good laugh when we stumbled in.
Saw some PS3 driving footage and had to keep replaying it to work out if it was PS3 or film footage. Presumably the PS2 price will just collapse when the 3 comes out?
Getting a console would save me money I reckon, I'm a gamer deep down but ditched the lot when my studies heated up. To fill the gap I play around with low limit cash games if I've had a few. This is highly profitable for me (not).

I got my Wii delivered this weekend. I definately think it will have staying power, but I'm not one of these that'll sit down for hours on end with any games really.
I think once software developers have had a bit of time to play with this and get the best from it then there will be some excellent games and concepts produced for the machine. Better used in a space with a bigger tv I guess than in a bedroom cramped in front of the portable. Mine will now live in my living room.
I think it's definately one for the whole family, but I guess technically the PS3 is going to be the best machine.

The new gen consols will live and die by the online play, Xbox have an established, easy to use, and fun online community. Sonys seems hard to use and secondary to the media elements of ps3. So i have gone 360, but will look agaain in 6 months time

 i always hated the XBox cos i didnt like the conrollers ( too used to PS controllers ) but when my college common room fitted 10 XBox's at the start of term i was converted id go so far as to say NBA 2K7 is the best game i have ever played and im not even a basketball fan , it is a really cool game , great graphics and features and you can have hours of ( heated , intense , deadly serious ) fun tring to beat all your mates with the San Antonio Spurs or Miami Heat etc.

 I actually went so far as to nearly buying an XBox 360 just to get this game. Highly recommended.