nearly twice better

i still thinking of buying a xbox .....duno worth buying o nt wat u guys think?since i already got ps2 n future consoles around the corner

If you really wana play the game, then go ahead and buy...it's not like the machine is expensive now.

Microsoft's Xbox is the most costly platform for game development, followed by Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube, says the latest report by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) in Japan. This week's issue of Famitsu covers figures from 2004 given by CESA, which calculated the average development costs for games on current-gen platforms. The reported figures are based on development fees that were voluntarily disclosed by 28 companies.

According to CESA, the Xbox is the most expensive due to the platform's high-end hardware specs. Development figures taken from 13 Xbox games came to an average of 202 million yen ($1.85 million), more than double the cost of other platforms.
The PlayStation 2 ranked as the second-most-costly platform to make games for, with development figures for 194 games averaging 96 million yen ($877,000). The GameCube came in third, with figures taken from 11 games averaging 90 million yen ($822,000).

Hi all

Please I do not want to start a flame war but got a simple question here.

I am a 8 year old son, promised him a game console. Which would be better for him ?  I am thinking of PS2 but he's more keen on Xbox as more gory games seems to be on Xbox ? I very much prefer PS2 as they have more kids orientated games. Is there any sites out there which categorized the games based on ages ?

The plan is to upgrade probably 3-4 years time to either Xbox360 or PS3 depending on which have better quality games.

Cheers