----Are you just looking for something to spend money on? :-) = I think=20 you're reaching a little here.---------

Perhaps...but it all goes back to = personal=20 experience. Just a couple of years ago, this would have meant = nothing to=20 me. But since I got DSL and have been heavy into team oriented = online PC=20 games, communication with teammates (via Roger Wilco and TeamSound) = has shown=20 to be absolutely critical in teams matches....especially in brutally = heavy and=20 organized clan matches. Lack of team organization =3D embarrassing=20 defeat. I've seen teams of highly skilled individual = players go=20 down hard to organized groups of average players. Since the XBOX = appears=20 as though it will have a least a few great FPS games, I simply = couldn't ignore=20 this feature.

The headset is supposed to = cost around=20 $10...so money simply isn't an issue. Plus it has two buttons, = one for=20 communicating to your teammates only, and the other for talking to = (i.e=20 talking trash) everybody in the game. This is vastly superior to = any=20 other communication option...be it pre-made quotes (i.e. PSO) or a=20 keyboard.

-----Well, EA said that you're francise mode data won't be as = detailed as=20 someone with a larger memory card. While NIntendo could have = made larger=20 sizes the standard, by keeping them small, the prices are = cheaper. =20 Remember how people were complaining that the PS2 8Meg cards were too=20 expensive at $35. I was one of them. Now that I have it = though, I=20 love the space. The simple soultion to me is to big the bigger = cards=20 right off the bat. :-)-----

Sure, but they should still be = bigger. I=20 still say Nintendo is ripping you off even at $11. That's $22 = per=20 MB. Sony is charging $35 for 8 MB. That's just $4.38 = per=20 MB. So Nintendo is basically trying to make themselves look good = by=20 offering a cheap memory card (when compared to Sony) when in reality = they are=20 ripping you off my selling you an overpriced memory card that's simply = too=20 small. They should at least be able to offer 2 MB at that=20 price. And yes, larger ones will be available, but since the = larger ones=20 are not the standard size, don't count on developers making games that = use=20 them.

----I'd rather make the trench run in Rogue Squadron than paly = ANYTHING=20 I've seen for the X-Box so far. I'm going to keep my PS2 for now = (NBA=20 Street ROCKS btw) and see how many ports the X-Box gets. My GC = purchase=20 is definate. In fact, it and Rogue Squadron are already paid = for. =20 I'm definately keeping this system. However, my second system = will=20 either be the PS2 (because of it's popularity with my friends, 3rd = party=20 support, and large library) or the X-Box. Right now, the X-Box = has to=20 show me something (games I want)but it hasn't.-----

To each his own, right? I'm just = currently=20 more interested in the XBOX line-up. I also have NBA = Street...and it's a=20 great game...but I haven't had much time to play it with TMB and the = Diablo II=20 Expansion taking all my time recently.

Stryder

Elliot