I own a PS2, and I won't say that I dislike it, because the system is awesome, but it isn't what I expected. First of all, I dislike the fact that it only has two controller ports. To play 4 player games, which most PS2 games support, you must buy a multitap, which in my opinion is a stupid attempt by Sony to make more money. On the other hand, the DVD feature is great, but only for people that don't yet own DVD players. Also, I was impressed by the USB and Firewire ports on the front. They will allow many great accessories to be developed for the system (for example: keyboard, mouse, camera, HD Drive...). As for a modem, it is non existent, and Sony doesn't plan to release one for a while. Actually, I heard that Sony wasn't even going to make a 56k telephone modem, but instead was going to make a DSL and Cable modem for the system. This would keep most off the web while using the system, because most people don't have broadband connectivity. The graphics may be great, but not greater than the Dreamcast's; at least not in some of the games I have (ie. Armored Core 2). They are very similar. As for the claim that the frame rate was constant and free of lag, it's not quite true. Sometimes the frame rate actually did slow down, and this was something noticable. My favorite feature of the system is the full backwards-compatability. You can play PSX games on the PS2 and it highly improves graphics. The old Memory Cards are also supposed to be accepted by the system, but none of the games I have allow me to use them. Otherwise, get the Dreamcast, because it's holiday game lineup is awesome, or start saving up for Microsoft's XBox, which will have a 700MhZ processor, and a hard drive, plus lots more.
I own a PS2, and I won't say that I dislike it, because the system is awesome, but it isn't what I expected. First of all, I dislike the fact that it only has two controller ports. To play 4 player games, which most PS2 games support, you must buy a multitap, which in my opinion is a stupid attempt by Sony to make more money. On the other hand, the DVD feature is great, but only for people that don't yet own DVD players. Also, I was impressed by the USB and Firewire ports on the front. They will allow many great accessories to be developed for the system (for example: keyboard, mouse, camera, HD Drive... ). As for a modem, it is non existent, and Sony doesn't plan to release one for a while. Actually, I heard that Sony wasn't even going to make a 56k telephone modem, but instead was going to make a DSL and Cable modem for the system. This would keep most off the web while using the system, because most people don't have broadband connectivity. The graphics may be great, but not greater than the Dreamcast's; at least not in some of the games I have (ie. Armored Core 2). They are very similar. As for the claim that the frame rate was constant and free of lag, it's not quite true. Sometimes the frame rate actually did slow down, and this was something noticable. My favorite feature of the system is the full backwards-compatability. You can play PSX games on the PS2 and it highly improves graphics. The old Memory Cards are also supposed to be accepted by the system, but none of the games I have allow me to use them. Otherwise, get the Dreamcast, because it's holiday game lineup is awesome, or start saving up for Microsoft's XBox, which will have a 700MhZ processor, and a hard drive, plus lots more.