Play Station 2?

[rossid]

We are thinking about getting one for the family. The boys are 15, 13(almost 14), and 8. The girl is 10 and not really a factor.

15 - into heavy metal but, IM, and message boards. Used to play Runescape on the 'net.

13 - into sports. We got Madden 08 for the Game Cube, the last release that will come out, and were disappointed. This is what made my wife say we should get a system that has stuff available. Especially with the Guitar Hero craze being available on PS3.

15 & 13 literally have two T-rated games. Tony Hawk and James Bond. We don't let the eight-year old play them and only sometimes watch. So M-rated games are probably not a concern. Maybe in a year or two we'll relax a bit.

8 - into Build A Bear. He likes sports video games. Used to Mario games and all of that would go away. Too bad the Wii is twice the money, tens time as scarce, and the 15-year old no longer wants one.

Are there good kids games for PS2? Now this will only be for a few years as then everyone will have outgrown them.

Don't we get a DVD player?

Any other features?

Would it hook up well to our main TV? It is an old school 26-inch with a 35-watt receiver. We use a Recoton four-way switcher with a/v(RCA) inputs.

[Delerium77]

There are a TON of games available for the PS2. It has been out for over 4 years now and you have a wide variety to choose from. Also, it is very easy and cheap to find used games for it, so you won't have to spend as much. It is also backwards compatible so if you are able to find PS1 games, your in the range of ever cheaper games (cost wise).
If your kids aren't too picky about what they want you might as well go with the PS2 instead of one of the newer consoles.
And yes you are able to play DVDs and CDs on the console.
As for your tv, the cables that come with the PS2 are pretty standard, if you can host a VCR you should be ok, and who knows, your VCR might have the correct plugs on it also.

Sandra

[clemsontigers23]

If I were you, I'd go ahead and get an XBox 360. PS2 is on it's way out and it won't be long before they stop making games for it. Xbox 360 also has a lot more capabilities and is a lot more fun to play. It will be around for a long time and they're still just now starting to make games for it. You can also play Xbox games on it and DVDs. If you can figure out how, you can transfer music from your computer to the Xbox 360 and listen to music while you play it. It's well worth the extra money because it has a longer-lasting appeal.

I used to have a PS2 and recently upgraded to Xbox 360. It blows PS2 out of the water. Just make sure your TV can stand the power of the Xbox 360 if it hooks up to the TV. I did have the Xbox360 hooked up to my old VCR but the VCR wasn't powerful enough at times to handle it. We fixed this problem by simply buying an AV connector and hooking it up to that. My TV picture looks better anyways since we done that.

[rossid]

Just now read your post. :eek:

Well we did go with a PS2 ivory with the SingStar Pop video game and two microphones. It was $150 at Best Buy with a $40 gift card rebate. The black and white versions were $130 with a $30 gift card rebate. There were just SO many games on the shelves it was unbelievable. The game that was included will be cool for the eight- and ten-year old.

X-Box 360 was $280 just for the Core system. $399 for the step-up that everyone is buying right?

Hmmm....

[clemsontigers23]

Just now read your post. :eek:

Well we did go with a PS2 ivory with the SingStar Pop video game and two microphones. It was $150 at Best Buy with a $40 gift card rebate. The black and white versions were $130 with a $30 gift card rebate. There were just SO many games on the shelves it was unbelievable. The game that was included will be cool for the eight- and ten-year old.

X-Box 360 was $280 just for the Core system. $399 for the step-up that everyone is buying right?

Hmmm....

I believe we got the $399 package. A couple hundred bucks more is well worth it, but since you've already bought the PS2, I guess it's pointless for me to keep talking about it. ;)