# Anyone buy a Playstation-II yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617 "2000-10-27T16:38:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/1 "2000-10-27T16:38:28Z")
If you have how do you like it? Is it worth the money or should I wait for the X-Box? ---
**Author:** ![muppetsoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@muppetsoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muppetsoup)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/2 "2000-10-27T16:45:04Z")
I haven’t, but here’s at least one person who did… [http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=477742392](http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=477742392) holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/3 "2000-10-27T16:57:23Z")
I’ve said this before, but it all depends upon the games. While the X-Box has the superior hardware, they need developers and good game franchises to get it to sell. As far as I can see all the good developers are on Sony, any developers currently committed to X-Box are not exclusive to it, and will probably develop the same games for both systems. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/4 "2000-10-27T17:17:00Z")
$5,100?!? That’s bordering on insanity, if not certifiable. I’d bet that three months from now they’ll be easily available for list price. I know people want them for Christmas, but just tell the kids Santa accidentally left it on the roof or something… ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/5 "2000-10-27T18:30:02Z")
This has been done in IMHO. Here is the thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43300&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43300&pagenumber=2) HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![system\_hoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@system\_hoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system_hoser)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/6 "2000-10-27T22:35:22Z")
5100!!! Why DIDN’T I buy one to sell on e-bay. I had no idea there were so many people on drugs out there. Is that a legitimate page, or am I being gullible (again)? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-buy-a-playstation-ii-yet/38617/7 "2000-10-27T23:05:14Z")
Thanks for looking that thread up, **SqrlCub**. Since there is already a thread on this subject in IMHO, where I would have moved this one, I’ll just close the thread.