I will wait until the PS3 comes out. I have about a dozen games for the PS1 and a similiar number (ok, maybe a few more) for the PS2. Once I buy a PS3 I will still have 2 dozen games I can play right away without spending another dime for a new game. That IMO was XBox’s biggest mistake. It wouldn’t have been that difficult to have planned for their next gen console to be backwards compatable. If they had that I would have probably gotten the 360 because it will be out in time for Christmas and I would have been able to pick up a few older titles for cheap at the same time. As it stands now I will just play my PS2 and wait until I get my tax refunds.
I’ve been pretty much loyal to Nintendo. I haven’t been let down by a Mario or Zelda game yet for sheer production value of it’s games. Gamecube games have only gotten better over the past year (Resident Evil 4?) and the best one is still to come (Zelda).
So it came as no suprise that I would be waiting for the Revolution.
However…
I do have this 50" widescreen HiDef set that’s just begging to be pushed to it’s limits.
Microsoft and PS3 promise to be fully hi-def graphics and widescreen.
Nintendo had let me down announcing that the new Revolution will be neither hi-def nor widescreen 
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And that new remote looks a little too gimicky for me (eye-toy, light-gun, dance-pad), not for the armchair athelete.
So, I’ll probably end up with a 360 after a price drop to take full advantage of my monitor and end up with a Revolution if after taking it for a test run it lives up to the hype.
Add some of the Tom Clancy titles to that list (the Ghost Recons, Rainbow Six, the Splinter Cells) and the XBox Live draw for my kids and you have described me as well.
Although the tech previews of Kill Zone and MGS 4 could sway me to Sony-land… Whatever, I am waiting a year or two first.
Since my sons and I all like different tyoes of games, we’ll end up with all three at some point. I do plan on getting the 360 this Xmas.
I can’t imagine that the PS2 was ever the cheapest DVD player available.
Well at the time the cheapest DVD player was about $150 - $200. So if you wanted a DVD player you could then add the most advanced video game system ever seen for about $100 more.
I know a lot of people (myself included) jumped at the PS2 for this.
Count me as another whose first choice is Nintendo.
I’ll certainly get a Revolution, but depending on how quickly the 360 and PS3 are cracked for mods, I could see myself ending up with either one of those to replace my aging media center computer. I’m relatively sure that Blu-Ray will be the next video standard, so a PS3 that doubles as a player is a pretty good deal. On the other hand, the original XBox was a great deal for hardware modders. With the inevitable price drop when the PS3 is released, the 360 might be a heck of a bargain.
The Revolution looks to be really fun, and I mostly just use my 'Cube for Mario Party and Smash Bros. as it is, so I’m definitely the target audience.
This is a contradiction. Going after different audiences means they aren’t competing.
Nintendo Revolution first, PS3 second. Of course, that’s only if the controller is going to work out to be as much fun as it looks. After waching the teaser trailer, I’m incredibly psyched to learn how to play drums on the Revolution - I think Nintendo is going to pull this off.
Although comparing it to a toaster is pretty ridiculous. It’s obviously an entertainment system, it just goes about entertaining in a different manner than the other two consoles. PS3 and XBox are going to be competing over a demographic, and Nintendo is going to be focusing on a slightly different demographic. I can’t wait.
While I can afford to buy all three, my biggest issue is time. Plus, I’m not one to spend money, so I want the biggest bang for my buck. When GC, PS2, and XBOX all came out, I was on the N64 (I found it to be ok) and I was still abusing my PS1 for Streetfighter. I was having way more fun with Goldeneye, Zelda and Mario (golf, tennis, racing) (mainly because I can probably beat half the nation at Streetfighter, almost any version). I then decided to go with the specs and bought an XBOX, but this was after my other hardcore gamer-friends told me that the new systems weren’t that great (we’re hard to impress). I’m only sort of glad I bought it because it was the easier of the two to hack (not that I condone that type of thing). PS2 like 1 has the unfortunate problem of having too many crappy titles. It’s hard enough trying to keep track of GC games. That was my most favorite game purchase to date. I’m a huge fan of Zelda and Mario games have such a low learning curve that even my casual friends are competitive – as you all can see, competition is fun! 
Anyway, drawing on this experience, the decision for the next generation is no easier. I’m conflicted about Revolution’s control pad: half of me thinks it’s gimmicky, the other half thinks that it will revolutionize gaming. PS3 looks like it will be cool, but I think it’s just hype, like the PS2, it will do what it should do, no pleasant surprises. Even my most favorite games offer nothing really new in gameplay: GTA, MG, I hate FF (I don’t even know why, dating from PS1), but Streetfighter is still good/ok. XBOX was sort of a disappointment, with Halo and Tom Clancy games as the only games really worth getting, and it forces you to play on-line rather than have your friends come over.