Jill

My 10 year old who plays both a game cube and a playstation 2 suggests the
Playstation 2. He says the likes the Playstation controller better than the
Game Cube and there are more games available on the Playstation. And the are
a lot of fun games for the Playstation. One of his favorite games for
Playstation is SSX Tricky a snow boarding game.
My 11 year old also says Playstation2 because there are a lot of fun games
for the Playstation. His favorite game at the moment is Tekkon Tag
tournament which is a fighting game so not sure how you feel about those.
My 10 year old said the most important things to look for are good graphics,
how smooth the game plays, the number of good games available and the size
of the controllers.

He says to definitely not get the X-box (perhaps cos he doesn't have one) as
there controller is too big and there aren't so many good games available.
My 11 year old says the console is too big.
The Playstation 2 can also be used as a DVD player which is handy sometimes.
If you want the opinion of an adult my husband also plays these games for
hours and I can ask him when he comes home.
Hope this helps.
Jill in Japan