Elledan:
>> Nintendo has learned from its mistakes with the Nintendo64 and won't make them again
True, hopefully
>> The GameCube is the cheapest console of them all
True
>> The GameCube will have games like Mario, Zelda etc. which will be enough reason for every Zelda/Mario/Wave Race fan to >>buy a GC.
True, but the same can be said about the Playstation 2, and all the Squaresoft fans.
>> You can connect four controllers to the GC as default.
True, I am kinda pissed about my PS2 only having two controllers.
>> The GC has no OS, so when you turn it on, it is instantly ready.
Huh? I don't think that an OS will be holding back any of these consoles, particularly the PS2 and GC. Will the Xbox be using a version of WinCE, like the dreamcast does (I think)? If so, then the OS won't be too much of a factor there, either.
>> The GC doesn't use cartridges, CD's or any other 'old' data-carrier, but instead uses DVD like disks that can carry more >>than 1 Gb of data, much more than the CD's the PS2 and the XBox will use.
Sorry, but wrong. The Xbox and PS2 both use DVD's, which are over twice as big as the proprietary discs that the GC will use. Plus, I know the PS2 plays DVD movies, and I'm pretty sure the Xbox will, as well.
>>The GameCube is easy to design games for and those games won't need patches like games for the XBox and PS2 will.
Probably true about the game design. Let's hope they learned from the N64. We'll see as more games come out how difficult it really is to develop for the PS2 and Xbox. As far as patches, what are you smoking? Again, I don't know enough about the Xbox to say for sure whether or not any games will require patches, but I have yet to hear of a console game that has required patches, on ANY system. Maybe you can enlighten us.
>> It is a real console: no OS, no HD, dedicated hardware, only for graphics and sound, and no time wasted with booting. >>Also: no BSOD's like with the XBox
About the "real" console thing, I think all of these are "real" consoles. And again, we can't speak for the Xbox (or the GC, for that matter) since it isn't out yet, but I don't think that an OS will be holding back any of these systems.
The only thing about the Xbox that worries me is the hard drive. With all the moving and carrying around of consoles that people do, the Xbox's hard drive worries me. It just seems too easy to jostle it around and break something in there.
All that said, I'm pretty happy with my PS2 purchase. I can play fun games, and I have a built-in DVD player. There are great games coming out (Final Fantasy), and I also have a legion of PSOne games to choose from when playing games. I don't think I'll be getting the Xbox or the GC.