/vr/ - Retro Games

>The few kids who had an Xbox usually just had it because their dad owned it.

That's pretty funny, I ended up getting one mostly because my dad was interested in it. I only had a PS1 up to that point and I had played some PS2 games, but the Xbox seemed a lot more futuristic and beefy to me, like it was capable of a lot more. PS2 graphics looked like cheap paper dolls compared to the graphics on the Xbox. Of course, I had no idea what PC games could look like, so it felt like Xbox was the pinnacle of gaming at the time. The first games I had for it were THPS3, Project Gotham Racing, and JSRF. I played them until I developed blisters on my fingers. I ended up getting a PS2 a few years later but it never left an impression on me like the Xbox. It felt to me like the Xbox had more interesting and innovative games. Shenmue II blew my mind and is to this day one of my favorite games of all time, and it felt insane seeing pictures of Steel Battalion and that huge fucking setup it came with, PS2 never had any shit like that.