I bought the PS2 back in march 2003, it was the very 1 console I bought my self, at the time I was tossing up weather I'd buy a PS2 or an xbox, but what sealed the deal was when I went over to a friends house and saw DMC 1, it blew me away with how awesome it was and that pretty much sealed the deal and so I bought my self a PS2.
I have never regretted it, it just had so much awesome games.