Best console for me and my boyfriend to buy?

[dunno001]

Hammertime said:
We can't afford 2 consoles as we both have a heavy load on our overdrafts as it is!

Well, this may not be something you want to read, but I have to call things honestly. All of the systems have some games that would meet both your interests, and I have to say that it's still not clear as to where the majority of the future games that you both would like. Since you mentioned in a prior post about BC, that tells me that you do have a bunch of older systems. So I'm going to say to hold off, and focus on getting at least one of you out from the OD burden. You may also get the benefit of potentially another price drop. The economy is still shaky, and I always advise to people to have some sort of cushion under them. (And the interest rate on most overdraft accounts is hideous.)

However, reading later about the 2600, not a bad choice. It's dirt cheap, holds up well, and some of the games can be found for mere pennies. Racing games give you goodies like Indy 500 and Night Driver, whereas the Swordquest series gives you some RPGs. And don't worry about what Wiistation360 said about the 7800; while the backwards compatibilty is nice, the system does cost more, and 7800 games are much harder to find dirt cheap.