GameCube is overrated if anything, worst system EVER.

PS2 is incredibly overrated as well, I don't find the game selection a quarter as good as people say.

Is the PlayStation2 over rated?

No I don't think it is, Sony however is over rated. Everyone always gives Sony credit for creating the PS2. However Sony has as much credit for creating the PS2 as Nintendo does. I mean other then the hardware itself Sony isn't responsable for any of the PS2's success. Third parties built the PS2 not Sony. It wasn't Sony's games that pushed the 10-million mark with one or two exceptions. It was GTA, Final Fantasy , MetalGearSolid that pushed the PS2. It was the DVD movies that pushed the PS2. Sony had very little to do with the PS2's success! I mean the console was cheapest to develope on and third parties launched what like 20x the amount of games that Sony themselves did. Even today PS2 is selling but not because Sony is any good but because their is a large third party library of games.

Sony is being put to the test right now. Can Sony stand on its own two legs without the third party exclusives. No the PS3 is bombing horribly! Sony is the most over rated monopoly in the world!

Is the GameCube under rated?

Yes it is, the GameCube has a library of AAA-class. I for one own 32-First party Nintendo games and about a dozen third party games. The GameCube has far more value then many notice! 

Xbox is underrated, Ps2 and GC are overrated.

^I actually agree with you 100% joecool

I owned 27 gamecube games and 14 PS2

Yojimbo-

Trying to be different aye?

How many exclusive AAA titles did the XBOX have?

Was Halo 2 on the PC? You get the point...

i say GC is underrated but ps2 isnt overrated

 See but I think Sony's first party titles beat the crap out of Nintendos >_>, also if Nintendo's crazy ass policy on 3rd parties wasn't so shoddy, the N64 and Gamecube would have been much higher on the success scale, I personally think AS A CONSOLE, the game cube was a piece and a half, the damn thing didn't even play DVD's... 1.5g's of data on a CD? WTF?!?, and don't even get me started on their memory card set-up. As a console, all it did was play video games. Not enough functionality in my book >_> I want my cosole to be bursting from the seems with usefullness and in that regard the Gamecube can suck it.

Your right, Sony does have to thank it's third party support, but it's also something that Sony's always focused on, Ninty knows the majority of the games sold on it's system are first party. Nintendo has LEGIONS of fans that buy up whatever their most recent installment of x game is without hesitation. Sony has some great first party titles, but the fact that they RELY on third party is also a major plus, it keeps the new I.P.'s flowing, and brings an insane ammount of diversity. I don't mean to insult the wii or the gamecube, but when it came down to looking for mature titles... the ratio between Sony and Nintendo was horridly skewed. If I'm looking for fun, simple, commical party games I go to a Nintendo platform (yes I know it has "hardcore" games too but I'd never go to Nintendo for those). 

Also I'm not so sure if I'd say the PS3 IS OMG UBAR FAILZ HARDCORE HAHAHAHAa. Definately underwhelming compared to it's previous generations, but failing? Shoulden't we wait for the next gen to start before we start putting eggs in any basket? 

This thread is definitely overrated.
REASON = You all are fighting the last gen war.2008 is coming,so concentrate on the present and not on the past :)

 I agree with you completely, the original Xbox was reliable, brought some great ideas to the realm of consoles (hard drive, online play, the little dongles that disconect instead of pulling your console), as a CONSOLE it was great. It was powerfull, had functionality, and looked decent lol.

The PS2 was not built for CONSTANT use, for about a week strait we played kingdom hearts LITERALLY 24/7, my 4 roomates at the time all had different work schedules and we'd all take over when we got home, the ps2 took about a week and a half of this before breaking, (poor baby :( ) and as a console it didn't have much functionality early on, I mean I loved the fact that it played DVD's and had digital audio out, but other than that I can't give it too much credit. Final Fantasy XI was a godsend on the PS2 though :P

Personally, I enjoyned the 'key' games on the Gamecube far more than any game I played on the PS2 but the PS2's vast library meant that it ended up getting more use ... I always found it odd that you could play games on both systems and the Gamecube version would have better graphics, be much more polished, have far fewer bugs or 'issues', and simply be more fun yet both games would get the same score ...