I'm not making any predictions here. Playstation 2 could very well be the system to get, but you don't have to get it right away. In fact, I see very little reason to get it right away. The longer you wait the cheaper the system will be and the games will get better. There's no question that the Playstation 2 has it down in the hardware category.
Nothing even comes close, yet.
But there are so many rival consoles on the horizon that it won't be king of the hill for long. I, for one, would not want to release a gaming console knowing that Bill Gates is coming out with the X-Box. Then there's the Indrema, the indie entry into the console rumble. With its linux based operating system it could upset the big boys like Miramax often does at the Oscars. With all of the competing platforms, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Atari, Coleco, or Intellivision tried making a comeback in the console royal rumble that will be 2001.