I do agree that the original Xbox controller does suck ass. I own both, but play my PS2 much more. The Xbox is much faster in doing just about everything, except running NCAA 2005 and 2006 - which for some reason both run better on PS2. I plays a 360 and I gotta say I was impressed. I do expect alot of overheating from them, simply because I do alot of computer work and know exactly how the type of processor that they used is going to run. The graphics are just ridiculous. It actually rivals a PC, which I never thought I'd see from a console system. (Course that will change as new PC hardware becomes available.)