Here's what I've heard regarding the Playstation 2:
It has good graphics. That's basically its entire good side. Other than that, it really doesn't have any very good games. Game developers complain that it's now won the title of "most difficult system to program for" (I don't remember what was the most diffucult before this, but it certainly isn't a good quality for a system to have,) so it may lose some of the less loyal developers. Finally, it has a DVD player built in. Therefore, every time a person buys a PS2 for its DVD capabilities (and there are quite a few of these people) Sony loses money on games.
Of course, eveything I just said I heard second-hand from a Nintendo supporter, but it still sounds like pretty good news..
If you can heal the symptoms and not affect the cause
It`s quite a bit like trying to heal a gunshot wound with gauze
If you instead attempt to wrest the pistol from the hand
Then I would not be able to equate my life with sand