DC sould be a good system to get if you found it at yard sale or something, it has some kickin games and i have a ps2 and DC and comp and i play my DC regulary...... Capcom vs SNK.... crazy taxi 2 and dont forget the engrossing game called Shenmue..... but as Sega has stopped production and stoped making games for DC awhile back and have gone into the publishing market for other consoles... so I would recomend a ps2 because of its rather large and great game selection..... then theres Xbox I think its gonna turn out to be a winner... no matter what you guys think about microsoft they still have quality games - Asherons Calls - all the 'Madness' games and for GameCube i personally dont like the Nintendos style of games....... i mean cmon look at the new Zelda.... sure alot of these games may be fun or have good gameplay but would you go see a pokemon movie if it got good reviews? good heavens noooo one game that im very interested is Metroid Prime tho.........

So my reccomendations for a system is wait a few months and get a DC if you can find one cheap btw I forgot to mention the awsome DC rpg Skies of Arcadia! that game rules!

I know that didnt help you choose system but if you want one right now get a PS2, if your looking toward the future get an Xbox and if your 9 years old and enjoy trading pokemon cards get a GameCube