I wouldn't say that playstations are "hip hop machines." In fact, the PS game library features far deeper and more elaborate games than Xbox's. The only RPGs Xbox has are Morrowind (which isn't even an Xbox game, it's a PC port) and Fable, neither of which has a strong story line. Xbox's library is bloated with mindless shooters that require either no skill or an amount of skill difficult to obtain if one plays ofr less than six hours per day. Xbox destroys the other consoles for multiplayer, but alone with an xbox can be a very sad and desolate situation.
As for the Xbox2, I am sorly dissapointed that the hard drive is "optional." Heh, typical of M$. The hard drive is one of the few things that is truly excellent about the current Xbox.
Trust the Japanese to be able to come up with a better core.
Grand Theft Auto is not even a game; it is a shame that it seems important enough to define a system's games and audience with.