Well Dreamcast was a really cool console, too bad the lack of protection on their CD's ruined it and it was discontinued. Depends though, I think consoles fail when compared to actual computers. Since all a console does is play games and go on the internet, I don't see much use for them. If it had HD capabilities and did not give me a red ring of death when I tried to turn it on, then I'd most likely buy one.Plus the games would pwn