I have to agree with kitsunebi77, was the ultra 64 hyped? Yes, i didnt even want a psx, i, remember thinking that all the games has to be available for the 64 after release !plus mario!...then owning a 64 was terrible for me i was drooling for a psx and all those games and then the PS2s info showed up and i couldn't believe it was a game console plus dvd player and capable of run 20+ million of polygons( i thought "holy cow the games should look like toy story") everyone talked about it and then all my friends and i officially shifted from a nintendo console to a Sony console. Almost all the ppls wanted a psx for the games but everyone wanted a ps2 without even being launched