PS3 or Xbox 360?

[Jeimuzu]

I've owned 3 Xbox 360s.. Problems up the ying yang..

I've owned 1 80gb PS3.. Never had a single problem with it. It even acted as my computer for awhile when my laptop died.

Personally though, there are no longer any games I will buy for 360. So I will be mostly a PS3 fan from here on. M.A.G., Dead Rising 2, the Ratchet & Clank series, they're all going to be on PS3 to my knowledge, and anything else is coming to PC. (AC2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.. Does anyone notice there's a lot of 2's coming out?)

As for online.. I'm not in a position where I can get Xbox Live, so PS3's free online is great. I managed to acquire Live once though, because of my cousin, and he ended up getting Battlefield: Bad Company. (I let him borrow my 360 because I hated it so much, and I also had BF:BC for PS3) We played the same game on both the consoles online, and we both ended up liking PS3's online more.

If I had to recommend something.. I'd say forget about getting consoles, and just use the money to upgrade/purchase a computer.

[loka]

Here's what you do. Buy the 360s that don't have the issues. In that case you don't buy the standard 360 like everyone else has mentioned. I bought the Halo edition since it came with a game and it was on sale. Had it for 2 years with no issues. Also, buy the warranty that covers the ring of death from Best Buy. They will handle all the bullshit.

Overall it's not a problem cost wise. My only suggestion is get GameFly. Also, I'd take a look this weekend for deals on 360s. Target 2 day sale is offering a 50 dollar giftcard with a purchase of an Xbox elite. One comes with no game for 300 dollars. Another one comes with 2 controllers and MW2 for 400 dollars. Plus you get the giftcard so you cover a year on Xbox Live. Again if your thinking of getting anything, I suggest you get it this weekend. I'm doing the same myself dragging my mom up at 4am to go shopping for deals :]

Edit: One thing to note about PS3 and the 360.

I never had a PS3, but I know many who just bought the PS3 for the BluRay player. If your going for that angle, I suggest you just buy a cheap one for 200 bucks. I have one friend who doesn't even touch his PS3 to play anymore. Everything he does is on his 360. If you like mature games, get a 360. Also, they did a major upgrade of Xbox Live early this year and it's pretty user friendly. Not that it ever was. If my sister could figure it out anyone else can. And since your asking, I'm assuming your not picky of what games you will play considering your looking mainly for games to play Live.