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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goobermunch" data-source="post: 4148108" data-attributes="member: 10516">I love my Xbox 360.  Of the consoles currently out, it has the most robust game selection, though it is skewed more toward a grownup audience (I only play the 360 after my 2 year old is asleep).  Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed were both awesome, and while you can get Creed for the PS3, Mass Effect is an Xbox only title.  I've also heard that the PS3 has "issues" running the Orange Box (Portal alone is worth the price of admission).  CoD4 is easily one of the best games of the year.  There is a moment in the single player campaign that actually made me weep, and there were a number of moments where my heart skipped a beat.  Also, Oblivion is, by all accounts, amazing.  BioShock is teh sex.  Also, for goofy first person shooter-y goodness, try Earth Defense Force 2017.  Best when played splitscreen with a friend.  It's totally tongue-in-cheek fun.That said, one of my co-workers got an early Xbox 360, and has had nothing but bad luck.  Seven months in, he got the infamous red rings of death.  He sent it in for repairs, and a month later he got a new Xbox.  Sadly, the DVD drive on that one was crap, and it ate his copy of Assassin's Creed (though that may have had more to do with his decision to switch the console from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation while the drive was running).  He then returned it again because of the DVD drive problems.  When they sent it back, they hadn't fixed the drive, but they sent him a busted power cord.  He swapped his with Walmart shortly thereafter.  Regardless, he still thinks buying his Xbox 360 was a better decision that buying a PS3 (and he's been a loyal PS supporter since the original PS came out).I have owned my Xbox 360 with an SDTV and an HDTV.  Not having an HDTV doesn't really cause any problems (except, I hear, with Dead Rising--the text is too small to read except up close).  However, moving up to an HDTV is pretty awesome.  "It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."Up until early last year, I was a die hard PC gamer.  I felt that console gaming was the preserve of teenaged leet kiddies.  Then, I decided I wanted to upgrade so I could play BioShock on the PC.  My computer was no slouch.  3.0 Ghz Processor; 1.5 GB of Ram; a Radeon 9800XT video card.  But because the video card didn't support pixel shader 3.0, I couldn't run BioShock.  Upgrading the video card would have involved a motherboard upgrade, which would have involved new RAM and a new processor.  I was not prepared to pay $800 to play a $50 game.  A local computer shop started selling refurbished Xbox 360s for $250.  It was the best decision I've made in a while.  While I often make use of the Xbox 360's mute player feature, I really think I've made a good decision.  I do most of my gaming in the living room now, and my wife will often join me (though she prefers to play the Wii).I can't speak to the PS3.  I've yet to have a chance to play with one, and I am sure I'll regret (somewhat) my choice to go Xbox when God of War 3 inevitably comes out.  That said, I have friends who do professional game testing, and I'm reasonably sure they'll be getting a PS3 one of these days.  Really though, it's my perception that the PS3 stands in the shoes of the original Xbox while the 360 has filled the PS2's shoes, at least with regard to current generation console gaming.  Don't get me started on the Wii though.  That thing doesn't fit nicely into the analogy.  It's awesome and fun.And, as the Penny Arcade guys pointed out (before the price drops), you can practically get a Wii and a 360 for the price of a PS3.--G</blockquote>

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