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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4148964" data-attributes="member: 8863">Not really an expert on the current generation of consoles, but I'll give it a shot.The biggest single problem with the 360 is the infamous Red Ring of Death (RRoD).  A lot of them, especially the early model fail a lot.  Never models might work better, MS is certainly aware of the problem, and I'd bet they're doing what they can to remedy it.  But it would be something I'd take into account first.  Not being able to play Blu-Ray could be a disadvantage, particularly since the PS3 is generally considered on of the best Blu-Ray players out there, but that's not a major selling point on a console to me.  Also, I'm pretty sure you have to pay to get any real milage out of Xbox Live service.Upside is that console gaming is quite a bit more reliable cheaper, and easier to use than PC gaming.  PC gaming has a a lot of compatibility issues, becuase there's simply so many system configurations out there.  Consoles are more uniform, so you can usually just put a game in and play and not worry about the video card, the sound card, how much RAM you have, how other software apps might interfere with hthe game, etc.  PC gaming isn't bad, but honestly, there's just so many problems with it, and gaming system are so expensive that I'd rather stick with consoles, especially since they're catching up with PCs in performance.</blockquote>