Thinking of buying one of them but not sure which one. what do you think?

what are your interests. online gaming, straight graphics, the blu ray player?

More interested in the types of games. playstation in the past has had a lot more RPG's compared to Xbox which is what I really like but I liked the Xbox system better. Plus they also have Halo. so I'm not sure which one to get.

My son is on XBox number 3. This thing is a bigger pile of junk than a Yugo.

PS3 = Blu-Ray Player and it's not a MICROSUCK product lol. Nuff said!

There's been plenty of issues with both.

I'm sure this thread will turn into Ford vs Chevy.

My suggestion would be to think about what you want in a gaming system.
There are only a select few games that are platform specific anymore, so keep that in mind. Most games will be on all platforms.

Also don't think that the BluRay player is the end all for HD movies. It's a great option currently, but it's probably more of a holdover to digitally delivered media.

I chose the 360 because in the end it was the better fit for me.

I bought a release version and haven't had an issues yet.

Good Luck, you'll be happy with either one of them.

Yep, the 360 is a piece of junk, and the PS3 is ridiculously overpriced. Hate to say it, but I live in a small town and the PS3's price is equivelent to a 1 month mortgage payment here. go play a Wii, you won't regret it, and I bet you'd buy one after playing it. They are a blast. My buddy is on his 3rd 360, the first two having the red rings of death.

i have an xbox 360 and i love it. i can play Call of Duty 4 online all day and night. If it breaks you just send it tin the microsoft and they will fix it for free and have it back to you in 1-2 weeks. much better than ps3, more game selection and plenty of RPG's

They replace it for free- FOR NOW. Once your warranty is up, good luck. Has yours broke yet, Fisher? I am just curious is all.

with a 3 year warranty im not too concerned. there are downsides to all systems. the wii is less than stellar graphics which are equal to maybe a ps2, very poor online gaming with no headset and no downloadable upgrades for games like guitar hero etc, and no hard drive. i have a wii and 360 and i like them both for what they are. the 360 is the best of the 3 for online gaming imo, and like dtro said, there arent going to be a lot of games that arent released on both the ps3 and 360, but a lot of those games cant be released on the wii because of its shortcomings in the hardware department.

Nintendos new to the online thing, but they now have it, and it will only improve. The prior system- Gamecube didn't offer it, while the original Xbox and the PS2 have had it for awhile. Something like that takes time to develop. One thing I do like about the Wii is the ability to download OLD games, I am 33 and think it's fun I can play the original Donkey Kong and Super Mario on my current system. I had a 360 and sold it.

90 % of the games for wii's virtual console are games that i would never play or that i have on systems that take 3 minutes to plug in so i dont pay $5 to $12 to download, and 360 also has downloadable old games also as well as newly created arcade type games. being new to the online thing is fine, but ninty didnt give the wii the capability to be really good at it. this is going to be their test run then maybe they will get better on the next new system. like i said, i like them both for what they are good at, so think about what you want before you buy.

yeah zamboni, mine has broken once. I sent it in, microsoft replaced it for free, and i got it back in 2 weeks tops. right now, microsoft is replacing/fixing any broken ones for free because there was a bug in the first ones that came out. not sure how long they'll be replacing them, though.

We have 2- Xbox 360's in the house and have had them since launch day, neither of us have had any problems.

My sons Xbox360 has yet to make it longer than six months before the red ring of death. Getting the extended warrenty through Best Buy is a waste as they only let you return it ONCE! Then they make you buy another warrenty.