I played on a 360 for years. It's good for mainstream gamers. Then my red-ringed itself. I will admit Microsoft was pretty good at fixing it, got it back in less than a week with a free 3-month live card (didn't have a wireless adaptor, though). Long story short, my brothers both have their own 360 and Xbox Live. I have a PS3. I love it. The PS3 has *no* issues so far, where as my First Xbox not only got red ring, but also scratched up $300 worth of games. Enough to buy a new playstation. The Xbox is nice in that it's a nice, friendly user environment -- sort of like a Mac. It's also got that flashy interface. The parental controls are good (my poor brothers ). However, I love the playstation interface, The blu-ray player, the media access (can you pull stuff from a home server off of an Xbox? I don't know), the accessibility, etc. Also, I find Xbox controllers to be incredibly awkward. PS3 is comfortable and fits right in my hand.
The PS3 seems to be much more serious, at any rate. The machinery is expensive, but holds up well. For example, I just bought the official PS3 bluetooth headset for $60. It may have been expensive, but it's got a good battery life, it's barely noticeable on my ear, AND I can hook it up to my cellphone, laptop, etc. Compare that to the $20 pieces of crap my brothers use, which plug straight into the controller and barely work half the time. The only part of the Xbox I like vetter is the hard drive, which is much easier to interchange than the PS3. When I went to a friend's house, I just popped out the hard drive and had all my data with me.
In summary:
Xbox got red ring of death, ate up $300 of games that are now almost completely unplayable. The wireless adapter is $100, plus another $50 a month. The equipment is terrible, can only be used on Xbox, and doesn't even work right all the time then. However, it is very easy to use, has good parental controls, etc. That's why my little brothers got one.
The PS3 is relatively inexpensive now (I got one of the original 80GB for Christmas. It's a phat, backwards-compatible beast. For $300. Xbox is just slightly under that, I believe.) The controllers are comfortable, hold a great charge (forgot to mention they charge from the PS3, no batteries needed). Has a free online, amazing graphics, blu-ray player, etc. All around better. Plus, you're less likely to get the whiney 8 year olds (still happens, though). I have noticed however, that there are a lot of "ghetto" and "hick" stereotypes on there. That's about 2/3 of the people that use mics. Be prepared for that.
Also, I have a laptop which can run small gaming (Team Fortress 2 and Half Life 2 mostly) so if you have a PSN or STEAM account, add me. Name should simply be oniman7. If you add me on either, send me a message letting me know you're from DV.
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