QUOTE (1984 @ Dec 12 2008, 06:56 PM)

Not to hijack the thread, but in all you gamers opinions, which is better for games in general, ps3 or xbox360? I am THIS close to getting a gaming machine, first time in MANY years and am totally a n00b and on the fence as to which way to go. Hopefully a system that has good non violent kids games too.

If you want bluray go ps3, if you just want to play games go xbox.
They have a lot of the same games(actually most games are on both) but xbox has a lot more games right now.
If you don't want to play online you could get an xbox for only $200, it doesn't have a hard drive but unless you play online you don't really need it.
PS3 has cool features like wifi(xbox it costs $100 for a usb thing), blu ray, and free online play(xbox costs $50 a year, but its more than worth it.) But it doesn't have as many games right now.
Xbox has live(online playing), netflix streaming if you have an account, and tons more games.(plus you can usually get used xbox games cheaper than ps3 games at game stores). I have an xbox and I dont regret getting it instead of ps3. I'm not a huge movie buff(I use netflix to rent them) so blu ray wasn't really a big thing to me.
Andavari has PS3 so he can give you his opinion on that.
Really though there isn't that big a difference anymore since they play almost all the same games.