Nintendo and Sony is free, but you pay for what you get.
Nintendo has very splotchy online multiplayer, more expinsive VC content, and inferior VC content, and absolutely no DLC or patches, no media content (movies, TV, clips, music, ect), but does have a few other channels.
Sony has mediocre online, decent (but very little) DLC, some patches, no media content (but promises some in the future).
The X360 has the most online multiplayer content of any console in history, tons of XBLA games that are wholesale cheaper and better than VC (online multiplayer for most games, reworked graphics, leaderboards, ect), cheaper VC content (most XBLA games recieve better versions at cheaper prices than VC), the most DLC both free and pay-for, and actual media content.
And the fact is, unless your a multiplayer freak, your still not going to ever pay a dime for content. The only thing I've bought would be the same stuff any Wii owner or PS3 owner would pay for - downloadable games. Outside of this, I'm still getting vastly superior content for free.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
