I would personally go for a 360 Arcade. I'm a very careful and smart shopper, so I can gather all of the necessary add-ons on the cheap from Craigslist. You have people selling 360 bundles including hard drives, extra controllers and games all for $150.
The reason why it's also beneficial is because in the US, the 360 outsells the PS3 by a lot and has a huge difference in userbase, so there are good odds most of my friends are online gaming on it and not a PS3.
I can get good deals on Wii's also and it would be my secondary choice. The PS3 slim though is brand new, and will be by far the most expensive going by the avenues with which I shop. I would also rather get a used 60GB because I'm a big PS2 fan, and I could gather that for a clean $250 if I'm lucky with games attached.
Sorry if I'm breaking the rules of the thread by not shopping retail, but that's just not my scene unless there's a killer sale going on.
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