Get a 360. They've got most of the reliability issues fixed, and the system has a much better library. Not to mention the fact that the system is pretty much guaranteed at least a decent library of games in the future, thanks to MS's commitment to porting games from their "Games for Windows" platform.
There's close to nothing worthwhile on the PS3 right now: Ratchet & Clank (of which there's four iterations on the PS2 already), Warhawk, Resistance, and... not much else. Most of what PS3 owners are looking forward to are as-yet-unreleased games, which may or may not be not worth it. (Just look at the pre-release hype surrounding Heavenly Sword and Lair...) Finally, the PS3 is more expensive, and unless you REALLY want a Blu-Ray player, you're really getting less for more.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
