I feel your pain. Believe it or not, the last firmware upgrade bricked my 360. It's still sitting in my room not functioning. I don't feel as bad because I purchased a launch 360, but I am not planning to purchase a new 360 or pay to have it repaired.
I recently just got into PC gaming, so that's going to be my thing until the next generation of consoles. My little brother has a Wii, but we really only play SSBB and I may purchase NSMB.
I'm not a fanboy, I just try to tip the balance in favor of logic and common sense.