Anyway 2009 will be the last year for the XBox 360. November 2009 new XBox will be out.

PS3 you get a Blu -Ray player included in the console. The choice is obvious buy a PS3. No I am not a Sony fanboy, I am a neutral everyday person.

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Haha. We won't see a new Xbox until 2010, the same year the PS4 comes out.

Mate seriously. If your a GTA fan or a hardcore gamer there is no question here. The Xbox 360 has the only full version of GTAIV, and by FAR the best game library of the two. It is also cheaper.

Most of the PS3's good games won't make it out until 2009. The PS3 had two price cuts in it's first year, and will probably have one big one or two little ones this year. Buy a 360 now to play the best next gen games around, and think about a PS3 midway through 2009 when FFXIII, God of War 3 and GT5 hit.

To be honest, i would get both right now, but i am short on cash.

They are all Microsoft exclusive. Could he play them if he bought a PS3?

I'm asking how many of those six are available on just the 360, not 360 and pc.

I don't know, I guess you could go to gamerankings and find out. But I wonder how that is relevant, as it still won't allow him to play them on any PS3 he purchased. Unless of course Sony figure out how to run Windows on it.........

Well, if he has a pc capable of running these games, he could enjoy most of the 360s console exclusive library without having to purchase a 360.

Could he enjoy exclusive GTAIV downloadable content? He said he was cash strapped, which makes it less than likely he has been keeping up with the expenses of PC gaming, a pastime that is FAR from mass market these days.