I almost sweared I would never buy a Microsoft console but I did. I really hate Microsoft as a corporation but I have to admit that with the Xbox, they are playing it well. They are buying most of the good rpgs from the Japanese companies.

What drove my purchase is 2 things: Tales of Vesperia and Final Fantasy XIII. I never really wanted a PS3 but now that most good RPGs are either exclusive to Xbox360 or multiplatform, I don't see the need of ever getting a PS3. It's a bit ironic because last generation I only had a PS2. Now, I have a Xbox and a Wii. I still prefer the Wiimote and will most likely get the multiplatform titles for the Wii but there's so much things I would miss by going with Wii alone.

I would like to know for all of you that purchased a 360 instead of PS3, why did you do so? Do you feel that a 360 owner has any reason to buy a PS3?

ps3 and 360 each have like 90% of the same games.

if you own a 360 no point in buying a ps3 and vice versa.

i bought a 360 before my ps3, because of the halo hype and all my friends had it. then i bought a ps3 and had them both. sold my 360 and bought an iphone.

It was too expensive and I liked what the 360 had to offer in terms of game selection + Halo 3, that's around when I bought mine. Blu-ray doesn't matter to me as I like streaming TV (Fox On Demand fox.com/fod / Veoh) and dl's.

Another advantage for potential 360 owners is that you get better deals on games...... go compare the prices on amazon for 2nd hand copies of Tony hawks project 8 on 360 and ps3... 360 is much cheaper.... same with Stranglehold and tiger woods games....and with the 360 been out longer you are going to get those great games that 360 got during its extra year on the market , games like dead rising, crackdown and condemned 1 (all very cheap but brilliant)... so those who complain about the £35 a year for xbox live... consider this..... games are up to £5-£10 cheaper 2nd hand on 360... that alone covers the cost of xbox live per year in all seriousness though, welcome to 360 land Godot... if you start to like achievements look me up, we can duke it out or team up..... oh, and xbox arcade games are getting better and better and the selection is now HUGE

better game deals, and so far, better games. The near future, from now to the end of '09, still makes the 360s upcoming library, exclusive and non, look fantastic. Not putting down the PS3 in any way. As for me, the only games the 360 doesn't have a great counterpart to that the PS3 has exclusive are LBP and God of War, neither that I really need, and one i hardly even announced.

If you decide to get XBL, post your gamertag :)

Another thing...you got over a prejudice against a company because you saw that while the company is less then perfect, they're products are great. I respect that very much.

Oh, and:

TALES OF VESPERIA FTW!!!!

I wasn't planning on buying a Playstation 3 for myself, but my girlfriend. She is a HUGE Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Tomb Raider fan - all exclusives to the Playstation (I've bought her every game available on PS2, plus a few PS1 games for her PS2).

Then Tomb Raider went multi-plat.....

Then Resident Evil went multi-plat....

Then Silent Hill with multi-plat....

Then she got into RPGs, and that has pretty much prevented me from ever having to shell out $400 for a new playstation. She really likes Eternal Sonata (we played the entire game w/ her niece through on Co-Op, which eventually sold her niece on a X360 too), and is playing Lost Odyssey now. I went from having to buy her a PS3 to now planning on buying her her own X360 since she has borrowed mine for about a solid month now, trying to beat Lost Odyssey (she's got Kaim up to level 60 on Disc 4).

Ultimately, you go where the games are. She has no interest in any Sony exclusives, save maybe Kingdom Hearts if that stays on the Playstation..And it's far cheaper to buy her a soon-to-be Arcade at $199 than a $399 PS3. Microsoft has really got my money. I haven't spent so much cash on a system + games since my SNES.

When we get married, we plan on having 2 X360s routed with a LAN/Ethernet so we can play Resident Evil 5, and other games together.

Her game portfolio looks like this for the rest of the year:

Tales of Vesperia

Infinite Undiscovery

Silent Hill: Homecoming

Tomb Raider Legends

+ She's begging me to get more Rock Band stuff so her niece (who has a PS3, 360 and Wii) can play it more.

...And hey, who am I to complain about having a hot girlfriend that wants to play video games?

As for the "why would a X360 owner buy a PS3", it would be for whatever exclusives you feel are must have. In my case, there are 0 current, and 0 planned exclusives that I'd buy a PS3 over. But I am sure there are people out there that, outside of fanboy bias, would prefer what the PS3 has software wise, and be happy with it. Personally, the PS3 lineup (in terms of my gaming habits) is utter trash for the next 2 years, and has very few games I'd play even if the system were given to me....I can't say that about the X360. Most games I have bought aren't on the PS3, and have been fantastic.

with the fact that 360 just got Final Fantasy XIII.......no. i have a PS3 because of Blu-ray, and if you are into HD, then PS3 is a great deal

If you like Blu-ray, best player around

I hate Microsoft because I use Windows (Vista and XP) constantly and I have so many problems with it. I think a lot of their softwares could have more work put to them before being released. They need more competition. If there was an OS competing with Windows, things would be so much better because they would need to use their profit to fund the development of their OS rather then making Bill Gates the richest man of earth.

However, in the console business, Microsoft are completely different.

I bought both but I must say my 360 gets a lot more playtime simply because of XBL. Not so much the service but the people i've been playing with since XBL launch plays a large part. Plus Halo made me a MS fan out of the gate console-wise.