http://kotaku.com/gaming/console-of-steel/the-ps3-is-unkillable-288962.php

This article talks about how the PS3 is one of the most durable machines out there. Pretty funny too, they lock the thing in a van and test its stress performance under extreme conditions. It has gone like 108 hours at around 0 degrees.  They also put it in 110 degree weather at 95% humidity and they said it ran for 65 hours without many problems.

Right now, I am playing Nucleus with my brother, Crash Bandicoot (you can download PS1 titles and play them on the PS3, my personal favs are Medievil, Crash Bandicoot, Syphon Filter, and Symphony of the Night), and Oblivion. I won't explain Oblivion since you have a 360. I am biding my time til Warhawk comes out on the 28th, which I am really psyched about.

Games you could play are Resistance (one of the best launch titles I have ever played) if you are into FPS's, Motorstorm (I hate racing games and I really like this one, IGN has a pretty informative review), and Ninja Gaiden Sigma if you like those kind of games.

There are quite a few demos on the PSN to keep you entertained as well as standalone games. My personal favorites are fl0w (very surreal, ambient kind of game), SuperStardust HD (one of the most intense space shooters I have ever played, plus co-op), and Nucleus (a very different kind of space shooter with nice online leaderboards).

BR movies I highly recommend are: The Prestige, Casino Royale, Silent Hill (some people don't like this movie, but I love it), Planet Earth, The Pirates of the Carribean movies, 300, and whichever of the major blockbuster movies you have liked recently except those from Universal studios, the only major studio not backing Blu-Ray.

O yeah, you get 5 free Blu-Rays if you buy a PS3 before Sept. 7th. If you go with the Sony Style card (you can still trade in games to pay off the balance if you need to), and with the movie deal, you are getting a PS3 for $350 and 5 movies (which cost at least $20 a piece) for free. Not all of them are the best movies, but I found 3 off the list that I would buy/have boughten already.

This picture has all the movies that are available through the deal:
http://www.bluraysavings.com/

Well mate, you already have a Wii60 combo, gettin a ps3 will mean you'll have 2 much 2 play at xmas and not enuff time 2 play it. Be happy with what you got for now. :)

I had this same dilemma 2 weeks ago.  Both my gfriend and I worked our asses off this summer, extra shifts, overtime and we had a little disposable $$.  We're both big gamers and we both loved the PS2.  We're back logged RPGs probably into the next century.  So when I read that the new 80 gig wouldn't have the emotion engine I was basically sold.  I went online to newegg, found the 60gig (got it without tax because it was online) and had it shipped.  2 days later I was there, game system without games.

I sat there playing around with it, it is a pretty remarkable machine.  I'm in medical research so I definitely appreciated folding@home.  The interface was simple and well organized.  The best part was that even though I didnt have any games yet I could go onto the playstation store and download a dozen demos.  I fell in love with Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Nucleus.  The former is the best ninja/martial arts action game I have ever played and the latter is a new top down shooter where you take on bacteria and virii.  

 Nucleus is intense, and being a competitive gamer the leaderboard gives you that extra ego boost you knew you were needing.

I'm looking forward to L.A.I.R. ,  Warhawk, Gran Turismo, FFXIII, and Burnout.

(Oh and if you get Nucleus, check out EtherShade :)  ) 

lol @ mr shady

If you need convincing to buy a console that console is not for you.

Get it. You can cure cancer by Folding. :) Only Chuck Norris and the PS3 can cure cancer, so it's a win win situation.

 God no, don't do that!  Read the fine print before you even think about it.  You have to make the purchase before August 31st and it takes up to 30 days to approve the credit card and will likely take a while.  After finally approving the credit card, they then have to send it to you which could add another few days if you're lucky to the process.

If you do apply for that card you more than likely will miss out on the deal and you'll be stuck with a credit card you do not want (and have to make a purchase on by November on I believe). 

Well purchase that PS3 right now if you have the money!!! HURRY UP!!!!!

I'm also a PC gamer at heart not a console gamer, I just dont have enough $$$ to repair my desktop (overclocked my CPU farther, popped the processor, shattered my motherboard, destroyed my 8800 Ultras. Totally sucked ass, $4k down the hole, stuck on this pos 3 year old alienware laptop now).  Truly I hate consoles, even though I have owned nearly everyone since the commodore 64, because the lack of control for FPSs but thankfully Sony increased the sensitivity in the analog sticks from 8-bit to 10-bit that added a good amount of reaction time. Only major thing I love for consoles is that the controls work great for RPGs, racers, and platformers.

Truly I wish the Phantom would have been made, it would have been the greatest console ever made. But it wasnt. So I'll stick with the PS3 because it has the most potental for my type of gaming as well as the fact it supports keyboard and mouse which is a major plus for me. 

If you want to call me biased, call me a biased PC gamer at least as I'm going to be spending another 8k on a new PC at the end of the year and probably another 3k when the next set of PC parts are released. 3k of that 8k btw is going to a new case, lian-li with a dragon cut out with a water jet machine, SEXY!!!.