Its not the best console, simple as that, but being a gamer, 360 does have games I enjoy playing, other then that the 360 does not have much to offer other then a few good exclusives, no WIFI, unless you spend more money, online you have to pay for, no blu-ray, no browser, purchase charge packs for controllers, PS3 upsamples regular dvd, and plays burned dvds , 360 does not, also does not play burned dvds. PS3 you can put what ever size harddrive you want, PS3 has blutooth so you dont have to spend another 60 bucks for a wireless earpiece. There are tons of reasons when you look at it, I don't need a 360 for any of that because I have my PS3, my 360 only plays games every now and then, my back up console. Good luck, Look and see if you want to play any of there games first before wasting money.

Funny, from what I hear around here PSN is just as good as Live as soon as it gets crosschat and Live is not worth paying for.

Don't try to convince yourself guys.

Xbox does not have Built in wifi(you have to buy an expensive wifi adapter)
Has very few exclusives coming(if its on PC its not an exclusive,the games that come to the PC usually are better than the 360 version,making the 360 useless)
Has a high failure rate(yes,yes it does,jasper has not done sh$%)
You have to pay to play online
The controllers use double AA batteries.....Seriously.
Has expensive hardrives
Does not have a browser
Does not have Blu ray.though they tried with the HDDVD add on,needless to say,it failed miserably
Its very loud

I can respect that.  On alot of game comparsions its pretty much the same.  Just wish I could get my hands on all the HD games from both consoles.

Let me get just wrap my head around this. You're a Sony fan. You're left breathless by the PS3. You're considering getting an Xbox 360 but you want members of this forum to convince you why you should consider doing what you're already considering?

Am I missing something?

It all makes sense now!

There's some things in this post that are just plain wrong. The 360 can upscale DVDs to 1080p. It will also play burned DVDs. You are getting caught up in accessories, rather than what the console does in terms of features and how the games perform. I can buy a wireless N adapter for my 360 and stream full 1080p video. Is there a wireless N option for the PS3? No, so you won't be streaming 1080p video wirelessly without it buffering and skipping. It really depends what you want, but if you're into gaming, the PS3 doesn't do anything better than the 360. If having a Blu-Ray player is as important as gaming, then of course the PS3 is a better buy, but not everyone wants that. I didn't. I buy my games machine primarily to play games.

@youarebadatgames - There is absolutely no point in comparing what PSN might be like in the future with what Live is like now. If I'd have believed everything I've read on forums, cross-game chat has been coming "any time now" to the PS3 for the last 2 years, but it still isn't here. Until PSN improves, it's still missing cross game chat, party mode, voice messaging, private voice chat, 6 chat channels that you can switch between when you like, 1 Vs. 100, demos of every downloadable game, a rep system, an integrated reporting system and a bunch of other stuff.

Great point!

buy one not for it being the best console but to be able to play the many great games on it:

1) gears 1+2
2) fable2
3) mass effect 1+2
4) splinter cell conviction
5) left4dead1+2
6) forza3
7) alan wake
8) (i dont want to say it but i have to be fair) halo series

Every console is worth buying for its line up of exclusive games. Even the Wii has great games that should be played. It all depends on whether you are a fanboy or gamer.

Agreed 100%. This is why I own a 360, Wii and PS3. The 360 gets more use because of the online capabilities and I prefer the controller, but if you're a true fan of gaming there are definitely reasons to own all 3. Mind you, I'm not the sort of person that gives a shit about which console wins some sales race. As long as they all do well enough to get support from developers and new games are coming out for all of them, that's cool with me. This is VGChartz though, where a lot of people hope for certain consoles or games to fail just because they're a fanboy of a different brand, which is desperately sad IMO. lol.