Am I the only one who thinks that neither the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 are inherently "better" or "worse" than the other? As far as I'm concerned, it's just a matter of what you're personally looking for in terms of functionality and what kind of bullshit you're willing to put up with. For me, I wanted free online play (because I wouldn't be using it very often), optimal reliability for the hardware, don't mind the system updates, and didn't mind paying slightly more for the console itself, so I chose PS3. If I was heavy into online play (and would therefore be looking for better online functionality, even if I had to pay for it), found frequent system updates unduly annoying, was more willing to take a risk on the reliability of the hardware, and wanted the console itself to be cheaper, then I'd have gone 360. It's just personal preference is all. Same with the PC, actually. If I had the patience to continually update the hardware I'd definitely go PC, but I don't have the patience for it, so I'm perfectly happy to stay a console tard for life.