xbox live is a joke, there is simply no way I am paying for the pleasure of being able to setup a multiplayer peer to peer game :puke:
I have all 3 systems,
The wii is a party system, full stop, I havent switched mine on since November, and I have all ze games for it.
The xbox360 is my personal fave but I havent played mine for a while as this one hasnt had the drive flashed
yet, the new falcon systems (any brand new one will be a falcon now) seem to be much quieter and hopefully more reliable. Another advantage is that some of the games are multi region so you can buy the Asian versions from play-asia for £25 when theyre brand new, including some notable titles like mass effect and PGR4
The ps3 is definitely one for the future, it gets very little usage from me
however if recent reports are to be believed they are on the verge of busting that sucker open, if that happens the ps3 could
really step into gear.
TBH I would be inclined to wait until GTA4 is about to come out, as speculation is around that both will drop their console prices to get those sales in
edit -> with regards to which system to get xbox wise, dont bother with the arcade as you really need the HDD to be futureproof (some games already take advantage of it) however I wouldnt bother with the elite unless you can get one really cheap, I personally wont be paying MS to watch content and dont need 120GB of space...
double edit -> I would avoid das eBay with regards to buying, you really need one of the new falcon chips, the others are simply not reliable (ive had 4 die on me)