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Originally Posted by chemgear
Just an observation, most games that come out on both the XBOX 360 and the PS3 are usually quite comparable unless you REALLY want to find a microscopic dust particle. However, when they do compare poorly, it's usually the PS3 that eats it (eg. Orange Box, Bayonetta, Lost Planet, Red Dead Redemption, etc.) Notable exception of course: Final Fantasy XIII totally better on PS3.
And of course this excludes the discussion about exclusives.
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That's just lazy developers not optimizing the PS3 versions of those games.
I find both systems have great games and are fairly equal when it comes to game playing ability. Xbox Live is superior to PSN but PSN is free so I have no complaints there. You do get the Windows Media Center extender on the 360 and I used that all the time before I had a PVR. Both consoles have ways of streaming media from a PC but I find the PS3 implementation to be far superior to the 360. Sure you can get Orb or TVersity to stream to the Xbox but so far nothing has been as simple and seamless as PS3 Media Server.
If you are going strictly for a game console then it is a toss up. It depends on what systems your friends have and what exclusives you are interested in. The Xbox has great games and is cheaper but if you want to play online then 2 years of Live negates the up front savings. If you want a console that has great games but you are also interested in a device that plays Blu-Ray movies and can also be a fairly simple to use but powerful media device then the PS3 is right up your alley.