I have a better question, Xbox 360 or PS3?

[Eilonnwy]

Why not get them both? The xbox 360 has been around long enough to get a good deal on a used one, and as christmas is coming up there will be some good sales for PS3.

Money. Even with discounted prices they're still expensive for someone like me, living paycheck to paycheck. Plus, I'm not a hardcore gamer. I have some games that I like, as Meatball mentioned, very Japanese RPG oriented, and I don't really have the time or inclination to be an avid gamer. So I can't justify buying more than one console when I don't even regularly use what I have. If I could get FF13 and KH3 for the PS2, I wouldn't bother with the PS3 at all. It's also why I haven't jumped and bought one and won't until the games are released.

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A few years later that changed and my parents loosened up and said we could have them... and now my other brother and my two sisters can also have them!

When you have a 12 year gap between your middle child and youngest, there's a difference in parenting. Mostly in relation to the lack of near-age sibling and older parents who aren't as aggressive in their parenting. There are many differences in parenting between my older sister and me and my younger sister. It's almost as if my younger sister is an only child.