To be honest... the PS2 is possible the most solid gaming console currently in existence. It is cheaper, with a gargantuan lineup of excellent games, and a pretty darn good (And non-buggy) system to begin with.
I think that the PS3 needs to be backwards compatible with most of those games before it is worth buying (It just doesn't have enough good games for the likes of me to justify the decision). Sadly, Sony has removed backwards compatibility from it's selling points.
The console that I think is most worth one's money is the PS2. Especially if you are not a hardcore gamer, and all the more especially if you are living paycheck by paycheck
Of course, if you already have the PS2, or just don't want it: as the gaming lineup currently stands (And if you don't mind dealing with the Red Rings once or twice) then the Xbox360 is undoubtably the better console.
Of course, there is one final thing that should enter into your decision, which is that the PS3 isn't so much a gaming console as it is a movie player. If your primary function for the console is to play movies: that is the only good reason at this point to buy the PS3 (and its a pretty good reason too).
I voted PS3 of course, but this is only because they may eventually have enough titles to support the decision. The lack of backward compatibility (which the Xbox360 has, and I think also the Wii might have it) cripples Sony's strongest point in video games... which is the success of the PS2 Juggernaught.
I think that the PS3 needs to be backwards compatible with most of those games before it is worth buying (It just doesn't have enough good games for the likes of me to justify the decision). Sadly, Sony has removed backwards compatibility from it's selling points.
The console that I think is most worth one's money is the PS2. Especially if you are not a hardcore gamer, and all the more especially if you are living paycheck by paycheck
Of course, if you already have the PS2, or just don't want it: as the gaming lineup currently stands (And if you don't mind dealing with the Red Rings once or twice) then the Xbox360 is undoubtably the better console. Of course, there is one final thing that should enter into your decision, which is that the PS3 isn't so much a gaming console as it is a movie player. If your primary function for the console is to play movies: that is the only good reason at this point to buy the PS3 (and its a pretty good reason too).
I voted PS3 of course, but this is only because they may eventually have enough titles to support the decision. The lack of backward compatibility (which the Xbox360 has, and I think also the Wii might have it) cripples Sony's strongest point in video games... which is the success of the PS2 Juggernaught.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
