I am a huge sony fan simply because ive used the playstation, psone and the ps2 pretty much all the time for a long time.  But my english teacher taught me something very important that you should do your research before you commit to any decision.  Its like buying a car, you want to research all the possibilites out there avaliable and see which one will be the best to use.  So I now just got done watching the press conferences by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.  I am really impressed by all three of them.  And by the way I said 4 gaming options because there will more than likely be an even better PC system out there that will appeal to me as well.  I liked the PSP and PS3 compatability and the titles that were coming out on it, like Tekken 6 and Virtua Fighter 5, Sonic and a few others I cant remember.  I was impressed with the gamplay of the Wii with its very different yet innovative controller.  I watched how many things you could do with that kind of controller like fighting with Samurai and all the different games you could do like ping pong, etc.  And Microsoft's 360, that demonstration of KillZone really interested me, plus the Arcade Feature of XBOX live and the number of games that were coming out on it.  Before I watched those conferences, I was intent on buying the PS3 only, but now I am divided and I dont know which direction to go.  I will have alot of money avaliable to me once I graduate from A.I.T, at least $7000.  But I cant buy all 3 of them like I want to because I want to get a car.  I will eventually get all 3 of them, but which direction should I go first?