In this upcoming generation I am leaning towards believe it or not The Nintendo Revolution. But they will be th last to come out. So I am considering on getting X-Box 360 first to quench my Sports gaming thirst & my Splinter Cell fix. I would like to buy Sony's system first but the price & size of the Machine will force me to wait for a price drop & a slimmed-downed version of the PS3. I bought the PS1 brand new over the N64 in the first generation of the next generation of consoles. I bought the PS2 one year after the launch of the PS2. I think Sony offers the best overall package. It was only in the Holiday season 2004 I bought a brand new Gamecube. I wanted to get a system that was Kid friendly for my children plus I wanted to relive some of the old fashioned video game fun I had back in the 80's with Nintendo's NES. I must say I am not dissappointed with The GameCube. I will definitly keep this system into the next-generation. Sony games are great but Nintendo's games have an everlasting appeal. Timeless playable classics. As for the Snooze-Box/X-Box I must say I can take it or leave it. I picked up the system used to play Ninja Gaiden, Halo, Top Spin, Thief-Deadly Shadows, & the Tom Clancy games which translate best on the X-Box. In the end it is all about the games & the Snooze Box just doesn't cut it. I am getting the X-Box 360 first because of the price & to play updated sports titles in the upcoming generation, Halo, & Tom Clancy games. When Sony is affordable I will continue to build on my Sony games collection. But I can't wait for The Revolution. I am hoping their new controller will take sports gaming to the next level much like the PS2 controller did. Then eventually I will be playing my Sports Simulation on the Revolution. As for this generation the PS2 is king of controls in sports gaming. Fight Night is a prime example. X-Box has the best Sports graphics but what is the point if you can't get virtual athlete to respond fast enough because of clunky controls. It is no wonder that X-Box's 360 controller looks like a knock of Playstation's. Up to PS1 I have always owned on console per-genration but with the improve quality of games it just makes sense to own all of them in generation if you can afford it. Especially now that The Revolution can play 20 years of Nintendo classics. I have owned in the past an Atari 2600, Nintendo's-NES, Sega Genesis, PS1 & currently a PS2, GC, X-Box. As for portables I will save that for another entry.