Well, I'll be picking up my Wii with my girlfriend tomorrow, so the final verdict will be coming in shortly as to my preference of the latest systems.  I can however, compare the PS3 and 360 (thanks to my hardcore gamer friend).  He and I came to the same conclusion.  The PS3 has "potential", but its extremely underwhelming at this point.  Its not all that different from the 360 during its early days, which I suppose is a plus for Sony, considering the 360 has grown on me somewhat. 

I'm still not enamored with the Live idea, pay for online games after playing PC games online for free for 10 years isn't appealing to me, but some games, like Gears of War really are quite good.  There's something actually going on under the hood in Gears, rather than just being eye candy.   The 360 may be a purchase for me in the future, though its just as likely that I will pick up a PS2 and a bunch of classic (old and new) games like Shadow of the Colossus, Tekken 5, and Final Fantasy XII,

However, the Wii is in my immediate future.  I really doubt I'm going to be disappointed with it, too bad a major job interview will interrupt my Zelda playing... ok, that's not really that bad.

 PS3... like what pretty much everyone else has said... when Metal Gear  and FFXIII come out, then maybe (probably not).  "I feel asleep!" is more my speed.  Eye candy is exactly that, give me meat and potatoes.
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