uh yeah I went to circuitcity to buy an XBOX today

and it is definitely called a pro

it pretty much says it in huge letters right on the box soo..yeah

Sorry if I didnt put this question into perspective a little

im not an unemployed cheapskate whatever you guys have been talking about

Im actually only 17 and i dont normally have a few hundred bucks to throw around but i got a job and just wanted to see if I'd be gettin my money's worth. thats all

nice thats all I needed

I know theres a ton of good games out for it that will hold me over until whenever the jump happens and thats all I really need

plus im not gonna lie, rock band is such a sick game and if I get a 360, I dont have to deal with the crappy gimped version of another certain system's rock band that is a waste of money

plus of course all of those other badass ones

I have recently thought alot about getting a 360 since the price drop and all

and the wii I already have isnt really "next gen" enough for me alot of the time

but with rumors circulating about when the next x box is coming out, should I just go get it and risk getting outdated or should I wait for the 720 and not get to enjoy any of the awesome games the 260 has to offer? just speculation is helpful

sorry if I came off like I just wanted another system to get all of the "kiddie" games I couldn't get on the wii

i mean I've kinda grown up accustomed to that kind of game for the most part, but my decision of what I want isnt entirely based off of that by any means. Like you have all suggested, quality of online and games and the media aspects and all of those things are also really important. but yeah I realize that if I wanted a system without tons of "next gen" FPS games and stuff Id just stick with a wii. (and by that I mean if i wanted a system with only like 1 or 2 good fps's, Id stick with a wii)

on a side note, im just gonna put it out there that viva pinata looks like it has no real objective to it and seems kinda pointless. I also think that little big planet looks like a huge potential for awesome user content and stuff but I still dont think theres much to the game besides that to be honest. just gonna put that out there

well... that pretty much sums up this entire post Id say

because Im sure you know how impossible it is to get a fair analysis of systems these days with fanboyism as rampant as it is and that basically did the impossible

I guess I better put a little more research into it then and maybe get a little more open-minded about sony for once in my life

Man I just wish it were as easy as just pickin both of em up and gettin the best of all 3 worlds

Im not gonna lie its pretty awesome to hear that there are people in similar situations like this

Its really wierd to think that I may be "moving on" from nintendo a little bit after quite a while(of my lifetime anyway)

I just get so bummed when something sick is announced and I get to wait for a rushed crap-def waggle version of it

my main obstacle once i move my wii out of the way is telling my parents that the wii got a massive firmware update so it got way bigger and changed its name. hahah

because no joke my parents would flip a b#%!h if i had 2 consoles at the same time

I can see the Bu Ray argument and the free Internet and everything else you mentioned about the pros of the PS3 including the fact that it is just a bad@$$ piece of hardware

but the fact is that since Im a transitional nintendo lover, I am transferring from super mario galaxy games to games like Resistence 2 instantly if I get a PS3 and I dont know if I could handle something like that

The lack of real variety on the PS3 is pretty apparent when all I see is relistic FPS's, realistic Gran Turismo games, and multiplatform games that everyone gets. I just think that If i get stuff like banjo kazooie on one side and fallout 3 on the other, I get a perfect mix of "kiddie stuff" (and by the I mean just fun stuff) and the more "hardcore" blow peoples heads off kind of stuff

very good point that game looks awesome

but a big contributing factor to wanting the x box is the whole "current gen" thing that the wii and ps2 dont really offer

plus i kinda hate sony so..yeah

unreasonable system loyalites strikes again

So ive encountered a moral dilemma recently due to the fact that the upcoming wii releases are not really exciting me and the XBOX 360 just released their price-dropped systems.

I have been a nintendo fan for as long as Ive been a gamer and Ive never owned another party system before so my question is, if I want a variety of pretty high quality games with alot of different genres, should i drop 300 bucks for an XBOX 360, or just tough out the fall with wii until better games start coming out?

by the way im only 17 so im not made of money and assurance of a good value is a plus