If your married you will understand this post (if your not hopefully you will still understand). I just bought a 360, and when I wife finds out, I will need to be able to justify this purchase.. One thought is I have a 5 year old daughter that is already technically savvy and plays games on the PC. What are some quality games that I can purchase for my daughter, even ones that are backwards compatible, that may help appease the wife? (I.E. "She needs an XBOX 360 to enhance dexterity and hand-eye coordination":roll: )

Any other forms of justification that I am stumped on thinking of would be a plus. Please, I appeal to those that emphathize and understand my situation. Thanks in advance for any help and all the advice.

Sincerely,

Toast Sans Justification

Wow... I knew we had a great community on the forums here at Gamespot, but this level of advice and input was more than I expected.  You guys all rock and all the advice is very very well received. One big thank you for all that each of you had to say and it really has helped.

Thanks for the game and console suggestions and some of the technical information; for example, no I did not realize you could boot linux on a PS3. That is crazy but I guess not so much... after all it does have computer components. Still nice to know.

Also the portability advice was very appreciated. If I could pass out reward points of some kind, each of you would get a bucket full. Thanks guys. 

First of all... I'm a hardcore gamer but have mostly stuck to just the PC up until now. I now travel alot and don't find it practical to lug around a full blown PC gaming rig; for one thing I would hate to have an expensive PC rig stolen.

Therefore, I have recently been taken a long hard look at what console to buy. I don't know much about consoles, but here is what I do know so we will not waste your valuable time and advice that I desperately want and need.

I know that there is more games currently available for the Xbox 360 than the PS3, however this doesn't sway me too bad as surely this will balance out in time.

I know that the PS3 is overpriced, however I make good money so that is not going to sway me either. 

Other than that, to be honest I don't know a whole lot.

Here is what I want advice on the most, which gaming console will appeal to my gaming tastes? Here is what interests me the most with the first being tops with me, and then getting less each time:

1. RPG's
2. FPS
3. Adventures
4. Fighting (includes boxing even though that is a sport)

Other than boxing, I don't play sports. Does anyone know if one console will have more titles that will appeal to me, or is this something that will be hard to predict. I love (translate "I devour, dream of, drool over, lust for" ) RPGs and hope to make the right choice.

If there are other consumer considerations to consider (i.e. like ease of use, features or some such) that would help me choice the XBOX or the PS3, I would appreciate the help and advice. 

Any logical sounding advice that don't involve divination, prophetic utterances, or a weegie board, will be very seriously considered. Thanks in advance, my money awaits to make this purchase.