My Sisters Husband is a Die Hard Madden player. We are both PS players not because we are fanboys, but because of backwards compatibility and more importantly reliability. The 360 really impressed me, so I recommended him to get one for the new Madden. He is the type of player who will not buy the first, second, or even third generation of a system. He likes to wait for all the kinks to be worked out.

So after E3 he went out and picked up an Xbox 360. I was of course jealous and again went to my dark place. I get a call a week later from my sister and she immodestly tells me to NOT BUY AN 360. 10 min after he set it up he got the red light of death. He tried everything without any success. He then asked around to friends with Xbox 360's and EVER SINGLE PERSON had gone through at least 1 bad system with the red light.
So we all know about Microsofts extended warranty, but why ship it and wait for another broken box when you can just but a PS3 once with newer technology for a Little more money. I love the game lineup for the 360 but Bill Gates, your killing me.