360 or wait for PS3?

[lars573]

Hey,
I have some money saved up, and I have to decide If I should get the Xbox 360 or wait for the PS3.

Major factors are:

* Games

Well the PS3 will have support from all Japanese developers and all North american and European developers. The Xbox won't have support from all Japanese developers right away (if ever). So real niche/artsy titles like Shadow of the colossus or Mister misquito won't ever show up on the 360. And there is a chance that companies like Capcom will create totally different games for each console (like Devil may cry for the 360). Also the 360 will probably never be able to play the whole Xbox back catalouge. This is simply because the Xbox uses an Nvidia GPU and the 360 uses an ATI.

* Graphics

They will be about even. Although the PS3 might have a slight edge. But it won't be the 2x difference in system power that existed between the PS2 and Xbox.

* Online play

The 360 has a free silver level and a pay gold level of live. The silver will let you down load updates for games mini games for the arcade and software/firmware updates for the console. To play online you gotta pay though. However 1 year for $59.99 is better than what WoW gives you. Sony claims that they will set up some kind of online service this time around. But that's about all they have said.