I'll say what I say to anyone getting a console: If you want to play with friends online using these consoles (which is what a lot of people do want to do) then get the console that your friends have. It's pointless doing much else.

Having said that, I am partially regretting my 360 purchase lately. All the guys at work have a PS3, you see... now, I have a 360 because my online friends have 360's. Which is good in many a way - not the least that I adore Lost Odyssey - but I am struggling financially lately and detest the fact that I have to spend money now if I want to do my online gaming via consoles. Both me and my girlfriend have had our Xbox Live Gold accounts expire and that means I can't hop on whenever the hell I feel like it and do some online gaming. Not with Dan and Psy, because I can't afford it, and not with the guys from work, because I don't have a PS3. So I'm screwed both ways. When my good lady has a job that provides her with a significant enough amount of money that we can once again afford to buy things, I will more than likely buy a PS3 before I re-purchase an Xbox Live Gold account. I just don't play online often enough to warrant spending money on a yearly subscription, and Dan/Psy play too many different games for me to keep up with. When they do play the games I play, they're so far ahead of me that they find themselves enjoying shooting me non-stop to the point that I no longer want to play. So yeah. However, with a PSN account I'll be able to join the guys from work in a few online games without having to pay for anything but the original game, and I like that.

But if she gets enough money I'll probably end up paying for both anyways. Ah, to be anything but poor.

Oh, back to where I was going with this: Yeah, the PS3 is more expensive, but it evens out after a few years of paying for a Live account. But buying a PS3 when all your mates play on Xbox 360 will mean your PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 won't get you nearly as much fun as your Xbox 360 one will. Of course, that goes both ways. So really, just consider what you really want with it rather than what games it has. The only time you need to think "Hmm, but does it have good exclusive games?" is when you have a game that you feel you must have (read: Me with Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy XIII vs... hence I want both PS3 & Xbox 360 by midway next year), or when you honestly never expect to want to play a game with friends. Which would be kind of sad.