the newer ps3's are NOT backwards compatible!

i think a little more of it has to do with what type of games you are into. a lot of the games you mention are on both systems. not to mention some of the games that were supposed to be ps3 exclusives jumped shipped and continue to do it.

sony is not doing well as a company overall. i personally don't like the playstation controller. to me the 360 controller is the best one around.

i do like the fact that the graphics are true 1080P on the ps3. and obviously the blu-ray player. and you can easily swap our your harddrive and you can run linux on it.

you can do all of the same downloading things on the 360 that you can on the ps3. true you don't have to pay to play online, but everyone knows (including sony) that xbox live is the de facto online standard!

sony ripped out tons of features that were supposed to be in the ps3. and they still trail the 360 in sales everywhere but japan.

there is rumors of a price drop coming for the ps3.

i do like the final fantasy series, gran tursimo, god of war and a few other of the ps3 exlusives though.


-shake