If your options are between a decent PC and a 360, get the PC. You can do quite a bit more of them. I have a 360, and it's a great console, but I'll take the PC over it any day. Really the only games he mentioned that are 360 exclusive is Dead Rising, GOW and Unreal Tournament are available on the PC. If you have other more important purchases that actually affect your life, go for them, then go for a new PC, then an Xbox, in that order. And xbox live is a joke really. It's a lousy system in general, and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay to play a game online. They're not MMORPGs. I'll take the PC.