PS3 in an Xbox360 Campus

Well... I'm in a predicament here on my campus that I am sure many campus gamers are also having.  That predicament would be having the opposite gaming platform the majority of your campus has.  I would like to go through some pros and cons that I personally have been considering that will impact if I sell my PS3 (yes I am an avid Play Station player) to buy an Xbox360.

Let's get down to it!

*PS3*
Pros:
  -the BIGGEST thing for me: Free Online Play
     -You don't have to pay $50 a year to play online. Enough said.
  -Cheap (but a high quality) BlueRay player.
     -All you movie buffs out there know what I mean :)  And I have even heard it works better than a regular BlueRay player.

Cons:
  -Heavy update download and install times
     -No one likes waiting 30-45 mins just for an update.
  -Not easy to upgrade HDD
  -Big game titles that don't have PS3 contract
     -Halo games, L4D, etc
  -3rd Party game servers
     -Game servers run by 3rd parties don't run as smoothly as they should

*Xbox360*
Pros:
  -Lots of online features with Xbox Live
  -Many game titles that are cross platform and many that are Xbox Specific
  -Online servers maintained by Microsoft
  -Quick updates for games
  -Easy upgradeable HDD
  -Potential 2 player online per console (Halo)

Cons:
  -Pay $50 a year to play online
     -Why would you do that?!?
  -No BlueRay player
     -but DVD's are alright too.
  -Red Ring of Death 0.o
     -not sure if it's much of a problem anymore but it did cause major issues
 
Final Judgement:  If Xbox360 Dominates your campus, break down and buy it.  In reality, $50 bucks a year isn't really that bad.

Well that's really all I can think of.  If you do think of more Pros and Cons for either then please comment and tell me.

College is a Gamer's Paradise

For all you freshmen out there just stepping onto your new campus, congratulations!  You will make lots of friends and experience many things!

Now for all you freshman gamers out there stepping onto a college campus, a word of advice: Make IT at your campus your BEST FRIEND.  If you are as big a gamer as I am, you will need all the help you can get to get around your campus' network (normally, gamers start out on a "strict" NAT type which makes joining online games difficult.  IT can put you on a gaming network that has less restrictions than that off the normal network).

Wire in and get gaming.  More posts to come soon.