Get an Xbox 360. Live never gets shut down for maintenance, less game updates b.c, the updates include more patches, you can buy a recharge battery pack for your controller, controllers cost less, you don't have to worry about YLOD, you don't get laser burns in your discs you only get that when you shake your xbox violently which you shouldn't do with any console(it happens on the ps3 as well), yes you do have to pay for MS points but you have to pay for PSN points as well, and yes you have to pay for online but its only 50 bucks a year so if your paying for that psn plus crap it's the same thing.