[QUOTE 2153948, member: 45"]An X box is cheaper. How do they compare?[/quote]
Depends what you want. Shimano vs Campag. Whatever is said will annoy the other.
Most of the serious gamers I know have all got XBOX 360s for the gaming, some of them have PS3s but use it for other things. There is still a big gaming community on the PS3 but it's nowhere near as large and world destroying as Sony hoped. It surprised them as they regarded themselves as the more dominant games machine with PS2 vs XBOX.
The PS3 is the better all round multimedia console, apart from having a blu-ray player, it handles things like Netflix way better and plays 3D stuff adequately well.
I prefer the achievements system on XBOX 360 (this was the biggest flaw with the Wii). The on-line service on the PS3 was awful for ages, but it was free. There's now a lot of cool content than there was and downloadable stuff on the PS3. PS3 has certain titles that XBOX 360 doesn't. When I go to a mate's house I mostly go on Singstar though (which the game is now free and downloadable). Unlike many people I hate the PS3 controllers.
As for cost, it's not that the XBOX is cheaper, it's just the PS3 has always been overpriced. The XBOX could still be argued to being overpriced or about the right price for where we are in the cycle (the next gen Wii, XBOX and PS3 will all be out within a year - it is hoped).