I have an xbox 360 (the cheap arcade version, it was only like $260) and I've only had if for 6 months and it's already giving me problems, and I don't even play that much. BUt yeah, if I play a game for more than 3 hours, it starts to scratch the disk. Plus everyone I know has had the red ring of death. If you are into online play (I'm not) then Xbox for sure. But I think in the long run, the ps3 will stand the test of time much better then the xbox. However, I don't know a single person with a ps3, everyone has xbox.