The highly anticipated sequel to the 2007 smash hit Gears of War is releasing this November.  The original game was quite popular for its adrenaline pumping single player as well as for its multiplayer. As per shacknews.com:

Though developer Epic Games and publisher Microsoft have yet to announce an official release date for Gears of War 2 (360), a new splash image on the game’s official site suggests it will arrive on or around November 6.

When translated to their corresponding ASCII text values, the numbers on the dog tags–033 116 117 126 071–reveal a hidden message of “ESC Nov 9.”

Let me break it down for you….I am an avid and have all the consoles so I will try and make it easy for you….

Xbox 360:

Pros: Biggest library of games (amongst the current generation)

Great online matchmaking capabilities,

Good exclusive titles like Gears of war 2, alan wake etc,

Affordable.

Xbox Live has a lot of content like movies, arcade games.

Cons:

You have to pay for the most basic of things like online multiplayer and themes (ticks me off),

A high fail rate due to the infamous RROD,

More for a hardcore FPS game

Playstation 3:

Pros:

Superior graphics, some of the best looking console games are PS3 exclusives like MGS4, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Gran Turismo,

It is a blu ray player, it has wi-fi and web browsing,

Integration with the PSP is a nice touch,

PSN has better casual games

The PS3 will soon have Home- a very unique free service, which will surely give Xbox Live a run for its money.

Little Big Planet looks like a good reason to buy the PS3

You can change the HDD on your own and pimp the PS3 to a 250GB HDD monster.

Sony will support the PS3 with all its upcoming movies via digital distribution and most big studios will follow.

Cons:

Online multiplayer isn’t as good as Xbox Live (should change with Home)

more expensive than the Xbox 360

the 40GB version has no backward compatibility

some games have issues as they are ported on the PS3 like Orange Box

Final Verdict:

Both are amazing consoles, the Xbox is a great gaming console but has its share of problems and the same goes for the PS3, I have both consoles and I enjoy playing them both. But to be honest the PS3 is a much safer long term investment, it will last you at least 7 years and still provide all the facilities that other consoles at that time would.