it sounds like a good idea to do that. i enjoy my xbox 360 and ps3. i got my xbox 360 first and then i got a ps3. i've always wanted a ps3 when it came out and once the price dropped i finally got it. i enjoyed forza 3 a lot. i think the ps3 is the console to go to, to play online games.

Bullet Witch isn't even worth the five pounds they're offering it at.

If you can afford it, you should have all three (PC, X360, PS3) to make sure you don't miss anything.

Actually I meant it breaks down to around 5 bucks a month. Pretty sure you can't subscribe for just a month. However, if you make a Silver account, then decline upgrading to Gold, you apparently get a free Gold trial.

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I say go for it. The new consoles are so nice. I have all three and use my 360 the most. ~90 360 games, 7 PS3 and about 10 Wii.

Actually I meant it breaks down to around 5 bucks a month. Pretty sure you can't subscribe for just a month. However, if you make a Silver account, then decline upgrading to Gold, you apparently get a free Gold trial. 

You obviously like playing shooters with a controller and being anchored to a monthly fee for the privilege to keep playing those games you already paid for online doesn't bother you, so go for it. Each their own I guess.

 if you like JRPGs 360 is the console to have, they have many JRPGS that came a long time ago that are super cheap now and pretty great for fans of the genre.

I was exactly the same, went from ps2 to ps3, having never owned an xbox console missed out on a bunch of games.
Got an xbox360 like 2months ago and I do not regret it.
Alan wake is incredible and that game alone is worth the purchase imo.
Add Gears of war and you got a pretty good reason to buy the console.
I bought Halo:Reach but didnt like it, ended up trading it in before finishing it, I preferred Gears of Wars 2 way more, cant wait for the 3rd one!
Other than that, if you like JRPGs 360 is the console to have, they have many JRPGS that came a long time ago that are super cheap now and pretty great for fans of the genre.
The best thing about having both though, is that now you wont have to worry about "is this 360 exclusive"? you  can be excited about ANY game on consoles, without worrying about if it's coming to ps3 or not, especially with all the exclusives XBLA has.

I say: Go for it!

It's like 5 bucks a month and doesn't go down for a month at a time.
I'd say get one cause they're cheap. You probably have friends with X-Boxes that you can't play games with right now. There's also the exclusive games, some of which are obvious, and others which are overlooked, such as Lost Odyssey. Good old school JRPG. I don't even know for sure which games are exclusive. I'm always telling my friend to buy a game only to get the response that it's X-Box exclusive haha  Happens less now.

Anyway, it's not like buying a house or something. If you think you'll get some amusement out of it, it's kind of a no-brainer isn't it? If money's tight enough that you need to carefully consider it, I'd say don't bother.

Since the only exclusives the 360 really has are multiplayer shooters it has not appealed to me personally at all. I just see the phrase 360 exclusives to be an oxymoron since I hate playing shooters with controllers and find the idea of needing to pay a monthly fee just for the privilege of playing the games you already bought online to be insulting.  

If you have the money and you're actually going to play all these games, then go ahead. I own a PS3 and 360, so I don't miss out on exclusives. Plus, Netflix streams better on PS3 than it does with Xbox.