I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about the PS3 Controller - I hated it back on the ps and it's still just as uncomfortable.

It seems most everyone is in agreement on this and as an owner of both ps3 and xbox 360 I could not agree more -

For a media extender you cannot go past the ps3 but for a gaming console the 360 has what you want and is a relatively straight forward setup.

The party chat is great on xbox live, as 005 said ^ you can chat with mates scattered across different games - or you can drag your party around with you from game to game. It's a lot easier than trying to organise a part 'in game' - Although halo 3 has a nice and simple lobby system.

If anyone wants to add me on live my tag is Yegore. I'm not awesome or overly competitive, I just like to have fun.