xhonzi said:

What I mean is, I get MS Points when they're on sale and save 20%-50%, which I can't do on PSN.

I've never managed to do that. I've always been able to find good deals on Xbox Live cards, but I've never managed to score a good deal on points cards. I do, however, almost always buy my stuff from Xbox Live when it is on sale though.

Where do you find these deals on MS points?

That is nice. I have my both my ps3 and my 360 set up to stream mp3's from my media server

I have my 360 set up to stream movies and music from my Mac. But with the 360 you can't make playlists on the system unless the files are on the actual 360 hard drive, and the only way to pull that off is to rip them there directly. I've always wished I were able to toss a handful of whatever songs I am in the mood for at the moment into a playlist right there on the system without having to go create a playlist on my computer first. So that is definitely one thing I appreciate about the PS3 so far.

I've never noticed if I can play music in games on the PS3. Can you do that?

Actually, I've just discovered that limitation. I am not 100% sure you can't listen to music while playing games (something I do fairly often, and the Xbox makes it really easy), but I was listening to music on it and opened up the PS Store and it immediately shut off my music. With the Xbox it will simply let you continue listening to whatever music you want in the background whether you're shopping or playing a game (it even pauses the music for cut scenes, which can be nice and annoying at the same time, depending on if you want to watch the cut scenes or not).

Looking forward to trying out the Blu-ray player. Unfortunately, my one and only Blu-ray is in storage in another part of the country. I've ordered seasons one and two of Life on Mars on BD, but it is an import from the UK, so I'll have to wait a while (region free, confirmed to work on US PS3s, and less than half the price of the region 1 DVD set!).