Let the fight begin

"Although Bill Gates was quoted in Time magazine saying that he’d launch Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 on the day Sony ships the PS3, Ballmer said that Halo 3 will ship when it’s ready, regardless of PS3’s launch schedule. He conceded, however, that if Halo 3 is ready when Sony rolls out the PS3, he might find the coincidence enjoyable."

I'm starting to save now - the only plausible solution is to get both of course (and the HD-TV to go with them). I managed to aquire both a PS2 and an XBox a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away...), but never really played the PS2 too much - the games took way too long to load, the online stuff was never as smooth as XBox, and I got seriously addicted to Project Gotham Racing 2. It ended up being donated to the mother-in-law for Christmas along with the Dance Mat thingy to keep the family entertained.