Xboxes break because Microsoft knowingly released a faulty product to market. Make of that what you will.
I have been a long Wii/X360 player. I enjoy the Xbox, but I will never pay to play games online, I think that’s complete bullshit. I love playing Rock Band on it, although there’s no real difference between it and the PS3 version. In my opinion I would say it has a larger game selection but not necessarily better.
The PS3 is something I’m looking into buying, especially now that the Slim is going to be released soon (which I think looks awesome, much nicer than the beast that is the PS3 Fat Ass now). It is a great machine, it’s a great media player too, and the games look amazing on it… but there are not a lot of games. And those that exist tend to be games for independent gamers or gaming with friends either in person or online. Free online play and you can have two people logged in to their PSN accounts using the same console… that’s pretty sweet.
So if you let us know what games you like to play more than just Fallout 2, we can see what console would suit your needs best.
From my experience, Mass Effect was a great game that gives the Xbox an advantage. I also love Katamari and there’s a version for 360. Games I want to play on the PS3 include Fat Princess (a downloadable game I believe) and Little Big Planet, and FF13 since the graphics will look gorgeous on it. But other than that, there isn’t really much of a draw for buying the PS3 fo rme. We were playing on a friend’s console yesterday trying out some cool games like Infamous (which has a great storyline but reminds me too much of Assassin’s Creed), Bladestorm, and Valkyria Chronicles which looks pretty neat indeed, but not revolutionary.