I bought a 360. Couldn't afford a new computer and I was going through game withdrawls. It was only $400. I don't have the HDTV setup and it sill looks great on a normal resolution set. I don't play online, but that doesn't bother me at all. There isn't too many kiddie games for the 360 yet. Maybe for your nieces and nephews you should buy a ps2. But for you a 360 is great. I bought great RPG call Oblivion and currently use the 360 as my DVD player.