This is tough.Computers are complicated. They have more features, more stuff to worry about, but at the same time, a lot of people have them which means that if you were to install a game, say.... World of Warcraft, you'd see over 500,000 Players playing. Yet as fun as that can be, you'd have to Patch up, worry about viruses, and more.The XBOX 360 is simple. You can pay to get Online to play with other players, or you can play locally. (Alone, by yourself... or with a friend in the same room.. lol) Yet you only need to install few game and system patches. And there will be no need to installing games.And then theres the PlayStation 3 (PS3). Many many stupid game and console patches which are very annoying. HOWEVER, if you have internet in your house, you can connect it to the Playstation 3 to play online for FREE. Which is, In my opinion, the best part about it. PS3 has little games though.