I think that the cost of the 360 is still too high for me. Maybe because I do not havef an income currently and my discretionary budget is very low at this point. However, I first and foremost like games to help me interact with people in a set organized way. It feels to me like a board game night where you know the game and the rules for said game. You do or do not know the people and you can use the game to interact with them. Maybe its because I'm socially inept sometimes. I bought a GBA strictly to play Final Fantasy with my friends. I played other games on it after I already owned one (ie, after initial cost). So, playing with others is fun. I also really liked playing Quake 2 on my hall and hearing the joys and frustrations of others all the way down the hall. Very fun. However, playing Quake 1 gave me a good feeling too. I do feel that Q2 was 'more fun' though. Was it the graphics? Was it a better game with better mechanics? Was it just my first FPS that I was good at? I don't know.

The other reason I play games is for a good story and for a good long term logic puzzle. That is why I constantly go back to single player type campaign games. I enjoy the story. Just as much as a movie or a book. I want to find out how the story ends. So much so that on Starcraft: Brood war I think I used cheat codes to get pass the last few missions just so I could see the story. And for puzzlers, I love to need peen and paper for my games. I like to optimize and tweek. That is why I like SP games with 'equipment' or 'skills'. If I have to use excel and regression, even better.

These are my thoughts.