Last month, I was considering whether to upgrade my PC or buy an Xbox 360. At the time, I came to the conclusion that I should stick with the PC (for a variety of reasons).
However, since then the topic has still been on my mind. While I have much history with gaming on the PC, the lure of the Xbox was very tempting. Not to mention that the PC is treated more and more as a second class citizen when it comes to gaming (with a few exceptions, of course).
What got me thinking about this even more is a new Xbox 360 bundle that will be released in a few weeks. It's a really good deal - for the price of the normal Xbox 360 Elite (the highest end model), Resident Evil 5, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, and a Resident Evil theme for the Xbox dashboard.
The more I thought about it, the more that seemed like the right way to go. Nearly all of the talk on the gaming websites is only regarding consoles, and while there is the occasional PC story you really don't hear much about PC gaming anymore. Not to mention the fact that figuring out the "best" system to build or buy is extremely challenging in and of itself.
So today I placed a pre-order for the bundle. I will likely not worry about my PC at this point, and buy a copy of VMWare Fusion for my Mac so that I can continue doing Windows programming at home (likely using the copy of XP currently on my PC).
My plan is to use my 17" LCD (currently my PC monitor) for the Xbox, since it comes with a VGA adapter. This should give me a better picture than using our TV, since that is an old ~25" SD TV. I'd also like to use my computer speakers as well (which are pretty decent, and include a subwoofer), but I need to research an adapter for that. If nothing else, I can always use a headset and not worry about normal sound.
Now I just need to wait a few weeks for it to get here, and I can enter the world of games on an Xbox. Good stuff! :)
