Personal choice I guess, I have owned both and think the Xbox is far superior. The PS3's biggest obstacle is that the unit, the games and everything to do with it are vastly overpriced. The Xbox live, although a subscription service (and hey - we are only talking 30 quid a year!), is far more comprehensive than the service that Sony offer.

In the end I couldn't care less - I have owned both, but far prefer the Xbox

my son had ps3 last year but found most of his mates got x boxes as they were cheaper. I didn't really think this mattered but apparently when playing online games the two use different servers so he ended up saving for an x-box just so he could play with his mates!
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Oh dear ! now I have no idea !

You probably won't want them going online yet anyway at their ages,they will be coming into contact with all sorts, adults often play the games and bring with it adult language etc.
They have a headset and talk to eachother and the other people entering the game.
Its quite addictive i have trouble getting my son off and rather than being outside mixing with eachother in the real world they are all chatting away via headsets .
The games are made in such a way to make them addictive.In hindsite i would not have let him go online but he's nearly 15 now he wasn't on it till 14.I definately wouldn't have let him at 10.
I doubt whether there are many online games for your childrens age group anyway.So i wouldn't worry about that aspect and by the time they are old enough they will probably want or need a new one.
Hope that helps.

I TOTALLY agree with that - I tried the Xbox LIVE Gold membership, and it is extremely addictive - playing folk from around the world is far more alluring than playing against the computer. . .and that applys to Xbox and ps3

Your right I wouldnt want them playing on the internet

They do really get into these games, I'm lucky living in a small village all the kids are out in their camps most of the time but when they do get on the ps the house could burn down around them and they wouldnt know !

No i used to think they were great gave me some peace but the on line thing is definately not good so keep them away for as long as you can.My sons friends will actually all go home if they are together so they can all play a game together and then that game can last hours.you can imagine trying to get them off mid game when its late or there's homework to do.Or you just want them back in the real world.

Then of course you have no real control over who they are playing with they can play with people all over the world.Which can be good but can also be very bad.

When I was a kid, we had computers. . .I remember the old Commodore 64 - but I still spent most of my time out with mates, kicking a ball or getting into trouble. . .times have changed

They really have you dont see any chalk hop scotches on the pavements anymore or kids playing skipping across the roads with a long washing line.Such a shame and no wonder there are such a lot of overweight kids.

That's got to be true; you never saw that as much back then either