Tomato Juice.

Because I've got a fang. And fangs.

I wouldn't really go as far as to say that I've practically abandoned my beliefs and decided to move down the road of betrayal, disloyalty and massism (also known as conformism), but...

I want to buy a console.

But the trouble of being a hardcore PCer and planting guerillas on any mention of consoles whatsoever; no less raising the possibilities of the PC to something MORE than just the divine and absolute level, has led me in hitting a wall when it comes to small babies. Well, not really hitting the wall. Maybe leaving me beaten and with no pants nor wallet in a dark alley that has strange liquids over the ground. And then being hit over your left knee by a bag-lady whose alley you've taken.

To expose the actual problem:

Which console to buy?

Knowing the specs means almost nothing when it comes to preferable genres of games and the offerings by gaming industries (I won't go into the fields of exploitment nor comercialisation now). But as a PC person, I do have a certain mentality that can't be easily evaded; I guess a part of me will always be looking for the PC element in things.

So regarding consoles. How to even begin viewing them as something not completely alien? How not to fear the controller shaking thing? How to grasp the thought of waving with a Wii controller around the room, hoping it won't land in the turtles' aquarium?

Honestly, I'm aiming towards Xbox 360, but since I don't consider any of the consoles to be a small investment, I'd really cherish your expert opinions. On the choice of games (no shooters, please. And, yes, a great number of people (well, one only, actually) keeps telling me 360 is mostly for that, but I have high hopes), on the actual performance of consoles, on anything personal you might add...

For the sake of bag-ladies.