I find backwards compatibility to be very important. I will be purchasing an Xbox360 if it supports the current Xbox games I own. If it does not then I will buy an Xbox (yes, I own games but no system *grin*). I will not buy the two. I don't plan on purchasing any 360 games, but I just like the wireless controllers... That alone would nearly be enough for the extra 150$ difference between the two systems.
I actually plan on making a game machine to hook up to my TV so that I can run emulators and not worry about keeping my SNES, NES, N64 all hooked up at the same time. I rarely play video games, but when I wish to I don't want to have to rehook up the console each time. The main reason I keep these systems around is for nostalgic purposes. I like seeing the old system that took up most of my time in my youth
