I just bought a 360. The game play is fun, graphics are really good, but I spent a full day on the phone with Live technical support to find out that the problem I was having was probably nothing to do with my console. (couldn't connect to another game, couldn't accept a chat).
I think I would have preferred a ps3, but xbox was just more affordable, and i dont play video games all that much, but did want to get into forza