Well, I finally stepped into the next-gen foray with the XBox360 I got for Christmas from my wife.  As with my DS, I had been patiently waiting to get a next-gen (I guess I should say current-gen now) system.  I was about one step away from waiting in line to get a Wii the night before it launched back in November, but declined at the last second because I learned that most of the launch games I was interested in were not that good (yes, that excludes Twilight Princess - I've just never been big on that franchise).  Other than the Wii, I really had no desire to buy any of the other current consoles (PS3 and 360), but had a revelation that the Xbox actually had built up quite a good library of games a year after its launch.  So, I decided to venture forward with the 360 and got one for Christmas, plus 5 games (Gears of War, Dead Rising, FEAR, Perfect Dark Zero, and GRAW)!  I have had limited playing time so far and only got to play PDZ, but it is very promising.  I'm kind of holding out to play it too much more because my wife and I are looking to finally get an LCD HDTV and I want to experience the games in all their hi-def glory.  Anyways, all this to say that I'm pleased so far with my "current-gen" investment and look forward to what is to come. 

On a side note, hope all who read this are doing well and had a good Christmas and have a happy new year!