It's got nothing to do with brain washing.
I have both the PS2 and Xbox, and aside from of a few good PS2 games (RE4, GOW, SOTC, and Ico);
I hardly touch that thing.
In fact, I'm selling my chipped PS2 with 30+ games if anyone is interested.
Back on topic, how can anyone compare two consoles when one of them isn't even out yet? It exposes the real fanboys here, you know the ones voting for a console they haven't even played yet.
I voted for the Xbox 360 because I already have one.
I'm not saying it's better (because obviously the PS3 isn't out yet to compare the two) but you can't go wrong with buying one right now.
Call of Duty 2, Fight Night R3, Ghost Recon, DOA4, and Oblivion are great games you can be playing right NOW. You don't have to wait for the PS3 in order to play next gen games....
However as I said earlier, you wanna know which console is best?
Then you'll have to wait until the PS3 comes out.
Asking the question right now only invites a battle between fanboys....