"The first thing I will do, once I get my Xbox 360, is apologize to my wife for not having enough money in our bank account to pay the mortgage. Then I will load up Project Gotham Racing 3 and turn the TV up reeeeeeeeeal loud in order to drown out the sounds of my wife calling her lawyer and immediately drawing up divorce papers." -- Brian Ekberg, Sports Editor

"With Oblivion delayed until next year, it might be a while before I have a convincing reason to take the $400 plunge on an Xbox 360, but when I do, I know exactly what my first order of business is. I'm getting online and downloading Geometry Wars 2. It's the game your naive middle-school self thought Math Blaster should have been." -- Brendan Sinclair, Associate News Editor

"The first thing I plan to do with my Xbox 360 is figure out where to put it. Since the power supply alone is about the size of a raccoon, and since the system runs pretty hot, it's going to need some serious breathing room. I guess if I were to get myself a big-enough TV, I could just chuck that ugly power supply behind it, so everyone could see my cool faceplate but none of the mess." -- Greg Kasavin, Site Director

"I will plop in Halo and see what it looks like. Then I will plop in Halo 2. And then I will twiddle my thumbs until Halo 3 ships or Bill Gates says that 'Steve Jobs is a computing god!'--whichever comes first." -- Jason Ocampo, Editor

"I'm not getting one--until next year, anyway. As was the case with the PSP, the launch lineup for the console is dominated by sports games, which aren't my particular brand of vodka. Only a few launch titles really appeal to me, including Perfect Dark Zero, Quake 4, and Call of Duty 2. However, they're not worth plunking down $400 for a 360 and $800-900 for an HDTV. It'll be a different story, though, when Prey, Gears of War, Stranglehold, and Elder Scrolls IV come out." -- Tor Thorsen, News Editor

"I plan to open the box, set up the system in place of my old Xbox, and check out the system menus and all that, just to see what I can tweak (though I probably won't change the default settings). I'll have to run an Ethernet cable since the 360 doesn't have an integrated wireless network card. Then, I'll get Dead or Alive 4 from GameFly, play it for an hour or two, and then wait until Gears of War comes out (if it isn't out by the time I get an Xbox 360)." -- Greg Mueller, Associate Editor

"The first thing I'll do with my Xbox 360, assuming that I've already had some friends help me get the power brick up the stairs to my apartment, will be to stick it under my little LCD TV in the spot currently occupied by my Xbox. No vertical console action for me, I'm afraid...unless, of course, I decide to plug the thing into my widescreen PC monitor instead. That's not a bad idea, actually; I guess I haven't really thought this whole Xbox 360 thing through yet. I do know that Project Gotham Racing 3 will be the first game I play, though." -- Justin Calvert, Editor

"In this order: unpack it to make sure it's all there, hook it up, get my gamertags on it, and go to the Xbox Live Marketplace. Then I'll purchase a couple thousand Microsoft points and use them to purchase Smash TV, Robotron 2084, Mutant Storm Reloaded, and Geometry Wars Evolved. Then I'll set out on a mad mission to get the top score in all four games. After that? I don't know, maybe play some more Guitar Hero." -- Jeff Gerstmann, Senior Editor

"I'm not going to buy an Xbox 360 at launch. All of the launch titles are pretty uninteresting, in my opinion. I'll hold off on moving into the HD era for another couple of months. I'll spend the money on a pair of Jimmy Choo's for my wife." -- Tim Tracy, Managing Producer, GameSpot Live

"I will look back on the day's events and note that between the massive bundles, overpriced accessories, and handful of games that sit on my living room floor, I am financially ruined. Fiscally shattered, my soul shall grow warm again under the watchful gaze of a green blinking eye, taking solace in the fact that I am now the proud owner of one very large power brick and an accompanying Xbox 360." -- Sarju Shah, Associate Hardware Editor

"The first thing I'll probably do is sneak around in a dark alleyway, cursing to myself about not having any bullets. I'll probably try to dent someone's noggin with a torn-off locker door before they can strangle me from a first-person perspective. And after that, maybe I'll start playing Condemned: Criminal Origins." -- Andrew Park, Senior Editor

"Well, I suppose the first thing I'll do is re-up my Xbox Live subscription and hop online with Project Gotham Racing 3. PGR2 was definitely my favorite online game of this last console generation, possibly because it was one of the few that I was actually decent at. While I'm sure that there will be the frustrating experience of having to deal with foul-mouthed 12-year-olds to go along with it, it's still looking like it'll wind up being the most enjoyable online experience for me out of the available launch titles." -- Matthew Rorie, Game Guides Editor

"When I take home my own Xbox 360 sometime next year, the first thing I will do is scout out an ideal location in the living room where the massive power brick can (a) not pose a fire hazard, (b) serve as a foot warmer, (c) act as a doorstop, and (d) stay within handy reach as a bludgeoning weapon in case of burglary." -- Bob Colayco, Associate Editor

"Since I've pretty much justified putting the money down on this thing for the sole purpose of playing Geometry Wars, I'll probably take it home, mess with all the cool little settings, move the system from vertical to horizontal a few times to watch the controller indicator change (it knows whether it's horizontal or vertical, genius!). Then I'll buy some Marketplace points, pick up Joust, Geometry Wars, and Smash TV, and set about trying to get higher scores than Jeff." -- Carrie Gouskos, Features Editor

"Put Elder Scrolls: Oblivion into it. Nothing against racers and shooters and sports games and all, but I like me some RPGs. Halo what?" -- Bethany Massimilla, Community Manager

I'm not buying an Xbox 360 system at launch, but if I did, I'd pick up the console and run straight to eBay. Microsoft has been dropping not-so-subtle hints that the console will be in short supply at launch, and now we're hearing reports that retail outlets are instructed to prepare actual signage to announce when the system has been sold out. A lot of the 360 launch games and even some Xbox Live Arcade games do look impressive, but I'm waiting to see more RPGs like Mistwalker's Blue Dragon. I say make a small profit by reselling the system and buy another one when more games are available, maybe after the first Microsoft price drop. -- James Yu, Senior Hardware Editor

"I'll be covering the Zero Hour event in Palmdale, so yes, I absolutely will be buying a 360 at launch. The first thing I'm going to do when I get it is cry as my bank account gets eviscerated. The second thing I'm going to do is let my mom (who lives in nearby Los Angeles) play Condemned: Criminal Origins so it scares the crap out of her--then I'll know the expense was worth it." -- Tim Surette, Associate News Editor