well, its been about 4 months since i’ve purchased my PS3 and figured its time to do a little recap on on my past, current and future thoughts on the big black beast (aka ps3.. hehe).
my past relationship w/sony has been a love / hate relationship. i loved the original playstation, didn’t get a ps2 at all (really just modded xboxs, didn’t really get into this generation; got into the computer gaming side), got a psp but was disappointed w/the lack of good games, had no original interest in the ps3 since it was just gonna be all glitz and not much of a new experience. my sony allegiance in the other consumer electronics area still burned bright. i love sony digital cameras and their nice highend mobile phones (ie K800).
however, after jumping into the HD realm i realized it was time to pick my other next gen system. i already had my wii and enjoyed it for what it was and not for what it wasn’t. so it came down to the xbox360 and the ps3. the x360 had the game advantage and a year headstart on the ps3, however the x360 didn’t do the music and photos like the ps3 so the ps3 it was. the bluray player also was a selling point and the possibility of future firmware updates to do upscaling of dvds helped.
bluray looked great, the audio/video options were a nice bonus, and the initial games were pretty decent (being a racing fan, nfs:carbon was my kind of game). however up until recently, the ps3 saw a pretty nasty game drought, which really wasn’t that bad since it was from early to late summer and i was super busy and its summer!
the near future for the ps3 looks very promising. we’ll see some great looking games in the next few months including Lair, Heavenly Sword, Stranglehold, EyeCreate, Warhawk, and the usual sports games. the game i’m most excited for is LittleBigPlanet. that game looks amazing and so much fun, plus i’m a huge fan of games that allow for user submitted content. should be a blast and perhaps will establish its own cult following to say the least. plus, we’ll have metal gear and gt5 to look forward to and also ffxiii (however that may be late 08 or even 09 for us americans.. boo! however i’d take a remixed/upconvert of FFVII to hold me off though. ).
i haven’t lost faith in sony yet. i’ll give them to 2008 to sell me on my purchase and the next few months should do that. lair could end up being a system selling game, the scale of it seems almost on the epic side (seeing that many enemies on screen is crazy!).
so go sony, keep up the good firmware updates and releases!!
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