People know me as a huge Xbox fan and there is no denying it, I love Xbox! As much as I love Xbox though, I love gaming that much more. I don’t care what platform its on, as long as the system has the games to back it up and its getting plenty of use then I have no problem picking it up. Case in point with my newly acquired PSP that I got from a co-worker who wanted to trade it for a normal Xbox. Its got plenty of variety with the Internet, games and other things that it didn’t have when it launched a few years ago and the way my days are scheduled I have plenty of time to use it least once everyday.
So when I hit the jackpot at the Casino this week I thought about picking up a PS3 as Metal Gear Solid 4 is just around the corner. So when I got home, I hit my friendly Gamestop site to see what was out for the PS3 currently and what games I could pick up while waiting for MGS3, the result was somewhat sad. First off, I hate playing FPS games with a Playstation controller so I wasn’t very interested in Resistance and most other FPS games for the PS3. As I kept going through the list, every other game I was interested in was either already out for the Xbox 360 and most of the coming soon games were also coming to Xbox 360. I’m not a Grand Turismo fan and again I’m not interested in Kill Zone 2 or Resistance 2, so the big killer app titles mean nothing to me.
My final turn offs that prevented me to buy it: No backwards compatibility for the 40 gig models and no Component or HDMI cables right out of the box with the bundle. Had I still had my PS2 this would be no issue, but I wouldn’t mind picking up a few PS2 classics to play on the PS3 and sadly the option isn’t there. For the 399 price, they really should include the backwards compatibility. I thought long and hard about my Metal Gear Solid fix, but decided I may be able to rent a PS3 instead and pick up MG4 during the rental period.
Does this mean I’m never going to buy a PS3? Not at all, its just that right now there is no real reason for me to pick one due to the lack of exclusive games that would interest me. Otherwise my X360 will do just as well if not better in the mean time. Maybe this Xmas I’ll finally pick one up, for now I’ll just enjoy my shiny new PSP and my Xbox 360.