Oh, but the game library is actually quite good. Halo 3 was …well, Halo 3, but it did so much more than you’d have expected them to do that it sorta made me feel bad for not picking it up earlier. Gears of War… was better on the PC. Ace Combat 6 looks INCREDIBLE in HD, my jaw DROPPED. Sonic the Hedgehog sucked. Dead Rising was quite entertaining, and Mass Effect was insane; I didn’t get to finish it for the rental and I’m seriously considering dumping $60 to finish it. Then there’s the oodles of downloadable freebies; being able to test out arcade games before downloading/unlocking them is AWESOME; the fact that this option is available for ALL of them makes me HAPPY. It’s like MS reinvented shareware.

I have to admit, I’m severely pissed off that the 360 is my roommate’s. I love it. In retrospect, if I didn’t have access to a nice, 50 inch widescreen HDTV, I’m not -really- convinced I’d love it nearly as much as I do, which seems sad to me. But not too sad. Xbox 360 is THE first thing I ‘ve ever used that’s done a solid job of justifying an HDTV purchase… which isn’t too bad for a videogame console at all.

Also, for my last post, when I started listing games for the PS3 that’d make me wanna buy them, those games didn’t count on purpose, because they’re A. overhyped and B. not out yet. The Xbox 360 has always been the more attractive of the two, and now that my Wii’s going into the shop to be fixed, me and the 360 will be spending much more quality time together than I’d have previously guessed. Imagine my sadness.

Dead Rising? Mass Effect? Virtua Fighter 5 with online support? Don’t be a tool.

And Orange Box and Assassin’s Creed both came out as 360 titles, and Unreal Tournament 3 WILL BE a 360 title. So your list amounts, then, to MGS4, FFXIII and the remake of FFVII. Two of things will suck, and the third might suck. Just saying.

That said, even with MGS4 and Final Fantasy Wuteva out on the table, I’m not convinced the PS3’s worth $400, let alone 500.

The thing that upsets me about the Wii is, I don’t see myself ever being able to sell it. I’ve already picked up a good three dozen virtual console titles, all excellent games that I can’t buy anywhere else anymore (for less than what I could download it for) and third-party stinkers be damned, I haven’t gotten a game developed by Nintendo that I haven’t enjoyed immensely. Mario Galaxy had me giddy for the first two hours of playing it, and even after the wow effect wore off, I’m left with an engaging title it’ll take me months to master. Plenty to keep me busy until Smash Bros Brawl hits stores next year.

I’m not one to disrespect for no reason: Sony’s PS2 is my central console to this date. I’ve got about seven games I have yet to play through and about another dozen I plan on getting at some point, and I love it to death.

The only reason I haven’t jumped the hurdle and picked up a 360 or a PS3 is simply because I can’t seem to point at even SIX games on either console and say, “I HAVE to play that sometime.”

The 360? Dead or Alive 4, alright. Ninja Gaiden 2, doesn’t count, it ain’t out yet. Halo 3, alright. Bio Shock, I can nab that for the PC. Viva Pinata, I can grab THAT for the PC. Ace Combat 5… auugh.

Nevertheless, if I were to pick up a next-gen system, it would probably end up being the 360.

PS3? Let’s see… MGS4, doesn’t count. FF13, doesn’t count. FF7 Remake, doesn’t count. Unreal Tournament 3, already have that for the PC. Half-Life 2 Orange Box, already have that for the PC. Assassin’s Creed was fun, but it ended too soon and the implied sequel seems like it’d be WAY more fun, so that doesn’t count either. And it’s out on the 360 as well.

The Wii? 46 games (vc included) and counting. Granted, I’ve picked up pretty much every game I’d be willing to pay money for this year and a good portion of next year, but the sheer possibilities keep me excited for the next big game to hit the radar, yet it’s a bit disturbing to realize that most of the best games out on the Wii are more than a decade old.

I don’t know what Sony could do to sell me a PS3. I just don’t know.