My God.. it's been a crazy six months for me this gen. wait... lemme start from the very beginning.

It was a couple of weeks before the Playstation 3 launched. I was completely psyched for it. then they showed off the $600 dollar price tag. nontheless i was determined to get one, but no matter how i cut it, it would take me well over a year to even afford the thing. Seeing how i had no other option i decided to hold off and watch and see how it would turn out. that spring of 2006 it seemed as if the PS3 was losing one exclusive after the other. GTA gone, that following year Final Fantasy 13 went multi as well.

The games that helped define the Playstation brand were now being shared with it's competitor the Xbox 360. needless to say i hopped on the 360. I would rip on the PS3 at a lot of turns. too expensive, lost most exclusives (at the time), lost backward compatibility. Plus the fanboyism was so damn rampant it was a huge turn off to even consider buying the console. seriously, for moderate gamers, extreme fanboyism is a huge turn off.

December 2008 i had the money for the 360 Arcade. in a short time i had a haelthy library for it. Mass Effect, Gears of War, (no Halo - played it don't really care for it's multiplayer).

March 2009, i was deciding on either getting the Wii or go all the way to get the PS3. in the end i decided on the PS3.

my first game was Metal Gear Solid 4, my first Metal Gear game, and still one of my absolute favorites.

The next game i got was Killzone 2, which to me felt like a real let down. didn't like the controls, i hated the characters you were working with ESPECIALLY Rico (Rico must die!).

shortly afterwards i really felt like i had buyers remorse. if Killzone 2 was the best the PS3 had then... wow...

well after a while i finally had enough cash onhand, i picked up Resistance 2 collector's edition, and the Resistance. bought Little Big Planet, picked up Dead Space and Bioshock (my first multi-plats).

Then i saw the E3 presentations of Microsoft and Sony. Microsoft an grade A+ show, Sony had a B. but Sony had pretty much all the stuff i wanted to buy and play.

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since June 2009, i have only turned my 360 on twice. my PS3 has been on every day.

Playstation Home has grown enough that i go to it every two or three days to see what's new. i even plug it in to play in the Buzz, Resistance, inFamous, Namco Museum spaces, and can play their minigames for quite a while. check out the theater for the new trailers.

The last couple of days i've been Little Big Planet for hours at a time, there are some amazing levels. i mean brilliant ones, really really good stuff.

The only 3 things i'd like to see the PS3 get is 3 things the 360 has going for it.

Netflix, cross-game chat, and Mass Effect 1 and 2. (i then can game happy all on one machine).

Nontheless. as odd as it may sound to some folks. the PS3 is my favorite game console this gen so far, and it looks like it'll be that way for a long time.