Excited about Playstation

Excited about Playstation

Growing up I never thought I'd say this, but right now I am very excited about the Playstation brand and the Playstation 3.

We all knew it was coming, but the PS3 Slim has me stoked. I've never really *wanted* a PS3 before, mostly because they're so expensive. If I somehow happened to have four or five hundred dollars not doing anything in particular (which, as a married homeowner expecting a baby, ain't ever gonna happen) I've always said that I could use it for a PS3, but we all know things like that just don't happen.

Historically speaking, I expected Sony to debut a PS3 Slim soon, but not for $300. They dropped the current models by $100 in order to move inventory, and as far as I can tell, there will now be strictly one model of the PS3, which includes a 160GB hard drive, and everything else you could want (except for that pesky PS2 emulation... *tsk tsk*). $300 is totally acceptable for real, honest-to-goodness competition at this point, and I expect the new system to do well.

Heck, I want one. As in, I would seriously would consider getting one when I can afford to replace my 360 if I didn't already have a lot of 360 games. Or maybe a "we finished paying for our car so let's celebrate" PS3 Slim. Who knows, but I definitely, honestly want a PS3 Slim. It's attractive, it's desirable, it's affordable, and there are used games a'plenty at this point in its life.

The *other* thing about me being excited about Playstation is that I've started working on my stack of PS2 games from last Christmas. I began to play God of War last week, and it's a ton of fun. I really like it, and I can see myself staying up later than I need to be, down in the basement slashing baddies.

Playing the PS2 has got me excited about gaming again, and that's a good thing. I've been in a gaming drought ever since I lost my 360, and I'm glad that I have the PS2 to fall back on. It's nice.

At this point in the game (har) I could see myself eventually (but not *too* eventually...) having all three current-gen systems. I'd even genuinely consider selling the Wii to get a PS3 Slim if it weren't for a few games on the horizon that I'm going to buy, such as Metroid Prime Trilogy and Mario Galaxy 2.

So we'll see what happens.

-Phil