Sucks to hear of all of these difficulties with the game on launch day, but I kind of figured they would be unprepared for the load. I actually stopped supporting the PC as a gaming platform when DRM was introduced around the time of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3. After all this time, I'm thinking of making an exception with Diablo 3, but probably won't pick up the game for at least a month from now, or perhaps not until I upgrade to a faster laptop later this year after Windows 8 comes out.
I found that EB Games and GameStop were pretty good up until about the end of 2009 for pricing. I still shop there occasionally, but I am very careful now. Sometimes you can get really good deals on stuff but generally speaking it is not as good as it used to be. I elected not to renew my Edge card. The local stores where I live will sell a new copy of a game for $30 and a used one of the same game for $28. Or a $60 new game is $55 used. It's a joke.
I own both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and honestly I like both and agree that both have their strengths and weaknesses. I like the Xbox 360 because I find the controller is more comfortable in my hands (although the PS3 controllers are also good), and overall I would say I like the library of available games for the Xbox 360 more. I also appreciate that current Xbox 360 consoles still maintain partial backwards compatibility with it's direct predecessor. I like the PlayStation 3 because I have more faith in it's reliability and I also like that it can play Blu-Ray disc movies. Generally speaking, if a game is available on both platforms, I usually prefer to buy it for the PS3 simply because reliability numbers are better for that console.
I'm an old man compared to many of you, but I would say Haunted House for the Atari 2600 or Rescue on Fractalus on the Atari 8-bit. Star Raiders was also very good.
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