TS can't afford all the great 360 games over a 6 month span? Get a job man. Halo 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect. GH3 if you like it (minus Guitar since if you are a 360 fan you probably have the one from GH2), and if you like sports... NHL '08. Wow. 300 dollars. 50 dollars a month. Get a job.

Try keeping up with Halo 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect, NHL '08, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl... not just buying them, but finding the effing time to play them. Halo 3 alone could probably occupy a person for months. Even years like Halo 2. Sometimes it's hard being a manticore (at least the room mate and I work different hours so the consoles get maximum usage).

If by backing into a corner you mean playing catch-up then, oh hell yes, they sure are! They are backing them sooo far into that corner.

Oh well, I'm happy with the 2 games on PS3 and how awesome it plays blu-rays on my Bravia :).

As a manticore... I would say attach rate, to a point. You need to have a userbase where there's enough variety that different types of games will fly, but selling consoles to people who are only going to buy a game a year is an exercise in futility. Devs want you to buy their games, if the Wii userbase (I am guilty of this already) has only bought first party games, then it doesnt' matter if it sells 150 million to the devs, because that's just 150 million consoles Nintendo has made profit off (unlike Sony and MS), and 150 million worth of first party games. Nintendo the one-man orchestra.

Sony and MS on the other hand, need a userbase that buys games, not because they make money off the console, but because they need the software sales to offset their own losses, but if their users buy a lot of games, the 3rd party devs are happy. Devs on your platform = sell more consoles = sell more games = more money for MS and Sony.

I would say attach rate is more important than console sales, but they go hand-in-hand, so while one is important, the other isn't unimportant.

"Jump in" is just stupid. What are they doing, trying to warn customers what they are getting into? "Jump in... to the RED RING OF DEATH!!!"... sorry, sorry just bitter my console has been away a month and is not even being repaired yet... stupid MS...

"Wii would like to play" is just corny, and so is every Wii commercial that has been on tv... just such an easy name to make fun of, cheesier than that Cheezies cheetah.

So I guess "Play B3yond" wins by default, even though it sucks too. Play beyond what, video games? Because I have no good games to play I need to play "beyond" them using Blu-ray movies?

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]Wii remote has rumble and motion sensing.bstarter29

You call that rumble? It feels like a pathetic fart.

Well, a lot of people actually like the DS controller. Maybe not here, but most PS fans do.bstarter29

I don't understand how people can defend the fact that Sony has not tried to dramatically improve their controller for the past 10 years. If the "handles" were a little bigger and the sticks rearranged a bit then it would be much, much more comfortable. As it is now I just can't get used to it, if the handles were a bit bigger it would negate the fact that the triggers have a rounded edge that makes it easy for your fingers to slip off.

In this case "don't fix what isn't broken" isn't a line Sony fans should defend with because the PS controllers have been a poorly implemented design from the start. Adding nubs to an SNES controller doesn't make it easier to play.

Amazing that a company who puts so much thought and money into the console doesn't put the same thought and money into the controller. The Bananarang would probably have been better than the Sixaxis/DS3. Too bad everyone laughed it into oblivion.

As versatile as the system is, the PS3 has the least ergonomical controller, at least in my hands. It's light, feels flimsy, like a cheap toy I could break easily, the analog sticks are too close together, and to top it all off it only has little "nubs" to hang on to. Even the triggers are kind of awkward. Oh well... at least it's the gateway to arguably the most powerful console and a hell of a blu-ray player :).

Wii-mote is comfortable because it allows freedom and fits nicely, the 360 just has a solid, well laid-out controller.