The ps3 web brower would seem fine if you only used youtube and playstation.com but seriously it would be awesome to be able to play hooking flash games and other funny flash videossamurai210

I'm with you on that one, but if the existing one just added support for that stuff, it'd be just as good.

I read it. I agree with a lot of your post but I think you're over-looking one of the best things about Sony: they don't rely on past successes to survive. So you're right that there'll be sequels to games like Uncharted in the next few years and God of War 3 is coming, but Sony's main strength is its ability to come up with completely new IPs that still generate a lot of hype. LittleBigPlanet and Infamous are two great examples. LBP might be the most anticipated game scheduled for a release this year and it's not even a sequel.

What I'm getting at is about 80% of the stuff you said will probably happen. However, Sony will most likely whip out three or four non-sequel, but HUGE games each year just like they've done this year (MAG, Infamous, LBP, and the "mystery game for August 3") and last year (Motorstorm, Warhawk, Uncharted) and those games should be considered too. Who knows what new stuff they'll announce next year? I mean NO ONE predicted MAG from Zipper instead of a new SOCOM. Good post, though. It was interesting to see someone look that far ahead.

I guess sleeper hit because Resistance, despite being the third biggest exclusive on PS3, never had the cultural impact a lot of other FPS have this generation. Take Halo and Call of Duty for example. I'm not saying they're better, but they're bigger games in the public consciousness of gamers. Hopefully Resistance 2 will change that.

Yea my initial take was that I could care less, but when I bought Stardust, I found myself trying new things for trophies.

With that said, trophies or achievements...when they're done to get you to do things you wouldnt ever try, they do add replay value so I voted don't care. With that said, I would not purchase a $60 game just to get some trophies.

The_Rick_14

I agree. and I wouldn't let a lack there of stop me from buying or playing a game either

Okay here's the end of this discussion right here. The reason Trophies are better than Achievements (slightly!) is simple: Trophies show skill. See Achievements are just points that you rack up for doing whatever the game requires. The difference between completing an easy goal and a hard one is that the hard ones will give you more points. BUT a person can be an achievement whore and just play a lot of crappy games or do a lot of the easier tasks and still get a lot of points right? That's not a show of skill.

Trophies on the other hand come in levels. A silver is worth a lot more than a bronze, a gold is worth more than...you get it. That means a person with a few golds (or a platinum) in just a few games will have a higher level than a person with dozens of bronzes across a lot of different games. Your number (level) is still just as pointless as the one on XBL since you don't win anything, but at least this number shows not just that you played a lot of games, but also that you worked hard on those games.

One more thing: Home. First of all, trophies are viewable from the XMB, so you don't even need home to see and compare. Second, Home will have 3D representations of the more prestigious trophies (most likely the golds and platinums). So yes the reward is still pointless but it at least does more than just give you a number, plus it takes your skil at specific games into account. That makes it slightly better.