Okay, HD DVD is dead, who didn't see that coming? I was emailing all the details to my dad yesterday (who bought a HD DVD player a few months back) saying that the cheapest Blu Ray player that I've seen is $399. I also just jokingly said "which is convenient for Sony since thats the price of a PS3." So it is very likely that me along with my family will be getting a Blu Ray player sooner than later. But I then reminded myself, if I was to buy something like a PS3, I would want its first function to be games not to be a Blu Ray player.

With this thought in mind, I went to the coming soon section of gamestop's website just to see if there were any games coming out that would validate me in buying a PS3. Aside from Little Big Planet (which I will say looks fucking amazing) it's a big "no" for me. I was looking through all the games and seeing either multiplats that I'd rather play on my 360, or niche exclusives that don't appeal to me.

-Metal Gear Solid 4: Not a fan of the whole stealth action gameplay
-Grand Turismo 5: Don't like racing games (with exception to Mario Kart) and when they go sim, I go to sleep.
-Haze: New IP, honestly doesn't look that great to me. Probably wouldn't have bought it if it was still coming to the 360. Plus I'm starting to get tired of FPS
-Killzone 2: Being blindly hyped, first one sucked, again FPS market is getting over saturated
-Resistance 2: 60 multiplayer is tempting, but once again FPS.
-Final Fantasy XIII: sure as hell isn't coming this year, kotaku is reporting may be as late as 2010, that's promising.

Sure there are games coming out, but coming from a person who owns the other two systems and had high skepticism about the PS3 from the start, there is nothing that is making me want to jump to get a PS3 now.

Yes, I would like a Blu Ray player, but I don't want to buy a PS3 for the purpose of that. At this point I'd much rather buy a Blu Ray attachment for the 360 which will obviously now come out, and will obviously be cheaper than a PS3. Then by the time the 360 is dead, stand alone Blu Ray players will be probably around $199, if not sooner. I really don't like the marketing around the systems this generation, IE Sony marketing the PS3 as a Blu Ray player and Nintendo marketing the Wii as a family device. I want to fucking play games, thats it, thats really all I care about. Love them or hate them, you have to admit, Microsoft has for the most part put games first on the 360 and I commend them for that.