So... Microsoft. I love you, guys... but there's was a problem when I went to GameStop. In talking with the four employees that were there, I found that ALL of them had suffered the horrible fate of those who have chosen to cast in with your poorly designed product, some several times. Not to mention several friends have had to send theirs in. Admittedly, you've got a good warranty for it. But I swear to god I hate you for making my first play of GTA 4 a sour memory.

For this:



This is bad as well, and total hearsay so I took it with a grain of salt, but the manager for GameStop seriously thinks that they're doing nothing but replacing the warped parts with new ones and sending them back out. Otherwise my "MS refurbished" one never would have danced with the devil. He's already had a big number of them come back at various points in the past year.



Yes. I decided to get the PS3. Wish I could have afforded the MGS4 bundle one, because I do want the PS2 compatibility. Instead I opted for the 40GB and after trading in the Wii, accursed device that it was, I was able to pick up GTA IV so I can bloody finish the thing since my 360 crapped out about 6 hours in, game play wise. Plus, the guy at GS actually told me to take advantage of their 7 day used game trade thingy. So if I finish it fast I can take it back and get MGS 4. Admittedly, though... I really want to play the multi-player on GTA IV.

Plus, I figure I can pick up a PS2 for about the price of a PS3 game. Not quite as big a decision as a full fledged current gen console.

Maybe if they come out with some magical new 360 that's been redesigned I'll get one to add to having the PS3. But too many of the games for the 360 come out for the PC eventually anyway for me to truly be sad. Perhaps I will borrow a friends' 360 when Fable 2 comes out.