Sunday, April 08, 2007

Attack of the Microsoft warranty

Speaking of killing… and hardware, my 360 has gone red lights of doom on me. Thankfully it was graceful enough to wait until a month past the (once extended) warranty in order to ensure that I had to choose between spending another 150+ on the sucker or go without. Thanks to this development I am now the proud owner of a working “PLAYSTATION 3” and a broken hunk of white plastic formerly known as the 360.

And to be perfectly frank, I cannot think of any compelling reasons to suggest a PLAYSTATION 3 to anyone I know. The exclusive titles are fairly mediocre at best, the lack of a centralized networking platform makes it feel incredibly isolated when held in contrast with Xbox live and the price is simply too high. As more and more exclusive titles slip away into the realm of cross-platform the PS3 looks less and less appealing to me. As of now the only exclusive title that really has my interest piqued is LittleBigPlanet – and lets be fair, that game looks straight up amazing.