Play Station 3

I have been following all the hype about the new game box from Sony. So has John, he made Barbara go to several stores yesterday looking to see if they had one available or not. Of course they don't, and even if they did, I don't think we are going to pop $500+ for one.

Click here to see a video of folks lining up, some for over 40 hours, to get their hands on a PS3.

Which brought to mind something that happened when John was maybe four or so. We were at Best Buy and he saw a game box he wanted but we were not going to buy for him. So he just picked up the box (like we wouldn't notice) and said 'go home' or something like that.

I am sure that John will continue to want a PS3 regardless, so it will be an interesting several months. Russell on the other hand wants Santa to bring him the much more affordable Nintedo Wii, which will probably be difficult to find.

Time Magazine had the following to say about the PS3.

Look at what you get. The Playstation 3 is expensive: $500 or $600 bucks, depending on which version you buy, plus $60 for each game. (An Xbox 360 only costs $400 max, and Nintendo's Wii — yep, that name, still funny — is only $250.) For that kind of scratch you want the deluxe treatment, and the PS3 simply doesn't deliver it. It's got some good-looking games, but unless you have a top-notch TV, the difference isn't mind-blowing. (And even if you do have a fancy TV, Sony makes you supply your own HDMI cable. Stingy.) And Sony's launch line-up just isn't that interesting. Almost all the PS3's outstanding games — F.E.A.R., Madden NFL '07, Need for Speed: Carbon, Call of Duty 3 — are available on the Xbox 360, and most (all except F.E.A.R.) are out for the Wii, too. There just isn't the leverage there to make buying a PS3 de rigeur.