Chalk another one up on the list...

[Streeteh]

... yet another person has bought a PS3 this week.

Quite excited as this is my entry to what i would call 'true' next gen consoles (i love my Wii but its not quite the same if you get what i mean).

I'm going to be buying Drakes Fortune and Devil May Cry 4 asap - are there any other recommendations? Warhawk looks fantastic as does Burnout Paradise. Also I'm considering getting the Blu-Ray remote, however after the crapulence that was the PS2 DVD remote i'm dubious, is this worth the purchase?

I'm looking to pick up a DS3 controller pretty soon too, what sort of price should i be aiming for?

And finally, i've got a 20" samsung pebble (HDCP compliant), if i bought a DVI->HDMI converter would this work correctly? The monitor is 16:10 and i'm worried it would stretch the image to fit the monitor which obviously isn't ideal, or will it just leave black borders at the top and bottom?

 

[Streeteh]

Seems a lot of people are starting to overlook the Xbox360 now, not entirely sure why, but if this forum is any indication I'd expect the PS3 to be pulling away.

I have a pretty decent PC, it seems to me nearly all of the decent xbox 360 exclusive games gradually appear on the pc at some point (read: Bioshock, Gears of War, Mass Effect etc). It is much less common to see a Playstation exclusive game come out on the PC, so in my eyes the PS3 is probably the better console to compliment someones game collection if they already have a decent PC. The xbox 360 is fantastic, and i did consider getting one until i realized about half of the games i was interested in were out on the pc and another quarter were out on the PS3.

Also i've always owned playstations since i was little - i've had 1 PS1 fail on me and Sony repaired that for £20 despite being out of warranty and my launch PS2 is still going strong, product reliability like that has gained my trust.

 

[Streeteh]

What DLC did the PC get in the end? Two map packs were released for GOW on the 360.

An entire five extra chapters between Marcus' house and the train with a brumark chasing you through a city - apparently they couldn't finish that in time for the 360 release so they just didn't put it in.

 

[Streeteh]

Whilst that is true, in 12 months we've seen what I would class as one good, solid exclusive game. I've said on here several times that I think MGS4 will be massively underwhelming, Gran Turimo 5 will be great, FFXIII will be another not as good as VII and VIII, LBP looks boring, HOME is interesting and that the only AAA exclusive that gets me REALLY excited is God of War 3 because that will be awesome.

Though I hope to be proved wrong, past efforts from those game series lead me to believe it's more of the same with efforts four, five and thirteen from those games.

A lot of Xbox360 games do go PC though, but Xbox360 still has Dead Rising and Project Gotham Racing and those are 2 of my favourites ever. It has others, but Dead Rising and PGR are absolutely stellar.

Dead rising is actually the one game that had me umming and ahhing over, i'm not a huge racing game fan and considering two of the biggest 360 still-exclusives are project gotham and forza 2 thats quite a big downfall to the game lineup in my eyes.

I'm not the type of person who will ever own both consoles, i just can't justify the cost in both monetary and time. Having owned a playstation 2 i have a pretty strong need to see how the metal gear and god of war series pan out - the cliffhangers are just too tasty. I'm a HUGE final fantasy fan, despite their slightly weaker recent games, so that's a big seller for me. I really like the look of LBP, looks like just my sort of thing - a nice quick, cute, funny game that's just that little bit different.

Oh and i also really wanted a blu-ray player (honest, i actually want to buy my films)

 

[Streeteh]

Holy thread revival batman.

This is the worst part of ordering something expensive online, the wait. Just emailed my tutor to say i couldn't make it to a lecture as i have to give him at least 2 hours notice to get away with it, i bet it'll arrive 5 mins before the lecture starts. Shameful i know, but i've got lectures all day tomorrow (as opposed to just the one today) so wouldn't be able to get it till Monday and i'm just a big kid frankly.

Even got a copy of Drakes Fortune sat in front of me D: