I’m sorely tempted by several recently announced games – notably Little Big Planet and Mirror’s Edge. I’d also like to be able to play Singstar and maybe even Rock Band. And I should probably pick up Fable 2, if only to support Paul’s enduring torment.
Unfortunately, the preceding list contains some plainly platform-specific properties – Singstar is first-party, and so is Fable. And I really don’t want to buy multiple boxes to clutter up my front room. So I’ll probably buy either the PS3 or the Xbox, and then beg / steal / borrow the other to play the awkward game(s). Even worse, the obvious machine to buy then is the Playstation – since Fable is the kind of thing you finish, as opposed to Singstar.
Analysis of my logic, or counter-arguments, would be appreciated. The only good thing I can see from all this is that buying a PS3 makes Sony lose even more money.
lose, not loose
yours lovingly, grammar nazi
Fixed. Unfortunately, Little Big Planet is first-party as well, as Paul pointed out. Yuck.
Just watched the Mirror’s Edge trailer, and even the sound-track is pretty sweet. Ack.
Don’t know if MS have something similar but this does not increase Sony’s appeal to me:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/20/sony-we-have-the-rig.html
Indeed, although I imagine the XBox Live-Arcade agreement is equally bad.