Many Shiny (expensive) Things

The Xbox 360 and Playstaion 3 are now officially on their way, and they have faces:

I got sucked with my Xbox. Totally drawn in by the marketing hype. I bought one (and a copy of Halo) the first day it came out. Shame on me. In the time since, I've only owned a handful of games. I traded most of them in fairly quickly. In fact the ONLY reason I took the leap to getting a console was Halo, a game who development cycle I followed from it's first announcement in 1999. My Xbox is more of a "Halo/Halo 2 Box."

Sony's PS3 apparently shits all over the Xbox 360 for power and range of games. And you know what? Good for them. But I still predict this Next Generation of game consoles will be a real 3 horse race (Nintendo still trailing, but ot too distant).

Halo 3 for Xbox 360 is a given. Maybe 6-12 months after the console comes out, but it will be there. And I'm sad to say there's a strong chance that I will fork out the $700-800 to play it. Unless someone physically restrains me.

At least I have a good 12-18 months to start saving my pennies : /