Pondering Over PS3

PS3 vs Wii – Apple Style

One of my friends asked me on MSN, “When are you getting a PS3?”

The answer is; probably never. I’m a cheap under-$5-lunch buying college student. If I bought a PS3 it would equal the cost of my food bill for a year. So lets see; I either spend an initial $1,000 on a shiny beefed-up new-gen console, which will drain my costly internet balance and will need at least one $100+ game, or spend it on KFC twisters and midnight pizza with gelati. Food wins hands down in any situation.

She also added that the Wii was inferior, as a reason why I should have a PS3. I admit the graphics and processing power are superior, but really Wii is an equal competitor as a new-gen console. The new control system placed the Wii on my ‘to buy’ list a year before it was released. I’m a sucker for new inventions and I’m quite sick of the standard games controller. Graphics also amount to nothing if your TV can’t handle the differences. The same friend owned an Xbox 360 at college which was displayed off a cheap $100 TV. I tried playing Oblivion on it but the text was so hard to make out. The only thing that interested me was manipulating the rag-doll physics by repeatedly stabbing at rat carcasses. Gameplay stands out in games no matter what TV you are using. Hence why I’ll never notice the graphical differences between the Wii and PS3 on my current widescreen TV, but the gameplay will be obvious. I bought the Wii for new gameplay experiences, while the PS3 doesn’t interest me in the same way.

I’ll probably never get a PS3, or not until I have large amounts of disposable cash. I’m not against the PS3, I’ll definitely play it. I’ve already played a bit of Resistance: Fall of Man in Game Traders. As for my college friend; she can buy a PS3 if she wants, I’m not complaining as I will be able to ‘borrow’ it off her when she does.