Current mood:	disappointed
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Post E-3 update
It's a little late for this, I know. But I spent most of the weekend finishing up Kingdom Hearts. When I wasn't playing the game however, I was looking up and watching a lot of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)

Usually I come away from this conference happy and excited about the upcoming year. While I'm far from a fanboy of any of the systems (though I am a rampant Microsoft hater...boo Mr. Gates, boo), I've been most impressed with Sony's performances in recent years. They've just had the best console around for the last two generations, imo. I firmly expected them to continue being the console of choice for the next-gen systems.

After this year's E3, I guess I have to learn to live with some disappointment. Sure, the PS3 looks great. The games sound like a lot of fun, and exciting, to boot. I'll admit I liked seeing FFXIII, and a few other titles for it.

I'm NOT paying $600 for a fucking system. I don't give a shit about blue-ray technology. I also don't care if the system's technically a "deal" for the price it could be worth. To me, Sony's basically trying to push their shit through the PS3, and the price is suffering. What's more, I'm expecting games to cost approx. $70 a pop.

Sony may be the best of the systems, but it's not worth that much. How many families are going to spend that kind of money? Chances are (even if the wii hasn't stated a price yet) you could buy an Xbox360 AND a Wii COMBINED for cheaper than a PS3.

It's not like Nintendo's making things any better, however. The Wii looks too gimmicky to me. It strikes me as something that Nintendo fanboys, and probably critics will love. but when it comes down to it, I doubt it will sell any better than the Gamecube or N64.

What this leaves me with -and this pains me beyond all belief- is the XBox360. And sadly/surprisingly/annoyingly, the games don't look bad. Gears of War and Too Human seem like serious gaming. Mass Effect looks good too. Personally, 'm not a Halo fan, but Halo 3 should be fun too. Things are really looking up for them, in my opinion.

Overall though, I think the next console generation may turn out to be a disappointing one, based on whats currently on the big 3 company plans. I hope for the sake of game players everywhere that this is not the case. Only time will tell.