Console Wars

Until the current generation of video game consoles, I've always managed to own most of them. For the 128-bit generation for example, I had the PS2, Gamecube, Dreamcast, and the XBox. But for the current generation, I only own the Wii. The high prices of the PS3 and the XBox360 combined with a relative lack of quality games for those systems early on held me back from making the investment.

But unfortunately, I feel let down by the Wii. Just like with the Gamecube, Nintendo has front loaded its releases with promising games towards the launch of its system followed by several years of nothing. And in the meanwhile, the PS3 is catching up in terms of quality games. I think I'll be jumping ships to the PS3 in the very near future... I figure it might be nice to have the Blu-ray functionality as well.

And honestly, I had some serious thoughts about getting the 360 a few years ago... but Microsoft's unwillingness to fix the ongoing red ring of death issue with their system makes it a very poor investment.

I probably missed the boat with the current generation of gaming systems... for the next generation (still several years away) I'll be vary wary of making Nintendo my only/first choice... I'll probably grab one of the other systems first and then grab Nintendo's system after it proves itself worthy.