I'm writing this in response to Jsmoke03's blog post "Will killzone 2 reverse the ps3's fortune?" I didn't want to leave it in a comment, because it is quite long. If you haven't read his blog, you may want to prior to mine, but that is up to you.

So the initial question is will Killzone 2 be the Play Station 3's savior in 2009, or will it have no impact at all?

Well it seems that many of the big hit, main attractions for the Xbox 360 are its FPS games, like Halo and Gears, and the Play Station 3 doesn't really have any big, successful 'exclusive' online shooters (or any exclusives in general for that matter). I think that Killzone 2 is a game that will appeal to the general 360 fan, and might grasp their curiosity. In that respect it has great potential to draw some "fence sitters", and 360 owners over to buy a PS3, saving it from the bowels of console hell... But I wouldn't get my hopes up.

I don't know if we should go as far as to say that Killzone 2 can save Sony from many bad mistakes. At least not single handedly. I think it is quite clear that 2009 will be a phenomenal year for the PS3, and maybe that this year we might see the PS3 give its competitors a run for their money... or at least a second look at it. With games Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, God of War III, Infamous, DC Universe Online and Killzone 2 scheduled for release in 2009 (or 2010 for some) the PS3's line up is boasting some of the most anticipated, and "destined for greatness" of any console titles coming out this year.

We all know about the mistakes Sony made early in the console's release: 3 to 4 different builds each with different functionality (20gb, 40gb, 60gb, 80gb), then removing two of them (20gb and 60gb), replacing the 80gb with another 80gb with different backwards compatibility [I don't know if that was exactly the case?] now there is a 120gb? In addition only the 80gb has backwards compatibility, but does not support every game. Seriously Sony, what were you thinking!? On top of all that nonsensical confusion the PS3 is price much too high, an astounding $499. But hey, people bought them. I did. So what does Sony, or the Play Station 3, have to worry about?

That should be immediately obvious when you compare it to its adversaries the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, who's sales continue to over shadow the puny PS3.

The question becomes, will thePS3's line up of superb games out weigh its hefty price? That is hard to determine, but my opinion is that the PS3's sales will increase this year, (but a price cut never hurts). Those few people out there who have yet to choose a 'nextgen' console have plenty of good reasons to buy a PS3, and those who already own a Wii and 360 have the same reasons to keep their lonely consoles company with a PS3.

And remember, if nothing else appeals to you about the PS3 (particularly the 80gb), it can double as a heater for your room during the bitter cold winter months. Seriously, I leave that thing running for a couple hours and I'm turning down the heat, or opening a window.

Is $499 really all that bad when you're getting a gaming console, a BluRay player, digital media storage, web browser (and all that crap), and a personal heater all bundled into one? Hmmm… I don't think so. (Well, yes I do, but it's still great… Well MGS4 is… And its 09 releases have to be).