So, I finally have an Xbox 360. And as many of you Xbox owners already know, it's a great experience. After getting acquaintedincres with my new toy, I've begun to wonder: how has Sony got as far as it has this generation?!

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed almost every moment I've had with my PS3, but apart from a few games like Heavenly Sword, Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid 4 (the latter of which is my person GOTY), it's clear there has been a lack of the high quality exclusive titles for the PS3, and they're mostly on the 360 because Microsoft simply has more capital to pay for these exclusives, as well as the fact that next-gen development costs are ever increasing, and it's simply not viable to development for one console anymore. But regardless, Sony has nothing on Microsoft this generation. The entire Xbox experience blows both Sony and Nintendo away. And the games are only a small part of what makes the Xbox experience so good. In fact, it's the least important part of why the Xbox experience is that much better.

Achievements (which make even the most average game somewhat enjoyable, assuming the developer gets the 'challenge' of them just right), the intuitive UI (they nailed it with the Blade interface and expanded on this in every way with NXE), the excellent in-game menu (which includes easy voice chat with all your friends and the ability to quickly start up a game with your friends), and the ability to compare achievements with your friends without having to wait ages for it to load (I've waited for upwards of a minute to view my Trophy stats on PS3 - it's ridiculous and Sony really need to fix it).

Actually, you know what? It's becoming pretty clear that if Sony made the hardware (let's face it, the Xbox doesn't have the best system - it breaks, it has a ugly power supply you could bludgeon someone with and everything good like the hard drive, Wi-Fi and even online play comes as an add-on, rather than as standard) and Microsoft took care of the software side of things (that includes the aforementioned awesome UI), we'd pretty much have the best console ever.

But hey, considering the majority of this blog sounds like a poorly written Microsoft press-release, maybe it's just the new-toy-to-play-with talking to you.

Wow. I've been on Gamespot for a whole year. I can't say that I expected to be here this long. Crazy.