Well as we ALL know Christmas has just passed and I hope EVERYONE had a wonderful holiday with their family and got everything they asked for cause I know I did! Actually I got MORE then I asked for or ever anticipated.

This Christmas I asked for a few games for PSP and Wii that I really wanted to play and while I did indeed receive Manhunt 2 and Silent Hill: Origins (Thanks mom) I also received a little bit more from my lovely fiance, a brand new 40 gig PS3! Thrusting me into the elite of the next gen gamer society! I now own all three consoles as well as the PSP Slim so to say gaming is something I enjoy would be an understatement.

Seriously though it feels GREAT to be released from the shackles of fanboyisim and to truly view the gaming world with open eyes and the ability to expeirence it all. Now my only problem is having to MUCH to play. I mean I don't even know where to start, but I guess that's more of a good problem

First off the PS3 isn't NEARLY as heavy as it appears. The console is VERY sleek and hardly makes a peep while running, but I will say there are some things I do not like such as preinstalling your games to the HDD before you play which takes anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes. 10 TO 25 MINUTES!!!??? It's something I wish they hadn't done because it's so annoying and is one of the BIGGEST reasons I will choose all multiplat games such as Devil May Cry 4, GTA IV, Smackdown vs Raw, Resident Evil 5, Soulcalibur 4, Silent Hill 5 and Conan for 360 over the PS3 versions. I mean I want a home console NOT a computer. There's a reason why I don't play games on computer and preinstallation is one of them. The idea is a joke! For what? To save a few extra seconds of loading time? Not worth the painful waiting when all you want to do is play the game. I also think it takes way to long to download demos. I downloaded the Uncharted demo and the Condemned 2 Bloodshot demo and each one took nearly 15 to 20 minutes, THEN I had to install it to my HDD what a pain! I prefer the Xbox method of downloading the demo and ummm PLAYING IT! I'm still not a fan of the XMB interface and hate it on both PSP and PS3 there's just WAY to much micro management going on and it just looks cluttered with sub menu after sub menu after sub menu. I prefer the blade system the 360 uses which packs everything together neatly and makes it VERY easy to find what you're looking for. Not to mention interesting to look at. With the XMB it's more like looking at a computer monitor whereas the 360 paints a more upbeat vibrant videogame presentation! Also no matter what any Sony fanboy says the PSN store is like a supermarket when there's a tornado warning in the area........bare. Compared to the Marketplace on 360 it's very light in content. I think I counted MAYBE 30 demos, a handful of videos (Of which most were PS3 commercials) and a few drips and drabs of downloadable content like original PSone games, and expansion packs (Which cost just the same on PSN as they do on LIVE.) The PSN system of friends and networking is a joke plain and simple. You are VERY limited on what you can do and how you can do it, and for now I'll leave it at that.......but enough of the gripes let's talk about the goods.

I really like the orchestra music that comes up whenever you power on the PS3 and eventhough I don't like the XMB I do like the clean look of the PS3's background. I also like the little preview you get of whatever game or movie you have highlighted before selecting it. Which is the same thing the PSP does. Now I only played the Uncharted demo and Ratchet and Clank Future and I must say I was impressed. Not blown away since I've been seeing some pretty nice visuals for over a year now with the 360 but something just looks and feels different when playing a PS3 game. I won't say it's better graphics but I will say it is different and I like it (I guess it's the old Sony fanboy inside me still lingering around). So with that I'm gonna give the PS3 more time and look forward to playing the great games it has lined up like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Killzone 2.