July 17, 2008

• Final Fantasy XIII is also coming to the Microsoft xbox 360.
  *That's* the biggest news out of this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). If you are a gamer, this is HUGE news. The fact that a flagship Square-Enix Japanese RPG is going multi-platform is unbelievable. The fact that the xbox360 already have more RPGs than the PS3 at this point, is unprecedented. The fact that the PS3 lost what would have been a very important exclusive title, is a blow against PlayStation fans who used to brag about "owning" Final Fantasy. The gaming message boards are like a battle ground right now, with xbox 360 fanboys claiming victory over PlayStation3 fanboys, while Nintendo fans are still reeling from their very luckluster E3 presentation. Just another typical week for hardcore gamers in the world of the "video game console wars" I guess.

  While I have played video games since the Atari 2600 was in it's prime, I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer anymore. However, I am quite familiar with the console wars, and how people tend to pick sides. Like most gamers would say, "it's all about the games," and although they say that and try to uphold that logic, everybody always chooses a side. NES vs MasterSystem. SNES vs Genesis vs TurboGrafx16. Playstation vs Saturn vs N64. Playstation2 vs xbox vs GameCube vs Dreamcast. Now the latest one is Wii vs xbox360 vs Playstation3, although many wouldn't count Nintendo's console in the war since it uses "last generation hardware." So it comes down to Microsoft versus Sony right now, and wow is it quite the fight.

  some of the popular arguments from the 360 vs PS3 war are...
  1) xbox360 simply has more games than PS3
  2) PS3 has blu-ray
  3) PlayStation Network is free
  4) xbox LIVE is a better online experience
  5) PS3 has better hardware
  6) xbox360 is still selling more overall

  If you are not much of a gamer and are reading this, you're probably thinking "who cares about those arguments" right? A LOT of gamers do, because like I said "gamers tend to pick sides." The loyalty factor kicks in more than what games are actually available for the console nowadays. It IS stupid, and the passion coming from some of those arguments verges on becoming like gangs fighting it out for territory. Like an anthropological study, I usually just read what they argue about and not really participate, and wow can it be fascinating to observe gamers arguing... it can be frustrating but hilarious too.

  

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