Over the few days or weeks I am going to take a look at the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360

Same background information.

I remember when Microsoft first announced they were going to be breaking into the console video game arena. At first I thought it was a joke and what kind of impact could Microsoft make on an area that is dominated by Sony and Nintendo. I mean the PSone, PS2, N64, and Gamecube had the industry on lock and there was no way someone who had no console experience would have lasted long.

Then Microsoft unveiled the XBOX. A big bulky black box that looked like a mix between a PS2 and Gamecube. Now take into fact that I never really played or took a good look at the original XBOX so I can not go into that much detail. Yea I could go and look up pictures, but they don't give the same information and idea then having one right in front of you. However I did mess around with the controller and could never get a real feel it. I was so use to the Dual Shock for PS2 that anything different had no use to me. Hell even the Gamecube controller looked like a freak to me, hence maybe why I never messed with it.

Yet it seemed like all the major gaming studios were backing the Microsoft and the idea they had. You have all the sports games titles and all of the cross platform games. So once it was released it seemed like Microsoft was in it for the long run. They had solid numbers with consoles sold and games they had promised.

Final the biggest push for XBOX came a game from a little studio called Bungie Studios by the name of HALO. A game critics and gamers praised and said was the best thing to happen to gaming in a long time. Was this writer sold on HALO just alone...nope, he still had high hopes and big dreams about the idea that was Playstation 3 and every E3 came and went with a mention here and there until about E3 2005 when Sony showed us the "future" of gaming.

Of course before I get ahead of myself Microsoft gave a kick start to the future with the XBOX 360. A huge kick off that wasn't if I may add followed by under production and console shortage , but not as bad as the Wii.

So why is it that today under this persons TV (which I might add is pretty kick ass) sits an XBOX 360 instead of a PS3. Could it be the $600 price tag? The unfulfilled promises of games and capabilities, or the online community? All of that is going to be discussed in the coming post as I take a look at GTA IV, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfair, and NCAA Football 2008.