Scott Elkin

Excuse me if I offend anyone, but you would seriously have to be some kind of moron to buy a PS3 for twice the price of a much better Xbox 360:

1. Sony has flat out lied to its fans that they were going to launch this March, when everyone in the industry knew it wasn't going to happen. For gods sake, the development kits weren't even out that long.  We can debate whether it is a lie, but those reading all the press releases knew something stunk. Link
2. Because of the Immersion lawsuit, the Dual Shock has been nuked.  A controller with no rumble is so 1990’s. Link

If you know me, you know I am a big Xbox 360 fan.  Heck, I have a whole category devoted to my 360 diatribes.  But the funny thing is I don’t want the PS3 to suck, although it is going to.

Here’s the deal:  Sony screwed up big time and got out-maneuvered by Microsoft.  And they are ridiculously behind.  Sony, to catch up, is promising crazy release dates, and adding crazy hardware to try to lure people to buy it. 

In Project Gotham Racing, you can watch Gotham TV and tune into live games by some of the best racers in the world. You can also view the #1 racer for a particular race and watch a replay of his race, and even race his “ghost”. This is all cool, but I want to be able to watch my friends race.

And to take it a step further, I would love to watch a friend battle his way through Call of Duty 2 and see him getting shot in the head every 30 seconds. I could give comments and helpful advice via chat.

Man, Call of Duty 2 is hard. Really hard. I am playing on Veteran (the insane level), because that is the only way to get Xbox Live Achievements.

I have 3 campaigns left, but can't get past the first checkpoint of the American campaign. I have played it…I don't know…maybe 40 times and no cigar. At it isn't like I die at the same spot each time. It's about 7 minutes of fighting which culminates by running in front of a cannon. I have a knack of dying about 10 seconds from the next checkpoint.