As of last night, I'm now an official PS3 owner. UPS delivered my Slim last night, and I immediately ran down to my man-cave to hook it up. I had Little Big Planet and Killzone 2 all ready to go as well as a couple of BluRay movies to watch. After about 3 hours of gaming and taking a little sneak preview of a movie, I decided to mess around with HOME a little bit.
Now, in the past, I have been guilty of calling HOME a giant advertisement, a waste of time, etc. But once I got in and TRIED it for myself, I was pleased. The graphics are not as bad as everyone is saying they are. There doesn't seem to be any anti-aliasing in any of the areas, and that is the biggest thing that drives me nuts about console graphics, but despite that, everything looks a lot crisper and cleaner than I thought it would. The rooms actually have some interesting content in them. The videos are not nearly as shamelessly commercial as I thought they would be. Basically, I think if Sony would get some more done on HOME and make it a little more exciting, it could be like a much more functional 3D version of NXE on the 360.
I then started messing around with Life and all the other things bundled into the PS3. After sort of being a PS3 hater for the last year and a half, I am really blown away by all the things it can do. I can imagine it definitely taking a lot of time away from my 360. However, I still feel lonely playing on my PS3. I know you still have a friends list and all that stuff, but Xbox Live just feels more social for some reason. Maybe it's just because it's more familiar territory for right now....I will reserve judgement on that for later as long as they add voice chat to PSN at some point. It's really lame to not be able to talk or listen to your own music while you play.
