Is anybody else losing faith in console gaming right now?

[Kresnik]

Somewhat.

I find I have less time for gaming these days due to a fairly intensive course that I'm on at the moment, but I do try to game whenever I can. I've always been one of those people who likes to complete everything before I move onto a new game, but lately I've just been playing what I feel like, which has worked quite well for me.

The only thing I'd say is my focus has actually shifted a little from home consoles to handhelds in the past few months. Previously, I wouldn't even entertain the idea of gaming on a handheld (save for a few stints on my mum's DS) because... well, for many reasons. But I got a Vita for my birthday and I'm having an absolute blast with it. The fact that I can take it around the house with me and play wherever (and whenever) I want is just awesome. Seriously contemplating a 3DS as my next console.

One final point, please don't lump all of Sony's game offerings as 'cutscene heavy games'. I feel like you're just doing yourself a huge disservice that way. I will fully admit that I'm a big fan of a cutscene-heavy game like Metal Gear Solid 4, yet I happily keep the majority of my gaming time on PS3 with extremely gameplay-focused games like Ratchet, Sly & Jak, LittleBigPlanet, WipEout, Twisted Metal, Infamous etc. I also think Uncharted has a lot more gameplay than people give it credit for.