You haven't seen me play many shmups, have you.  ;)

My girlfriend got Loco Roco, and I played the Echochrome demo.  It was neat, but the novelty wore off quickly, and... I dunno.  I usually like puzzle games, but not this one for some reason.  I tried Uncharted and Heavenly Sword, but I didn't like either of them.  I didn't like God of War either, so yeah, I guess I'm a "terrible" Playstation owner.  Sorry, but these third-person games with their gimmicky situational control schemes just don't do it for me.

I think I will check out Resistance; I hope it doesn't suffer as badly from launch-itis as Red Steel (ugh).  I might check out GTA4, but I didn't like any of the GTA3 games (enjoyed GTA2 though).

I don't have a 360.  My PS3 is not backwards-compatible, but that doesn't matter, since I still have my PS2 hooked up.  My retro gaming at the moment primarily consists of Castlevania: SotN.

I don't plan to do a heckuvalot on the Cell, but I would like to finish the project that I started in my senior year of college, which was cut short because of the April 16 shootings.  After that, I may see if I can do a raytracer or a rasterization engine, or maybe something more interesting in terms of honing my game programming skills.  Maybe some kind of collision detection or particle demo.  I want to see what I can use the SPEs for.  I work 9-6, so I don't have that much free time... but we'll see.

There are plenty of games I like, btw.  Just look at the Games I Own section in my profile. 

Don't listen to ckmlb, he's a liar.

wtf man? He's here asking for games, and you give him this? I hope it's sarcasm (wait, it's probably not, as you've said this in numerous other threads). Whether you want to believe it or not, COD4, GTA4, GH3, Rock Band, etc are on this system. And if you're still in the mind set of "the PS3 has no games" with regards to exclusives, you're still wrong. Uncharted, Ratchet, Warhawk, Resistance, Ninja Gaiden: Sigma, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm, Unreal Tournament 3, and Haze (soon) are all solid/great games.

2007's calling, and they want their "reasons to not get a PS3" posts back. Or should I just go ahead and tell everyone who makes a "I just got a 360" thread that, "Halo's good, but other than that, congratulations on your new brick"

Wow. Well done.

Me either, honestly, there really aren't that many great games on the PS3 except for ports, of course.

Resistance.

Look to the next gen multiplats and buy Guitar Hero 3.

Or you can do what I did and buy a Wii or a 360 to compliment it until FF13 and MGS are released.

I could have gone without making this post except I have a list of 360 games a mile long that are absolutely fantastic and only appear on 360 and high end PC. The PS3 is cetainly the most overrated console out if you try and listen to these forums, imo. I might sound harsh, but it's a reality that you're buying a PS3 for GTAIV, dependability, and largely future potential.

Warhawk. With both bundles ( I think they still sell both for 11.99) Warning : ADDICTIVE (if you don't suck, of course)

As a one system owner with a ps3, i have more games i actually want to play versus say owning only a wii. Using this line just doesn't work as I could just as easily say it about the wii relative to my own preferences.

other games i'd recommend: folklore, everyday shooter

I take it Zen hasn't tried Calling All Cars, either, since he hates David Jaffe, one of the best lead developers. Aw well.

I was also considering getting a PS3 just to play with the Cell (some audio programming stuff), but then I decided against it. Maybe I'll buy an used one later.

Congrats on your purchase, and have fun coding ;)

 I'm not a fan of retro gaming so take this however you want.  I own a 20G release PS3 with a 200G drive I put in myself.  Full BC:  I used it once.  I played a level and turned it off, never to put another PS2 game in the system.  I gave my PS2 and all it's games to a friend who had a bad one.  (Consequently, my PS2 was a release PS2 and never had a problem with it.  Gave it to him and a few weeks later, he had the disc read problem.  I must take good care of my stuff because I never have problems. :p )

I have also "skipped the hype" with all the other GTA games.  GTA 4 is my first, so I don't know what the others were like.  I'm having a blast with this game.  No problems, no "pop-in", few glitches, and pretty good story... at least so far.

I currently have:

RR7 (meh, when I was 13 I might have enjoyed it)
Blazing Angels (ok, not as bad as everyone makes it out)
Motorstorm (pretty fun, IMO)
Ninja Gaiden: Sigma (I probably would have skipped it had I played it... not a fan)
NFS: Carbon (I actually liked this game, swapping controllers with a friend, drinking, pizza, played it through twice)
Lair (I've been scared to play too much with all the negativity... played the first level, nice imagery.)
Warhawk (absolutley love this, and I hate console FPS games.  Like you; I'd rather have a mouse/keyboard)
Dark Kingdom (I like this type of game, so I enjoyed every minute going through it with all the different classes)
Stuntman: Ignition (Pretty fun for a few hours/days.  Get's repetitive and bland.  Should rent though)
Ratchet and Clank (Love it.  Period.)
Burnout Paradise (reaffirming that I will never buy another EA game until they bring Burnout back to it's roots)
GTA4 (currently playing it like it's stolen)

Flow (fun if you're bored, and I haven't been bored enough to play it much)
PixelJunk Monsters (fun if you have a friend to play with that likes this kind of tower defense game)
Have an eye toy, only have the one game where you drag stupid animals into doors.  I can't even remember the name it sucks so much.  Wish they'd hurry up with the Eye Toy games like Tank Wars

 Oh, and welcome to the club.