This is exactly what I was curious about. I think jumping on a title the day, month, or in some cases even year it comes out is essentially becoming a hardcore gamer phenominon. I own on the order of 400 games (no typo. 400. probably more), and probably play 20 hours or more a week. Yet... I can no longer see the reason to spend $60 on a game when I know that its going to come out next year, in much improved fashion, on what is (IMO) a better platform (honestly, besides the exclusives, the controller is what makes the PS3 better than the 360 for me... I dislike the asymmetry and heft of the 360 controller. The XBox controller stunk too.)

As a long-time gamer, I play good games for the experience -- not to claim that I finished it before all my friends did.  If the experience is going to be enriched, in terms of content, framerate (yep, the long-term ports ARE better, framerate wise, its only the cross-plat releases that seem to suffer on the PS3), and for me, the controller, by waiting a year or so, AND I can save money (in many cases), then... heck yeah.  I want the full experience -- not the beta test.

Games developers like Blizzard, and LookingGlass/Irrational/2K are great *because* they don't release their games until they are done.  In the console world, another year almost always results in bundled extra content (for free), less bugs, and better framerate.  Awesome, when there are so many great games to play these days.

I do think fanboy arguments are funny.

I should have done a tad more research before posting the games I was hoping to see make it to the PS3 -- I didn't realize that Mass Effect was published by MS, and thus would never make the port over, when I originally posted. The others I listed though, are not -- I was referring to Gears sequels when I mentioned Gears, and I was unclear about that as well. I'm not going to bother looking into if Gears 2 is also being published by MS. If so, great, I will score it on my PC again.

Sony exclusives look better to me -- I'm very sure that's not the same for everyone, but I realize now that the PS3 has something of a "port to 360" obstacle that doesn't work the opposite direction -- namely the colossal size difference between a dual-layer DVD and a BD, and of course the guaranteed existance of a HDD. That's got to be a real problem if you go nuts with the BD space (which a lot of PS3 exclusives seem to be doing), and then want to port to the 360. I'm finding myself glad that I purchased a PS3 instead of a 360 more every day. You can call me a fanboy if you like, except that I could care less who "wins" -- as far as I'm concerned, I'm the winner. I'm a gamer. When the 360 scores enough decent titles, you bet I'll buy one. As long as MS keeps losing great titles like Bioshock to the PS3, I'm not going to bother looking at a console that will, supposedly, be "upgraded" in just 1.5 (Q4 2010) to 2.5 (Q4 2011) years.

I like the 360 controller better.  The PS3 controller is longer but the 360 controller is bigger.  So while the PS3 controller (sixaxis) feels light and somewhat empty, the 360 controller feels hard and solid yet smooth.  When I play with the PS3 controller, I feel like if I shake it too hard it's going to break or snap into two whereas I can play as rough as I like with the 360 controller without fear of anything like that.   Overall, I just find playing with the 360 controller to be more fun and satisfying than the PS3 controller.  I personally don't see how anyone could go back to the PS3 controller after playing with the 360 one.

Microsoft is too dependant upon buying third party exclusives. As the PS3 continues to outsell the 360 the cost for these exclusives will increase significantly. Also, the fact that they don't control the IP completely will be problematic. Bioshock, Mass Effect, and Gears of War (2) will all have sequels. Some of these will make there way to the PS3.

so will rfom2 killzone2 mgs4 etc etc be coming our way. dont know dont really care I like to play games when their fresh and new. If bioshock is a triumph for the ps3 then its in a worse state than i thought I can get it for 25 euro in my locaal gamestore second hand.
still if we are really lucky we might get haze lol.

 I personally don't like how the controller for the X360 is set out, in terms of analogue sticks, for FPS and TPS they work great but for everything else i prefer the Dualshock3/Sixaxis controller, it feels..... like home.(no pun intended)

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I will but a X360 IF Fable2, Infinite Undiscovery, Lost Oddyssey and others prove to be worth it and even then i will buy a X360 only when it is dirt cheap as i dislike Halo's campaign and don't want to pay for online play. Yeah its great that Bioshock is coming to PS3 but i would have bought it already if i wanted it for the PC and i havent as i am not interested in this game at all. Ninja Gaiden 2 would be nice to have on the PS3 but i can live without it as i didnt like how the first one was on the Xbox because of the controller layout it felt more like a chore to play than fun (everything else about the game was brilliant though). 

 MGS4 and FFXIII i highly doubt will go to the X360, 1. Because of space limitations on the X360  2. They both have Japanese devs   3. I doubt Sony will let them go multiplat even if they dislike paying for exclusives and 4. MS will have to shed out a hell of alot of cash to get those too games to go multiplat because the devs will want to move onto the next game as Konami as 3 other unnamed PS3 exclusives and Kojima is thinking about MGS5 and ZOE and SE will move onto Kingdom Hearts 3 and Last Remnant and FFCC. 

Eh? The PS3 doesn't have a racing sim that competes with Forza 2. Forza 2 is the best racing sim available on consoles.

And don't bother bringing up the "bounce of walls to get the best track times possible" racing game. Not even Mario Kart allows that level or ridiculousness.  If damage on your car doesn't affect its performance, or if there is no damage on your car, you cannot compete with Forza 2.

Sorry. GT5P, even as a half finished game, is a lot more fun for me, than Forza (which admittedly, I only get to play at a friend's place). I doubt we will agree on this, so I'm happy to disagree with you, and leave it at that.

I'm hoping the Eternal Sonata port is taking forever because it's being "Oblivion-ized".

It's already been confirmed that they're adding new content and fleshing out the cutscenes more, but improved graphics would be awesome as well, especially since it looks so damn beautiful to being with.

i dont think mass effect and gears will be on ps3 but i get what youre saying