Before today, I was thinking to myself, "I love my 360.  I'm a one console kind of guy.  The PS3 price drop will be a temporary one on the fat models, and the PS3 Slim will be $399.  There is no reason for me to buy one."

I happened to be off work today and was following the press conference coverage on Kotaku (and also trying to keep a 2 year old happy and entertained at the same time), and of course saw the PS3 Slim/price drop, which turned out to be one in the same.  I started having evil thoughts about watching BluRay movies, playing God of War III and Heavy Rain, etc.  I started thinking about how cool it would be to have BOTH consoles and not ever have to worry about missing out on good exclusives.  I started thinking about that stockpile of money I have sitting up in my bedroom that I have been hoarding for the last 6 months specifically to get in on all the good holiday releases.  I shrugged off these evil thoughts after about an hour.  I reminded myself that I'm not a movie collector and can get HD movies in many other ways besides BluRay.  I also tried to remind myself that there are TONS of games coming out for 360 that I want to play this year and next year and there is no danger of me being on the outside looking in while all the new PS3 owners enjoy all the good games. 

That reasoning lasted me all afternoon.  And then about a half hour ago, I got on Amazon and pre-ordered a PS3 Slim.  At $299, it's hard to pass up all those good games.  You really can't use the "no games" argument about the PS3 anymore, even though the software doesn't seem to sell too well.  I'm probably not going to play LBP or Metal Gear Solid 4, but I really want to play God of War III next year, and I think I'd rather play FFXIII on the PS3 than on the 360. 

Don't get me wrong--multi plats and 360 exclusives are still going to be played on my 360.  I don't give a rat's ass about Home or earning trophies on my PS3.  I don't care about Gran Turismo 4 or MAG.  But there are some games on the PS3 now that I just HAVE to play.  At heart, I am a hard core gamer.  Back when I was a PC-only guy, I didn't have to worry about missing out on any software, but at this point, I think I'm really at a disadvantage only owning one console when there is a whole other library of HD titles that I'm missing out on.

So........I have joined the dark side.

EDIT:  And if any of you can think of a reason why I shouldn't have done this, please let me know.  I'm also having some hard core buyer's remorse right now.  On the bright side, I can try the concept of being a future PS3 owner on for size until my PS3 ships.  If I end up regretting it, I can always cancel the order.

How is that the dark side, you just got a ps3.

Welcome, don't let all the power go to your mind. :D

You obviously haven't been aroung long enough to know that the Dark Side is Sony.

Because I have been a 360 zealot for 2 years, and every one of my friends and relatives has a 360.  The thought had crossed my mind to sell my 360 to raise some money for software, but I would have some seriously pissed friends and relatives if I did that.

So many threads have had that tile I'm starting to get annoyed by it.

You have not joined the darkside. You have joined the Smart Gamer Club.

Us smart gamers have known for a few generations that if you want all the best games you must buy all the systems. Every game system is going to have the one exclusive title that you just must play.

Now, get the Netflix for streaming through your Xbox and have them send you Blu-Ray movies in the mail. Now you get the best of both worlds.

Welcome. :)

I sense many more of these....

The Dark Side is sometimes M$... but sometimes Sony, the PS3 version did get Vader. When I went over to the Dark Side, I got an Xbox 360