I don't know which console I should get to back up my Rev. Yeah, I know it's crazy to have the Rev as my primary system, but honestly I've always played Nintendo consoles more than their peers. SNES I played more than Genesis (the controls were too stubborn in some games and most software just didn't really appeal to me), N64 more than PS1 (well, it was kind of equal at the time, but now I play n64 games more than PS1), and GC more than PS2 (though I'll be a future DC owner so we'll see if anything changes!), so why wouldn't I make Rev my primary? I am that gamer that Nintendo always targets. I'm that gamer that everyone always rags on for not want the 'current' features and games on other consoles. FPSs and drivers? Nope. Games that degrade themselves by focusing on shock factor and the hip mainstream? Nopers. Online? Definitely no. Nintendo's consoles give me almost everything I could want as a gamer, and that's why they've always been my primary.

So, what shall my secondary be? I don't have the cash for all three, so there can only be two. I'll also have my PC, though will not be playing the type of games that many people mock the Xbox over. That is, I look to my computer for strategy and sim and to my consoles for everything else.

I'll really have to wait and seen what games are going to be coming out for each, but right now, I'm thinking 360. The sad thing is, I don't really know why. I think a lot of it has to do with Sony's arrogance. That's terrible to say as someone who should be playing for the games and not the company, but I simply can't support a company that I don't at least somewhat respect, and I despise Sony. I'm not too fond of Microsoft, either, but at least their not trying to take the focus off of gaming at such an advanced pace.

I'm a console purist. I believe when you start mucking up a system with extra non-gaming related bells and whistles a portion of the focus will invariably be taken off from gaming. Quality slips as a result. This is happening for me next gen. PS3 at this point looks like trash to me. And forcing blu-ray down our throats when I'm still steaming over the insanely fast switch over to DVD is not helping. We didn't have a lot of money when that happened and a lot of our choices in movies were waning. It was not pleasant feeling forced to purchase something we did not want and did not have the money for, and I will never forget it.

Microsoft is forcing synergy, too, but doing it in a slightly friendlier (if not horridly casual) manner. Their focus is still for the most part on gaming. The 360, unlike the PS3, is molding its bells and whistles around that aspect. I still don't realise any importance to those features, but at least they are gaming minded and not media minded.

Another thing that worries me is that all next generation consoles will be feeling horrible game droughts over most of their existence. With the increased labor and funding it will take to make a game in the future, we'll likely only be seeing a few games coming out for each system a month. That's why I'm going to look at the 360 as a tester of sorts. I will not purchase until I have seen that a steady flow of original, console oriented (meaning no PC ports) games are reaching it. If not, and content that appeals to me doesn't pick up, I won't be buying it.

I hope I won't buy a PS3 if that does happen, for previously detailed reasons. I think I might waver a bit if I see games of good quality of series that I love travel exclusively to the upgraded PS2. It would sting if a Mana game out exclusively or a RE game, especially if the games were fantastic. Though, I think Capcom has grown increasingly greedy and will be releasing almost no exclusive games next gen. Their business with Nintendo this gen really disappointed me and they will forever be lowered in my opinion.

So Xbox or PS3? It depends on the companies and how they behave in the future. It depends on if the gaming features are taken as essential. But most of all, it depends on the games. Unfortunately, I think there will be less quality and quantity next gen and might begin the downfall of the market.

Meh. I'm just being pessimistic. It will be a great generation regardless of which console I own! I mean, it has to be better than this one, yeah? It has to be...