This is almost but smokes and mirrors but hell, there seems to be a big mystery as to how and why the Playstation 3 seems to be out doing sales in unparallel field of gaming.

One mintue you are expecting one thing and some how, a bunch of randomness comes out and damn, there is a major surprise. This has nothing to do with the Wii as the Wii is in a solitary field of its own away from the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3... Well, it isn't much of a solitary field there, but it is in the land of milk and cookies that it creates a new sort of audience that makes people wonder what the heck exactly is going on and wants to snack down and enjoy the weird and wonderful world of the extra hype of sugar... hell, even I wouldn't mind some milk and cookies myself but hell, don't everyone love cookies with milk? :) Choc chipped cookies, Almond nutted cookies, plain cookies, etc... in case you can't handle plain milk, there's soy milk... Perfect for everyone! (Maybe not for those who can't handle any milk whatsoever...)

Aside from that, there has been a major question about the popularity of Playstation 3 recently and it makes a lot of Xbox 360, PC and older range of players wonder what the hell is going on there... The Wii is so far ahead in terms of sales and popularity (plus fitness wise) that it is no longer can be clas'sfied within the game race. Include it if you want, but Nintendo is so far ahead, they are no longer competing against anyone.

So now, what, Playstation 3 is making a surge outta nowhere and it is upping its ante against Xbox 360 and maybe even the PC, but let's rewind and see this one out through first.

What makes the Playstation 3? Well, it plays music, view photos, play Playstation 3 games (maybe some Playstation 2 games [and some Playstation 1 games {and don't get me started about properly adding them to the list}]), view movies, view "Blu Ray" movies and that's all I can think of...

Well, music.... I'd rather a computer since I can select and search through lists very quickly and find what I need than waste my time scrolling down lists and lists and lists of music to get to where I want to get to... then there's the folders plus I can't leave something running and look for the next track to go to... even though I haven't done it yet and with a pretty bad experience with the brick of a handheld, I haven't really enjoy it that much and would prefer to slam it every second of my breathing life for sucking so bad (better than N-Gage mind you [don't own one nor played it either {thank goodness}]). Viewing pictures on the Playstation 3... well... I can use the computer for that or in fact... a camera to scroll through the libraries of different photos I've taken. If I really need to use another device to view photos, a computer is there for that to Photoshop anything and that's how the pros work there mateys. Let's see... games...

O yeah... that's right.... Gabe Newell slammed PS3 for being so darn difficult to integrate The Orange Box onto PS3 but did enjoy the move to Xbox 360. Another argument to add fuel to the fire are two side comparisons with Xbox 360 is in fact with in game graphics... Though there are some elements which bests the Xbox 360, it usually has been Xbox 360 time and time again which has picked up the winner's cup for nicer looking graphics over Xbox 360 in terms of crisp and cleaner pictures. Even with perfect copies of a certain game (eg. NFS: Prostreet) it was a case of no contest with Xbox 360 picking up the award for slightly better pictures. (Please do not put the Wii into this contest since the way to play their games outstrips the clean gloss which we now see.) Try searching it and you'll find it. I think you'll be surprised as I am when you see those results (reasons which I will mention later on).

Plus, on the negative side, living in Australia and being dropped from the list of having an "Emotion Chip" on those little bugger just sinks the street cred of them altogether, plus, limiting the game titles which we can thoroughly enjoy our simple lives on. I pretty much enjoy so many Playstation 2 games, even to now, I would rather prefer those bugger of a Playstation 2 than 3 as of now, even due to the fact that there is still a wired controller over wireless. It is almost like comparing wired bras to unwired ones... I'll let you figure out where that one is going... Fact of the matter, there are so many good titles that you'd rather be spending so much time wasting those oldies of a game that it even beats the Playstation 3 hands down in the game play factor and trust me on this one, you must look at some of those good ol' Playstation 2 titles and try and look me in the eye and tell me that they aren't even worth playing if you disagree with me on this one.

Last point, or shall I say... "Blu Ray"... the single most screamed out attempt to gain your worthy or unworthy attention in the Games Race of USA vs Japan (do not remind me that they were both in fact "Made in China", hence it is therefore China v China). That, in which I must say is the single most reason for regular consumers to purchase the PS3. The fact that you can view your movies cleanly and cheaply (not that cheap after seeing how much power those bugger of a Playstation 3 actually uses O.O) than actually buying a Blu Ray player, that it is really worth buy... But hang on, the next gen movies almost looks same-ish to the current gen, just some cleaner and crisper picture with not much difference viewing movies (plus cheaper I might add), that old school might be a better option here. But hey if pixels are on your gripe list, go even more old school by going VHS, maybe you won't see any noticeable pixels.

I did scream out "regular consumers" out for a reason and it is mainly because it might not actually be a lot of regular ol' Joes and Janes which actually buys Playstations for the homely gaming/movie experience but in fact... with the cell technology, many researching companies and even governments are actually tapping into the power of the cell technology to process their data more effectively than what the Xbox 360 can ever actually do, which might explain why their purchase rates have jumped... doesn't help with Playstation 3's bottom line, but it seems like something's gotta give with the production of the Playstation 3, but time will have to tell.

In terms of games, even though they should technically give a handy and capable lead over their Gaming Race's competitor, the 360, that maybe their smart technology might really not be cut out to be competing with Xbox 360 in terms of games, but maybe because of their processing powers... Now... if they were to up their RAM along with simplifying their Blu-Ray security encryption along developers to actually go wild with development of games along with stabilising the Frame Rate with many of their released game titles... maybe they stand a chance to actually whipping Xbox 360 than becoming Xbox 360's whipping boy.

If things are just too simple in terms of codes, it can easily be cracked. Make it too hard and you are just simply talking to yourself. Wonder when would they ever learn...



Fear drives everything, not always discovery