Hey everyone,

Now that Sony has finally dropped their console into an affordable range and since no futher price cuts are coming in the foreseeable future, I decided now was as good a time as any to get my 1st PS3. Here are my initial impressions of the system. System hook-up was a breeze, but I was really disappointed that my slim came with the RCA cable instead of a HD composite cable. I was like WTF!! How can you sell an HD system without the HD cable. Not having an HDMI cable I understand and was cool with. Having a new PS3 with an RCA cable I was not cool with. Next connecting to the internet, what can I say the PS3 has built in Wi-Fi nuff said it was awesome it made connecting to the PSN a breeze. Kudos to Sony for that.

Now I have the system plugged in and ready to go. Unfortunately my copy of Resistance: Fall of Man didn't come the same day. So, lets talk about PSN versus XBL. You hear a lot about cost in this arguement. Well let me tell you something I had XBL down after about 15 min of looking around. Sony's XMB/PSN, well....oh to hell with it, IT STINKS, it is not user friendly at all. It has too many options for things. The layout is aweful. There is a lot of negativity regarding who copies who on what. In this case however I would love it if Sony copied a little from Microsoft's playbook.

I wanted to download a demo for Heavenly Sword, but I wanted to do other stuff while it was downloading so I though I could just shut off the PS3 and the demo would download in the background like my 360 does, WRONG to accomplish this you have to go to power off icon in the XMB and tell the PS3 to shut off after download is complete. Not a huge deal, but given how the Xbox handles this, it's an unnecessary step on Sony's part.

Now an hour later I have my demo of Heavenly Sword or so I thought. You see when you download a demo on XBL, once the damn thing is downloaded you can go play it. Same with Sony right? NO, after you download a demo or a game or whatever before you can enjoy it, you have to install it. again WTF???

Now I'm sure I will get used to the differences in the way these two platforms handle, but at this moment the PS3 has a long way to go in terms of ease of use. XBL is definietly far superior to the XMB system that Sony has. These are just my imitial impression after owning a PS3 for one day. Check back for more insights and opinions.