It's been over a month since I sold my Xbox360 and just became a one console gamer with gaming only on the PS3. For the most part, I've been going strong and sticking to my decision but my bad timing lead to some weakness. It would have been a better time if Sony didn't get hacked and the PSN was down for most of the time. I had Socom 4 right when it went down so I couldn't play it online which I was really looking forward to. I got tired of waiting and just sent it back to Gamefly. Also, I couldn't watch netflix streaming on the PS3 because to do so, you have to log into your PSN account but I couldn't. Also, it would have been better if there weren't deals every week for the xbox360 with included gift cards.  I will admit that I had moments of weakness that I honestly thought about picking up a xbox and going back on the reasons why I sold it in the first place. I was making up reasons in my head of why I should get another one and that it would be ok if I did. But I was strong and I have resisted it and I'm still just gaming on the PS3.  I'm glad that the PSN is back up, I also picked up L.A. Noire and I am really enjoying it so that is helping me keep my mind off of buying a 360.  The only thing that I would kinda make me go back and pick up a Xbox360 is if the rumors and speculations are true that there is a price drop coming around E3. Maybe, just maybe.

By the title of the blog post, you can probably tell what I’m writing about but, I’ll give a little background before jumping in. Since both the PS3 and Xbox 360 have been out at the same time, I’ve been fortunate enough to have both consoles. I’m not big on having all the respective exclusives and don’t participate in fanboy console wars but I did always feel like having the two major consoles was justified for my gaming habits. *A quick aside, I do have a Nintendo Wii but I don’t count that since it only gets played and ever got played when my GF comes over and wants to challenge me in Mario Kart.

Alright, enough of that and on to the topic at hand that involves me…(Insert dramatic pause), getting rid of my Xbox360. That’s right; the one console that I’ve gone down to only having is the PS3. My decision came down to looking at the release calendar for the rest of year, looking at most of my gaming time was being spent on the PS3 and that I’m a person that if something is sitting around for too long not being used, I get rid of it. In this case, that happened to be my 120gb Elite Xbox360. First, all the games that I was planning on getting this year where coming out on both systems or just on the PS3. Those for now being Mortal Kombat, L.A. Noire, MLB ’11 The Show, Battlefield 3, and Uncharted 3. Second, I was doing the majority of my gaming on the PS3 since I’ve been playing a lot of MLB 11’ and most of my friends that I play online with and talk about gaming with, only have PS3’s. Also, it will be 2012 next year and that means the 360 will be coming up on 7 years of console cycle, so I figured that by then we should be hearing about a new Microsoft console.

It’s been about two weeks now since I sold the Xbox360 on Ebay and I have no regrets so far. I’m still happy with just having the PS3 and being a gamer.

On the 20^th of April, for my last blog post I wrote about switching to just one console and that console was the PS3 over the Xbox360. I talked about buying more games for the PS3, playing it more online and that I had even already sold my Xbox online. I felt good making my decision before and after the blog post but just a couple days later after the post, I tried to play Socom4 and Mortal Kombat online and could not. By then the news hit and it later came out that the PSn was hacked, taken down and is to this day of me writing this, is still not up.

I started to chalk it up to just bad luck, bad timing, and just realized that in life, some Ironic shit will happen to you and all you can really do is laugh. So, that’s what I did and just played the single player parts of the games I just picked up. I even still picked up Portal 2 for the PS3 this past weekend when it was on sale. What I didn’t do was hop on Twitter and join the Sony apologist party or go on a ‘140 character’ mad rampage or run out and buy an Xbox360. I didn’t do anything other than check my credit info, change some passwords and made sure my identity was safe for the time being.  

The one thing I will take away from this whole experience of Sony being hacked is that I do feel a little more apprehensive of a video game digital marketplace. Not so much that I wouldn’t buy anything and support it, but more of me having my credit card info stored on an online store. I will still buy DLC or games but for a while I will just buy point cards from stores and use those.

Me playing some XBLA game that I didn't remember the title of, sucked at it, and got a button for losing. 

Giant Pikachu at the Nintendo booth.

Some blue chick behind me as I waited in line for a panel.

The Pikachu NG4 that my girlfriend and I played many games of Mario Kart on in the Classic Console room. 

My girlfriend beating me in some game at their booth.

Some Food from Boston:

...and some pics from the show floor.

Couple things I learned from being at PAX:

1. I truly do hate being in crowds

2. A lot of Nerds or Enthusiasts don't shower or practice personal hygiene. 

3. Boston is  a really cool town.

4. My girlfriend is becoming a gamer. (Most Important)