So Now Do We Want A PS3?

Well lets look at the evidence...

- Gran Turismo in HD, 1080p, HD, HD! 3 times bigger than something and 12 times bigger than something else
- EyeToy thing does Pokemon style fighting stuff when you put cards in front of them
- New SingStar showed what the UI will possibly look like and how the marketplace will work
- Formula One game shows you can use the PSP as a rear view mirror!
- Heavenly Sword which is looking like Ninja Gaiden and looks pretty cool, you kill loads of stuff
- Loads more rendered footage for some games that seem like good ideas like that Eight Days and an in game demo of Resistance: Fall of Man
- New Metal Gear 4 trailer shows all the characters, nothing in game
- Warhawk shows how you can use the new motion sensor controller to move an aircraft


They also gave out the base price of around £340 (when converted from the euro price they gave for the base unit) and the release date of November 17th, the same as the US!

Right so we watched this all unfold last night using the power of the internet, and we were pretty much underwhelmed until the Metal Gear trailer appeared. We just didn't see anything that looked exciting and new and fresh that had that "oooooh" feeling that you get from seeing a console maker bare its newborn to you. We thought the audience were quiet too until Metal Gear, so maybe it just wasnt us?

So do we want one? Short answer? No. There's nothing there to make us warrant spending over £300, nothing excited us unfortunately.

There were three things we did like, in order of preference:

1) Metal Gear 4 (but we knew this was coming and already saw an equally pretty trailer)
2) That Formula One 2006 with the rear view mirror PSP thing (but we still haven't bought a PSP - for the same reasons as we're not excited about the PS3 - there's nothing great on it)
3) That Ninja Gaiden a-like called Heavenly Sword looks really good fun

So they're the things we're going to keep an eye on, hopefully some more stuff will pop up soon but it looks like we're just going to borrow someone's PS3 (and PSP) when these titles appear in the coming years, instead of buying one.