08.26
Hello website, did you miss me? I sure missed you. It’s about time to break out the old Internet cliché and apologize for not posting. It’s been an incredibly busy month full of moves and work, but at long last, I’ll be settled into a new place and ready to go.
A few developments on the gaming front. Big news first: yesterday I bought a PS3 Slim. Lowering the price / form factor is one of the smartest moves Sony has made. Having never owned a Sony system before, I’m living proof that these cuts are effective at drawing in new customers.
I am quite disappointed that Sony purportedly has ‘no plans’ to reintroduce backwards compatibility with the PS2. I understand why they did it, but it will make much of the 100 Game Challenge more difficult for me, and might necessitate a small investment in a used PS2. The only other thing to disappoint me so far was Sony’s decision not to include component HD cables (like Microsoft did with the 360). I bought an HDMI cable in order to hook it up at home, but for the next few days I’ll be forced to play it in standard definition on a TV from the HDMI-less “HD-Ready” days of yore.
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