The Sony Playstaion 3 is released in this country at midnight tonight, and already gamers are queueing up outside shops to try and get their hands on one. The price? £425!! Ouch! Surely by anyone's standards this is too much money for an entertainment machine. It's not like you're buying something essential. It's all just a bit of fun, and at that price I'd much rather have 42.7 'all you can eat' chinese buffets, I think.
I currently own a Nintendo Wii, and love its sense of fun. It doesn't have much processing power, so the emphasis is all on the entertainment value of the games. Many people of course would argue that playing on a games console equates to not having much of a life. So on that note, I'll leave the last word of the day to a Mr Stuart S, who posted a reply on a BBC games forum.
Andrew W: "Girlfriends are much more fun than PS3s."
Stuart S: "I agree. Your girlfriend was great fun."
