PS3
It's finally happened! The rise of one great Sony console, and the fall of another. Before we take a look at Sony's favorite new child, let's look at the favorite in probably all of gaming history...the PS2. The PS2's games were just plain fun. The Jak series (at least they managed to squeeze 4 games in the PS2's lifetime), Ratchet series (same as Jak), DDR, Strike Force Bowling, and all the other games Sony was so revolutionary for being able to release, with the games being able to hold 5GB, which was a lot back then. And, as history repeats itself, as the PS2 was the first DVD playing console, PS3 is the first Blu-Ray playing console. Sony had a huge hand in the development of optical discs, until the makers of the HD-DVD broke away and started a revolution. But, they failed, their highest end disc only carrying 50GB, while Blu-Ray can hold up to 200GB. That's more than my hard drive. I sort of feel like crying. Anyways, back to the point, I'm holding off on buying a next-gen console for a while, at least until any of these games are nearly as fun as anything on my PS2. The Wii is probably going to be, because it's built by Nintendo, the masters of actual FUN instead of good graphics and mediocre gameplay war and racing games. Hear that? That's the winds of change. The winds of change spitting on my PS2.
-Lane
P.S. I'm always going to have my PS2. Until I die. I love it, and even when gaming gets 4-dimensional (no, not time, 4d involves hypercubes and orthogonal angles from the length, width and height of the object, 5d is time), I'll still have my baby. I love it. Post here if you feel the same way about your PS2.