I know some people are gonna flip out at a suggestion like this, but oh well. It's the truth.
There are a number of reasons for this consideration, and the first one being that when I look at system exclusives, the 360 has the fewest that truly interest me. When I basically look over my current 360 collection, and the games we know are coming in the future, I see less than a handful that are truly exciting to me.
Gears of War and Halo 3 are the two big ones. Beyond that it's all little stuff that I could live without. Lost Planet, PGR, and a couple others. Of course this is all just a matter of tastes, as I happen to have NO interest in games like Mass Effect or Blue Dragon.
So, lately i've been in this almost constant struggle to convince myself to hold on to my 360 just a while longer, so I can see how great Halo 3 single player really is. I play multiplayer, but not nearly to the extent of most people. So, if the single player is dissapointing, I won't be very happy. Also, the rumors of no online co-op are very dissapointing, and I happen to believe we'll probably never see it happen.
The second big reason I have this desire to get rid of my 360, is basically my ever growing opinion that Microsoft is this giant money sucking leach of a company, and I don't wish to help them in their conquests any longer. Their marketplace pricing tactics are just sickening to me, and I get infuriated when they try and pretend like they have no control over any of it. I personally believe they drive most of the prices to be has high as possible, and the publisher just simply nods in agreement.
Third, on the same note, their handling of the faulty hardware situation has also made me sick to my stomach. The denials for nearly 2 years, followed by a final admission of guilt, but only covering the actual red rings of death, and nothing else. It's all just so dirty IMO. They were hoping they could just keep screwing people forever, but it eventually grew to big for them to control it any longer, so they almost had to cave in.
So, thats about it. I think I could be very happy just owning a PS3 and Wii for the next 5 years, but it's really just those two big 360 exclusives that keep me holding on. Of course I also think we'll see a Gears of War 2 next year.
