PS3 - lost faith after all the messing around by Sony

[Bloodwych]

I've sold my PS3 - sick of Sony. Not just this security downtime and losing faith, but they took away Linux which I used for emulation and one of the reasons I bought it for - to replace my modded XBox.

The free online gaming was good, but after the downtime I realized I didn't miss getting stuffed by kids with infinitely more time on their hands or the elite attitude and game wreckers, so I'll stick to gaming with friends and a few beers in the same room. Much more enjoyable, much less frustrating and more free time. The headset was making me more anti-social and lazy. Now I'm actually meeting more people by going around their houses and inviting them around.

We recently had some games of Nitro Kart, Quake II, Bomberman, Unreal Tournament and a few others, either split screen or PC LAN. I haven't had so much fun in ages, more like gaming from when I was a kid and playing Supercars 2, Sensible Soccer, Worms etc. The beer helped too of course, but a few of my mates were just happy to escape the family for a while!

So back using the modded XBox with CoinOps 2 installed and good old PC gaming - have you guys tried it? It's awesome! I love modded original Xbox's, so cool for emulation of the classics! The fact the Xbox pad has a decent D-Pad and is set up to just work with all the systems helps enormously!

I'll invest in a new console when they can output true 1080p on TV's instead of 720p upscaling. Probably Wii or Microsoft next time though.