So I did it. It took a bit of courage and a lot deliberation but I have sold my Xbox 360 and all its games. I started by deleting my gamertag. Once it was gone there was no going back. I reformatted the HDD, stuffed it into my old Gears of War Limited Edition box, traded it in for £130 (including the wifi adapter) and put my name down for a spanking new 80GB Sony PS3. It isn’t due until the end of August but I can make do with my Wii and Crysis on the PC. I had 10-12 games to trade in but Game were only offering £30 for the lot so I brought them to Extra Vision who offered me £65. All I have left is a spare controller that I will use for my PC and a dodgy wireless headset. I still have 5 months of my Xbox subscription and 1500 Xbox points but I guess that doesn’t really matter.

So its goodbye Microsoft and hello Sony. I am really looking forward to getting the PS3. I think the hardware has much more potential than the Xbox for the next few years. I will finally be able to watch HD movies on BluRay, which was one of my original reasons for buying the 360 before HDDVD borked. There are also some interesting games including MetalGearSolid 4, KillZone 2, Little Big Planet and of course Gran Turismo 5. Most of all, I am looking forward to having a console that doesn’t refuse to play my games (fingers crossed!).

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