After much consideration I passed on going to the big VIP launch of the 3DS last night. The main reason ultimately came down to the fact that after I left my friends house, I was simply far too tired to deal with having to stand in a queue for ages whilst some giddy sales assistants and Nintendo reps skipped around trying whip the gathered throng into a frenzy and taking pictures of all and sundry.
Believe me, I did the Apple iPad launch day last year and that was bad enough!
I weighed up my mood, my stamina and also the fact that I had 24 games to trade in and concluded that I couldn't be bothered with the whole who ha.
I decided instead to go first thing this morning (well as soon as the store opened). First up was getting fleeced over how much I got for all the games I traded in. £89.00. That's right, just £89.00 for 24 traded in games. That averages out about £3.70 per game. Some games I only got .50p for. 50 bloody pence! The case and the instruction are worth more than that! Just where do they get the prices from? After doing my article about the necessity for trading in games the other day, I felt like fate was kicking me, with great gusto and enthusiasm, right in the bollocks!
At the end of the day, and I am really trying to extract some semblance of philosophy from the episode, I was not going to play those games again so something is better than nothing. It will take me some time to recover though.
So I got the Aqua Blue one. I don't know why, but I just get sick to death of the same old boring black consoles. My PSP is some sort of metallic red colour and it suits me just fine. Along with that I got Ridge Racer, Pilot Wings Resort and Ghost Recon Shadow Wars. They will keep me going for a while though I do have my eye on the Splinter Cell 3D game as well which looks good.
The 3D works really well and it is a technically impressive gadget. The main operating system owes more to the Wii's channel system interface and it's all the better for it. It was was simple and quick to get going and update so full marks there. Obviously I have not played it enough to garner a proper opinion worthy of a review but my first impressions are very positive.
So that covers the 3DS and being ripped off so what is left? Ah yes, Crysis 2. I have not had chance to play this yet though I am looking forward to it. I enjoyed the multiplayer demo that was online so I reckon I should get on with this. I just wish I had a PC to enjoy it in it's full glory but I will make do with the 360 version for now. I have a Mac capable of running the latest games, it's just that few companies actually bother releasing stuff for it which is frustrating. I simple cannot justify splashing out on a PC to go with my Mac Book Pro and my iMac. Even by my standards that is far too indulgent.
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