For the PS3/360 generation, I continued to stick with Playstation for even more reasons than the PS2 gen.
- There were 15 games in production I knew I wanted to play on it; Uncharted being at the top.
- Launch PS3's were backwards compatible with both PS1 and PS2 games.
- Xbox 360 RRoD was in full effect already.
- Xbox fans had proven to be complete dicks... even those working at the stores; story to follow.
I bought my launch PS3 about a week after launch, just before Thanksgiving. I had missed the slim window for preordering due to being at work and every day, would meander the local shops, asking if they'd gotten any shipments of PS3's in. For some background, I had worked at one of the two local EB Games stores a little better than a year prior to this for a couple years.
One day, I walked into the EB Games I hadn't worked at and did the usual asking. The guy behind the counter straight up lied, asking why I wanted a PS3 when 360 was going to be getting every game the PS3 has and that there were no exclusives on Playstation anymore. I laughed and called him out on it, after he said they didn't have any in stock but pushed for me to buy the 360 instead. I understood he was trying to make the sale, but bold face lying like that isn't the way to go about doing it. It wasn't long before he was insulting people that preferred Playstation and that didn't sit well with me.
The following day, I made my rounds again, going into the same store. I immediately saw the same guy, and reversed course, not wanting to deal with the fanboyism anymore. As I headed up the escalator, a familiar face was heading down the other. He used to be a coworker of mine at the other EB Games and we were friends. Within the few seconds of the escalator ride, I found out he had been promoted to store manager of this location and not only that, they had PS3's in stock... but only the 20GB models. I didn't care.
By the time he reached the bottom and I reached the top, I quickly flipped around and joined him in his store. As he went into the back to grab one of the systems, I waited at the counter. The jerk from before asked me if I had changed my mind and wanted to buy a 360 instead. I told him I was here for a PS3 and he said they didn't have any and I need to let it go, offering the 360 again. I simply smiled and waited until my friend came out with the PS3 and put it on the counter in front of me, telling me that they had just gotten a shipment yesterday but wasn't supposed to sell them until Black Friday, two days later. He made the exception for me and I bought the in store warranty, an extra controller and Resistance Fall of Man with it. The jerk was a mix of confused and irritated. I loved it.
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