A good friend of mine once told me that a way to judge whether or not a new platform was worth buying was a matter of simple math. First, he said, take the cost of the platform. Once that is done, he continued, add up the cost of all the games that are currently out that you would actually bother to play, not want to play, mind you, but actually buy and play. If the amount you would spend on games is equal or greater than the cost of the system you are thinking about purchasing than odds are that it would be worthwhile.

I don’t know why, but this theory made a lot of sense to me and I have used it ever since. I guess that is why I was the last person I knew to buy an Xbox, there were just not enough games to justify the expenditure for a long time.

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It is also why I actually bought the Xbox 360 quicker than some of my friends, there were a lot of games worth buying. This is also the reason I have yet to go out and make the big plunge and buy a PS3, because right now there are just not enough PS3 games to make the system worth getting.

Admitted, I want there to be. In fact I check the new PS3 games section at my local store every week in hopes that a game will come out that I can add to my future pile. However as of right now, well lets just say this week didn’t bring out anything I am looking forward to either.

Maybe part of it is getting older, or maybe it is having a family and different priorities. Whatever the case it looks like it may be a while before I actually invest in the PS3. I hope not, I like playing on my friends PS3, there are also some games that I really want to play out.

I just need to justify the price, and until either the price comes down, or there are more games I want to play, well I guess I will just be a wanna be for a while longer.