I got a PS3 on Black Friday for Blu Ray playing. I downloaded and played a couple of demos... and I found that I really hate the controller. I've never owned a Playstation and I've never really played a game on one. I found that I much prefer the "trigger and bumber" combo on the 360 compared to the "2 shouler buttons" or "half triggers" on the PS3. It also put me off that the top shoulder buttons are considered to be the primary ones. I saw that you could buy "triggers" to snap onto the bottom of the lower shoulder buttons, but that doesn't seem of too much use since those aren't generally the shooting buttons. I also found it odd that with the left side D-Pad/Thumbstick placement that the D-Pad is primary except for when you need analogue control (in a game, for example). But when you go back to the menu, the D-Pad is primary again. I know the D-Pad on the 360 controller sucks, but it's also not used a whole lot. Finally, it's a lot easier to say to my wife "Hit Y!" than "Hit Triangle!" Seriously, if ABXY is good enough for Nintendo and MS (and keyboards the world over) why do we have to have trisyllabic words for the buttons on the PS controllers?

And I really hate that they all have X buttons but they're not in the same place. Especially on the MS vs Sony deal, since the buttons have the same layout, but X is in different spots.

All in all, I find it sad since it means I probably won't go back and forth and play games on both much. There is that "Shadow 6" controller, but it seems that it only solves half of my problems. :(

Other than that, the system is great. It's really small compared to the Toshiba HD-A2 it's replacing. Man that was a big HD-DVD player. And it took a good 45 seconds to boot up.