Before I begin, let me make one thing clear: I am not a Playstation fanboy. I may have been a bit of a fanboy with the Playstation 2, as it was a console that absolutely dominated the market and carried nearly every game of the era that I was interested in playing. But the Playstation 3 doesn’t fill its daddy’s shoes. And besides, I’ve always been primarily a PC gamer.

Last week, Sony announced their new PS3 Slim model. It costs $100 less than the previous model – $299 for the 120gB PS3 slim. Considering that I paid $399 for my 40gB PS3 phat a few years ago, it seems like a pretty good deal. Shortly thereafter, Brandon wrote on Twitter “That PS3 slim is tempting. When I look at it though, all I see is my PSP. It gets no love because I ain’t down with the games for it.” I feel obliged to respond, not specifically to Brandon, but to all those of a similar opinion.

I own a PS3, and I’m very happy with it. I think that there are actually a lot of really good PS3-only titles, but I’ll get to those in a minute. First, if you’ve got a high-definition TV, your options for watching high def video have gotten better over the past couple years than they were when I first bought the PS3. But you’ll still be spending between $200 and $500, and you need to be sure that your player can accept firmware updates, or you risk not being able to watch newer movies. To me, having a Sony branded player seems the best way to avoid these hassles. And if you’re spending that much on a player anyway, why not get one that does more than play movies? We’ve been using our PS3 as a media center for years. When we want to listen to music, we don’t pop in a CD, we turn on the PS3 and locate the music on our server, then play it through our stereo speakers. We can also watch .avi movies that way, and subject visitors to our vacation photos. The PS3 also does a really good job of upscaling DVDs to 1080p.

Now lets talk about games. There’s a ton of overlap between PS3 and XBox 360 games. You can play Fallout 3, Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, or Ghostbusters on either platform with no noticable difference. But as far as exclusives, I find that there are very few XBox 360 exclusives that I really want to play. Fable 2? Certainly. Shadow Complex? Dead Rising? Crackdown? I guess I’d like to try them. But what else does the 360 have that I should want to play? Gears of War and Halo don’t interest me very much. Alan Wake sounds fantastic, but it’s still not 100% certain if it will be XBox 360 exclusive.

Now let’s take a look at what the PS3 has. First, we’ve got Heavy Rain, the new-school adventure game from Quantic Dream – the same team that brought us the delightfully out-of-the-box Indigo Prophecy. While the story got progressively more bizaree, Indigo Prophecy had some amazing gameplay mechanics. I look forward to seeing what Quantic Dream has done with Heavy Rain.

We’ve also got The Last Guardian, Team Ico’s new project. While we know little about the game as of yet, the stealth gameplay is a big plus for me. The weird feathered dragon puppy thing has potential too, especially if they’re able to form the same kind of bond as they did with Agro in Shadow of the Colossus. Be honest – did you cry near the end of Shadow of the Colossus? Okay. Me either.

Fat Princess is a fairly new PSN release, and while I generally avoid online multiplayer games, this one looks so interesting and unique that I may have to try it. Capture the Flag, except the flag is a princess. A team can feed their princess and make her fatter to make her harder to move. And there are multiple character classes, which adds some complexity.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was a pretty good game, even if it was an Indiana Jones knockoff. I particularly liked using the sixaxis to control the angle of the grenades you threw. The sequel looks to be even better. And although it’s hard to imagine where Kraatos’s story will go from here, God of War 3 should be coming out before long, and that franchise still has some life in it. Heavenly Sword is another title with a lot of similarity to God of War, and although I haven’t yet played it, I’ve heard some very good things.

Demon’s Souls is an upcoming Playstation exclulsive that I’ve been following. You play a warrior in this action RPG who must battle the demons plaguing the land, and take their souls to gain experience and upgrade your skills. From all the descriptions, the game sounds punishingly difficult, but interesting.

inFamous seems a heck of a lot like Prototype, which isn’t a bad thing. It’s another game that I haven’t yet tried, but likely will at some point. LittleBigPlanet was obviously a big release, and I’m at a loss for why I haven’t tried it out yet. Likewise, Metal Gear Solid 4 was huge, and the main reason I haven’t yet played it is because I’ve never played Metal Gear Solid 3. I liked the second game, so I’m hoping to go back and play the third. And while I’ve never been into the Ratchet and Clank series, it’s a popular Playstation franchise that can’t be ignored.

As an honorable mention, I feel compelled to state that Pixeljunk Monsters is another favorite of mine, available only on the Playstation 3. Not a week goes by that I don’t play this game.

So there you have it – my personal perspective on the whole XBox 360 versus Playstation thing. The PS3 has built-in wifi, no fees for online play, a great media center, and it doesn’t have the 54% failure rate of the XBox 360.

Honestly, I do understand not wanting to own every console out there. Trying to keep up with every good game released for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP (and perhaps the PC) would be a bit much. But the PS3 really does have some good games.