It's Alive (part II) / My first piece

Greetings

I am Mohd Raihan. My bruPlay identity is Kiudangman while my Playstation network ID is Kaparo13. Thanks to Roger, i'll be contributing this blog from now on. However, it is important to note that any articles published by me may not necessarily reflect the general view of the bruPlay community.

Thank you, and i will do my best to entertain you guys with updates from now on.

Kaparo13

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The state of PS3 gaming in Brunei

Playstation and Sony is a household name in Brunei. When people talk about playstation, people will think about games. Back in the day, almost every house in Brunei had a playstation console. Be it PS1 or PS2, it is almost mandatory for a household to have one to keep the young ones entertained.

Then the 7th generation gaming consoles arrived (PS3, Wii and 360)

As anticipated the prices of these beast were high upon release. In certain shops here in Brunei, the PS3 may even cost you more than $1200. That was way back in late 2006. Thankfully, the price now has dropped to about $600-$800 after about 2 years in the market.

Currently the PS3 has a very small but loyal following. Compare and contrast that during the PS1 and PS2 Era; The amount of PS3 owners is much less. This is mainly because the PS3 currently do not have the ability to play "pirated" games. In my opinion that is a very good thing.

However, the amount of PS3 gamers/owners is still growing. The next gen or should i say the current gen have attracted more gamers especially from the 'mature' audience. The advent of online gaming in the 7th generation have attracted more customers. Of course this is a very good thing, as more and more games are now online multi-player based.

The gaming world change (for me at least) when i was able to play with people from across the world. Then through bruPlay (formerly brugamer) I've managed to be friends with other fellow online gamers. This was a major advantage for having a PS3 or 360. Games like COD4, Killzone2 and SOCOM are games that is currently being played by the bruPlay community and i believe we will still play them in the future.

In summary, Despite a slow start the PS3 is gaining momentum. This is mainly because the console is becoming more and more affordable and the attraction of online gaming grew extensively.

So if you currently don't own a PS3; save your money, buy it and get connected.

-Kaparo13