In 08 Blu-Ray became the HD standard, thankfully no more format war. PC gamers refused to pay to play online which is what all console users should refuse as well now and in the future. Lots of good high quality content across the board as well for all platforms.
Only thing I Don't like is exclusive addon content like gta4/fallout3 DLC which isn't fair to people who support a game company on a particular platform only to release it only on other platforms. Those companies are doing a disservice to their fans who are supporting them due to greed.

There are those that say that the best way to be disappointed is to get too attached to our own expectations.

And what's with the Wii hate? If gaming is about games you play and you have fun with, what the hell? The Wii is worthwhile.

I can only complain about the hardware failure rate before and after the NXE. They did reduce the wait time from a month to a week the last time I had to mail in my console but it is getting out of hand".

Only complaint is that SOMETIMES you CAN'T play your games.
Gotcha.

EDIT:
Also ..."I was really hoping 2008 was when I needed to buy my first ever Playstation. I was totally wrong. There was MGS 4 and Resistance 2, but neither of them had enough to offer that would justify another $400"

$400? Like Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo?
BTW ... MGS4 > PDZ+Kameo

Here we go again with the ps3 has no games argument.You know this is really getting old.The ps3 has tons of games.uncharted, resistance 1+2, metal gear 4,motorstorm 1+2, LBP, Rachet and clank, wipeout hd, Valkyria Chronicles,warhawk, GT5p, tekken 5:dark resurrection, heavenly sword and that's not even counting the multiplatform games like fallout 3, bioshock, COD4 etc... so enough with that arguement.It's not 2007 anymore.

shouldnt it be what i hated? since its now 2009

How can anyone sit there and say the PS3 isn't worth $400 dollars when it arguably had the better software in 08? Whether or not it did is at the very least debatable.

Just like it is debatable that MS has improved their customer service. I had quite a few run ins with MS and their CS department in the past year and it was no picnic. They double billed me for my XBL renewal and it took several phone calls and 2 months to get it straightened out.

Their turn around time on repairs is dependent on each individual repair. I know several people that had repairs through them in the U.S. this year and some were 7 to 10 days and others were upwards of 3 to 4 weeks. My Elite took 19 days from initial contact to receiving it back. In MS's defense it was a brand new model manufactured 6 weeks before I received it.

Do you know if you ever forget your password on XBL you are SOL? I found that out the hard way when I wanted to make changes to my account and MS doesn't have the ability to reset your account info on their end.

Anyway IMHO their CS department is no better than before. If anything it's worse because now it is outsourced to another country and I can barely understand them when I call with a problem.

But still to sit there and nag on the Wii and PS3 yet have nothing negative to say about the 360? Seriously are you kidding me? Their (MS) biggest exclusive title this year was Gears of War 2 (which I am a HUGE fan of the original) and the online has taken a step backwards in nearly every aspect. Where it's ranked on XBL's most played list says it all to me. It was my single biggest disappointment this year because it was my most anticipated title.

Bah. I am wasting my time. I will just be marked as a fanboy and bubbled down and disagreed with. These doom and gloom articles are pretty bad on N4G any more but this one is weaker then most.

The writer of this article is an ignoramus. He complains that Blu-Ray succeeded. He was all "pepped up" to buy an HD-DVD player, and then the format failed, so now he craps on Blu-Ray and says it isn't worth it. Well, if HD-DVD was worth it to you before, why isn't Blu-Ray? It's cheaper to get Blu-Ray now than it was to HD-DVD or Blu-Ray back when the other format was still being made. But somehow it seemed like a worthwhile purchase back then, and now it doesn't, even though Blu-Ray has dropped in price and proven itself the only HD disc format. And then he says that MGS4 and Resistance 2 are the only good games on the PS3, but not enough to justify buying the system. Well, what about the other countless PS3 games out there, and the huge stream of them coming in 2009? Isn't that enough for you to realize that the PS3 has gaming to be done on it, and any real gamer would find PLENTY to keep themselves occupied with a PS3. Oh, and he also says he's NEVER OWNED ANY PLAYSTATION CONSOLE before. That's just insane. How can anybody who considers themselves a notable enough gamer to actually write about games and expect people to care about their writings have never owned a PSone or PS2?

and not have a PS3, let alone not find a REASON to purchase one. How can you mention new IPs, and not mention LBP?