Yippee kay-yay! Best Buy will be seeing on at the stoke of midnight on 11-10-09. It will be opened, in my PS3 and online within an hour of it's release... you can safely bet the house on it.
I've had a lot of people ask me which one they should get, seeing as how there are 3 options to choose from... the standard, the hardened, and the prestige edition. Now I can't see myself spending an extra $20 on a steel box and book I could care little to nothing about, considering the game probably won't leave my console that often until I own either MAG or the next Grand Turismo. Because of that, I could care less about what case it comes in, and I certainly couldn't give a rat's ass less about a tiny book I will probably be leaked all over the internet within the first couple days. Thanks, but uh... no thanks.
As for the Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition? What a frigging joke!
Like I really want to spend an extra hundred and some odd dollars more for a pair of crappy night vision goggles with the Call of Duty logo stamped on it and a fake head to display it on, so everybody can see what a dork you are. I almost feel sorry for the guys who buy it. Makes me wish I could buy them a hooker, or something.
Here's what I recommend, the plain simple version... for the player who doesn't need the extra flair, flash and other crap you won't care about after the first week. Just the game to play and a box to put it in when they've finally Call of Dutied themselves out:
$59.99
If you've never owned a next generation gaming and wish to find out what all the ruckus is about this "Call of Duty" stuff, this isn't a bad buy, but again... it's an Xbox and not a PS3. You really aren't saving a whole lot of money on this option considering the systems are under $200. Sure it's got the 250 gb hard drive, but you're pretty much paying an extra $200 2 controllers, a crappy mic/headphones set and only 1 month of free access to XBOX Live (regular price: $49.99/year... you'll be paying for that shortly if you like it), where Playstation has their available for free.
If you're REALLY wanting an Xbox, than maybe this last piece might work, but I'll warn you... for $70 more you could get a new slim PS3 with the standard edition Modern Warfare 2 game and 2 controllers, get free online through the Playstation Network, have a Blu-Ray player, additional media center for your living room and have the ability to upgrade to any size hard drive you wish... so long as it is a SATA 2.5" internal hard drive. I bought the Seagate 500 gb, but there are 1 tb out there... the choice is up to you.
See you online November 10th