The last big titles of the year are released today and the PS3 takes centre stage. Yup, Sony's console has the pick of today's releases with Singstar Next Gen and Uncharted: Drakes Fortune bringing some much needed identity to the PS3 lineup. I haven't tried Singstar yet so have no idea how smoothly the transactional stuff works. Whether this ability to buy new songs online from the PS3 Store - likely to be dangerously expensive when you've had a few drinks - is enough to persuade PS2 users to upgrade remains to be seen.
But any doubts over the potential of the PS3 will be expunged with Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, a gorgeous looking adventure that is easily the finest PS3 title to date. Ok, not the greatest of praise - Ratchet & Clank is pretty much the only other PS3 game worth bothering with - but Uncharted is a genuine delight. Think Tomb Raider exploration combined with Gears of War style combat and the prettiest tropical setting you've ever seen on a games console. There's nothing really original here - in some ways the platforming elements feel oddly retro - but it's carried off with such panache that the 9 or so hours it takes to finish fly by. I still stand by what I said earlier in the year - the PS3 comes third choice behind the 360 (quality and quantity of games/Live) or Wii (not that you can get one of these, mind) this Christmas. But the beautiful Uncharted shows that the PS3 is just beginning to purr into action.
