Yeah, you heard it right. I want to buy the most expensive current-gen console just to play a game that’s only five bucks after reading the official press release of Keita Takahashi’s Noby Noby Boy. Does that make me impulsively stupid? Being a ‘normal’ kind of stupid is already bad, but an impulsive one? Let me explain myself for a bit.

Despite the delay of the game’s PlayStation network release, the facts that Namco Bandai rolled out made me consider making what could be my biggest purchase for the year. In case you aren’t aware of the general gameplay mechanics yet, let me count the ways why I want to blow my money over a ‘mere’ five-dollar title:

1. It’s essentially an online multiplayer game where the achievements of a single player will benefit everyone who plays Noby Noby Boy. How is this so? The aggregated score (or lengths) of every player will let an NPC reach other planets within the solar system, unlocking it for all the Noby Noby Boy players across the world.
2. It’s created by Keita Takahashi. 
3. Guaranteed great stuff.

It’s strange that such a measly priced game is making me seriously consider getting a PS3. It’s actually a console that I decided is too expensive for me to keep around and play, thanks to the exorbitant electric bills that I got by the time I borrowed one to play Metal Gear Solid 4. No, I couldn’t afford to get addicted to such a powerhog (I usually have my consoles turned on for ten solid hours if I really get into a game), so I willed myself not to buy Sony’s Cell-powered machine, as painful as it sounded.

Now, am I in danger of making a big purchase for the sake of getting a glorified screensaver? As awesome as it sounds, Noby Noby Boy’s gameplay mechanics (eat, stretch, eat, stretch, upload score/length) sound so basic it may get too repetitive. Then again, so is Katamari, and I loved it a LOT.