Plasma is superior to LCD in almost every way except how hot it runs and power consumption. Takes more energy to be so far superior I guess ;P I have a 50" Samsung and played FFXIV on it for about 8 hrs straight when my PS3 copy arrived (had already played on PC for a week+). There was some image retention, mainly the minimap, but it clears up after about 30 mins of regular TV viewing. There's pretty much no reason not to game on plasma other than you like to spend more money for less result.