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To PS3 or Not to PS3?
mightyspacepope
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Hey folks,
With my incoming tax return, I'm considering grabbing a PS3. I already have a 360 and a fairly significant backlog of games waiting to be played.
Two of the people I regularly game with already have PS3s. They've convinced another of my buddies, who is buying one at this very moment. They're all going to be playing DC Universe online, which looks intriguing to me, but I don't know if I'm willing to stick with it after the free month.
I tend toward shooters and action games. I don't usually like RPGs (except Bioware stuff) and I don't play sports games. I usually prefer multiplayer games, since it helps me hang out with my closest friends, who all either live a half hour to an hour away or are really busy with work/school during the week.
I also do not yet own a Blu Ray player.
Those of you with PS3s, can you give me any compelling reasons to jump on the bandwagon? I can tell you off the bat that I am really interested to play the Uncharted games, and God of War looks fun also.
With my incoming tax return, I'm considering grabbing a PS3. I already have a 360 and a fairly significant backlog of games waiting to be played.
Two of the people I regularly game with already have PS3s. They've convinced another of my buddies, who is buying one at this very moment. They're all going to be playing DC Universe online, which looks intriguing to me, but I don't know if I'm willing to stick with it after the free month.
I tend toward shooters and action games. I don't usually like RPGs (except Bioware stuff) and I don't play sports games. I usually prefer multiplayer games, since it helps me hang out with my closest friends, who all either live a half hour to an hour away or are really busy with work/school during the week.
I also do not yet own a Blu Ray player.
Those of you with PS3s, can you give me any compelling reasons to jump on the bandwagon? I can tell you off the bat that I am really interested to play the Uncharted games, and God of War looks fun also.
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If you think you would play it for the games, you'll find there's a solid stable of things you'll enjoy, and the online support is decent and free. But if you have an HD tv, you'll also find a lot to like about blu-ray (in my opinion), unless you don't really care about picture quality.
Go for it
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Plus, there are good exclusives now. God of War is awesome. If you haven't played the first 2, they have been updated to 1080p for the PS3 and are sold in a combo pack. The first Uncharted was fun, haven't played the second yet, but supposedly its awesome. You could convince your friends to buy LittleBigPlanet and play that. There are other games.
Go for it.
Are there any big multiplayer games on the PS3 that aren't cross-platform (like CoD)?
On a side note, DCUO is pretty fun and it plays more like an action fighting game than a traditional MMO or rpg.
MAG (Though I would wait for MAG 2 at this point!) , Resistance (?) , Killzone.
Along with this, I prefer the search and menu setups on the PS3 to my 360. The PS3 setup will also offer additional suggestions based on whatever it is you are currently looking at in the menu. It's a neat little feature that has sucked me into watching some stuff that I didn't know they had on Netflix.
Oh thank god, I thought I was going to have to be the first one to mention it. It's kinda shameful it took 15 posts to be mentioned even.
Get a PS3, and get Demon's Souls. It's Fucking Awesome (TM).
Also, Infamous is good, Little Big Planet 2 is good, MAG is pretty good. Heavy Rain is pretty spectacular.
Oh, and arguably the best version of Portal 2 to buy will be the PS3 version. Cross-platform multiplayer with computer folks AND a free copy of the computer version. Not a bad deal.
Oh, and the Move isn't a complete piece of shit, unlike the Kinect. I've used the Move with MAG, Heavy Rain, and RUSE, and all have been enjoyable experiences.
I guess it also plays games too? That's pretty cool, I guess. We've been too busy watching Netflix to bother playing any, though.
With Netflix being cheaper (no Gold), and better, plus the other features, it's a good deal. Move is pretty great, some awesome PSN games for it and the We Move Sports that comes with it got us playing bocce ball here. bocce ball.
Infamous
Uncharted and Uncharted 2
God of War 3
Killzone 2 (and 3 coming soon)
MGS 4
And then there's the multiplat stuff that you can play with your friends:
COD: Black Ops
Borderlands
AssCreed: Bro
And the online is free so even if you pay for Live you're not shelling out for a similar service on PS3. And it's a great BluRay player.
The only thing I don't like about it is the default controller. It's worth it to invest in a $5 set of trigger caps to make the DS3 loads better. Also, if you have a bluetooth headset for your phone, it probably will work with your PS3 so you may not have to buy another one just for that.
I was half-listening to G4 Feedback podcast mentioning that. Is that still a thing? Are there a lot of games on 2 discs?
Not many, but there are enough high profile ones to make it a thing people notice. Mass Effect 2, FF XIII, and Dead Space 2 are all examples.
Lost Odyssey was on 4. It felt like I was playing PS1 again.
I should have said that the three I listed are 2 discs on 360 and one on PS3.
Thanks. Yeah, I've got a PS3, so didn't know how many 360s were like that.
And about a price drop, I would find that very unlikely. Anything of course is possible, but the Slim just came out in 2009. They'll probably be some nice bundles when the NGP comes out, trying to get people to buy both.
How do I setup Hulu on the PS3? Do i have to download it from the store?
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This is something I was wondering as well. Theres the Hulu Plus application at the store, but I dont have hulu plus so...can i even use it?
Edit: Lots of stuff includes Hulu. I guess that might not have been obvious.
Mmm, $300 gaming headphones.
Yes you have to have Hulu plus, but I think you get to try it for like a week before you'd have to pay for it.