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Convine me to buy a PS3
azncutthroat
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I have a 360, and I thinking about making the jump to PS3. But I need another reason to get a PS3 besides Blu-Ray and MGS4.
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He said nothing about ditching the 360. If you were planning on getting a blue-ray player in the first place, that's practically reason enough - with software updates to keep everything up to date and functional, and amazing games to boot. The upcoming 'Home' should be awesome as well.
Oh and as a bluray player for whenever the hell blurays become a common format.
I got a feeling this threads gonna go real well
The new ones dont have that feature anymore. He would have to find one of the older models and they usually sell for more than retail even used because they have that feature.
This is about whether or not there are additional reasons to own a PS3 beyond MGS4 and blu-ray playing capability. Personally, I'm not sure that blu-ray is at the point where the format justifies spending that much money on a player, and I think that the games library's ability to justify a purchase is equally ambiguous. It may or may not for you, but I know that for my purposes a good uspcaling DVD player is more useful to me than a blu-ray player and I'm just not in love with enough of the PS3 library to make the leap.
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CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
Blu-ray
MGS4
Uncharted
Ratchet and Clank and the sequel
Grand Turismo
Resistance
Super Star Dust
Warhawk
If you have the money I don't see why you wouldn't want to play the best games on every console.
The 80GB MGS Bundle has pretty good BC, though it isn't perfect.
my friend picked up a Blu ray/HD-DVD/ DVD player for 300 bucks due to some quick thinking.
if youre desperate for hi-def and can afford it, getting the ps3 is the way to go for now as people have said before, its firmware upgradable and is a good long term investment if and ONLY if you see yourself going pure hi-def in the future.
for me and my friends, we're still completely satisfied with watching DVDs.
Because if not, there's really no reason
and if you do, there's no reason to get any other blu ray player unless you really want to save 200$
BTW http://fuckbluray.com/
Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted
Resistance
Warhawk
etc.
If these interest you to the point of $400 then purchase one. If your still on the fence look at upcoming exclusives like Killzone 2, White Knight Story, Little Big Planet, etc and decide if its worth it now or you want to wait.
I don't think anyone is going to come up with some magical reason for buying one. Its a game console. Do the games on this console justify its price to you? y/n. This is especially simplified if you don't care about Blu Ray.
Regarding that site you linked above. all the reasons it lists are either completely out of date (Blu Ray players costing $1000+, still mentioning format wars) or really have no impact on me or the common consumer as someone who just wants to watch a blu ray on your tv. Though if your TV is older and doesn't have HDMI I guess that might affect you.
My 2003 model sony supports DHCP(encryption) and works fine for bluray.
Those guys are probably just mad because they bought some no name TV to save some cash and now they're finding out just why they saved that cash.
No, I don't want a medal, I just wish people would inform themselves before finding out about the limitations of something they bought, and then acting like its anybody's fault but their own.
That being said, I do not own a 360. I think once you own a 360, the justification for switching is pretty difficult. I'm surprised to see that in this entire thread, no one brought up the rumors and high expectation that Xbox will be adding a blu-ray player. Most of the best games aren't exclusive to one system or the other (especially if, like me, you're not all that impressed with Halo). MGS4 and Uncharted are both cool PS3 exclusives, and there are and will be others, but look if you really want to play those games.
For a new adopter, I would vote PS3 over 360 for its greater reliability (RRoD nonwithstanding, I froze constantly during bioshock on my friend's 360), proven blu-ray, and its exclusives that I've already loved. But if you already HAVE a 360? I'm not sure I can recommend picking it up in addition to that.
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My current setup is my tv connected via coax cable to my cable box (comcast), with my PS3, Gamecube and Xbox connected to a switch. This is all "standard" definition unfortunately until I get a new TV.
The PS3 is also connected to my wireless router, which I use for all my interweb needs. I can now share all the media on my PC wirelessly to my PS3. So any data and movies that I've ripped I can now access instantly instead of looking through my DVD wallet.
That's on top of my (admittedly meager) 5 game collection of Armored Core 4, Guitar Hero 3, MGS4, Need for Speed Pro Street (Which you should avoid for PS3 because it doesn't actually work, I hate EA) and Resistance Fall of Man.
All in all, I use the machine as much for my PC media and Blu-ray discs as I do to play games. I absolutely love it.
Also, not to jump on the mod too much (sorry forget the name) but I'm almost certain the current 80gb models do NOT have backwards compatability, though I could be wrong as there have been like 420240 SKU's for the PS3.
PS, I have the 60gb model.
Add Folklore to the list of PS3 Exclusive Games that are worth checking out. Can be picked up for $30ish.
And I'd like to second Disgaea 3 next month.
Your wrong, the current 80 GB do have backwards compatibility.
Hardware Backwards Compatibility
20 GB
60 GB (USA)
Emulated Backwards Compatibility
60 GB (PAL)
80 GB (until Sept 2008)
No Backwards Compatibility
40 GB (PAL)
80 GB (after Sept 2008)
Source
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Flat-out exclusives
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Afrika
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Big Time Revenge
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Boku no Natsu Yasumi 3
Brave Arms
Bumpy Trot 2
Buzz! Quiz TV
Chain Limit
Codename: Sengoku 23KU
Cross Edge
Dark Cloud 3
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Driver
Everybody's Golf: World Tour
The Eye of Judgment
EyeCreate
Eyedentify
Fifth Phantom Saga
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
G1
Genji: Days of the Blade
The Godfather: The Don's Edition
God of War III
Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Haze
Heavenly Sword
Heavy Rain
Imabikisou
inFamous
Initial D Extreme Stage
Killzone 2
Kurayami
L.A. Noire
Lair
LittleBigPlanet
MAG: Massive Action Game
Mahjong Kakutou Club
Mahjong Taikai IV
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Metal Gear Online
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metro 2033: The Last Refuge
Mist of Chaos
MLB 07: The Show
MLB 08: The Show
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
NBA 07
NBA 08
NBA 09: The Inside
Ni-Oh
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Nobi Nobi Boy
Professional Baseball Spirits 4
Professional Baseball Spirits 5
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Record of Agarest War
Redwood Falls
Red Dead Revolver 2
Rengoku: The End of the Century
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Ridge Racer 7
Second Season 01
Sega Golf Club
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
Siren: Blood Curse
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Tekken 6
Time Crisis 4
Twisted Metal
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Valkyria Chronicles
Wangan Midnight
WarDevil: Unleash the Beast Within
Warhawk
Way of the Samurai 3
White Knight Chronicles
Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007
Yakuza 3
Yakuza: Kenzan!
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Console Exlusives
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The Agency
Amphibian Man
Angels Online
DC Universe Online
Free Realms
Tears to Tiara: Earth's Wreath
The Wall
White Album
If you want one, get one (and lets be honest, if you didn't want to get one you wouldn't have started this thread). I have an Xbox and a PS3--there's no rule saying you can't own both. I promise Bill Gates won't revoke your gamerscore if he finds out.
My girlfriend is moving back to Switzerland and wants to sell me her PS3. I'm fairly certain its a 40Gig. What's a fair price to throw her way so that I don't give her too much, but she doesn't leave wanting?
Edit: But if you don't care about that, then wait for september when they release the cheaper 80gig.
As for games, I have to say I have more Live Arcade games, but play more PSN downloads more often. But, as I said, that's a matter of taste, PixelJunk Monsters is more in synch with my design tastes than, I don't know, Geometry Wars.
Almost everything is multiplatform these days, but I do think there are a few current and upcoming Sony exclusives that are very interesting, though. Little Big Planet, Metal Gear and God of War are the most famous ones right now, but you know the Ico people will come up with something soon (it's been confirmed) and pretty much every Sony first party studio is a solid triple A maker. They're not Nintendo, but close enough.
Other than that, it's all about how much money you're willing to spend in your gaming, and for what.
I got my backwards compatible one for under 300 euros, so around 250 bucks is what I'd offer.
But, damn, your girlfriend sucks. She could have given it to you. Or, at least, offered you a nice discount price. I believe you were doing something wrong with her. You might want to consider one last very romantic evening with her before you offer her money.
Haha, no no..it's not what you think. She is offering it to me at a discount, but she doesn't know what a fair price is and neither do I. She's throwing in 3 or 4 games to boot, so I'm making off pretty well in the end. I'm sure I could probably finagle it from her for free or next to nothing, but I sympathize with her as she is going to be a poor college student in Zurich of all places. Seriously, the food and drink prices there make Manhattan eateries look like dollar stores (40-70 SF for a thai curry entree!
Thanks for the price gauge, though.
Yeah, that version of it sounds more reasonable.
I haven't been to Zurich, but if it's anything like Paris and Rome I can feel her pain (10 euros for a Coca Cola is my personal record, in Paris). Good thing I'm Spanish and we literally give food away with drinks here. I don't know how long I could survive in a place where bars close at 11 and restaurants are a luxury.
The 40 gig and the upcoming 80 gig both only have backwards compatibility for ps1 titles and are the same except for the hard drive size.
Trust me.
Nothing about quality or anything, but really, it's unneccesary, and blu-ray may come to 360 yet
I stand corrected. That is more in line with what i heard, now that I see it written all nicely.
Also, the day MS produces a blu-ray 360 drive I'll...well...I don't know what I'll do. It'll be embarrassing though.
I would actually recommend NOT getting a Wii if you play mostly solo. I bought one in August of last year, and ended up selling it at the beginning of this year. Most of the "adult" people i know who bought one either don't play it, or have already sold it. The draw of the Wii comes with playing with a group of people, in your living room. It's lots of fun with other people, not so much if you're by yourself.
If you've got the cash burning a hole in your pocket, I say buy a PS3. You'll be able to play any exclusives you want, you'll have a kickass Blu-Ray/Upscaled DVD player, plus you can sign up for Folding@Home and help make the world a better place. It's a win/win situation for everyone.
However, there are a few reason NOT to get a PS3, as well, including:
*Poor friends support for multiplayer games.
*No need for another media system (dvd, mp4, mp3, avi, etc)
*It costs a lot of money.
*Most games are already multiplatform / there may not be enough exclusives to justify the purchase
The last patch from i think last week fixed this in a huge way, you now have access to the XMB anytime just by tapping the PS button.
Ah yes, the much requested "in-game XMB". Have you tried to actually use it to play with your friends? I have, and it still doesn't work very well. Live is still superior in this aspect. But I digress. I really don't want to turn this into a pissing match.
Friends compatibility is still a major concern for some people. And the fact of the matter is that Live just does it better.
I dont doubt it as i've never used XBL, but it's a step in the right direction. Just needs polish.
You are wrong. I love my PS3. It does everything I want it to, and more. It's reliability is, so far (2 years), infallible. I have access to all the games I want (I currently own 8 games. For my original XBOX I owned a total of six, for my PS2 I owned ten, for my N64 I owned nine, for my PS1 I owned well over 20 games.) I use the BluRay capability to watch movies in 1080P on my parents television (I visit every second weekend and bring a movie to watch after Sunday afternoon roast.)
And all things considered, it really is not that expensive. When I bought it for $988 AUD with two games and a third controller, I felt it in my hip pocket, after all, that was one more r/c car I would be going without. But I already have too many r/c cars, so what's the loss?
To the O.P., get the system being offered to you. Offer her a hundred dollars below current price for new, bottom of the rung system. If she frowns, increase offer by $100 dollars. Or just buy her plane ticket for her, or something.
Also, even though its cliche, I must reiterate the Blu-ray player. Its also effectively replaced my DVD player, and I just play all my movies on it.
Really though, if the current and future game library doesn't look too appealing to you, then you'd be better off not picking it up. While its great for all the other amazing things it can do, it'd be a waste of money to buy it and not play any games on it.
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Wrong, so very very wrong.
I have a PS3 and no regrets.