Has the PS3 Lived up to Your Expectations?
I’ve now had my PS3 for over a month and a half and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s lived up to my expectations, and then some. Paying £425 for the hardware alone is a lot of money, and that’s even before you buy any games or extra pads etc. For me, the £425 I paid for it is money well spent and I haven’t regretted it, not even when I could’ve got it for around £60 cheaper just two weeks later! Why? Read on and you’ll find out. 
It’s All About The Games, Man!
Firstly, the games have impressed me, despite the lack of some really big names. Whenever anyone comes round to mine I always show off MotorStorm (using the bike) first and it never fails to amaze them, and that’s including some of my 360 owning friends. Oh yeah, and I’m using a 32″ SDTV so I can’t wait to get a 1080p HDTV! Of course, people like my dad and girlfriend claim they can’t tell the difference. 
MotorStorm is of course graphically stunning but it’s gameplay is equally enjoyable and the online play is a lot of fun. Resistance is also one of the best FPS I’ve played, which isn’t saying much because I’m not a big FPS fan, but it’s more enjoyable than TimeSplitters, Black and Killzone etc. The online play is a lot of fun when it clicks into place. Some of the games can be absolutely chaotic with very little lag on most occasions. I haven’t got a headset yet but I’m sure that will add a lot of fun to the experience.
Both games are due updates this month and I find myself in a very peculiar predicament. I would normally sell games when I finish them to help fund new purchases but with both games being enjoyable, offline and online, and with the updates arriving soon, the lifespan of each game could be extended indefinitely. Never thought I would hold on to either game for this long.
I also have Oblivion for the PS3, and just like MotorStorm, it shows of what the PS3 is capable of doing. I have only played it for around an hour but it was enjoyable and I’ll definitely devote more time to it some time in the near future.
The final game I’ve got for the PS3 is Call of Duty 3 (borrowed from a friend) and although it’s very impressive graphically, it’s just not as fun or fluid as Resistance. That goes for both online and offline play.
Overall, I’m very happy with the games I’ve played on the PS3 so early in it’s life, despite the lack of some big games that were supposed to be out now. Looking at the release list of exclusive and multi-format releases due this year, I’m really going to struggle to buy, and find the time to play, all the possibly great games heading our way. DMC4, GTA IV, Mercenaries 2, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Warhawk, Calling All Cars, Kane & Lynch, Ratchet & Clank Future, Drake’s Fortune, Half Life 2 Orange Box, Killzone PS3 etc. All these games in the first year of a console’s life. Fantastic stuff!
Online Play. What’s That About Then?
Before I got my PS3, I had a very negative view of online gaming and especially PC gamers. I thought they were a bunch of overweight, sad bunch of individuals who spent 15hrs a day perfecting their skills to ‘pwn noobz’ and shout abuse at them over their headsets. I couldn’t see myself enjoying online gaming.
With the PS3 giving you free online gaming out of the box, I thought I’d give it a shot and see what all the fuss is about. The first game I tried was Resistance and despite getting ‘pwned’ quite frequently (not anymore 
) I had a lot of fun. I could see why so many people enjoyed online gaming and it’s even better when you play with/against people you know. MotorStorm was the same. Great fun despite failing to win any of my first 18 races online.
So I’m now an online gaming convert and it won’t be long before I get myself a headset so I can trash talk with my friends and discuss tactics during team based games on Resistance. What a turn around!
The PLAYSTATION Store has also been a good addition to the PS3. Having the ability to download demos like Ninja Gaiden Sigma (must buy!) and Everybody’s Golf 5 is great for people who want to try before they buy and don’t have the opportunity to buy magazines with playable demos or simply refuse not to buy the magazines. You can also delete the demos once you’re bored of them or if you need the extra space.
So Long Suckers!
Having a built in HDD is also a great plus point to the PS3 and not just from a developer’s point of view. Not having to use memory cards is, quite frankly, great! I used to have 3 memory cards for my PS2, 2 for my game saves and one for my girlfriend’s game saves, and it could get a little annoying having to switch memory cards after my girlfriend had finished playing Wallace & Gromit (worst game ever made! 
) and she hadn’t switched memory cards back over and I wouldn’t know until I’d turned the game on and got comfy!
Now that is no longer a problem. Having so much storage space is great even when you take away the GB’s that have been kept for the OS and other little bits and bobs. Adding up the cost of 3 memory cards and the limited storage space and you can see the benefit of a built in 60GB HDD in every PS3, great for deveolpers and great for us gamers.
I can also say goodbye to wired pads aswell! My pads used to always end up a tangled mess that would never straighten out no matter how much I tried. On top of that, they limited you to how far away you could sit from your console and somebody walking past could trip on the wire and unplug the pad while you were in a frantic boss battle!
Now I can sit as far away as I want and in strange positions without worrying about the wires getting in the way or being a tangled mess. Yes I love the SIXAXIS pad. The lack of vibration isn’t even something I’ve thought about. Whether I buy a new pad once Sony and Immersion release the new vibrating SIXAXIS remains to be seen, but the wired pads have certainly not been missed.
PS3: A Multimedia Hub
One area of the PS3 I haven’t taken advantage of is it’s multimedia side, such as storing videos, music and photos. I was never too bothered about storing photos or videos on my PS3 but one aspect I was looking forward to was storing songs on the HDD and playing them in games that allowed you to create custom soundtracks. MotorStorm would’ve been that little bit sweeter if they had that option as I don’t like 80% of the songs featured in the game. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be at the time.
Until games start supporting this feature then I won’t be storing any songs on my PS3 any time soon. Having that as an option though, is great and one that will add a lot to future games that support custom soundtracks.
The web browser has been used quite a bit though and although it’s not as good as using Firefox on my iMac, it’s very handy when I want to check out the latest gaming news and read a few of my favourite websites without having to go into the other room and turning on the Mac. Using the SIXAXIS to type with isn’t great but it does the job and it’s not so bad that I need to get a keyboard and mouse.
Best Still To Come
Despite the PS3 not doing great numbers in Japan or North America at this moment in time, I think it’s had a great first few months and things will only get better with Home and the PLAYSTATION EYE coming later this year and unique games like LittleBigPlanet and Afrika still to come, not to mention big names like Metal Gear Solid 4, Gran Turismo 5 and Final Fantasy XIII to follow.
If Sony can grant my wish of having the ability to access the XMB while playing a game and start ramping up the content on the PS Store (especially the EU Store) and ironing out the BC problems, I can only see great things ahead for the PS3 and gamers in general.
Overall, I’m very happy with the PS3 and everything it does out of the box. I knew what I was getting before I bought it and it’s turned out to be great value for money but it’s worth remembering the best is yet to come and I can’t wait!
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May 10th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
For me it’s been quite a rocky ride with the PS3. There are great ups and downs. Resistance is great, but the lack of splitscreen multiplayer in Call of Duty 3, F1, and MotorStorm have been a real damper for me. I had a few friends over last night to play games and our options were quite limited. We spent most of our time playing PS2 games.
So the single-player experience is great. Online is great. Multiplayer sucks. Unfortunately, I’m a multiplayer kind of guy.
May 10th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
That’s the thing with life though, different people enjoy different aspects of the same thing.
Some people like cream with their apple pie while others prefer custard. Erm I don’t really have a point with that!
There’s no doubt that you will get games that have great split-screen options in the future it’s just a case of enjoying what you have and having the patience and having the ability to see the bigger picture.
Despite not being a big fan of FPS and racing games, I’ve had a lot of fun from Resistance and MotorStorm but I would swap them both right now for DMC4 and GTA IV. Unfortunatley that isn’t an option so we have to make do with what we have.
You will get your split-screen fun at some point Henning, keep the faith.
May 10th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I bought my ps3 on launch day in NA for 600 bucks.
Do I regret buying it? No.
Did I expected more? Definitively yes.
It all comes down to the games,
The ps3 is seriously lacking “must buy” games. Ive only bought resistance. Dunno about you guys but I cant dish out 60 bucks at every whim. Im sure motorstorm is great and I would love playing it, but is it 60 dollars good?? I certainly dont think so.
The good news is that I know the PS3 is a great piece of hardware, but sony is taking a long time to show its true capabilities. Final Fantasy, MGS, GT5 cant come soon enough!
May 10th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I have buyers remorse on my 360 and Wii but not on my PS3 so far.
Really though, not much else coming out on any system at a steady rate right now. So that’s not just a PS3 problem.
May 10th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
There hasent been a day that my Sony wasnt turned on for one reason or another (play PS1, PS2, PS3, web, music, or movies). Iam 110 percent happy with my purchase and things can only get better. Buy a head set man, it drives me nuts when I cant comunicate with the other people running around on my team.
May 10th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Nice round up Gary.
To me, the PS3 was more than worth its money. As an avid Linux user (my university Laptop is Linux only, but has to emulate Windows for my CAD programs… sadly there arent any good CAD programs available for Linux yet, afaik) I was very eager to try out Linux on a gaming console (never had the chance to try it out on the PS2, it was never sold in Germany), and I was surprised, how well it runs without the SPEs in use and only ~200MB RAM. I can watch nearly all videos from my PC (Samba ftw) on the PS3, without ever leaving my Sofa. And this experience is only likely to grow (better compilers for the SPEs and whatnot) and expand (maybe sometime a RSX kernel module!!)
I also use my PS3 as a very silent and good to control media player. I got a 4GB USB Memory Stick, onto which I put anything from movies, music and pictures to view on my PS3 for full quality (my PC “only” is connected via component to my PS3) an easy control (still in need the BT remote!!).
Then the games… The usual stuff. I still only have MS (no FPS player at all anymore, Oblivion already on the PC) but Lair will come soon! And Uncharted looks also very very good (also R&C, MGS4, GT5…).
And also, the BD Player is great. I got Casino Royale 2 weeks ago (finally) and the quality is amazing. No movie, I’ve ever seen (not even HDTV via Satellite) has such a badass quality!…
So, to put this long story short, 600€ for me was a very cheap investment for so much stuff to do, even if gaming is still only the second choice (mainly play PS2 games still).
May 10th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I have to say I LOVE the BD player. More BD movies are coming out all the
ziptime. My ziplist (think Netflix) has 27 movies queued, and only 9 are DVD – the rest are BD. Woo hoo!May 10th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
I actually stopped buying DVDs more then a year ago since I’m not a fan of re-buying movies.
Only problem is I got so into that habbit that I’ve only bought 6 BD movies, and the last one was Casino Royal.
I used to be a DVD junkie. I have 245 DVDs so I’ve been saving a ton of money by just living off cable and on demand
May 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I must say I haven’t really played with my PS3 now for quiet some time. Not because it the system itself is lacking any incentives for me to play, it’s just the games that are out now aren’t all that much fun. I was quite bummed when I bought Splinter Cell: DA and discovered there’s no split-screen co-op. In fact, I’m playing more PC games than before, which is kinda odd. I myself have a couple of movies on my Netflix queue as well
Resistance is definitely a great game though, the online multiplayer games is fun, but I lost motivation to gain ranks.
I say give PS3 the time to really improve itself and its games.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
I can’t believe I’ve only had my PS3 for less than four months. Definitely worth the money.
I’ve only thoroughly enjoyed one great AAA game, but for the first four months that isn’t bad.
Most of my enjoyment has been with all the little demos and downloads and rentals and media functionality and Blu-Ray.
On the good side, I haven’t had to spend a lot of money. Just one game, one accessory (second controller), and ~$30 on online content.
May 11th, 2007 at 7:11 am
My ride has been a success, but from a different angle. I have a home theater so the PS3 has been used more for movies than games. I think only time will help it become more of a multimedia hub. Home will let us become more connected with people.
My next purchase this summer will be one of the new Pioneer receivers that will work with HDMI 1.3a and switching
It’s also helped my ranking significantly on Folding@home. I’m in the 7000’s now for ranking!
May 11th, 2007 at 7:59 am
I’m thinking of getting a new HDMI 1.3a receiver as well – the Onkyo 875. It has HQV Reon-VX video processing, instead of the old Faroudja stuff.
May 11th, 2007 at 8:27 am
I’ve had my PS3 since Jan 1st 2007 and I’m not disappointed with it. I do wish they would make several changes such as:
-Be able to play media files off my PC without having to convert everything. To be able to map a network drive to my PC.
-More games (of course).
-Be able to use the PS3 as a DVR (with an external HD) without Linux .
-Better GUI for the Playstation Store.
As with most people, their PC is the Media Hub. We need have an easier way to transition everything over from the PC to the PS3.
May 11th, 2007 at 8:53 am
I have to say no regrets at all… but I do want more … so its just a matter of time before they get some kic-a games and the right toys to back it up… so I wait !
May 11th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Like many I’ve been used my PS3 as a media center a lot, first because it’s more silent than my HTPC (which was home-built and not really “noisy” to begin with) and because the remote and viewing was overall a lot more responsive than the Windows Media Center.
The inability to play most PC formats and the need to convert is a drawback however, as is the inability to manage folders on the PS3 side (you can only navigate folders created on the PC-side), I hope they’ll fix it without requiring Linux (this is especially required for photos too).
Apart from that, I’m eagerly awaiting PS2 upscaling, currently PS2 games play in a small areas of the screen with a lot of black around it…
May 11th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I really like my PS3. I use it the media part of it a lot. I watch videos stored on the hard drive a lot. I listen to music on it sometimes. And I have about 50 or so photos on there. I actually have a 500 GB external hard drive that I connect to the PS3 with a lot of media on it.
The main games I play right now are Motorstorm & Fall of Man. Fall of man is still a blast, and I’ve had it since the NA launch.
The PS3 has some amazing things coming later this year: Home, XMB access during a game, Global Remote Play, MGS4, FFXIII, and much more. PS3 had a rough start, but once home is out in Oct. I think things will really take off.
May 13th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Well mate i can say id your obviously easily pleased.As for thinking Resistance is the best fps you have played then you have not lived mate and i would make a observation and say you are in your early twenties.
What about Black,Goldeneye,Halflife2,Halo 1 and Halo 2,Counter srike,Fear,Far cry Ghost recon2 Rainbow sis vegas…Should i go on and on..
May 13th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Excuse the above typo errors that i have just noticed,I can not seem to find the edit thread button to ammend it though.
May 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Well I have not really enjoyed gaming since my zx spectrum days just havent been able to get into any of the ps2 ,xbox or xbox360 games althought my kids are constantly glued to them until the ps3 came along and my misses bought me one as a surprise present motorstorm is the mutts nuts on my samsung hd lcd and I have even been playing resistance with my son and it is just fantastic cant wait for the new games that are on the horizon.
ps. anyone want an xbox360 cheap the kids wont play it any more.
May 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
ps3 at £425 was a no brainer for me where else can you buy an award winning product which is future proof and cost you less than it costs to make enough said the spec of the system is second to none and been a blu ray player well psp owner to cheap as chips for what you get
May 13th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
There is no doubt in my mind there will be some great games for ps3 later. But right now? I’m disappointed. I own a 360, wii and ps3 and mostly play on my xbox. There simply is no competition for Live. None. Free doesn’t equal ‘better’. And what’s the deal with no PS3 user owning a headset? Teamgames suck without voice.
Again, I’m sure PS3 will offer good things in the future. But right now I would advise anyone to go for the Xbox in stead.
May 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Wow, without a doubt cognitive dissonance is in effect for the author of this blog.
In case you dont know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
May 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
1) games: The 360 line up is just flat out better. Oblivion has been out for over a year on pc and 360. So im not buying it twice. Basically resistance and moto storm are the only 2 games worth getting. Ex fightnight round 3 is like 25 bux for 260 vs 60 bux for 6s3? Dont take much to figure out what copy i bought. But where is sony with them nock dead games they promised?
2) harrison needs to be fired! Im sick of his lies. Just tell us the truth for once on what sony is really doing. Dont make fake promises or just flat out lie about things. Give us more credit than that.
3) stop trying to copy everyone else. Home looks cool but if devs dont get on board its just gonna be a visual chatroom. Wii has mii`s and sony online is a rip of xbox live. Sony needs to establish something for them self. xbox live is 99% better than sony online except for the 1% online play on ps3 is free. But its still a bad copy of xbox live.
the dash looks like psp, home is a rip of mii and online is a bad copy of live, the controller is a wii rip as well. Sony give us something original.
4) blu-ray? Im still kinda mad i had to buy your over priced dvd player that i wouldnt have bought if i had a choice.
5) you killed the 500.00 dollar version. What in the world? Not only can you buy a 360 and a wii for the price of a ps3 but you took away the cheap version.
So to sum it up…. Yes im a little disappointed in the ps3. It reminds me of the late sega saturn. Power house system, like the little train that thought he could but never did.
Im not happy that i had to buy a blu ray player with the promise that we need it when we clearly dont by looking at the 360. We where promised games, not remakes of 360 games!
We thought we where suppose to get some super experiance. We havent got that either. Right now the wii is more fun to play.
If i knew sony was gonna treat the ps3 like this i wouldnt have got it. They seem more worried about winning the format war than winning the console war. So thanks sony you forced me to buy a blu ray player but im not buying movies. Ill still rent from the movie store and enjoy dvd`s.
Sony stop the lies and gives us games! The ps3 is a game console (a very expensive one at that) not a dvd player that plays games (or is it?). Do something original and stop ripping ideas from Nintendo and Microsoft.
Do i think the future will be better? yes i hope so (it sure cant get any worse! no games, nothing special at all really atm)
But for the love of god get the price down so people will buy the system! You cant find a wii any where in the world but can find a ps3 every where.
I loved ps1 and ps2 and i still play ps2 from time to time. But wii 60 gets most of my gaming time since the ps3 just doesnt offer anything new at all.
Not trying to make anyone mad… im just being honest on how i feel. It reminds me a lot of sega saturn.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:07 am
I have no regrets in buying my PS3 on the launch date, as I had it before all of my friends and Motorstorm and Resistance were awesome, I believe that I got value for money with the multimedia system that is the PS3. Im looking forward to more games coming in the future.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Time2die, firstly I’m in my late 20s and I’ve been gaming since the Commodore 64 days (over 20 years).
Secondly, you can name all the FPS you like but Resistance is a lot more fun FOR ME than the majority of those games, especially online, and after all, it is just my opinion.
bablion, 1: I don’t own a 360 so you can throw any of their games at me as you like because it’s pointless. Anf of course there’s more games available for the 360 considering it’s been out a lot longer than the PS3.
2: Everybody knows Sony has made PR disaster after PR disaster over the past 2 years but at the end of the day, PR doesn’t count for very much if you actually have an IQ above 100. I’ve never bought ANY product that I’ve ever bought based on what some PR guy had to say. I do my research before I buy anything that way if I’m not happy with the product I only have myself to blame.
3: Sorry but that’s a load of crap. Sony had been working on a motion sensor control way before the Wii was even announced so you’re wrong in assuming that Sony just copied the Wii.
I find it quite funny that you think Home is a rip off of the Miis, PS Home is going to offer so much more than just a “visual chat room” but let’s wait until the thing is actually released.
Anybody can see that Sony’s XMB and online service can be improved, and those improvements will come, but the XMB is very easy to navigate and I’m very happy with what the online service offers me especially at no extra cost. You love Live, great. I’m very happy with Sony’s offering.
4: Nobody forced you to buy a PS3 and maybe you should’ve seen what was on the horizon before you splashed the cash on something you probably could’ve waited for, especially if you have a Wii and 360 already.
5: I said at the time that Sony made a big mistake in having two SKUs for the PS3 but I still would’ve preferred to buy the cheaper 20GB version if they had of actually released it here in the UK. As it is, I’m happy with the 60BG version. At least Sony bothered to include a HDD in every console unlike MS’s ridiculous decision in having the Core without the HDD.
Like I said earlier, maybe you should have looked into the PS3 more before you bought it and seen what was available for it. Maybe you believed the hype or the PR crap but I’m very happy with what I’ve got and I’m looking forward to what is still to come.
I agree, Sony needs to reduce the price because the PS3 isn’t exactly blowing the world away in Japan or North America but that’s also to do with the lack of big name games and exclusive titles for the PS3. It can only improve over time. Enjoy your Wii60 combo until the games arrive and have fun with what you’ve got.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:00 am
You probably are correct and after ps1 and ps2 i probably bought into the hype. I thought maybe blu-ray was needed as sony has been telling us. But like i said. Had i had a choice id rather buy a 300 or 400 dollar ps3 with dvd drive than a 600 dollar ps3.
You are correct i have all 3 systems and im not even going to bother naming all the classic systems i still have in my living room. But lets say i have a enteratinment system for just game systems.
I also have been gaming for a very long time… way back in the trs-80 days.
My issue is 360 has been out longer yes. So its expected it will have more games. But The ps3 is getting mostly ports of 360 games from last year. The need to worry about the future and stop trying to give me xbox 360 flashback memories. The 360 and ps3 are almost identical in games. So ill buy the game thats cheapest since i buy games for all systems. But im not buying the same game twice just to say i have it.
Microsoft lives and die by xbox live. Nintendo lives and die by the new controller, the ps3 lives and is dying because of the blu-ray drive.
I already pay for live because i love it, and the ps3 being free is cool since id hate to have to pay twice. The wii i use for web serfing on my big screen tv since its so easy to use.
Now i hope ps3 opens up what the ps3 can do with linux thats a major feature neether wii or 360 have is a full os. The potential there is 2 cool. I personaly think the ps3 should have been called the saony playstation vio!
If i had a crystal ball, i probably would have held out on buying my ps3. But im seeing the whole picture from every side. The ps3 basically reminds me of a last years launch 360.
But devs like EA saying the ps3 is struggling.
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EA Developer: Xbox 360 will triumph over PS3 due to performance and support
An EA developer has called in to let us know that he believes the Xbox 360 will triumph over the PS3 due to its better performance and more rounded support. These claims come on the revelation that development of Army of Two on the Xbox 360 manages to yield a maximum of 60fps while the PS3 version struggles to reach 30fps currently. Army of Two is expected to hit retail shelves during November.
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That type of stuff scares me. Is the memory setup as effective as the 360s?
While (only ps3 owners) are loving oblivion for the first time. Ive done beet shivering isles.
With rumors of mgs being pushed back to next year, im starting to get scared. I bought the ps3 mainly for ps2 games i thought might be exclusive. DMC or FF especially final fantasy.
But Im not happy with my purchase and its time for sony to do something. But i expected differnt experiances from all 3 systems and so far only the ps3 has failed to give me that.
Like i said i probably did buy into hype and lies. But im not gonna pretend im happy with something that ive got almost 1000.00 dollars wrapped into and barely use.
I hope Home is more than just a visual chatroom with advertisements. But right now sony is about the last company i trust to tell me something about the future. Ill believe it when i see it or at least get someone besides phil harrison to tell me. I dont believe anything he says.
Im glad you enjoy your purchase though. I think anyone that spends that much money should enjoy it. To me its more like deja vu from xbox 360 last year than a new experience.
Heres to the future though….. It can only get better. I prey we get final fantasy this year though.
But one last thing. The hdd that sony was so nice to give everyone. The xbox 360 core system used only cost 250 and new cost 300 vs 600 for the only ps3 available.
The format war is killing the price of the ps3 and i wouldnt cry if it was pulled from the system. The more people that buy the system the more good games will come and the better the future will be.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:06 am
If you never owned an xbox then sure PS3 is great compared to PS2. I own an xbox and a PS3, and I have to say I dont understand why anyone should buy a PS3, the 360 does everything it does only better, especially the media center features, I dont need blu ray and the online content alone of the 360 makes the PS3s entire game line up look anemic.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Blu-ray can’t be pulled from the PS3 as the games are all on BD. That’s never going to happen.
EA devs can say what they like but the proof will be when Army of Two is released and then both versions can be compared. Until then it’s just gossip and scaremongering that I don’t buy in to.
I’m not at all concerned about the future of the PS3. I know 100% that I’ll get more than my money’s worth of enjoyment over the next 5 years (at least) and that’s all that matters.
bo, that’s a matter of opinion but I disagree with it. I’m not saying the 360 doesn’t have great games (it does) but it does have questionable build and reliability issues. I simply believe I’ve got value for money from my purchase and it doe pretty much everything I was expecting from it, barring a few improvements that will arrive very soon.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:22 am
I dislike Sony (not the PS3) for their dissing all other consoles. If they stated: Here we come with a big fat brand new all-in-one mindblowing console, it would have been fine to me, but always their “360 bah, Wii nah, all rubish, only PS3 is nexgen” and so on was really annoying. I also dislike the controller, because the R2 and L2 buttons are stupid designed. Playing Motorstorm for an hour left me with cramps in my hands. The design of the console itself is big and ugly like a coffin, but over all the PS3 has a nice concept, which I wil curiously pursue. By now, only Motorstorm is worth playing, all other games I prefer to play on my 360 – hopefully worthy titles will follow.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:24 am
The PS3 Blows. Its online software SUCKS. Its wireless controller SUCKS. The games other than RR7 and Motorstorm SUCK compared to anything the 360 has. Its lack of good iPod support SUCKS.
And it ain’t all that powerful with its weak RSX GPU and only 256mb of Video RAM. The PS3 SUCKS. =)
May 14th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I hope you got a refund then.
May 14th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Wait, Wait, “PS3 Blows”, what are you trying to say? I think the iPod issue is one which has been haunting that PS3 since day 0, and I’m glad someone finally is harping on it! I mean, this is freaken “key” to the success of the PS3!
And for all the DVD Fanboys out there: Yeah! Blu-Ray! Who needs it! I mean, this is the high def generation! Who needs more storage than the last gen! I say there is nothing wrong with 6 DVD games, it makes us 360 users more healthy! Have us get up off the couch every now and then!
Power to the people!!!
May 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Guess the one guy kind of missed the fact the PS3 has enough hard drive to be THE media center.
Since he was shortchanged on his 360 disk space you can see why he would think you to need to buy a windows computer, a windows media center pc AND and 360 in order to have “a” media center. Oh and now they want to sell you Windows “Home” Server which he will probably “have” to also buy for no apparent reason..or you can just get a PS3 and save yourself about 5 grand and about $50 a month in electricity charges over an extra 3 or 4 computers he apparently needs.
Some people seem to miss the simple and obvious.
The 360 does one thing better though – failing. It’s really good at that. Not quit the achievement they were hoping for I’m sure.
And besides my xbox does everything the 360 does already. Don’t really see the point in “upgrading” – especially since the original Halo is still better than pretty well every 360 game to this point and Halo3 doesn’t look like it’s going to change that situation. Man did Halo2 suck.
May 14th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
1) if the ps3 is so high def then tell me how many games are native 1080p?
2) better yet how many hi def res does the ps3 support?
Sorry but people who miss the obvious are people who dont know what they are talking about. yes the 360 does have some failures, but lets not count out the ps1s and ps2s that did also.
But as far as this is the HD generation. Come on the ps3 doesn’t have a upscaler and guess what res most of its games are native to. If we are such a hi def world then why is the wii kicking the ps3`s butt. Wanna enjoy hd on a ps3 you need a 4 grand sony tv and thats just to watch movies. SINCE THERE IS 0 GAMES for ps3 native to 1080p.
Make all the excuses you want for the ps3 but the simple fact is you shouldn’t have to. It should be clear the ps3 is a playstation. The ps3 is not (at this time) worthy of the title.
A game system first and for most should be used for games and at the moment the ps3 games at best are not as good as 360s at this time last year. The ps3 library for games sucks and there is no sighn of a drop dead super cool game coming soon. Whats sonys answer to halo 3? I had hoped final fantasy but since that will probably be on the 360 with gta 4 and dmc4 thats not gonna do it for me either. I want something that makes me think the ps3 was worth the price besides being a high def dvd player.
But dont take my word for it, go to gamespot and compare how 360 games get rated better than ps3 games. Compare the scores and the library.
GameSpot’s Top Rated 360 Games
GameSpot’s Top Rated PS3 Games
But i look at things from all veiws and can judge systems because i own all 3. So if your a fanboy who lives and dies by what phil harrison says then, hey more power to you. But the ps2 has better games recently than the ps3 and thats plain sad. Hey the ps2 even had a franchise title with god of war 2. Where the ps3 version?
If you can honestly say the ps3 has better games than the 360 your seriously a fanboy who would rather drink the kool-aid then hold sony to the promises they made us. Me ill be happy when i get something that says “must have”. Give me something that makes gears of war look dumb. Dont give me a year old 360, pc game and tell me to pay 60 bux for it again.
Yeah Oblivion was great a year ago. If your happy getting 360 sloppy seconds then, hey who am i to tell you otherwise. Me i spent to much money on something based of lies and hopes that have yet to be fulfilled.
While your watching that hd movie, ill be playing fun games on the wii and playing hd games on the 360. But i have a dvd player and ill use that when i watch movies. But when i play games i expect there to be games that dont suck. In 7 months the best the ps3 has is 1 shooter and 1 racer worth a crap. The rest of the library either sucks or was out a year ago on the 360. If thats good enough for you then dont worry about the future because you will be happy no matter what sony does.
But my glass is empty and i dont want kool-aid. I want something thats enjoyable. I dont want a fake xbox live and i dont want a fake wii controller. I want GAMES! SIMPLE as that. Fun cool games. Like i had on the ps2 and the ps1. The ps3 is like the xbox of last gen. Over priced and with crappy late game lineup.
I have a ipod to and i hate that as well. Id rather use my standard mp3 player for music and use ipod for just videos. But i use my computer and stereo system for docking.
Ill be happy with the ps3 when 2 things happen
1) get good games
2) lower the price so people will buy the system so #1 will happen.
I will be super mad if the rumors of a “better” ps3 or even a ps4 is infact coming out in 18 months. I bought into the whole future proof thing and im not gonna be happy if sony does a microsoft and makes a elite that makes my 600 bux ps3 stink.
Like i said i look at it from all sides and im honest. Yes there seems to be issues with the 360 breaking down. I got 1 of the first and added fans like i did to my ps3 and wii. Never had any prob with any system. But i expect more from sony and i dont care who wins the format war. Just stop lying about stuff and actually deliver some good games.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:36 am
first off i want to say… I DESPISE DETEST SPIT ON AND OUTRIGHT HATE XBOX. the whole xbox franchize is a playstation rip off. some jackass said that all that ps3 id doing is getting ports of old 360 games. WHAT DID XBOX1 DO FOR THE ENTIRE EXCEPT HALO? ALL OF THE GAMES WORTH PLAYING WERE EITHER ALREADY ON PS2 OR WERE MADE FOR BOTH. trust me i unfortunately bought an xbox.
im very happy with my ps3 because im intelligent enough to know that it just came out; which means that there wont be that many great games yet…HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR THAT 360 THING TO TAKE OFF? YEA… NO RESPONSE HUGH.
as far as exclusives; microsoft is lucky that they’re getting our exclusives. all they would have had was halo and gears of war. our exclusives woere going to wipe them out…AND TRUST THAT THEY KNEW IT.
the only reason why people bash the ps3 is because of the price…AND IF YOU DO THE MATH; THE 360 ISNT REALLY CHEAPER IN THE END!!! the playstation legacy is simply the best. with my ps3; i can play great games from 12 years worth of playstation greatness. on a 360 i could only play 6 years worth of games; most of which were also available for ps2.
i think you xbox people are just too consumed with trying to top what’s on top… face it, you will never be able to acheive the greatness of playstation because you are swagger jackers.
PS3 IS BETTER FOR THE LONG RUN AND IS NOT THAT REDICULOUS OF A PRICE. AT LEAST SONY IS UP FRONT WITH THE PRICE INSTEAD OF SLOWLY MILKING US TO AROUND THE SAME PRICE BY FORCING US TO BUY ADD ONS TO MAKE A 360 MORE WELL-ROUNDED… O YEA; DIDNT MICROSOFT SCRAMBLE TO RELEASE THAT NEW 360 BECAUSE PS3 HAD A LIL BETTER TECH… HMMM; FUNNY.
May 20th, 2007 at 5:13 am
The console is good but there are no good games out on the ps3 i found out that saints row was coming out in july and then they go cancel it there bringing out saints row 2 in 2008 whats the point bringing that one out whne we dont have the first one out and ps3 need to coem up with a really good game of there own liek xbox have with gears of war and halo theer 2 good games and all we have is resistanec fall of man which is nothign liek gears of war. we have to wait ages for any good games to come out on ps3 atleats we woudl have had a good game saints row in july but not anymore. i didnt pay £425 for a console for there o be no good games out. so far i think the ps3 is rubbish because theer are no good games out and they are well behind xbox 360 i migth even sell my ps3 to get an xbox 360. What do u think?
August 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
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