Comments on: Long Live 160GB PS3 ???

By: SL33PY

SL33PY — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:26:30 +0000

same as ehandlr here

By: ehandlr

ehandlr — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:12:30 +0000

I enjoy my 60 gig model with a 250 gig hard drive as of now. Lets just hope they don’t remove BC from the new model..they need at least one sku with BC.

By: mcloki

mcloki — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:59:53 +0000

I looked it up and the PS3 can’t be used as a wireless router. But the PSP can connect to it remotely. I believe this is a software limitation introduced by Sony. Otherwise I would be using my PS3 and a wireless router. I guess if my proposed wireless hard drive solution were to work. the drive would have to come from Sony.

By: mcloki

mcloki — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:52:30 +0000

I understand your aesthetic values, One possible way that Sony could get around it is to sell the media adapter as an add on. If Sony built the PS3 media adapter as an installed piece they could always sell a SKU with this piece left out. With the accompanied hole. And when you needed it you would buy it and slot it into place. This would reduce the cost of the unit but keep the functionality. Like adding an optical drive in a computer, the new media adapter would snap into place. Voila aesthetic solution. The USB on the back is a nice solution. The other solution that I just thought of was a wireless Network drive. It doesn’t hang off of the PS3. Wifi takes care of the storage. Not sure how slow it would be. But it would work. I think it would need a software upgrade. I’m not sure if the PS3 can be used as a wireless hub. I’ll look it up.

By: Segitz

Segitz — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:50:15 +0000

Just get a good NAS system like the Linkstation Live or whatever runs Twonkyvision^^ No need for USB stuff (and PCs can connect to it too, while the PS3 is connected)… Also, you cannot install games or patches onto the USB drives, so this option is rather “useless” imho (yeah, I doubt you need 20GB worth of demo and patch and install data at any given time, but the more the merrier)