PS3 or not?

londonbairn

londonbairn

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I already own a Xbox 360 Elite, Nintendo Wii and a decent gaming PC I keep up to date.

Is it worth my hassle getting a PS3? What "exclusive" games would it be worth? I'm tempted to just go down and buy one, but I fear it will end up never being switched on!
 
I did not intend to start a flame war, I wanted to know if it is worth it or not. Thanks for the replies, I will go and pick one up when I am free as i do love choice I must admit (I am a spontaneous player and I tend to not stick at a game for ages, I like to play a bit of Game A, then some of Game X then perhaps a little bit of B!)

I have time now (just finished MSc and my proper job does not start for a month or two) and it pays amazingly, so I don't mind buying it. It's just will it be a nice black doorstop for me heh
 
Geez! I've opened up Pandora's Box!

If it means anything, I learned years ago that console loyalty goes out of the window and each platform ends up having must play exclusive games.

I bought the Wii for Zelda/Mario, Xbox 360 for the Media Center mainly and Halo 3, and looking like the PS3 for BluRay/MGS4 etc. From a consumer point of view it's not very economical having to splash £800 odd for all 3 consoles!
 
wannabedamned said:
Well I'll try and put the thread back on course.

If you have the others, and can afford it, Get a PS3. I personally love the console. And a lot of the games out on it. Warhawk is the most fun I've had online on ANY console in a long time, Heavily Sword is great fun too. Not played Ninja Gaiden yet, As I finished it on Xbox, But I will be looking to play it sometime in the future, because it looks nice and refreshed.

Oh, And i watched BR 300 last night, And it's absolutely brilliant.

If you make sure you get the 60gb version, You also open up the entire PS2 back catalogue, Which is still having games released now. God of War 2 is still an amazing game, and I believe manhunt 2 may still be released soon?

I personally do not see the bad side to the PS3 that so many seem to find.

I've played it a lot, Whether it's been PS3 games, PS2 games or movies/Demos. It's not been on constantly, But it's hardly gathering dust.
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Thanks for that! What video formats does the PS3 support in its media centre?
 
james.miller said:
not much.you'll need a pc and something like tversity to stream and convert formats like divx, xvid and so on to a format that the ps3 can work with. its meida capabilites in that respect are very poor. It does make a great bluray player but what are you buying the ps3 for, films or games?
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Bit of both, MGS4 and having a Blu Ray player I guess as it stands, and the "smugness" of owning all current gen consoles.

"Somewhere" have a deal with the 60gb + 2 games + 2 BR titles for £350 (!) which is good
 
Paranoid_Robot said:
Buy Heavenly Sword and import Ratchet next week. Or buy Heavenly Sword, try out the Ratchet demo and see what you think.

You can get good bundles though if you look around.

If your into fighters VF5 is amazing for 2 player :)
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Yeah I can get 2 games (any), 2 BluRay disks (any) and 60gb console for £315 (with an employee discount)

Sounds like a good one.
 
Yeah 2 for now as the bundle, looks like a wee bit of choice which is good. May buy more if I see fit! Thats what happened with the Xbox 360 V1N, I did not know what to buy and playing the demos more or less settled it for me.

Heavenly Sword and Resistance looks like the 2! I dont really play racing games, I like RPG/Adventure/Sports mainly
 
I have Oblivion for the PC so wont need that. God it's going to be hard..might just buy more games on top now! Gaming is great these days! So much choice for all platforms in the next few months! I've got PES2008 (Xbox 360), Assassins Creed (Xbox 360), UT3 (PC) and Mario Galaxy (Wii) on preorder..I can see this list rising!
 
If anyone is interested, I got it earlier today. Got Resistance, Ninja Gaiden and Heavenly Sword.



Sitting next to the Elite on the KDL-46X3500 (new X-Series from Sony) Wii is in my room on a Samsung LCD. We have a stand on order coming soon (RHT-G800 from Sony)

Thanks for all the tips and the "debate"!
 
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V1N said:
Wow, I love that telly! ;)

I've got the 40w2000, so I'm not going to upgrade, but still, wow, great telly! (But, please, take the stickers off?) ;)

btw. doesn't your PS3 get warm in there?
We were having a discussion about PS3 fan noise the other day, and there's not a lot of ventilation around there. There's a big fan to the right of the PS3, which looks somewhat blocked there. Of course, I can't tell from your photo, and maybe there's nothing but free air at the back of your stand?

Just thought I'd mention it, in case you start noticing fan noise after a long sitting. I did in my TV stand, so took it out and stood it on its side. Much quieter now.

V1N.
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For some reason we got a thing for keeping them on! The new stand will have better space, it's only temp. I will probably move the Sky box down later to make a bit of room.

Telly is well nice, I haven't been taken aback by a TV for years (the last TV which gave me a wow factor was a Sony Art Couture CRT 32" we bought years and years ago!)
 
The browsing is cool, impressed by it, Without being drawn into any debate/argument I think the Wii's is better (probably because of the remote), but being able to browse at 1080p is quite cool. Think Sony could improve the browser.
 
V1N said:
Actually, when I bought my 40w2000, about 6 months ago, I left the stickers on for about a month ;) lol I have to say, I was quite taken aback with that too.

Still, being a newer one, I'd assume it can do 24hz? If so, be sure and set it up in the PS3 settings. Will do a nicer job with blurays, with less (or no?) judder on panning shots. Turn on FULLRGB too. (and while I'm at it, set the upscaler to Normal too) to get even better results on that fancy telly :)

V1N.
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Thanks for that! I did not even change any settings yet! I'll change them in a moment after I finish some work on the PC :P Yeah it supports 1080/24 and it's 120hz, it looks gorgeous when I put 1080p through Media Center on Xbox. I need to get some Bluray disks, might order some
 
V1N said:
Make sure you have 1:1 pixel mapping selected on the TV too then :)

When I first connected mine to the PS3 via HDMI, I loaded the Ninja Gaiden demo, as I wanted to see it in 1080p. Was a bit jaggy! Looked through my telly options, found 1:1 pixel mapping, turned it on. Fixed it :)

V1N.

EDIT: I'm no expert when it comes to all these settings. If you're lucky, we'll have a visit from James.Miller or similar soon, and they can tell you what you need to know :)
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Thanks mate, that is most helpful. I have not changed any settings at all on the TV and I think I really should! Time to dig out the manual!
 
Okay, I must say on the TV I got, the PS3 edges the Xbox 360 for me in terms of graphics, Ninja Gaiden at 1080p looks unbelievable, need to try Heavenly Sword at some point. In terms of gameplay...can't decide! Just glad I got both. I'll remain on the wall still :)
 
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