About to buy a PS3

[King Flevance]

OK, I figure it's about time for me to buy a PS3. I was price checking them about two months ago and was told that there was one coming out in the coming months that would have a larger HD and include a patch or something to make them compatible with more of the PS2 games. (I think that was a lil market scheme but whatever. That's why I wait.) Anyways is this new PS3 out now?

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

The two PS3 models that had actual PS2 hardware inside are not in production anymore. Right now stores carry either the 80gb model, which emulates the PS2 and can play a vast majority of games but not quite all, and the 40gb model, which has no backwards compatibility.

 

[skadistic]

Do you have a PS2? If you do you don't really need a PS3 that can play PS2 games. I got a 40g and just stuck in a 350g HHD. If I manage to find my MS XP install disc I'll put windows on it. The PS3 was made to be upgradable.

 

[King Flevance]

No PS2 for me. I went the Xbox route last time. I figure this time I go PS3 with some backwords compatibility and I can catch all the titles I missed due to exclusive rights to PS. I got the 80 gig MGS4 bundle but traded in the MGS4 game to Gamestop for Uncharted. (I am not a big MGS guy - and I heard there is a 90 min cutscene in the game. No thanks. Hehe.)

 

[holiday_hawk]

I've been thinking about getting a PS3 too, now that MG is out i would at least have two reasons to buy it instead of just resistance. Is it true that sony live(or w/e its called) is free to play games, that would be another big plus because i don't want to pay for both xbox live and sony live.

 

[Maniacal]

No PS2 for me. I went the Xbox route last time. I figure this time I go PS3 with some backwords compatibility and I can catch all the titles I missed due to exclusive rights to PS. I got the 80 gig MGS4 bundle but traded in the MGS4 game to Gamestop for Uncharted. (I am not a big MGS guy - and I heard there is a 90 min cutscene in the game. No thanks. Hehe.)

There's 90 minutes OF cutsceneS, not a 90 minute cutscene.

 

[Civfan333]

yeah, I've played MGS4, it is AWESOME.

 

[Kozmos]

I got the 80 gig MGS4 bundle but traded in the MGS4 game to Gamestop for Uncharted. (I am not a big MGS guy - and I heard there is a 90 min cutscene in the game. No thanks. Hehe.)

You trades MGS4 for Uncharted!?

 

[King Flevance]

Yep. Not the least bit sorry either. Even 90 mins of cutscenes is quite a bit. I will admit there is some really cool features in the game that look interesting but I am not a big cutscene person and I know how MGS was in 1 and 2. each had a point where I was like "FFS Come ON!" I have patience and all that and if it was an RPG I would be a little more lenient. But MGS isn't even close to a RPG. When you are in control of the charactor, you are suppose to kill anything moving on the screen. FOr that you don't need anymore than maybe 30 mins worth of cutscenes (max) and some dialogue running audible as SFX while you run around.

In 4 they may have it so that their are guys with guns that are on your side, but all that is IMO is just AI "helpers" floating around. There is no storytelling like in RPGs, where charactors exist in the game world meant for conversational purposes more than anything else.

Uncharted isn't as good as I had hoped for, but I was told it only holds around 8 hours of play, so once I beat it I will probably then take it to gamestop and trade it in towards resistance 1. I figure by the time I beat both of those and perhaps army of two it should be pretty close to fall. This fall is just going to be awesome for the PS3. Really for gaming in general, but the ammunition coming out for PS3 this fall has me pumped. Resistance 2 looks freakin sweet. (The one I am most pumped for) Little Big Planet also is one I am curious about, plus a few others. And to top it off Alpha protocol is scheduled to come out in February which for me feels like an "end" to the awesome gamespike coming up. (Which I am more pumped up for than Resistance 2) ANd I will be fitting in some CoD4:MW in between all that.

By the time I will be interested (if ever) in MGS4, it will have had a couple price drops and I will check it out.

Is it true that sony live(or w/e its called) is free to play games, that would be another big plus because i don't want to pay for both xbox live and sony live.

I haven't tried it out yet. But I heard the same thing. But I hear Xbox lives has a more inuitive and comfortable connection process. I hear PS3's is kind of clunky. I will try it out this week and post about it although I have never used Xbox live so I may be ok with it.

 

[Civfan333]

ok, but I've used both networks, and live is definitely easier to use and has more people to play against, but last night, I was playing Halo, and there was only 44 people on! something's wrong there.....

 

[holiday_hawk]

Well i just saw a major plus today, Darth Vader is a playable character in Soul Caliber for the PS3 so that might just be enough to finally push me to the point where i get one. Since Sony online is free then that is cool, since it is clunky then i will just get any games that are primarily online for 360 and just play those few on the PS3.

 

[MadScotsMan]

Buy a PS2 anyway, who cares if you went xbox. I still play regular playstation games on my ps2....

 

[Strider]

I'm waiting on this to come out before I buy a PS3. It's the first game that has come out for one of the current generation consoles I'm actually excited about.

 

[King Flevance]

Yeah, Little Big Planet is one of the reasons I picked up one. This fall has alot of games coming out I am interested in on PS3. I think we are going to finally get to see the potential of the PS3 game lineup by the end of this year.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Do you have a PS2? If you do you don't really need a PS3 that can play PS2 games. I got a 40g and just stuck in a 350g HHD. If I manage to find my MS XP install disc I'll put windows on it. The PS3 was made to be upgradable.

No eSATA on the PS3 ?