Playstation 3?

[SiC17]

Originally Posted by Special Ringpop

And from what I've heard, a great majority of the early 360's were more buggy than the first batch of PS2's (I got the first in my county, lasted two years).

If Sony can pull off not having nearly as many bugs, and they lower the price (yeah right), they'll pull ahead, I'm sure.

I hope that Sony has a strong launch, if only to push Microsoft in their R&D deparment. A smooth launch will only support the console and press MS to advance.

Someone (I think it was FujiBlueSi) mentioned that Microsoft is planning to drop the price of the 360. I've heard news of the contrary from Gamespot.com...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153170.html

but at the same time, I've heard, from a different source, that they're not dropping the price, but instead including an HD-DVD add-on to offset the PS3's blu ray.

[PBJames23]

It's sony, there are going to be defects in the fist gen PS3's. You can pretty much count on that happening. So if you are going to buy one when it comes out(I'm buying two), then try and get a warranty with it

[Torredo]

PS3 all the way for me!!
ive been into Playstation since the first platform.

[Zuli]

Originally Posted by skittleslegend

Agreed. Except I don't have a 360, and I'll never buy a first gen machine again. I'll wait til year 2 for the PS3. Too many bugs for a first year machine at $600 when I don't have an HD tv.

I plan on doing the same thing. Once the PS3 hits the shelves you can expect a small price drop in the 360, so I'll pick up my 360 and then wait until the following christmas to buy my PS3... or maybe just check out ebay and pick up the 360's that people are selling to buy a new PS3. :)

[sEYEguy06]

Yeah PS3 is a bargain for what u get plus its gonna be useful for years not liek teh dvd format 360 which is already old technology and needs to be replaced
if u want true HD and blu ray
u gtta go for the 600$ version

[Gonzo]

I just hope the PS3 plays blu rays better than the PS2 played DVD's...

No comment on the whole HD-DVD vs BluRay battle. Last I heard HD-DVD was looking more promising but things change fast.

Good luck to Sony! Competition is a good thing.

[PBJames23]

Blu-ray can hold more than HD-DVD.

Originally Posted by sEYEguy06

Yeah PS3 is a bargain for what u get plus its gonna be useful for years not liek teh dvd format 360 which is already old technology and needs to be replaced
if u want true HD and blu ray
u gtta go for the 600$ version

I don't think DVD will be leaving the scene. It's been set as the standard for movies, just like CDs are standard for for music albums. It's kind like when that Betamax VHS (or whatever it was called) came out and it never became popular. It was better than regular VHS but people didn't want to get rid of there old VHS players. If something is going to replace DVDs it will have to be a drastic change.

If you think about it the PS3 is a bargain for 600, cuz most blu-ray players are 1000 bucks right now.

[OhSixCivic]

All blue-rays are 1000 right now... at least from what I've seen . But I bet by December they'll have to go down to 700. It's amazing how much thoses disks hold too... 4 layers.... 25 gigs each. I definitely want to get a PS3 but I too am worried about the whole Betamax aspect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax

Maybe though... neither will fail. Betamax had large backers and VHS had tons of smaller ones right? With both HD-DVD and Blue-ray having huge backers... why would either back down? Maybe they will just coexist like satellite TV and cable.

I can't wait to see how Gran Turismo 5 will turn out though... especially on a 73" flatscreen. Not that I have one...

[DNieves]

What PC/PS2/360/XBOX games have a '06 Si in it??

[sick_civic]

ps3 should be good....plays blu-ray.


anything more about that blu-ray.....you can be sure it'll pick up,a ton of movie studios are backing it up,there tired of how easy it is to "back-up" the movies in normal dvd 1.0 format(in turns,blu-ray,hd dvd is more money in there pockets).....

im not even going to pick up a 1k dvd player...a waste...wait till 2007,then you'll see the 4x better picture then dvd....blu-ray and hd dvds arent even making the 50 GB dvds....its only under 20gb space with movies right now,so nothings happening,dont feel left behided yet...plus dont u think dvd already is a big step-up from VHS tapes???

[CaliGuy]

Originally Posted by PBJames23

one thing i am going to do when i buy is add on a warrenty(probably from best buy). Then if it lasts the length of the warrenty i will break it and get a new one. lol. My friend has done this with an iPod and an xbox.

FYI: Apparenlty Costco will allow you to eturn anything as long as you own it (no questions asked). I've heard of people doing this with like expensive TV's every couple of years. They take it and say something is wrong with it and get a new one (and of course the model they bought is history so they get the newest one).

Personally I would never do this (I believe in Karma), but it can be done...

[sick_civic]

Originally Posted by CaliGuy

FYI: Apparenlty Costco will allow you to eturn anything as long as you own it (no questions asked). I've heard of people doing this with like expensive TV's every couple of years. They take it and say something is wrong with it and get a new one (and of course the model they bought is history so they get the newest one).

Personally I would never do this (I believe in Karma), but it can be done...

lol...breaking there tv's and buying a new one.......
how wrong is that...oh well....ive seen audio and video stores REALLY rise the prices and making them pay overpriced for portable dvd players,atleast 100 dollers or 200 dollers over price!!!........

[taejinah]

I'm just waiting to buy like 3 off the bat turn around sell them on ebay for 2x what I paid... and decide what I'll do with my money later... lol.. buy a ps3? maybe? buy si parts? most likely

[tronvex]

Oh yeah I'll be getting one just to play Killzone 2

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

i might getting ps3 cosz of its cool games.. like devil may cry 4, tekken 6,, and ect.ect. and having a ps3 make you cool...hahhhahahaha

[bikinpunk]

Originally Posted by taejinah

I'm just waiting to buy like 3 off the bat turn around sell them on ebay for 2x what I paid... and decide what I'll do with my money later... lol.. buy a ps3? maybe? buy si parts? most likely

x2..

Last year, as a Best Buy reward zone member, I was able to reserve a 360 but I didn't. I could've kicked myself after seeing them going for nearly $1000 on e-bay. I'll definately pick up at least one, if not 2, PS3's this year to make a quick buck on them. If all else, I can just return them if they don't sell within a week.

I'm banking on this being able to pay for my airline tickets to Disney World this Christmas. Otherwise, I've got an 11 hour drive...

[Diablo99V]

Better get your asses on line guys cuz this ain't gonna be easy. Everyone knows that they cut the shipment to only 400,000 units for launch so its gonna be an ugly thing, 360 all over again. Reason is because of production of the Blu-Ray lasers is slow.

[skittleslegend]

I gotta be honest, I think the PS3 is eventually going to flop. Think I'm going with Microsoft on this one.


Wish Steve Jobs' punk ass would put something together. I'd buy it in a heartbeat....

[firmhonda]

Sorry, I'm a little late to hope back on this thread.. But I will anyways.

Originally Posted by BLAZETIGER

I'm planning on getting one to complement the 360. The 360 is alright, but Sony's always trumped Microsoft when it comes to games. Microsoft has been getting better at it, but still not up to par.

It really depends on what you mean.. The selection for ps2 games was waay better than x-box's, but the quality of games were nowhere near xbox.
xbox had better graphics, faster load times (in most cases), smoother gameplay, and internal memory. IMO, xbox owns ps2. Just like I think that xbox360 will own ps3. Sony is really playing their devoted fans for fools, and I don't think a lot of them will stand by them for it. $600 for a fu**ing game system?!?? Someone above mentioned neo-geo.. sounds about right.

Originally Posted by skittleslegend

I gotta be honest, I think the PS3 is eventually going to flop. Think I'm going with Microsoft on this one.


Wish Steve Jobs' punk ass would put something together. I'd buy it in a heartbeat....

+1.. I really have a lot of respect for apple as a company that has lasted through being one of the first computer companies. I remember when they're only real competitors were IBM and Tandy.
I personally don't like using apple os's though.. they so user friendly that they confuse me at times.
But an apple game system? Guarandamnteed to own all and cause many-a-divorce.

[dentrecords]

Originally Posted by skittleslegend

I gotta be honest, I think the PS3 is eventually going to flop. Think I'm going with Microsoft on this one.

Wish Steve Jobs' punk ass would put something together. I'd buy it in a heartbeat....

Totally, Skittles. To me as well, it seems that the PS3 will flop. All the Sony fanboys are saying they'll put up $600+ for their beloved console, but when it comes down to it, I'm sure more than a few people will say they'll wait for the price to drop... but then see the 360's price at half the PS3's with near identical games (apart from console exclusives) and ask themselves why they are waiting for this more expensive thing again. Sony's proprietary Blu-ray format has increased the price substantially, while also significantly decreasing the availability of the console due to parts constraints, effectively locking many would be early adopters out and driving them over to the much cheaper 360.

Disclaimer: I have a 360, and I quite enjoy it. I'm anxiously awaiting Forza Motorsport 2 and the next GTA, but I've been quite impressed by MotoGP 06, and a few other titles.

As for Apple... it's entirely a possibility that they could come up with something, but I think it would be extremely hard to get developers on board considering just how tightly knit they are with Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. Maybe they would also only have one button on the controller (Disclaimer #2, I use a Mac and I love it to death, with my multi-button mouse attached).