Sony PlayStation 3 - Game console - black

UPDATE #3: 80GB SYSTEM JUST RELEASED, WARHAWK CAN BE BOUGHT THRU PLAYSTATION STORE!! FURTHER UPDATES TO COME.TIME TO INSTALL A 250GBSATA?== FURTHER UPDATE (#2), ALONG WITH THE MAJOR PRICE DROP, MANY ARE GIVING AWAY 5 FREE BLU-RAY DISCS. NOW THATS 5 MOVIES ... WORTH? WHAT? ANOTHER $150 BUCKS OR SO !!!! SOME ARE GIVING AWAY GAMES AND BLU-RAY MOVIES ... HOW CAN YOU PASS THAT UP !!??? ALSO I LOOK AT THE MAJOR RETAILERS AND THEY STOCK EQUAL THE AMOUNTS OF BLU-RAY TITLES AND HDDVD TITLES... SO BOTH FORMATS ARE COMPETING HEAD TO HEAD, AND SONY ISNT LOSING OUT SO EASILY AS IT DID WITH BETA VS. VHS !! IVE SEEN BOTH AND BLU-RAY IS SUPERIOR .... I GUESS IT DEPENDS WHO PUTS OUT THE 1ST RECORDER AND AT THE BEST PRICE. ... THE WAY ITS BEEN GOING - IT WILL PROBABLY BE HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAIN. ... SO PRICE DROP AND 5 FREE BLU-RAY MOVIES, HOW CAN YOU RESIST? - AGAIN THE PLAYSTATION 3 60GB ... THE WAY TO GO!... ALSO LATER THIS YEAR SONY WILL PUT OUT FREE - HOME - A VIRTUAL REALITY - WHERE YOU PICK EVERYTHING- CLOTHING, EG. IF YOURE A STUDENT OR BUSINESSMAN, HOME FURNISHINGS, YOU GO UP AND TALK TO PEOPLE- TRAVEL TO WORK, SHOPPING, GO TO THE MOVIES, AND ACTUALLY WATCH A MOVIE- VERY EXITING - IM SURE THERE WILL BE SOME COSTS INVOLVED, EG. SEEING A MOVIE, BUT INTERACTING AND TALKING WITH OTHER, MOVING AROUND THE PLAYSTATION UNIVERSE SHOULD BE A BLAST!!=== UPDATE (#1): WITH A HUGE PRICE DROP IN THE SYSTEM WHY NOT BUY ONE!!?? LOTS OF NEW GAME TITLES COMING OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND WILL START UTILIZING THE 1080p CAPABILITY, AND REASONABLE PRICED BLU-RAY HDDVD'S CANT GO WRONG HERE!! AND REMEMBER YOU CAN UPGRADE THE HARD DRIVE AND ADD ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM, SO THIS COULD BE YOUR COMPUTER== ORIGINAL: YOU PAY FOR A BLU-RAY PLAYER AND GET AND AWESOME HD GAME CONSOLE FOR FREE... WELL NOT REALLY, BUT ALMOST! YOU HAVE TO BUT A HDMI CABLE, 2ND CONTROLLER, SECOND USB CONNECTOR, REMOTE CONTROL UNIT. BUT AWSOME MOVIES AND THE GAMES THAT WIL BE COMING OUT WILL BE TOPS! ALSO CAN USE THE PSP WITH SOME NEW GAMES BEING DEVELOPED... HOPEFULLY MORE THAN JUST A REARVIEW MIRROR FOR FORMULA 1 RACING!! I DO HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT SONY AND THEIR MOVIE TECHNOLOGY...EG BETA,THAT DIED! WILL BLU-RAY DIE ALSO? PROBABLY... ITS THE SAME DEAL AS BETS, A SUPERIOR PICTURE (BETA OVER VHS) (BLU-RAY OVER HDD) BUT JUST AS VHS WON OUT AND BETA WENT THE WAY OF THE DINOSAURS..SO PROBABLY WILL GO BLU-RAY...HOW LONG WILL THEY KEEP PRODUCING HDD AND BLU-RAY TOGETHER BEFORE ONE GETS DROPPED? AND SINCE HDD IS LIKE VHS... LOWER DISC SPACE, LOWER QUALITY PICTURE, LOWER COST .. WE'LL SEE IN 2010 OR THERE ABOUTS WITH PLAYSTATION 4, WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.MEANTIME, HEY ENJOY THE BEST PICTURE, AND HOPEFULLY GAMES OUT THERE !!!

ALSO FORGET THE 20 GB SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN UPGRADE THE SATA HARD DRIVE...THE 60 GB HAVE 4 USB PORTS PLUS CARD SLOTS THE 20GB SYSTEM DOESNT HAVE.THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE FEW BUCKS EXTRA!

YOU CAN ALSO BUY GAMES AND GET FREE GAME DEMOS AND VIDEOS FROM PLAYSTATION ONLINE.THE FREE DEMOS ARE GREAT SINCE YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LIKE THE GAME BEFORE YOU BUY.I FIND THE DEMO JUST FINE IN MANY CASES- NO NEED TO PURCHASE THE GAME. GAME PRICES RANGE FROM $5 OLD SCHOOL GAMES- EG FROM THE 1980'S ETC, TO NEW, ONLY ON PS3 GAMES $7- $12.THERE ARE UK VERSION GAMES LIKE CALLING ALL CARS IN THAT PRICE RANGE AS WELL. A GAME LIKE FORMULA 1 RACING, WHICH IS 1 PLAYER, I FIND THE DEMO SUITS ALL MY PURPOSES.

THIS IS A MEDIA CENTRE THAT HOLDS PHOTOS,SONGS,BROWSES THE INTERNET,ETC.

I BOUGHT A 60 GB PS3 WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT. WELL, WITHIN 30 DAYS, I WAS RETURNING IT TO THE STORE, ALONG WITH THE GAMES I BOUGHT FOR IT. IT FROZE UP, IT WOULDN'T READ PS2 DISCS ETC... ETC... I'M SURE THAT SONY WILL WORK THESE BUGS OUT...BUT AT THE HIGH PRICE TAG THAT IT CARRIES, I'LL KEEP OUR PS2 FOR NOW. PLUS, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE GRAPHICS WERE ANY BETTER. BUT YOU CAN PLAY BLURAY MOVIES ON IT...I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A BONUS. I'LL AWAIT SONY'S NEXT GREAT GAME STATION.

This system is incredible. By now you either love it or hate it, so I won't go into details. But here's a word of warning on the 80 GB model. The backwards compatibility is very much reduced from the 60 GB model. This is because the 80 GB lacks the hardware that previous models use to play PS1 and PS2 games (Emotion Engine). Now, games from old systems run on emulation software. While this works with some titles, others don't work right at all. Sony promises to release patches with future system updates, but they've also said their priority will be with developing PS3 games and not spending time and energy on PS1 and 2.

So if backwards compatibility is a big selling point for you, get the 60 GB model instead (while they're still around...remember they've been discontinued). Also noteworthy is that hard drives on the 60 GB model are fully upgradable with any HDD drive on the market.

Let me restate this, however. The PlayStation 3 really IS the greatest console of this generation.

I have the 60GB model that I purchased on the PS3’s original release. The console is amazing and it plays Blu-Ray movies. It is expensive, but have you priced a Sony stand-alone1080p Blu-Ray player? Not too shabby getting a PS3 and Blu-Ray player all in one! Now that Toshiba has conceded the defeat of HD-DVD in the format war, all the more reason to own a blu-ray player.

If your trying to decide which version to buy these days I would go on eBay and look for a 60GB model…PERIOD…(since they have been discontinued by Sony). The original 60GB will prove to be the “one to own” since it has backwards compatibility for PS2 games, 4 USB 2.0 ports, has the memory card slots, and will support any upgraded HDD drive out there. The 60GB has a very nice option with the card readers. Although you can put your memory card data onto a USB (flash) drive & upload it through the USB ports, the card readers skip that transfer process saving time.

As far as backwards compatibility, I only own PS2 & PS3 games….no PS1 games….but all the PS2’s I have played on it have worked great. No problems with any game or better yet, not a problem one with a 1st release 60GB model. Get yourself one before the price goes up as I believe the 60GB will be the “hot ticket” PS3 to own…until we see a PS4???

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