So it's here, and we bought one on release day.
We had reserved it, but it seems that was unnecessary as many stores were left with unsold systems at the end of the day. One HMV in the Midlands (for example) had 40 systems delivered, but only sold 17 and the general consensus is that the release has been a bit of a flop really.
Even on Ebay sellers are struggling to cover the cost of the machine with many auctions ending at around £380 to £400. Compared to the WII or XBox360 release where many consoles were doubling their price on release day and afterwards it makes you wonder if Sony have fallen from grace with their newest console.
The PS3, as a system, is okay I would suggest you only buy it if you want to play a specific PS3 only game. If you want to play games with HD quality you'd be better off with an XBox 360... it's quite a bit cheaper. If you want good quality game play at a good price, go for a WII (with a component cable the graphics are pretty good as well).
The support for previous PlayStation games on the PS3 is better than the XBox360 support for Xbox games, but is not as good a previous support that PlayStation has provided on earlier consoles (PSOne games on PS2 worked great). You can't use your PS2 or PS1 memory cards on the system, but have to make virtual memory cards on the hard drive. To copy over your old saves you need to buy a memory card adaptor to plug into a usb port and then copy the save files to your virtual memory card/s.
One other thing. The PS3 gets very hot in use, so if you get one make sure that there is plenty of space around it for ventilation.
I think I'll stick with the WII. It has a silly name, but backward compatibility is 100%, and it's a lot cheaper.
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The PS3 in my opinion is the biggest waste of human money that this world has seen in a long time, it's a disgrace to charge over £400 for a console, Just because it has Blu Ray...whats going to happen when Blu Ray come down in price?...Sony going to drop the price?...don't think so! As for backward compatibility, it's not their priority, so don't expect them to make many games backward compatible at all...At least Microsoft have the decency to attempt to make all their games compatible with 360...just think what that money could have gotten the family instead!!! - Personally, the fact that you guys paid for one in the first place disgusts me...nuff said.
All the previous games will play on the PS3 to one degree or another. Sony has a star (well, box) system to tell you how well a game will play. If it has one star then it will play, but with 'issues' (on Silent Hill 2 Harry's left leg keeps disappearing. It can be quite entertaining). 2 stars means it will play, but there may be issues and 3 stars means that it will play fine. This information is available on their PS3 web site.
The only game we have found so far that doesn't play is MonkeyBall Deluxe (PS2).
With regards to BluRay, I don't think the price of BluRay players will drop greatly in the near future as Sony own the rights to it and considering the disappointing launch of the PS3 they will be trying to claw back as much money as they can. This will mean that their royalty fees for other companies wishing to incorporate BluRay into their disc players will remain high, thus keeping the price of BluRay players up.
And finally, if it had been my money there would not be a PS3 in the house. I also think it is overpriced for what it is. Give me a WII or Xbox360 any day, and if I find the time I might actually get a chance to play it. :-)
Glad to see you out of the Horse Piddle mate...now get well enough for Saturday Shenannigans! ;)
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