PlayStation 3 - The Uk Launch... a bit of a flop really

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.