Anyone thinking about the PS3?

[kenndogg]

does that mean the 306 will see a price drop for the holidays? I sure hope so especially if its on the after Thanksgiving blitz.

if 700.00 is indeed the price for a ps3, and I'm def going for the 360

[tribalman]

i say wait. i am a fan of nintendo and the playstation. but i'm not going to get any of the "next-gen" consoles. 360 costs way too much and there aren't any games that I want. wii? /sigh. every nintendo fanboy i know is eager for it cause it will "change the way games are played" but everyone else doesn't really care. and the playstation 3? are you kidding me? sixaxis? no rumble? can't even change the darn wireless controller battery? don't even get me started on the darn DRM and the atrocity that is blu-ray. sony just did everything wrong with this console. they were trying to please everybody from the consumer to the people in charge of annoying everyone with ratings and lawsuits over content protection.

and why would you get the ps3 for $700? then again you are paying for 2 consoles, hehe. couldn't even make it backwards compatable with out shoving a ps2 in there also!
i don't see why it mattered that much. n64 is the only thing to play those games and i didn't hear that big of an uproar about that? how about the DS not playing original gameboy games? or the gameboy micro only playing advance games? we have the ps2, we don't need a ps3/2. well, at least i dont.

[PyRo]

Also why pay that much for a system when you can pick up the best one ever made for less than $50 and most games for a couple bucks a piece.

[FlawleZ]

I don't understand. Where did the $700 dollar pricetag come from? Sony has already stated the prices will be $499 with the 20 GB HD, and $599 with the 60 GB HD.

[olinar]

ive always like paystation and ive always felt that their controls were more comfortable but when i got my 360 i started to enjoy it even more.only thing that dissapointed me about the 360 is the whole "backwards compatible" thing.for an extra 100 bucks you can play xbox games which i tried.turns out that are certain games you can play for xbox on the 360.games that noone would have.ill prolly get the ps2 but only when i have a lot of extra money floatin around.which isnt anytome soon cause my mags arent done yet lol.

[FlawleZ]

ive always like paystation and ive always felt that their controls were more comfortable but when i got my 360 i started to enjoy it even more.only thing that dissapointed me about the 360 is the whole "backwards compatible" thing.for an extra 100 bucks you can play xbox games which i tried.turns out that are certain games you can play for xbox on the 360.games that noone would have.ill prolly get the ps2 but only when i have a lot of extra money floatin around.which isnt anytome soon cause my mags arent done yet lol.

Yup. I don't know what Microsoft was thinking on that one. I guess they weren't at all.

[LinearGoose]

^^^^^ Yeah but at least they put the most important ones , Halo and Halo2.

[billybob_81067]

Heck I'd just wait and buy one after all the hype and price goes way down. In fact I've just bought my very own N64 off of e-bay a few days ago! Got it in the mail today and I'm so excited I'm about ready to wet myself! Golden eye, Mario 64, and Zelda here I come!

Lol... I would be hooking it up right now, but I'm making it serve double duty as my toy as well as an x-mas present for my daughter. I'll just hook it up at night, play like crazy and then stash it away before I go to bed.

So far i've got

NES
SNES
N64
PS2

and as far as I'm concerned those play all the games I've ever wanted to play anyways! I'm not really much of a new game gamer, I just like all the old school stuff that I played with my buddies growing up.

:)

[Steelrat]

Yup. I don't know what Microsoft was thinking on that one. I guess they weren't at all.

Or possibly there is a perfectly legitimate reason that they couldn't. Isn't the 360 operating on a different architecture? Plus, I think MS is still working on making all the games BC.

And why is this suddenly an issue? I don't remember people complaining that their SNES games wouldn't play on a N64. If you have xbox games, then you have an xbox, so keep using that. We're lucky that MS made some games usable on the 360, and in enhanced versions at that!

[tribalman]

yup, games nobody wants to play. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ygameslist.htm

lets see. CS, Tom clancy, halos, tony hawk, the hulk, star wars battlefronts, etc.

[FlawleZ]

Or possibly there is a perfectly legitimate reason that they couldn't. Isn't the 360 operating on a different architecture? Plus, I think MS is still working on making all the games BC.

And why is this suddenly an issue? I don't remember people complaining that their SNES games wouldn't play on a N64. If you have xbox games, then you have an xbox, so keep using that. We're lucky that MS made some games usable on the 360, and in enhanced versions at that!

It becomes an issue when that's what the competitor brings to the table. Initially, the sales war will be about who can do what for how much. Eventually, it will come down to the title list and 3rd party support each will gain or produce throughout the system's longevity. Sony is known for having the greatest collection of titles for any system ever. Seeing as how its completely backwards compatible, they're being smart by keeping all of their previous customers who already spent a lot of money on PS1 and PS2 games.

[Steelrat]

It becomes an issue when that's what the competitor brings to the table. Initially, the sales war will be about who can do what for how much. Eventually, it will come down to the title list and 3rd party support each will gain or produce throughout the system's longevity. Sony is known for having the greatest collection of titles for any system ever. Seeing as how its completely backwards compatible, they're being smart by keeping all of their previous customers who already spent a lot of money on PS1 and PS2 games.

I'd agree that it's better to have them be compaitble, but I'm guessing the design of the 360 made backwards-compatability difficult. That being said, they are trying to get to all of them eventually. Are the PS1 and 2 games shown in a higher resolution when played on a PS3?

[Head knight of Ni]

Well, you see... ...maybe not

Sony's PS3 controller is nearly a copy of the 360's controller setup. Triggers anyone?

[FlawleZ]

Are the PS1 and 2 games shown in a higher resolution when played on a PS3?

I would assume so. The hardware in the PS3 is what is capable of the higher resolutions so I would assume it would run the older games at the new resolution.

Well, you see... ...maybe not

Sony's PS3 controller is nearly a copy of the 360's controller setup. Triggers anyone?

I'd seriously question the reliability of that source. And the PS3 controller is nearly identical to the PS2's.

[Head knight of Ni]

And the PS3 controller is nearly identical to the PS2's.

key word setup. PS3 added: triggers, a guide button, and six axis motion sensing. The only difference in the button layout/setup of the 360 and PS3 is the D-pad and left stick.