Play Station 3

#1

Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 7:46pm

I am not a big gamer, but I was wondering what the big hoopla is about this $600 piece of equipment...

Anyone care to tell me?

#2

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 7:54pm

for one thing...

motion sensored controller!

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#3

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 8:19pm

600 bucks? WTF?

#4

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 8:39pm

PS3 is...

1. Overpriced
2. Not any better than XBOX 360
3. Lacking anything new


Why would anyone buy this?

#5

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 8:42pm

I saw on the news one guy in the US actually flew to Japan to be one of the first to get one

Barnum was right

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#6

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 8:52pm

Don't worry, all game systems eventually go way down in price after about a year or so. I think you can get a brand new PS2 or Gamecube for about 120$, which is way less than the $300 I spent for each of them when they first came out.

#7

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 9:30pm

I think I read that it has High Definition and internet built inside . . . plus other things.

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#8

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 10:02pm

It contains a Blu-ray Disc player (Sony's brand new hi-definition format).

BD players normally cost about $800 to $1,000 each, just for that... and it's included as part of the PS3.

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#9

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 10:12pm

Apparently there are already losers outside the Best Buy here in Westbury.

#10

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/15/06 at 10:28pm

They are releasing only 400,000 of them initially... so that accounts for the line.

They're expected to go on backorder very quickly.

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#11

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/16/06 at 12:04am

While I don't have the money at the moment, you can bet that as soon as I do, I will be purchasing a PS3. Playstation consistently has some of the best exclusive games [meaning only for PS], add in the Blu-Ray and the six-axis [which I'm still not 100% okay with, but should still be interesting] and you've got the makings of some REAL potential for gaming.

Zikes.

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#12

re: Play Station 3

Posted: 11/16/06 at 3:15am

I heard that the PS3 is having a lot of problems because the highly talked about graphics only work really well on Sony's high def TVs. They are have problems getting the systems to work well on normal TVs. I don't know how much truth there is to that, but it is enough to make me want to hold on to my $600 until the system is released for a while and they get all of the kinks worked out.

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