Playstation 3?

Hotshot · February 07, 2007

Hey all,

Playstation 3 is seem good machine but it is too expenive even thought lots of people going to pre order and when they got PS 3 then they flog on ebay for Ã,Â£1,000 just to make profits.

I thinking of doing that and what about you? Are you getting PS 3?

benny! · February 07, 2007

I do not think that I am buying one in the next months.

I am really interested in the new graphic (cell) chips ... but I am not a
hardcore-gamer - so I won't spend the high starting price atm.

Will see - if the ps3 gets cheaper I may consider buying it !

slinks · February 07, 2007

When it gets cheaper, it is mine!

Shockwave · February 07, 2007

I just bought an Xbox 360 so I won't be getting it for a long time, money's tight around here now.

Jim · February 07, 2007

It's not out here 'til 23th March, but even then I can't see them leaping off the shelves at $1000 each. You can buy a fabulous PC or an average laptop for that kind of money.

I'll be waiting for the price to come down out of the stratosphere.

Jim

rain_storm · February 07, 2007

over 600 euros here for the bog standard one rediculous but lets be honest this aint no xbox 360 this is the next king of consoles we are talkin about there wont be anything better on the market til rockstar release the next GTA at which point you will be forced to upgrade to next gen if you havent done so

bikemadness · February 07, 2007

I'll probably get it for the media. It'll be cheaper than the machines individual manufacturers will put out.

Have a Yahappy day.

Clanky · February 13, 2007

Well, I was going to get it with the job my dad set me up with, but that fell through and I am now going to be a uni student... cliche? Haha! Thought so!
Damn, I was looking forward to owning the greatest machine every conspired and built!

People say it's too expensive. Hey, is $1000 really too much to buy the next gen console, plus a Blu-Ray player (not out in many places before PS3's release, retails for $1500 anyway, unparralled space capacity - 25GB+, and XBox 360 doesn't have it in it? YAY!), it is intenet, can be Linux (there's your pc) and although Nintendo have ripped off Sony's master plan of motion detection controllers they say "They have the bright ideas and came up with it first"!!! bah! Everyone knows that back in 1995/6 Sony designed a motion detection camera to make you fly when you flapped your wings... on PS1...
Also, the unparralled games library! Gee, where's Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Tekken, and my personal favourite - War Hawk!!! PlayStation 3! Where else! lol
Not to mention other, PS3 Exclusive titles.

Just going to have to save my spare coins after I pay for accomodation and food... might be awhile - but I can't wait.

Clyde · February 13, 2007

Have they now decided what the next format for decoding / players for High Density stuff is now?

Jim · February 13, 2007

Both Blu-Ray (Sony) and HD-DVD are going ahead. They both use MPEG-2 or H264 (MPEG-4) format video.
It's up to the consumer to vote with their feet to pick the winning format. LG have a dual-format player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD

Jim

Shockwave · February 13, 2007

Probably won't be getting a PS3 unless it has some derivative of Yabasic on it.

rain_storm · February 13, 2007

Now that would be nice it would be a shame if they didnt support homebrew after net yaroze and yabasic its become somewhat of a tradition by now if little over a decade amounts to tradition that is

Shockwave · February 13, 2007

It would definately earn Sony kudos as far as I'm concerned...

slinks · February 13, 2007

I'm waiting for some of the cool games to come out. DMC4, Black 2, Ico 3, Ratchet 5: Not without protection (rumored title). should be cool!

Jim · February 13, 2007

QuoteIt would definately earn Sony kudos as far as I'm concerned...

It's already done. Sony have opened up an avenue for Linux (or any other OS) to be ported to PS3, and there is at least one distro supported.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_linux

Jim

Hotshot · February 14, 2007

I could get USA Playstation 3 but It is region free?

slinks · February 14, 2007

for ps3 games. dvds and ps1/2 games aren't

Shockwave · February 15, 2007

Thanks for the info Jim. We might see some people browsing the board using their PS3's in the future then!

rain_storm · February 15, 2007

Quote from: Hotshot on February 14, 2007
I could get USA Playstation 3 but It is region free?

US electrical mains supply only 120 volts. If you live in the uk its 220 volts you would have to buy a convertor to step down to 120, cost about 30 pounds last I checked. also NTSC isnt compatible with PAL, march isnt to far off

slinks · February 15, 2007

HD and ntsc tvs should work fine with it though