Had my PS3 for 3 days now...

[millski]

Anybody else got one yet?

Anyway, bit of a review:

The PS3 is a superb piece of kit. The initial selection of games is poor, unfortunately. However by comparison to the Wii (which I traded in for the PS3) I've found more entertainment so far. The games are much more adult orientated, as you'd expect, which fits me perfectly. Resistance is a great shooter (better than COD3 or FarCry on the Wii by miles) and the early racing games outshine anything I've seen on Wii or 360. To be fair the Playstations always shine in these areas but tend to fail on the party games, and there's no change here. So far the only party style games are available by download; Super Rub-a-Dub is a sixaxis showcase which is actually very good, but obviously the sixaxis doesn't match the Wiimote. BlastFactor is an old school shooter and Lemmings is Lemmings. They're all really good but not very partyish.

Where the PS3 wins is in the internet connectivity. It's free. There are about 15 large demos to download straight off. I've already ranked up on Gran Turismo HD, watched the best drivers replays (which take approximately 5 seconds to download!), met other racers in F1 and had a massive fight in Resistance. If you're missing online play in the Wii as badly as I was the PS3 has it in spades.

Well there you have it. It is still too expensive, though mine was £334 from eBay brand new. Games can be picked up cheaper too (Resistance: £25).

I honestly didn't expect too much because of all the poor reviews and reception on the web but well, quite frankly, they were wrong. It's excellent in fact. Just hope the games don't dry up :/

[thewiiguy]

Traitor....

[Hodgeworth]

Originally Posted by thewiiguy

Traitor....

Im a trator too, I have a PS2.


Neway back to original post, nice mini review, but at the mo im staying clear of PS3, theres no appeal in it for me, plus I feel Blu-Ray aint gonna catch on..

[JBond007]

Originally Posted by Hodgeworth

I feel Blu-Ray aint gonna catch on..

I agree! DVDs are still too new IMO.

[Tawk.Alf]

I agree with JBond007 DVDs are still too new to be gunned down

Btw, can anyone tell me the difference between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD?

[Killarapp]

Originally Posted by Tawk.Alf

I agree with JBond007 DVDs are still too new to be gunned down

Btw, can anyone tell me the difference between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD?

Who cares, everyones sitting on the fence including customers.

DVD's are £6 for the classics, I intend to whore this wonderful period.

Reason vhs went out of production were the advantages of dvd. Theres no such huge advatage to HD/Blu ray except improved quality.

[Gaffer]

The biggest difference between the two (apart from visually where there is effectively none) is that for the first time, the audio is encoded in a lossless format.
This is a MASSIVE improvement over the lower res audio of DVD.
Guess what? HD-DVD started utilising higher quality lossless audio for it's format from very early on.......Bluray have only just sussed that people who want this now have the equipment to put it to full use...their early BD's had horrible compressed sound.

I personally reckon that HD-DVD is in front at the mo' (looking at worldwide sales). However, equally both HD-DVD and BluRay have a BIG chance of failing in the long term.....just look at the so-called successor to CD....DVD-A and SACD

.....who won that one then ?

exactly, no-one, 99% of the public are still buying CD's and no-one gives a toss about either DVD-A or SACD.

The PS3 is technically impressive...but it'll impress me even more when a year has passed, there are some decent games out, it's priced more realistically rather than at it's current "let's scalp Europe" price and we have a better idea of which video format (if either of them) is the future

[millski]

Couldn't agree more about the video format war. Haven't bought either a BD or HD DVD yet and don't really intend too. If Sony send me a free Casino Royale (though I think I'm too late for that) then they take the lead in my opinion. Also something a bit crap - the PS3 has no upscaling for normal DVDs :(

[wii_man76]

Glad to hear you are enjoying your bargain PS3 from eBay!

It looks an amazing piece of kit with the potential to be a great games console. Unfortunately I can't get on with the type of controllers it comes with so I will stick to the Wii as it is the first console I have ever been able to play (and complete) games on properly!

[kungfumaster]

it sounds like a expenssive rip off of the wii to me