Playstation 3: A Console Review

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Johnny Xtreme

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I love my PS3, but in sony's current state... it is merely a glorified dvd player. Everything that comes out for the PS3 is multiplatformed... so I buy it for my 360 which i think is a hell of alot more fun.
 

The Wooster

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Sorry but your review comes off as highly biased and a lot of your claims about the hardware were false or misinformed, (The Cell processors give the PS3 the advantage when it comes to physics calculation and curing cancer but it sure as fuck doesn't mean a damn thing when it comes to graphics). You often resorted to simply listing features instead of giving us a solid opinion about them and the only time the piece didn't read like something a Sony intern would cook up was when you resorted to childish bullshit. (Playstaion 3 is an amazing piece of technology. It is easily the most powerful console of any console. For the people who disagree, I can just say "Go fuck yourselves!")

That being said you obviously put a lot of work into the review. It's clear and concise but not quite entirely typo free. The wrapper is nice but the candy was rotten.

Also stop insulting people who disagree with you. It's pathetic and only damages your argument.
 

phalanfy

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may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
 

The Wooster

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phalanfy said:
may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
Here's a good one for you. How long does it take you to walk to your console and back? Ok. Now compare that to how long it takes MGS4 to 'install' a level.

How is that an improvement?
 

MrBrightside919

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Decoy Doctorpus said:
Sorry but your review comes off as highly biased and a lot of your claims about the hardware were false or misinformed, (The Cell processors give the PS3 the advantage when it comes to physics calculation and curing cancer but it sure as fuck doesn't mean a damn thing when it comes to graphics). You often resorted to simply listing features instead of giving us a solid opinion about them and the only time the piece didn't read like something a Sony intern would cook up was when you resorted to childish bullshit. (Playstaion 3 is an amazing piece of technology. It is easily the most powerful console of any console. For the people who disagree, I can just say "Go fuck yourselves!")

That being said you obviously put a lot of work into the review. It's clear and concise but not quite entirely typo free. The wrapper is nice but the candy was rotten.
Aries_Split said:
MrBrightside919 said:
Aries_Split said:
This person clearly has no idea what he's talking about in terms of Hardware, and the whole thing smells like a giant Sony pamphlet, but I guess its fairly informative.
If I wanted the opinion of a fanboy, i'd go to the Gametrailers forums...
...Open my profile.

Look down.

Do you see the PSN ID?

Now shut up and realize that a Cell Broadband Engine is a terrible device for gaming. It's really great at floating point calculations, but not very good for the processing that comes with applications like games.

Also, in a sheer neck to neck comparison, there is VERY little difference between a GeForce 7800GTX, An ATI Xenos(In use by the 360), and the Nvidia RSX. All of which is trumped by a cheap 100 dollar 8800GT.

"Blu Ray is Sony's answer to high definition for both games and movies. Games that utilize Blu Ray have a much larger space to store content, which means that games can be much larger than they would be on other consoles. The PS3 versions of multi platform games wouldn't ever need to go to extra disks because the storage space is so much bigger than a DVD. That just makes me wonder how many disks Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360."

Umm...No. First of all, MGS4 only took up so much space because Hideo refused to compress audio and visual files for a very insignificant gain in quality. Secondly, the first Viva Pinata takes up 10 gigs of space on a PC. That's a complete install. That is a very large amount. That easily fits on a dual layered DVD. Blu-Ray is overhyped and unpractical.

So before you accuse me of being a fanboy(I have no idea how you came to that conclusion either, considering I never mentioned any other company) learn what the hell your talking about.
I bet you guys are thinking pretty highly of yourselves because you've found a fault in my review...a fault i've already pointed out to the people who have read my review. I don't know anything about what is inside my PS3 and i'm sure plenty of other people are in the same boat as me...big FUCKING deal. I didn't write this review to talk technology jargin with everyone. I wrote it to tell everyone what I thought about the Playstation 3. If I offended you with my lack of general tech knowledge, i'm sorry. Maybe you're just a little too sensative on certain subjects. The Playstation 3 is very powerful, that's all you need to know.

And just for the record...I own ALL THREE CONSOLES, so I find it more than a little insulting when you say my review was very biased. You might be the ONLY person who thought that it was, in fact, very biased.

Moving on...

I called you a fanboy because you are a fanboy, no matter what you think. Maybe you aren't a console fanboy, but you're a fanboy, not because you jumped into the PS3's corner to defend it when I flubbed up, but because you felt that you needed to correct me on my mistake. Not only that, but you felt that you needed to be a complete ass in the process...

Ya know what, I take back what I said about you being a fanboy. You're not a fanboy...you're an asshole...

To take a page out of Adam Sessler's playbook...

"Sit down, take a deep breath and while your mouth is open, stick your dick in it. That way I don't have to hear from you. Then maybe you can finally find some satisfaction."
 

Aries_Split

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Decoy Doctorpus said:
phalanfy said:
may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
Here's a good one for you. How long does it take you to walk to your console and back? Ok. Now compare that to how long it takes MGS4 to 'install' a level.

How is that an improvement?
God forbid they actually have to get up.
 

Aries_Split

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MrBrightside919 said:
Decoy Doctorpus said:
Sorry but your review comes off as highly biased and a lot of your claims about the hardware were false or misinformed, (The Cell processors give the PS3 the advantage when it comes to physics calculation and curing cancer but it sure as fuck doesn't mean a damn thing when it comes to graphics). You often resorted to simply listing features instead of giving us a solid opinion about them and the only time the piece didn't read like something a Sony intern would cook up was when you resorted to childish bullshit. (Playstaion 3 is an amazing piece of technology. It is easily the most powerful console of any console. For the people who disagree, I can just say "Go fuck yourselves!")

That being said you obviously put a lot of work into the review. It's clear and concise but not quite entirely typo free. The wrapper is nice but the candy was rotten.
Aries_Split said:
MrBrightside919 said:
Aries_Split said:
This person clearly has no idea what he's talking about in terms of Hardware, and the whole thing smells like a giant Sony pamphlet, but I guess its fairly informative.
If I wanted the opinion of a fanboy, i'd go to the Gametrailers forums...
...Open my profile.

Look down.

Do you see the PSN ID?

Now shut up and realize that a Cell Broadband Engine is a terrible device for gaming. It's really great at floating point calculations, but not very good for the processing that comes with applications like games.

Also, in a sheer neck to neck comparison, there is VERY little difference between a GeForce 7800GTX, An ATI Xenos(In use by the 360), and the Nvidia RSX. All of which is trumped by a cheap 100 dollar 8800GT.

"Blu Ray is Sony's answer to high definition for both games and movies. Games that utilize Blu Ray have a much larger space to store content, which means that games can be much larger than they would be on other consoles. The PS3 versions of multi platform games wouldn't ever need to go to extra disks because the storage space is so much bigger than a DVD. That just makes me wonder how many disks Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360."

Umm...No. First of all, MGS4 only took up so much space because Hideo refused to compress audio and visual files for a very insignificant gain in quality. Secondly, the first Viva Pinata takes up 10 gigs of space on a PC. That's a complete install. That is a very large amount. That easily fits on a dual layered DVD. Blu-Ray is overhyped and unpractical.

So before you accuse me of being a fanboy(I have no idea how you came to that conclusion either, considering I never mentioned any other company) learn what the hell your talking about.
I bet you guys are thinking pretty highly of yourselves because you've found a fault in my review...a fault i've already pointed out to the people who have read my review. I don't know anything about what is inside my PS3 and i'm sure plenty of other people are in the same boat as me...big FUCKING deal. I didn't write this review to talk technology jargin with everyone. I wrote it to tell everyone what I thought about the Playstation 3. If I offended you with my lack of general tech knowledge, i'm sorry. Maybe you're just a little too sensative on certain subjects. The Playstation 3 is very powerful, that's all you need to know.

And just for the record...I own ALL THREE CONSOLES, so I find it more than a little insulting when you say my review was very biased. You might be the ONLY person who thought that it was, in fact, very biased.

Moving on...

I called you a fanboy because you are a fanboy, no matter what you think. Maybe you aren't a console fanboy, but you're a fanboy, not because you jumped into the PS3's corner to defend it when I flubbed up, but because you felt that you needed to correct me on my mistake. Not only that, but you felt that you needed to be a complete ass in the process...

Ya know what, I take back what I said about you being a fanboy. You're not a fanboy...you're an asshole...

To take a page out of Adam Sessler's playbook...

"Sit down, take a deep breath and while your mouth is open, stick your dick in it. That way I don't have to hear from you. Then maybe you can finally find some satisfaction."
...

How old are you?

Not only was that a very immature response, but it had little to nothing pertaining to anything I actually said.

You imply I'm a fanboy because I critique you...? How is that relevant? what am I a fan of? Internal hardware components?

Then after calling me a fanboy you get angry because someone accuses you of being biased?

And then you act as if all you did was give an opinion after you told everyone else who thought differently to fuck off?

Afterwards which you spew nonsense that once I refute you go crazy and start quoting someone with a far better grasp on what he's talking about?
 

theultimateend

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Did anyone note the fact that the DRM for blue ray costs a large chunk of cash and is obligatory (or whatever word that means YOU MUST DO IT MOFO!)

Then again that was the case as of a few months ago, maybe they brightened up since the damn thing is already cracked.

Aries_Split said:
Decoy Doctorpus said:
phalanfy said:
may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
Here's a good one for you. How long does it take you to walk to your console and back? Ok. Now compare that to how long it takes MGS4 to 'install' a level.

How is that an improvement?
God forbid they actually have to get up.
Well if god did that explains why so few people are willing to do so! :D
 

The Wooster

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theultimateend said:
Did anyone note the fact that the DRM for blue ray costs a large chunk of cash and is obligatory (or whatever word that means YOU MUST DO IT MOFO!)

Then again that was the case as of a few months ago, maybe they brightened up since the damn thing is already cracked.

Aries_Split said:
Decoy Doctorpus said:
phalanfy said:
may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
Here's a good one for you. How long does it take you to walk to your console and back? Ok. Now compare that to how long it takes MGS4 to 'install' a level.

How is that an improvement?
God forbid they actually have to get up.
Well if god did that explains why so few people are willing to do so! :D
Hehe. That's pretty good actually.

Anyway the topic is over, the Op is either a troll or incapable of discussion/debate. I'm out.
 

MrBrightside919

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Aries_Split said:
MrBrightside919 said:
Decoy Doctorpus said:
Sorry but your review comes off as highly biased and a lot of your claims about the hardware were false or misinformed, (The Cell processors give the PS3 the advantage when it comes to physics calculation and curing cancer but it sure as fuck doesn't mean a damn thing when it comes to graphics). You often resorted to simply listing features instead of giving us a solid opinion about them and the only time the piece didn't read like something a Sony intern would cook up was when you resorted to childish bullshit. (Playstaion 3 is an amazing piece of technology. It is easily the most powerful console of any console. For the people who disagree, I can just say "Go fuck yourselves!")

That being said you obviously put a lot of work into the review. It's clear and concise but not quite entirely typo free. The wrapper is nice but the candy was rotten.
Aries_Split said:
MrBrightside919 said:
Aries_Split said:
This person clearly has no idea what he's talking about in terms of Hardware, and the whole thing smells like a giant Sony pamphlet, but I guess its fairly informative.
If I wanted the opinion of a fanboy, i'd go to the Gametrailers forums...
...Open my profile.

Look down.

Do you see the PSN ID?

Now shut up and realize that a Cell Broadband Engine is a terrible device for gaming. It's really great at floating point calculations, but not very good for the processing that comes with applications like games.

Also, in a sheer neck to neck comparison, there is VERY little difference between a GeForce 7800GTX, An ATI Xenos(In use by the 360), and the Nvidia RSX. All of which is trumped by a cheap 100 dollar 8800GT.

"Blu Ray is Sony's answer to high definition for both games and movies. Games that utilize Blu Ray have a much larger space to store content, which means that games can be much larger than they would be on other consoles. The PS3 versions of multi platform games wouldn't ever need to go to extra disks because the storage space is so much bigger than a DVD. That just makes me wonder how many disks Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360."

Umm...No. First of all, MGS4 only took up so much space because Hideo refused to compress audio and visual files for a very insignificant gain in quality. Secondly, the first Viva Pinata takes up 10 gigs of space on a PC. That's a complete install. That is a very large amount. That easily fits on a dual layered DVD. Blu-Ray is overhyped and unpractical.

So before you accuse me of being a fanboy(I have no idea how you came to that conclusion either, considering I never mentioned any other company) learn what the hell your talking about.
I bet you guys are thinking pretty highly of yourselves because you've found a fault in my review...a fault i've already pointed out to the people who have read my review. I don't know anything about what is inside my PS3 and i'm sure plenty of other people are in the same boat as me...big FUCKING deal. I didn't write this review to talk technology jargin with everyone. I wrote it to tell everyone what I thought about the Playstation 3. If I offended you with my lack of general tech knowledge, i'm sorry. Maybe you're just a little too sensative on certain subjects. The Playstation 3 is very powerful, that's all you need to know.

And just for the record...I own ALL THREE CONSOLES, so I find it more than a little insulting when you say my review was very biased. You might be the ONLY person who thought that it was, in fact, very biased.

Moving on...

I called you a fanboy because you are a fanboy, no matter what you think. Maybe you aren't a console fanboy, but you're a fanboy, not because you jumped into the PS3's corner to defend it when I flubbed up, but because you felt that you needed to correct me on my mistake. Not only that, but you felt that you needed to be a complete ass in the process...

Ya know what, I take back what I said about you being a fanboy. You're not a fanboy...you're an asshole...

To take a page out of Adam Sessler's playbook...

"Sit down, take a deep breath and while your mouth is open, stick your dick in it. That way I don't have to hear from you. Then maybe you can finally find some satisfaction."
...

How old are you?

Not only was that a very immature response, but it had little to nothing pertaining to anything I actually said.

You imply I'm a fanboy because I critique you...? How is that relevant? what am I a fan of? Internal hardware components?

Then after calling me a fanboy you get angry because someone accuses you of being biased?

And then you act as if all you did was give an opinion after you told everyone else who thought differently to fuck off?

Afterwards which you spew nonsense that once I refute you go crazy and start quoting someone with a far better grasp on what he's talking about?
Look, I got carried away. I was wrong to act so immature and i'm sorry if I offended you...

It's obvious that you and plenty of other people have a greater knowledge of the playstation 3 than I do and that's fine. What baffles me is why you need to let the whole world know that? Not only that, but plenty of other people have already pointed out my mistake and have already corrected it dozens of times before you even noticed the thread had a new post in it.

I made a mistake, you don't need to crucify me for it.

It's things like this that make me wish this thread was never brought back...
 

Aries_Split

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Okay, I'm putting my hands up.

What was I crucifying you over?

Did I really hurt your feelings in telling you, in ONE sentence, that you didn't know what you were talking about? I didn't think it would lead to this much distress.
 

Reg5879

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Good review, but Playstation Store aint hard to navigate through, go on All Games, then go on A-Z and u will easily find what ur looking for. Also, I do think Home was rushed out and it is boring, but they are improving it and PS3 has got to the sale point of 20 million consoles in less weeks than the Xbox 360 did, so PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 in the long run.
 

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phalanfy said:
may i ask an honest question, whats the big deal with multi-disked games, oh no every couple hours i got to stand up and stretch my legs, maybe get a snack. it never bothered me and in some cases if it wasn't for disks changes i would of lost track of time for a damage length of it. by the by i think they should make a new colony wars game
Honestly- In my opinion- nothing. My only thinking now is that it can distract from the 'flow/story' aspects of the game.

Now, I could be TOTALLY wrong about this (I started with a Turbo Graphics16- not Nintendo, etc.) but when gaming platforms were FIRST coming into there own (disks, styles,etc), more disks meant a higher pricetag attached to the game (for TG16, anyway). This was to cover the cost of those several disks/cards.

Obviously, this has changed as consuls matured, and now there really isn't any difference (certainly not in price) other than the one stated first. So I'd mostly say it's a 'carried over' biase from when a 2-several disk game meant a jump in price.
 

McClaud

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Reg5879 said:
so PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 in the long run.
Except that's not true:

December's NPD numbers -

Wii--2,150,000
360--1,440,000
PS3--726,000
PS2--410,000

And if you want to include the month of November (Nov + Dec) -

Wii--4,190,000
360--2,280,000
PS3--1,104,000
PS2--616,000

Now, if you want to look at the percentage of sales growth over the entire lifespan of the PS3, the XBox 360 had a 12.1% while the PS3 had a 12.6%. That's a .5% stronger growth than the XBox 360 (mostly during the holidays). If we follow that growth trend (or even increase it to 2% over the XBox's), that means the PS3 will overtake the XBox 360 in sales in ... March of 2012. Which by then, they will already be releasing another XBox and PlayStation console.

I realize we're both PS3 fans, but the difference between you and me is that I'm not listening to or buying Kaz Hirai's crapola and I'm not wanting to change reality. Me = fan, you = fanboy. Now don't take it a step further and move into fantardism, please.
 

Simriel

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Now i hate sony. No im not an Xbox fanboy, i never owned an Xbox and only recently was given the gift of a 360. I have hated sony for years. This review is something that would convince me to give Sonys latest console a shot, IF it had not been reviewd with an H.D tv. The vast majority of people are still not using H.D and while the review covers a lot, this basic thing lets it down for me. You explain how great it looks, and how good blu - ray Dvd is, when most people won't have the hardware to experience them, In fact, if i bought a PS3, due to my t.v not being H.D there would be little difference between the 360, and PS3 graphics. Good review, but let down for me by that fact. And thats too a lot of people, Stop using the H.D experience in general console reviews. Compare the H.D features seperately.
 

Simriel

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Simriel said:
Now i hate sony. No im not an Xbox fanboy, i never owned an Xbox and only recently was given the gift of a 360. I have hated sony for years. This review is something that would convince me to give Sonys latest console a shot, IF it had not been reviewd with an H.D tv. The vast majority of people are still not using H.D and while the review covers a lot, this basic thing lets it down for me. You explain how great it looks, and how good blu - ray Dvd is, when most people won't have the hardware to experience them, In fact, if i bought a PS3, due to my t.v not being H.D there would be little difference between the 360, and PS3 graphics. Good review, but let down for me by that fact. And thats too a lot of people, Stop using the H.D experience in general console reviews. Compare the H.D features seperately.
Also the Playstation controllers have always felt... bad. The dreamcast controller was perfection and Xbox copy that a lot.