Thinking of Getting a PS3..

[c3ntury]

Im thinking of getting a PlayStation 3, i mean, there zero way im getting a Xbox 360, simply because its lifespan is nearing its end, meanwhile the PS3 i *hope* will last a good while longer.

Im just wondering -

How much should i save up for to get the console and such? Im thinking of getting it pre-owned, but not visually scratched and stuff. Ebay ftw i guess.

Which games are the best to get? I might get a ton of them in a pack on eBay or something, but i want to know which games are the "must-haves".

What kind of broadband connection do you need for online play?

How would i go about connecting it up to a monitor to play it via that?

How can i play PS2 games on the PS3?

Personally i would probably save up ?250 .. is that enough?

[AbandonedTrolley]

Im thinking of getting a PlayStation 3, i mean, there zero way im getting a Xbox 360, simply because its lifespan is nearing its end, meanwhile the PS3 i *hope* will last a good while longer.

Im just wondering -

How much should i save up for to get the console and such? Im thinking of getting it pre-owned, but not visually scratched and stuff. Ebay ftw i guess.

Which games are the best to get? I might get a ton of them in a pack on eBay or something, but i want to know which games are the "must-haves".

What kind of broadband connection do you need for online play?

How would i go about connecting it up to a monitor to play it via that?

How can i play PS2 games on the PS3?

Personally i would probably save up ?250 .. is that enough?

Well I think your reasoning for buying one seems to be misinformed, the 360 is nowhere near the end of it's lifecycle.

The price depends on the model you plan to get. Talking that you want to be able to play your PS2 games on it means you are limited to 2 different early models that are still holding their price quite well. So you probably wouldn't get too much change from the ?250 itself. My opinion, keep your actual PS2 and get a later model PS3 something like the 80 gig or a cheap 120 gig Slim if you can find it.

Going from you saying you won't get a 360 we can include multiplatform I guess. In terms of exclusives though (Older) Metal Gear Solid , LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, InFamous, Uncharted 1. All those are now considered Platinum releases so should be quite cheap. (Newer) Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, Uncharted 2. (PSN) Flower, Wipeout HD

Online play then I believe 2 meg speed is recommended. Not too sure on that.

Monitor connection, HDMI out so if your monitor has that you are fine, else you will need with HDMI to DVi or HDMI to VGA adaptors and also a way to get the sound from the machine via the optical output. Audioboxer may have more info on this as I've never had to do it at all.

PS2 games can only currently be played on the original spec machines as mentioned in the first part of my reply.

[c3ntury]

Okay thanks for the infomation.

Oh and, is it worth going for the lower HDD models, how much space do i need for the average gamer d'ya think?

[AbandonedTrolley]

Depending on what you plan to do with the machine it's all relative. I store movies on mine so upgraded the drive to a 320gig one, you can pick them up for about ?35-40 now. Also if you end up getting PlayTV that can also use up your hard drive space.

In terms of gaming some games come with quite hefty installs like MGS4 I believe is about 4gig. However newer games like Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain have none. But with patches etc I would look at a 60 or 80 gig model. But don;t pay too much given that you can easily upgrade the drive yourself for not a lot of money.

[c3ntury]

Depending on what you plan to do with the machine it's all relative. I store movies on mine so upgraded the drive to a 320gig one, you can pick them up for about ?35-40 now. Also if you end up getting PlayTV that can also use up your hard drive space.

In terms of gaming some games come with quite hefty installs like MGS4 I believe is about 4gig. However newer games like Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain have none. But with patches etc I would look at a 60 or 80 gig model. But don;t pay too much given that you can easily upgrade the drive yourself for not a lot of money.

Meh, ill probably just stream movies from my PC to it. Actually, i wont even need it for that, my PC and this PS3 will probably be around 1 metre from each other haha xD

As for what you said about installing .. does that mean i wont have to use the disc every time?

[AbandonedTrolley]

Meh, ill probably just stream movies from my PC to it. Actually, i wont even need it for that, my PC and this PS3 will probably be around 1 metre from each other haha xD

As for what you said about installing .. does that mean i wont have to use the disc every time?

You will always need to use discs on retail games, only those bought from the PlayStation store can boot from the hard drive. The installs are there due to the slower nature of the read speed on the bluray drive and to assist with the loading of certain segments of the game.

[Bhav]

What kind of broadband connection do you need for online play? Probably a minimum of 1Mb, but at least 2Mb is recommended, especially for downloading demos, game updates etc

How can i play PS2 games on the PS3? You can't unless you get a relatively old unit which includes backwards compatibility.

Personally i would probably save up ?250 .. is that enough?

I've had a 60GB hard drive since launch. I pretty much only use my PS3 for games and some streaming from time to time, so that 60GB is enough for me. If you want to download/store music/videos etc then it probably won't be enough.

[c3ntury]

I've had a 60GB hard drive since launch. I pretty much only use my PS3 for games and some streaming from time to time, so that 60GB is enough for me. If you want to download/store music/videos etc then it probably won't be enough.

Meh, ill need it mainly for gaming and the blu-ray to be honest.

[Bhav]

Other game recommendations:

Burnout Paradise (get the complete edition off PSN...so cheap for a ridiculous amount of gaming, and only available at this price on PS3!)

Super Stardust HD (PSN)

COD: MW2

FIFA 10

MGS4

GTA4

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Other game recommendations:

Burnout Paradise (get the complete edition off PSN...so cheap for a ridiculous amount of gaming, and only available at this price on PS3!)

Super Stardust HD (PSN)

COD: MW2

FIFA 10

MGS4

GTA4

MGS4 is one 40 hour cut scene btw. It looks good, but playtime your not getting much.

[Bhav]

MGS4 is one 40 hour cut scene btw. It looks good, but playtime your not getting much.

Lol...well yes it is a lot of "watching". But there is plenty of playtime...and really, it's just an amazing game both graphically and gameplay-wise.

Personally, I prefer it to GTA4. I just got bored with that because the missions feel repetitive (find guy -> try to kill guy -> guy runs away -> chase guy -> kill other guys protecting THE guy -> kill guy -> repeat for next mission). MGS4 is more a spectacle/achievement for games in my opinion.