PS3

[Hawkbit]

Uncharted is down to MSRP of $30, MGS4 is the same.  My favorite game so far has been InFAMOUS.  Had to get Oblivion because it never ran correctly on my PC. 

Download Fat Princess and Flower, both of which were great experiences.  That should hold you off for a few weeks. 

[fuser]

I'd hold off on MGS4 if your ever going to attempt to do trophies with it. I sent my PS3 in for servicing (fan issue) and lost all my save game data so now i'm waiting for if they ever patch it like Uncharted was.

[Tale]

I'll continue to wait and see. The Australian Price will, I'm sure, continue to be horrifying.

Got an email from EB just now. AU$499, Available from Sep 3rd.

AU$499 = US$409

US$299 = AU$364

So we're only being shafted by about $100 this time. Yay.

Today I pre-ordered a PS3 Slim at JB Hi-Fi for A$494 with a HDMI cable thrown in.

The "Game" chain of stores is buying used Wii consoles for A$280-ish instore credit. So I'll probably trade them my Wii for some PS3 games.

[Azazel]

um.. well done?

I'll wait until later, when the christmas bundles arrive though, since when I get a PS3 I'll also want another HDMI cable, a second controller, a BR remote, a bigger HDD to swap in right away, and, you know, some games. That'll bump up the purchase by at least $300 before any of those game things get involved.

[ahoythematey]

You need a drive bigger than 120 right away?

[NiX]

You need a drive bigger than 120 right away?

That's what I was thinking.

[stray]

It's really more than adequate. Unless, like I said, you want to turn it into a media center. But why would you if had a PC? Games will certainly not hog that space.. Especially if you were very discriminating when it comes to games. Which you are.  

[Azazel]

I'd get the larger drive upfront so I then never have to think or worry about it later, and more importantly don't have to lose my saves and such. My original XBox makes for a fine media centre on the second TV. The PS3 by the way will be plugged into my TV and not my monitor. Basically, throw a TB in there, and forget about it forever.

[Tale]

um.. well done?

I'll wait until later, when the christmas bundles arrive though, since when I get a PS3 I'll also want another HDMI cable, a second controller, a BR remote, a bigger HDD to swap in right away, and, you know, some games. That'll bump up the purchase by at least $300 before any of those game things get involved.

BTW if you have a Sony Bravia TV you won't need a remote. The Slim has Bravia Sync which lets you use the TV remote.

[schild]

I don't know what the hell people are putting on either console that they need bigger drives (unless they have really cheap 360s with like 20GB drives).

I have 2 60GB PS3s and neither is halfway full. I delete shit when I playing it.

I have an elite 360 with a harddrive that is incapable of being filled. Mostly because it will probably never get turned on again.

[Tale]

I don't know what the hell people are putting on either console that they need bigger drives (unless they have really cheap 360s with like 20GB drives).

Video on demand stuff? I have no idea what such services are available or what the quality/retention time is, just suggesting what could fill drives.

[schild]

Anyone on this board that uses video on demand instead of just grabbing shit off the net and streaming it has shamed me and my people. And by my people, I mean the jews.

[Tale]

[... goes off to watch true.blood.0210.hdtv.xvid-notv]

[Hawkbit]

um.. well done?

I'll wait until later, when the christmas bundles arrive though, since when I get a PS3 I'll also want another HDMI cable, a second controller, a BR remote, a bigger HDD to swap in right away, and, you know, some games. That'll bump up the purchase by at least $300 before any of those game things get involved.

BTW if you have a Sony Bravia TV you won't need a remote. The Slim has Bravia Sync which lets you use the TV remote.

That's slim only, right?  I've never been able to get my Bravia to recognize my 80gig PS3 as an HDMI device, although it is. 

[schild]

Surely that's a function of the firmware and not the hardware, in which case it might come with FW3.00.

[Yegolev]

I'll throw my hat in with the "get a larger drive right away if you are going to do it at all" group.  No, I haven't filled up my 60GB.

Also you won't lose your saves if you do a backup to an external, so it's not really critical, just bothersome.  A note about the Backup option is that it seems to get everything, so you will either want a large external or you will need to pick-and-choose if you are using a USB stick or something.

I almost said Memory Stick.

[Velorath]

I have an elite 360 with a harddrive that is incapable of being filled. Mostly because it will probably never get turned on again.

That's going to make it pretty hard to play Alan Wake.

[schild]

I have an elite 360 with a harddrive that is incapable of being filled. Mostly because it will probably never get turned on again.

That's going to make it pretty hard to play Alan Wake.

I froth so little for Alan Wake that waiting for a PC version two years from now is easier than waiting for Borderlands 50 days from now.

[CaptainNapkin]

Anyone on this board that uses video on demand instead of just grabbing shit off the net and streaming it has shamed me and my people. And by my people, I mean the jews.

If streaming Netflix classifies as VOD then I'm guilty... with a Tivo & 360 it's the best 9 bucks/month I've ever spent. Besides I'm old and lazy and consider torrents a hassle vs. that cost. But like others mentioned, the streaming takes up little to no drive space. With a 120g drive in my 360 I just recently hit 50% capacity, and I'm lazy about cleaning stuff off it.

... I still feel dirty paying for it.


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[Azazel]

I don't know what the hell people are putting on either console that they need bigger drives (unless they have really cheap 360s with like 20GB drives).

I have 2 60GB PS3s and neither is halfway full. I delete shit when I playing it.

I have an elite 360 with a harddrive that is incapable of being filled. Mostly because it will probably never get turned on again.

Guitar Hero/Rock Band DLC mostly, XBLA Games, a half dozen or so demos that can sit there till I get around to demoing them. Also with a good chunk of "real" games I'm playing at any given time installed to save the wear on the drive. I also had a bunch of videos on it at one point.

And yeah, we know you  your ps3 and don't like your 360. Good for you. Maybe you should sell/trade in that sucker along with your Wii?

BTW if you have a Sony Bravia TV you won't need a remote. The Slim has Bravia Sync which lets you use the TV remote.

I have a Samsung, but that's interesting to know at least.

[schild]

And yeah, we know you   your ps3 and don't like your 360. Good for you. Maybe you should sell/trade in that sucker along with your Wii?

I keep the shitty systems just in case they have something I absolutely positively can not miss.

Even the Gamecube had a couple games I HAD TO PLAY DAY 1. But then I got them on the PS2 and enjoyed them more there (god I hated the GC controller).

[Azazel]

That's a fair enough cop.

[ffc]

/derail

Until now I kept consoles until they broke or the next generation hit but this holiday season I may sell my Wii.  Natal and the PS3 wands will let me go full retard just fine and I won't have to deal with terrible graphics to do so.  Depends on how strong I feel the call of Mario and Zelda I guess.

/rerail

A local Best Buy has a bunch of slims in stock today and I am going to pick one up.  Besides Uncharted I was thinking about Folklore.  Posts from 2007 seem to approve but will it feel dated now?

[schild]

Folklore always felt dated, but boy is it gorgeous.

[Yegolev]

I don't think age is Folklore's problem.  Don't forget to get the dlc for it.

[Trippy]

Fuck! The PS3 Slim can't run Linux.

Edit: or I should say they removed the ability to install other OSes on it. It could probably still run Linux if somebody figured out a way around that (like taking the drive out, installing Linux that way and putting it back in).

[fuser]

Fuck! The PS3 Slim can't run Linux.

Is this confirmed on 2.80 or newer firmware?

[Trippy]

Dunno. The articles I read didn't mention if they removed that feature from the non-slims in a firmware update. I would doubt it though.

[Yegolev]

What version do the Slims ship with?  I kinda assumed 3.0 but no idea.

[schild]

Fuck! The PS3 Slim can't run Linux.

Oh, whatever will we do.

[bhodi]

They are not removing it from the non-slims. They are removing it from the slims due to the overhead required to support it from a hardware perspective. The quote was something like "Other OSes were not in our 'lower cost' efforts and thus were removed". Non-slims will continue to support booting from other OSes.

Not that it matters as they still refuse to unlock the RSX chip. No "real" development can occur until they do and I've given up hope that it will ever be the case. The chief reason I bought a PS3 is that I was under the impression that it would replace my aging XBMC. I was very, totally, and horribly wrong.

[ffc]

What version do the Slims ship with?  I kinda assumed 3.0 but no idea.

Mine came with 2.76.  Also, I was not prepared for the XMB to rock my face with awesome compared to the other consoles' menus.

Have the multiplayer connectivity issues in Fat Princess been successfully fixed?

[Yegolev]

Nice, they ship them out such that you can patch it right away.

The XMB is what a console interface should be.

[AutomaticZen]

Nice, they ship them out such that you can patch it right away.

The XMB is what a console interface should be.

And you can mod that fucker without paying for expensive themes!  Second thing I did after putting in a larger hard drive.

[Yegolev]

Good point, you can use any old jpg as a background.  Pictures of the family can make it hard to find the icons, but if you want to whip up something in a editor and use it, easy easy easy.  Also there are quite a few decent themes for free.  Currently I have the inFamous icons with the standard wavy background.