PS3 worth it?

[Sith Vol]

Just curious on whether anyone believes buying a PS3 is worth the $300. I currently have a 360 and all of my friends play Live. But I'm intrigued by the PS3 and have always been curious to try it out. I've heard graphics are superior to the Xbox and there are a lot of good games I'm wanting to try out on it along with the ability to play Blu Ray. There is a bundle at Target that is selling the PS3 with Uncharted 3 for $300. Just not sure if the price is worth it, with having to buy separate games for it. Anyone have both, I know it's not uncommon to own both gaming consoles.

[Volwark]

I have both, so...

The Blu Ray is a nice perk, but only if you don't already own a Blu Ray player.

PS3 has some decent exclusives, like Demon Souls, God of War III, GT series, Heavy Rain, Infamous series, Killzone series, Little BigPlanets, Uncharteds, some Metal Gear games, to name a few. "The Last of Us" is an upcoming exclusive that's getting a lot of hype, but we'll see.

For playing online, its not worth it. Live simply has it trumped all the way around.

As far as graphics? From my experience on multi-console games (FFXIII, CoD, ME, BF, Elder Scrolls), PS3 has slightly better graphics. That's usually up to the developer tho. Supposedly 360 has the better graphics hardware, but I've yet to see it, and their videos (for cut scenes) are crappy compared to PS3 games cause of Bink compression.

Basically just depends on two things: if you need the Blu Ray player and you like PS3 exclusives. Otherwise you're not missing out on anything if you have 360 aside from prettier cut scenes.

[bleedorange1983]

I own a ps3 and love it. I spent $250 on my system about a year ago, they should have dropped in price since.

[Volwark]

Oops also forgot to mention PS3 has the added perk of being able to play your old PS1 games (if you still have any). They won't run PS2 games tho (except for the older models that they don't make anymore). They're starting to make PS2 classics for PS3 tho that you can buy off the PSN store. You can also buy old PS1 games off the store too (they just added FF6 aka FF3).

[govols/cc]

There's nothing wrong with ps3 online. I have an Xbox but it's mainly for kinect to play with the family & friends. Never joined live. The ps3 dashboard is superior to Xbox IMO. Xbox is like a souped up wii.

[Sith Vol]

So is there anyway to play any of the GTA series on there? Mainly Vice City.

I used to have the PS2 and loved it. It was a reliable console. I switched to Xbox 4 years ago and just never looked back. Interested in getting back into the PS market.

[Volwark]

Originally Posted by Sith Vol

So is there anyway to play any of the GTA series on there? Mainly Vice City.

Not unless you get one of the original models. And they are very expensive (have to buy off ebay or some ****).

Or until they decide to make Vice City a PS2 classic, or they do an HD version for PS3 (they did something similar with God of War PS2 games, and are doing the same with FFX).

[Sith Vol]

I really wanna try Uncharted 3, God Of War 3, and Gran Turismo. I'd probably buy Battlefield 3 for it. Don't own it on Xbox. I also work at Target and have the redcard, so 15% extra off would save a lot of money. I think the console only is $199 for 160gb. It was $299 with Uncharted 3, PS Move, and 320gb.

[Sith Vol]

Originally Posted by Volwark

Not unless you get one of the original models. And they are very expensive (have to buy off ebay or some ****).

Or until they decide to make Vice City a PS2 classic, or they do an HD version for PS3 (they did something similar with God of War PS2 games, and are doing the same with FFX).

So why exactly don't PS2 games work? Seems strange. Is it the lack of support that the PS2 games dont have?

[govols/cc]

Originally Posted by Sith Vol

So is there anyway to play any of the GTA series on there? Mainly Vice City.

I used to have the PS2 and loved it. It was a reliable console. I switched to Xbox 4 years ago and just never looked back. Interested in getting back into the PS market.

There are GTA games for ps3.

[Volwark]

Uncharted series is arguably the best console exclusive series out there. Always a contender for GOTY

Originally Posted by Sith Vol

So why exactly don't PS2 games work? Seems strange. Is it the lack of support that the PS2 games dont have?

It was harder and more expensive to do the PS2 hardware and later software emulations. So it upped the price of PS3 considerably, which in turn hurt sales. They figured it was just cheaper to not include backwards compatability, and just sell PS2 systems dirt cheap.

[Sith Vol]

Originally Posted by govols/cc

There are GTA games for ps3.

Meant the older ones, not IV.

[TSwafford]

Yea its worth it.. i bought one a couple months ago to play the uncharted games. I prefer my 360 but ps3 has some good exclusives.

[BearCat204]

I dont play mine that often, but it is a great system. I mainly got mine to play The Show, but I have also had a great time playing God of War 3. If you have some extra spending cash I would say go for it. Also the biggest thing we have used ours for is for Netflix in the living room.

[Thrasher865]

Graphics are only better on PS3 exclusives. On multiplatform titles, their will be no discernible difference.