lol of course, just read this review on play.com, now this sells it to me, sony should giv this guy a job!!!
This console is fantastic!
I was sceptical when it came out. £500+ for a gaming console when the 360 was at least 200 quid cheaper! What could it offer?!
A lot it turns out! I loved my PS2 but since I bought a HD TV last October I was craving HD gaming. I had nearly bought an XBox several times but wanted to wait for the PS3 to see if it was worth it. Even after the launch I wasn't so sure until I went round a mate's house who had just got a new PS3 (he already had an Xbox360 so I had the direct comparison!)
I bought one the next day! Why?
- REALLY slick user experience (way better than XBox)
- free online gaming membership (MS costs £40 per yr)
- free download of games, demos, videos, etc. and they can be 'background downloaded' so you just select what you want and carry on playing your games while the download runs silently in the background (a little message tells you when the download(s) are complete)
- MotorStorm and Fall Of Man graphics are amazing and game-play is totally addictive. Online its great fun too!
- 60GB HDD and its a media-player so you can use it for playing videos, music and viewing pics.
- web browser, for if you are too lazy to go upstairs on the PC!
- blue-tooth: so you should be able to use your mobile phone headset with it (my Nokia headset works) if you don't want to shell out for a Sony one!
- Blu-Ray drive (HD video for those that don't know)
- SixAxis controller is motion sensitive (Wii style!)
- Red Kawa have produced free media server software so you can use it as a media extender just like the Xbox, but it'll work with normal Windows XP (MCE not required) on your PC and there's a Linux version too!
- 'Other OS' installation: you can install another operating system and use it as a fully fledged PC! I've done this. Really easy to install (I used Yellow Dog Linux), took about an hour and came bundled with 'Open Office' and loads of other apps. Also makes the media player experience potentially limitless (as you can use whatever media player software you want and download the codecs required for your AV files!)
I reckon anyone who has posted negative reviews compared to the Xbox haven't actually tried it and are just anti-PS3 or are Xbox die-hards! Yes, the Xbox has a more established games selection, but MotorStorm and Fall Of Man are fantastic (the latter is definitely a match for Gears Of War in my opinion!) and its only a matter of time until the PS3 games collection catches up!
If you already have an XBox then its probably worth waiting until the selection of games matures a bit or the price drops a bit more, but if you are thinking of buying either one or the other then the PS3 wins hands down - if you buy an Xbox you'll be regretting it later on!
More incentive? When you join the PS3 network (online), if you are one of the first 495,000 to do so you get Casino Royale Blu-Ray for free from Sony as a thankyou!
also check the url its from theres alot of convincing reviews.
http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStatio...ctReviews.html