Playstation 3 Information, hardware, games & more discussion...

[fishepa]

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Maybe they'll make the PS3 a microwave as well.

[UC_Baller]

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You can get a 40-hour TiVo for only 49.99... why would you want your PS2 to be a DVR?

If I can get a DVR included in a PS3 why would I spend an extra $49.99 on one?

[The GIGGAS]

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Have we actually heard anything about a HDD for the PS3? I don't believe I've read anything about that.

A DVR is very pointless without a HDD.

[Scottdau]

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Maybe they'll make the PS3 a microwave as well.

If they do that I would spend big bucks for that! How about a washer and dryer too! I need a new one!

[fishepa]

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Have we actually heard anything about a HDD for the PS3? I don't believe I've read anything about that.

A DVR is very pointless without a HDD.

It would not work w/o a hard drive.

[The GIGGAS]

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It would not work w/o a hard drive.

That's why I said it would be very pointless.

[UC_Baller]

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Have we actually heard anything about a HDD for the PS3? I don't believe I've read anything about that.

A DVR is very pointless without a HDD.

I read there will be a detachable hard drive. So there will be a point for the DVR.

[The GIGGAS]

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I read there will be a detachable hard drive. So there will be a point for the DVR.

How large of a HDD?

[UC_Baller]

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How large of a HDD?

This was from a couple of pages ago.

"Detachable 2.5" hard drive with Linux pre-installed. Optional but not required for most games."

It doesn't say how big. Guessing Sony hasn't said yet.

[The GIGGAS]

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Ah.

Well, I don't like the fact that the game companies have to package things with their game systems. I'm all for online gaming, but media connect is a bit odd to be in an Xbox.

What happened to the game system only playing games?

[Ice Cream Truck]

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Ah.

Well, I don't like the fact that the game companies have to package things with their game systems. I'm all for online gaming, but media connect is a bit odd to be in an Xbox.

What happened to the game system only playing games?

Thinkin' bout coppin a Revolution?

[The GIGGAS]

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Thinkin' bout coppin a Revolution?

Nah.

I have a 360 and that's probably the only one I'll get this gen. I just don't like some of the features of the new consoles.

DVR? Media Connect?

Seems a bit much to me.

[Heelfan71]

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most likely the dvr function would work without a hard drive on the ps3......it could very easily use your computer hardrive. It would be tied into your home network like the 360 does.

[Heelfan71]

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It doesn't matter, I don't want my PS3 to be a DVR.

why? your 360 can be one if you choose.

[Silverstring]

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It doesn't matter, I don't want my PS3 to be a DVR.

I'm not saying it matters or doesn't matter, in regards to the PS3 and its value to YOU individually. I was just correcting your prior statement, so that other readers wouldn't be misinformed about Sony's experience in the DVR arena. Now you know something you didn't before.

I don't own any game consoles beyond an NES right now, and I didn't plan on purchasing a PS3 or an XBOX360, just a Revolution. BUT, I will say, if Sony packs all that functionality in, it would be attractive to me and other consumers who are comfortable with the higher price point as long as the other features are worth the cash outlay(of course this is individually determined).

Just like the PS2, families and parents I think will go toward a PS3 because the lure of an "all-in-one" wonder device is attractive. Families were able to stomach a PS2 in some cases because it included a DVD player, which still hadn't hit the masses yet. Similarly, the PS3 will be the game console for little johnny, the DVD/BlueRay player for everyone, the "Tivo" that the parents have been hearing about, and the memory card reader for mom-who is just getting into digital photography and maybe wants to show her friends photo slideshows on her TV when the friends come over. That, plus we all know how wives and girlfriends like LESS components and less remotes. Plus, the cachet of the Sony name.

If you're reading this, your probably gaming, computer, and Internet savvy. This functionality may not matter to you because you don't care, or because you do some of the PS3's promised things on your PC, or because you already have an Xbox or 360. That doesn't matter. The hardcore of every market-cars, consoles, computers, cell phones, stereos, etc.-like to think their individual, highly specialized needs stand in for the needs of the wider or mainstream marketplace. Yeah right. We don't sustain the game industry, and no matter how much passion we have for it, so decisions are not made on the behalf of our mindset. It's the reason that Microsoft put out a 360 Core(despite how much people here think the premium is a "no brainer") and the reason the PS3 might not succeed with us, but it will succeed among the WalMart shopping, AOL-having, American Idol watching, middle america mainstream. For us, a pure game system is bliss. For the most everyone else, particularly in the modern world where convergence is king(cell phones with cameras anyone?, tvs with dvd/vcr built-in, etc.) just a game console is seen as INADEQUATE. Which is why people will welcome the "wonder device" the PS3 is claiming to be (whether it lives up to it is anyone's guess).