Do we really need a 320GB PS3?

[Skops]

I personally may have to upgrade to a 120, possibly 320 just to be safe. I currently have a 80gb, and its gettin pretty close to the limit. It really does depend on what you do with it. I practically use the PS3 almost everything except school projects and work related stuff.

 

[XJ-0461]

Now they can call it the PS3 360, though!

Personally I would have gone with PS360. It rolls off the tongue better.

On topic: Well, more free space is a good thing I suppose. And I guess it might sound better to a more casual consumer. It's kind of like screen size for TVs; it's not needed, but people like having the bigger ones.

[sub]Any innuendo in this post is entirely accidental.[/sub]

 

[GeneticallyModifiedDucks]

I dont think anyone needs 360 gigs of Harddrive space on their PS3, but with the ability to swap a new harddrive easily enough, and I remember seeing a 500gig hardrive for less than $100, I dont see a reason to buy a 360 gig harddrive, since im going to assume that they will charge even more for it.

Also, unrelated to the question, but because we are talking about PS3s. I have two PS3, both are slims and both have 120 gig HD. One is new and costs $299, the other is used (Refurbished) and costs $259. Im going to buy one of these, which should I buy? The new one? or the used one, giving me some extra money to spend on games?

Actually they're gonna charge for the 360 one the same they're charging for the 250 one, which probably got a slight price drop.

 

[mr_pants66]

well i have a 500Gb ps3 (it was an old 40Gb) and i have more than half filled it i am having to buy a 1tb hard drive to put the rest of my stuff on it, (most of the things are movies by the way)

 

[Woodsey]

Like with the Xbox 360, a lot of people choose to install games onto their hard drive. Each game can take up about six gigabytes of space, so it makes sense that you'd need larger hard drives over time. Then you'd have to consider music and movies, and game demos and downloadable content. On top of that, there's Games on Dema - wait, no... that's an Xbox exclusive. Microsoft wins again.

Over-priced, with only older games (and not even that many). Yeah, total win.

/sarcasm

OT: They're bringing Steamworks to the PS3, so they may have a version of the Steam store on there (note to the guy I've quoted: the Steam store is how you do digital distribution) but that's purely speculation on my part.

I'd get the 320GB just for the sake of it; with these things you find that if you get the smaller you fill it up too quickly, and with the larger you never get anywhere close to max capacity. The latter is the safest option.

 

[The_Deleted]

Upgraded my PS3 to 500GB.
Still plenty of room on that mutha (board)!!

 

[Resonantscythe]

You have to remember the ps3 can also store music videos and pictures. For the people using it as their go-to multi-media interface the 360 gig unit could be great news. It will boil down to individual need/ desire. I have an 80 gig one myself and am planning to upgrade soon to make space for the new games and music I'll be adding.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Yes, you'd probably need it if you've got lots of games like Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and GTA 4, those games takes up like 5-6 GBs of space. I can't imagine how much place Gran Turismo 5 will actually take, if it's ever released and not delayed again that is.

 

[Rakun Man]

PS360!!

Hahaha. Anyway, I have a 250gb xbox (not the slim), and I spent about half of those gigs on intalling games, and games demos. I like to intall my games because it makes my jet engine xbox run quiet.

360gb seems like a way lot to me, but as long a Sony gives you options, I'm not gonna complain about larger ps3s making smaller ps3s cheaper.

 

[migo]

When Sony announced the new ps3s coming out I asked myself do you really need a 360gb harddrive. Now I have a 120gb one and it's not even close to being halfway full, my friends have the older ps3s with even less memory and I hear no complaints. So could I have your opinions please because I could be way off!

If you look at hard drive prices, there's always a sweet spot in terms of price per GB, and even a certain spot where smaller hard drives cost more than larger ones. In all likelihood, Sony is just increasing hard drive sizes for the PS3 as bulk prices hit a point that it doesn't make sense for them to stay smaller. At this point it's probably close to actually getting more expensive to have a 120GB hard drive instead of a 160GB one, and the 320GB one is really likely just there to compete with the 250GB one in the Xbox 360 S.

 

[Dexiro]

250gb really does sound like enough but more wouldn't hurt i suppose, not that i'd buy it myself.

Sony seem to be putting a few disc-based games up for download, like LittleBigPlanet, maybe the extra space is to compensate for more large downloads like that.

 

[RadiusXd]

I can be usefull depending on the context.
I have installed linux on mine and its a partition file server now.

 

[Balmong7]

I stall haven't used the 20GB on my old 360. As long as you are sensible you will never need that much storage. I gess the PS3 is different, mandatory installs and all but i still think it's probably overkill.

[sub][sub][sub] plus there is no porn on the PS network so thats 1/2 my suusal considereations for storage gone [/sub][/sub][/sub]

you last little comment is very wrong. with a full internet browser on the system. there is much [sub][sub][sub] porn [/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[squid5580]

Yes some will need it. Mainly PS + subscribers. All those free games and demos are going to eat a ton of space sooner or later.

 

[migo]

I can be usefull depending on the context.
I have installed linux on mine and its a partition file server now.

Not available on new PS3s, plus you always had to do 10GB to one and everything else to the other, which was pretty retarded.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

my default XB360 20gb still hasnt been used up... I wouldnt need 360GB in a million years

 

[Super Toast]

Depends on what you put on it. I have 2000 songs, 15 movies in HD and 35 games on my PS3, yet I've still got 50 gigs left. I can certainly imagine someone needing more space, though.

 

[GonzoGamer]

If the ps3 had more than 5 games that can use the custom soundtrack option, I would say sure.

 

[Prince Regent]

Confucius teaches that it's better to have a 360GB PS3 than a 3GB Xbox 360.

 

[migo]

my default XB360 20gb still hasnt been used up... I wouldnt need 360GB in a million years

The 360 can do much less with the space. A PS3 can rip your entire CD collection, which if done at lossless levels will take up more than 20GB, then there's movies, as well as all the mandatory game installs that take up several gigs each.