Poll: Best reason to get a PS3

[mokes310]

The Blu-ray player is the only reason I bought mine. Sold it a week later after I found out the console was garbage...(and I found a cheaper blu-ray player)...

 

[Jumplion]

The computer engineers was referential to how smart people are with computers.

Lots of extremely dumb people use 30" monitors. It isn't in any way related to how tech-savvy someone is.

Okay, let me put it this way, not everyone knows what parts are better than what parts on PCs nor does everyone know how to set up their PCs/PC monitor's to support 1080p+ or the game they play to show the resolution to 1080p+ or keep their computers from crashing or even know how to run a basic OS or whatever on the computer.

Dell Tech support shows us how stupid and ignorant some people can be when it comes to PCs.

 

[Kermi]

Blu-ray is a better movie format than I gave it credit for. If you want a blu-ray player and the option to play games, a PS3 is worthwhile. If you're primarily interested in games, don't buy a PS3 if it's going to be your sole console.

 

[DirkGently]

Honestly, I find that this obsession with ultra high definition graphics to get extremely tiring. When you game on a console, you're going to need a TV that takes up half your house in order to see the difference, or, be on the PC and sit close to it. I don't have the money for either, but I'm starting to lean towards getting a PC first, and start playing the wide back catalogue of games that I'm told is utterly amazing and that I'd likely wouldn't understand because I'm dirty Xbox primate. Also, I wouldn't need to upgrade my TV by 20" to enjoy the 'full HD experience', though, as I said, such is not important to me. It's the games itself And since I find Uncharted to be a pile mediocrity, the only games (that I'm aware of) are Resistance/2 and Ratchet & Clank.

 

[Jumplion]

The computer engineers was referential to how smart people are with computers.

Lots of extremely dumb people use 30" monitors. It isn't in any way related to how tech-savvy someone is.

Okay, let me put it this way, not everyone knows what parts are better than what parts on PCs nor does everyone know how to set up their PCs/PC monitor's to support 1080p+ or the game they play to show the resolution to 1080p+ or keep their computers from crashing or even know how to run a basic OS or whatever on the computer.

Dell Tech support shows us how stupid and ignorant some people can be when it comes to PCs.

Jumplion, all you need to do to actually have High-Def at home is buy a monitor that can support it.

When Eggo said that about dumb people having those monitors it's because they've become popular.
When someone decides to buy a computer they need to buy a monitor and every monitor nowadays that's above 70$ already supports High-Def.
You really don't see people going to your local hardware shop and choosing to buy one of those old CRT monitors for gaming do you? They usually go with either an LCD or a recent kind of monitor...

Also I was being facetious on my last post, I know it's lack of knowledge, why would the OP be lying about it?

Oh and since you actually like learning about this things, lookey here if you're interested in pixels [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel].

A pixel is a pixel, they have standard dimensions.

My ignorance right here is another example of other people's ignorance, but I'll leave it at that since I don't want to derail the thread.

And thanks for the link, I always like learning this stuff.

But sorry for being all serious and stuff, but the internetz are serious business.

 

[DirkGently]

Little Big Planet is the only reason that makes me want a PS3. Other than that, the PS3 is hardly superior to the Xbox 360. The PS3 has less games, suckier network (eventhough it IS for free. Wait, it is free, right?), is more expensive (both the games and the actual PS3) and.. Did I say less games yet? Plus, I really don't like the controller, but that's personal preference.

When 360 owners say that the PS3 has a worse online network they never say why. Can you give some reasons please?

And don't say "Its liable to lag and crash". In my experiences with Live, it managed to do both of those at a level I've never seen my Ps3 match.

I'd have to point to your internet connection and/or what games you were playing, when etc. I've played countless hours of XBL and the only time I ever had interrupted service (Outside of things attributed to my own network), is last Christmas/new years when a metric shit-ton of people got new Xboxes and turned them and connected to Xbox Live. COD4, specifically went from somewhere, if i remember correctly, around 30,000 people to having well over 300,000. The number of people playing skyrocketed and Xbox Live needed to rebalance itself properly.

The PSN, on the other hand, frequently disconnects mid-game, and, in the case of little big planet, said "fuck it, oh and since i'm still trying to work the online get ready for the game to lag up because it's totally necessary to find out what your friends score when they play games". And while it was before the final street date, it was one of those copies that people sold because they didn't know it changed, so there was no reason for the servers to not be setup properly.

 

[DirkGently]

The usual questions of was anyone else using your network, was your computer on, someone stealing your wireless, were you using a wireless connection, etc apply. Every once in a while it would seem that the xbox live/the game developers clear out their caches as to what IP's/Gamertags have good connections and make good hosts and you'll frequently get stuck with bad hosts who disconnect or drop out. Were you losing your connection to Xbox Live or just the particular lobby you were in? When I was talking about my problems with the PSN my ID was being disconnected and I was losing my connection completely.

EDIT: Also, define "Full broadband connection".

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Little Big Planet is the only reason that makes me want a PS3. Other than that, the PS3 is hardly superior to the Xbox 360. The PS3 has less games, suckier network (eventhough it IS for free. Wait, it is free, right?), is more expensive (both the games and the actual PS3) and.. Did I say less games yet? Plus, I really don't like the controller, but that's personal preference.

When 360 owners say that the PS3 has a worse online network they never say why. Can you give some reasons please?

And don't say "Its liable to lag and crash". In my experiences with Live, it managed to do both of those at a level I've never seen my Ps3 match.

I have had some laggy games on PSN but never as bad as hosted servers on MSatans big name ones.Not to mention I can host games on PSN with zero lag unlike live when lags up a storm.

 

[DirkGently]

Little Big Planet is the only reason that makes me want a PS3. Other than that, the PS3 is hardly superior to the Xbox 360. The PS3 has less games, suckier network (eventhough it IS for free. Wait, it is free, right?), is more expensive (both the games and the actual PS3) and.. Did I say less games yet? Plus, I really don't like the controller, but that's personal preference.

When 360 owners say that the PS3 has a worse online network they never say why. Can you give some reasons please?

And don't say "Its liable to lag and crash". In my experiences with Live, it managed to do both of those at a level I've never seen my Ps3 match.

I have had some laggy games on PSN but never as bad as hosted servers on MSatans big name ones.Not to mention I can host games on PSN with zero lag unlike live when lags up a storm.

I blame your internets, sir. My Xbox Live experience is only laggy or likewise bad there are things attributable to my connection, (IE other people) which I fix and no longer have problems. As I've said, whenever I use the PSN on my network it's category five hurricane of failure.

 

[PersianLlama]

It's a games console which can play games which offer enjoyment during the otherwise grey and boring hours of our lives.

QFT

Oh, and to the people above who say the PSN is laggy and worse than Xbox Live. When I had an Xbox 360, I'd crash all the time, get exited out of games and disconnect. It happens a lot less on my PS3.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

It's a games console which can play games which offer enjoyment during the otherwise grey and boring hours of our lives.

QFT

Oh, and to the people above who say the PSN is laggy and worse than Xbox Live. When I had an Xbox 360, I'd crash all the time, get exited out of games and disconnect. It happens a lot less on my PS3.

More times its bad coding problem then the actual systems fault with the ps3.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Little Big Planet is the only reason that makes me want a PS3. Other than that, the PS3 is hardly superior to the Xbox 360. The PS3 has less games, suckier network (eventhough it IS for free. Wait, it is free, right?), is more expensive (both the games and the actual PS3) and.. Did I say less games yet? Plus, I really don't like the controller, but that's personal preference.

When 360 owners say that the PS3 has a worse online network they never say why. Can you give some reasons please?

And don't say "Its liable to lag and crash". In my experiences with Live, it managed to do both of those at a level I've never seen my Ps3 match.

I have had some laggy games on PSN but never as bad as hosted servers on MSatans big name ones.Not to mention I can host games on PSN with zero lag unlike live when lags up a storm.

I blame your internets, sir. My Xbox Live experience is only laggy or likewise bad there are things attributable to my connection, (IE other people) which I fix and no longer have problems. As I've said, whenever I use the PSN on my network it's category five hurricane of failure.

I guess its a toss-up. Same problem with my freind. Every time we play survival on MGO he lags out every fucking time. While I lag out quite often on XBL I very rarely have that happen on PSN.

 

[.Ricks.]

Well couldn't decide between MGS4 and LBP but ended up going for LBP, there are a lot of things in favor of the PS3, not a particular game or characteristic of the system but the whole, there are great games on the horizon but some great ones in the past aswell, I think it's the best system for me because I'm a story driven guy, a thing almost any game on the PS3 lacks, if I had to sum each console in one word that describes it... PS3 would be "Book" Xbox 360 would be "Gun" and Wii would be "Toy".

 

[Jumplion]

Little Big Planet is the only reason that makes me want a PS3. Other than that, the PS3 is hardly superior to the Xbox 360. The PS3 has less games, suckier network (eventhough it IS for free. Wait, it is free, right?), is more expensive (both the games and the actual PS3) and.. Did I say less games yet? Plus, I really don't like the controller, but that's personal preference.

When 360 owners say that the PS3 has a worse online network they never say why. Can you give some reasons please?

And don't say "Its liable to lag and crash". In my experiences with Live, it managed to do both of those at a level I've never seen my Ps3 match.

I have had some laggy games on PSN but never as bad as hosted servers on MSatans big name ones.Not to mention I can host games on PSN with zero lag unlike live when lags up a storm.

I blame your internets, sir. My Xbox Live experience is only laggy or likewise bad there are things attributable to my connection, (IE other people) which I fix and no longer have problems. As I've said, whenever I use the PSN on my network it's category five hurricane of failure.

I guess its a toss-up. Same problem with my freind. Every time we play survival on MGO he lags out every fucking time. While I lag out quite often on XBL I very rarely have that happen on PSN.

MGO is a separate network from PSN I believe. That's why you have to sign up two accounts. If it's laggy it's Konami's fault there.

 

[Bob_F_It]

You listed some games on that poll. It's missing Mirror's Edge (that's a prospective reason, though. Your call)
EDIT:But it's not exclusive.