What are the risks of buying a PS3?

[Zaik]

In regards to hardware failure, generally speaking no. While they are electronics and can and do break, the playstations in general have always been way more durable and lasted longer than any other electronic device I've had. Also the Playstation Network is free.

On the software side, that's more personal preference than anything. You'd have to look at games yourself. Also the PSN doesn't have nearly as many indie devs putting games in it's shop. If that's something you're interested in you'd need to check out the XBLA.

 

[godfist88]

How does one get a yellow light of despair/doom? I've always wondered about this.

Other than that, the blue ray player can break if you shut off the PS3 player incorrectly to many times.

it doesn't happen nearly as often as the red rings of death.

 

[Roxor]

if your into big RPGs you don't have any disk swapping (like FF XIII and Mass Effect 2)

Since when does Mass Effect 2 need discs swapped? All I remember was a huge download of something like 13 GB.

 

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

Had my PS3 fat for three years. Never cleaned it (other than occasionally wiping off the carpet of dust that sticks to its shiny fat surface with the back of my hand), the dogs wrestle on it, and I've never had it brick or a YLOD.
I'd be very reluctant to buy any gaming system second hand, and seeing as the slim is like half the price of what the ps3 fat was I don't see the problem with just buying a slim new.
Though the fat does look prettier

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

Like 360's RRoD, PS3 has the YLoD (yellow light of death.) Not nearly as popular as the RRoD, but if you're buying used with no warranty, and especially if it's a fatboy (not the new slim version), then buyer beware!

The new 'slim' 360s seem to have fixed this problem as well.

On the PS3 matter however... Um it doesn't run Crysis 2 as well as the other systems, and I've heard the PSN isn't nearly as good as LIVE. But besides that, the PS3 seems to be a pretty solid buy at this point.

 

[TilMorrow]

Like 360's RRoD, PS3 has the YLoD (yellow light of death.) Not nearly as popular as the RRoD, but if you're buying used with no warranty, and especially if it's a fatboy (not the new slim version), then buyer beware!

We happened to have had a PS3 that got the Fail screen of Update. We updated Guitar Hero 3 and everything was fine and dandy. But then the next day none of our games would play and we just had a black screen with a horrid static in the background. We thankfully still had Warrenty but apparently it wasn't fixable as they had it for nearly 3 months so we got sent a new one. Also the PS3 that broke was a fat one. That's why I trust Xboxs more. Even though they red ring, at least they tell us what the problem is and takes 3-4 weeks to repair.

 

[William Ossiss]

if you dont clean it everyday, it'll brick after less than a year.

Bullshit. (excess doesn't mean better.)

You must have had a pretty unlucky run with a PS3 if it bricked within the year. Mine's been running for three year as of this year and my older bro's (60gig fat) has been running for about 5. I'll now and then give blow through the intakes, which will clean a fair bit of it, but my brother has never cleaned his.

i sold my console to my uncle. who smokes. he left it on the carpet (i know, moronic) and it was damn near to bricking. meaning that the blue ray drive was about to fry/already fried. but you guys probably never smoke. or do much of anything that causes dust to accumulate in vast quantities. or have cats that shed fur EVERY where.


in my experience... the only reason i bought the damn thing was to play god of war 3. i tried some shooters, but the controller sucked ass. even bought (yes, bought) killzone 2.

most asinine control scheme. ever.

so all i ever used it for was games like ratchet and clank. and fat princess.

and what with sony saying that even though you bought the console, it's still theirs... nope. wont do it. so im hoping that KH3 is released for xbox. because if anything... i just rent or borrow a ps3 and play it that way. im never buying that shit again. waste of my time and money...
i should of re-bought a wii...

 

[captaincabbage]

if you dont clean it everyday, it'll brick after less than a year.

Bullshit. (excess doesn't mean better.) (but it does mean more pointless emphasis.)

You must have had a pretty unlucky run with a PS3 if it bricked within the year. Mine's been running for three year as of this year and my older bro's (60gig fat) has been running for about 5. I'll now and then give blow through the intakes, which will clean a fair bit of it, but my brother has never cleaned his.

i sold my console to my uncle. who smokes. he left it on the carpet (i know, moronic) and it was damn near to bricking. meaning that the blue ray drive was about to fry/already fried. but you guys probably never smoke. or do much of anything that causes dust to accumulate in vast quantities. or have cats that shed fur EVERY where.


in my experience... the only reason i bought the damn thing was to play god of war 3. i tried some shooters, but the controller sucked ass. even bought (yes, bought) killzone 2.

most asinine control scheme. ever.

so all i ever used it for was games like ratchet and clank. and fat princess.

and what with sony saying that even though you bought the console, it's still theirs... nope. wont do it. so im hoping that KH3 is released for xbox. because if anything... i just rent or borrow a ps3 and play it that way. im never buying that shit again. waste of my time and money...
i should of re-bought a wii...

True that, I don't smoke and my brother doesn't smoke anymore. Plus my cat died about two years ago, tho I still have a dog. Also consoles and carpet just don't mix.

As for your personal prefrences, I didn't ask and I don't care.

 

[Bags159]

Why does everybody say PS3 exclusives suck?
God of War 3 and Collection
Sly Cooper Collection
Uncharted 1/2/3
Better Portal 2 with Steam support and cross platform play with PC/Mac
Killzone 1/2
Little Big Planet 1/2
Modnation Racers
Ratchet and Clank
Gran Turismo 5
Ico and Shadow of the Collosus Collection and The Last Guardian
Twisted Metal
Infamous 1/2

Xbox has
Halo 3/ODST/Reach
Fable 2/3
Gears of War 2/3
Left 4 Dead 1/2

You left Motorstorm off your list of PS3 exclusives. Best racing game since Crash Team racing and mario kart. Also, L4D isn't an xbox exclusive, it's on PC too.

I got a PS3 the week they came out in US... sadly it died last December. Never bothered to clean it.

On the PS3 matter however... Um it doesn't run Crysis 2 as well as the other systems, and I've heard the PSN isn't nearly as good as LIVE. But besides that, the PS3 seems to be a pretty solid buy at this point.

You're doing it wrong if you buy a console for shooters. PSN is also free.

 

[Bobbity]

Once you've bought a PS3, there's a pretty good chance you'll own one, and you really don't want that happening.


Seriously though, just watch out for the controllers. They're delicate as shit, and I've had to replace mine twice already.

/edit
Also, it seems like half the time playing CoD online, the frame rate drops down a heap, but I've never had that happen to me on Xbox.

 

[The_Yeti]

Trust in sony, my 2 ps1's and ps2's still freaking work error-free, and i can vouch for them not being treated kindly over the years, damn long legs.

Just don't dick around with their software for any reason, it ain't worth being a noteworthy douche over.

 

[sb666]

Why does everybody say PS3 exclusives suck?
God of War 3 and Collection
Sly Cooper Collection
Uncharted 1/2/3
Better Portal 2 with Steam support and cross platform play with PC/Mac
Killzone 1/2
Little Big Planet 1/2
Modnation Racers
Ratchet and Clank
Gran Turismo 5
Ico and Shadow of the Collosus Collection and The Last Guardian
Twisted Metal
Infamous 1/2

Xbox has
Halo 3/ODST/Reach
Fable 2/3
Gears of War 2/3
Left 4 Dead 1/2

buddy you forgot so many ps3 exclusives just to name a few you missed
heavy rain
mag
metal gear solid 4
White Knight Chronicles
Fat Princess
dead nation

 

[Solid Reece]

Why does everybody say PS3 exclusives suck?
God of War 3 and Collection
Sly Cooper Collection
Uncharted 1/2/3
Better Portal 2 with Steam support and cross platform play with PC/Mac
Killzone 1/2
Little Big Planet 1/2
Modnation Racers
Ratchet and Clank
Gran Turismo 5
Ico and Shadow of the Collosus Collection and The Last Guardian
Twisted Metal
Infamous 1/2

Xbox has
Halo 3/ODST/Reach
Fable 2/3
Gears of War 2/3
Left 4 Dead 1/2

buddy you forgot so many ps3 exclusives just to name a few you missed
heavy rain
mag
metal gear solid 4
White Knight Chronicles
Fat Princess
dead nation

You also for got White Knight Chronicles 2(Japan,Coming to the rest of the world soon)
Resistance 1,2,3(Coming 2011-2012)
The Last Guy
Digger HD
PixelJunk Shooter 1/2
Flower
Fat Princes
Jorney(2011)
184 intoal. How many can someone name compared to Xbox 360 exclusives

 

[packedcracker]

Well, there is the risk of opening the box and realizing that you have just bought a ps3.

 

[Solid Reece]

Once you've bought a PS3, there's a pretty good chance you'll own one, and you really don't want that happening.


Seriously though, just watch out for the controllers. They're delicate as shit, and I've had to replace mine twice already.

/edit
Also, it seems like half the time playing CoD online, the frame rate drops down a heap, but I've never had that happen to me on Xbox.

I had my playstation controlers for three years and the only problem is that i never clean them. Not one problem. It depends on how hard and aggrisle you play with them. Also I use them atlest 3 hours every day. The only reason I got rid of on is that I had too many.

 

[Solid Reece]

Had my Ps1 for 6 years. Ps2 for 5 years. Ps3 for 2 years.
Not one problem with any.

Had a Xbox. Broke in 3 mounths. Kepped save a new file in a diffrent slot for six of my games.
Sony/Playstaion make better qualtiy consles than microsoft.
Mircrosoft is better at making computers than game consles.
the only down side is that with the ps3 of xbox 360, you will have to replace the hardrive when it dies. They last around four years.

 

[GeneticallyModifiedDucks]

Seeing as how i just edited this into my previous post, i don't know if you'll see it, so i'll just make a whole new post.

The blue ray player can break if you shut off the PS3 player incorrectly to many times. Which means you can no longer play any games.

What exactly does shutting it down incorrectly mean?

 

[Smooth Operator]

It causes cancer, and if you should buy Bulletstorm it will make you a rapist.

 

[William Ossiss]

if you dont clean it everyday, it'll brick after less than a year.

Bullshit. (excess doesn't mean better.) (but it does mean more pointless emphasis.)

You must have had a pretty unlucky run with a PS3 if it bricked within the year. Mine's been running for three year as of this year and my older bro's (60gig fat) has been running for about 5. I'll now and then give blow through the intakes, which will clean a fair bit of it, but my brother has never cleaned his.

i sold my console to my uncle. who smokes. he left it on the carpet (i know, moronic) and it was damn near to bricking. meaning that the blue ray drive was about to fry/already fried. but you guys probably never smoke. or do much of anything that causes dust to accumulate in vast quantities. or have cats that shed fur EVERY where.

(right here)

in my experience... the only reason i bought the damn thing was to play god of war 3. i tried some shooters, but the controller sucked ass. even bought (yes, bought) killzone 2.

most asinine control scheme. ever.

so all i ever used it for was games like ratchet and clank. and fat princess.

and what with sony saying that even though you bought the console, it's still theirs... nope. wont do it. so im hoping that KH3 is released for xbox. because if anything... i just rent or borrow a ps3 and play it that way. im never buying that shit again. waste of my time and money...
i should of re-bought a wii...

True that, I don't smoke and my brother doesn't smoke anymore. Plus my cat died about two years ago, tho I still have a dog. Also consoles and carpet just don't mix.

As for your personal preferences*, I didn't ask and I don't care.

dude. everything after the initial paragraph wasn't meant for you. it was back on topic. I've even marked it with: (right here).

 

[William Ossiss]

Why does everybody say PS3 exclusives suck?
God of War 3 and Collection
Sly Cooper Collection
Uncharted 1/2/3
Better Portal 2 with Steam support and cross platform play with PC/Mac
Killzone 1/2
Little Big Planet 1/2
Modnation Racers
Ratchet and Clank
Gran Turismo 5
Ico and Shadow of the Collosus Collection and The Last Guardian
Twisted Metal
Infamous 1/2

Xbox has
Halo 3/ODST/Reach
Fable 2/3
Gears of War 2/3
Left 4 Dead 1/2

buddy you forgot so many ps3 exclusives just to name a few you missed
heavy rain
mag
metal gear solid 4
White Knight Chronicles
Fat Princess
dead nation

MAG was generic as fuck. they really could have made a great series of games with that...