Buying a ps3

Beckitt92

Hey
Im buying a ps3, just wondering if this deal is any good? or is there anywhere else i can get a better offer?

Im buying an 80GB ps3 in game up the north, its 330euro all together with infamous and a choice between little big planet,killzone2 and few other games.

This a good deal? it's the best i can find so far.

:pac:

Otacon

As far as bundles go, inFamous and LBP or KZ2 is very good.

I don't know what prices are like back home so I can't say that is the best deal you'll get but it sounds good.

Beckitt92

Thanks otacon

Leiva

Dont Buy one , Dont do it .....

You will find yourself sitting in front of it for hours on end , your social life will suffer , you will then discover the on line gaming world (then ur finished) before long you will have a funny on line name like "billybigballs" or something , you will loose all sense of reality and mankind .
Your addiction will even make you think complete strangers (who you have never known or met before) are your best mates and they too will have funny names .
You will look forward to drinking beers and gaming and not going out , your other half (if applicable) will think you have turned into a complete geek and will never get her head around why you curse at a TV screen , she will also never understand why you now love your black beauty more than her and dont push her "buttons" anymore.

But all in all its great craic


So be warned dont do it ...LOL

thegom145

I bought an 80gig PS3 in gamestop a few weeks ago with infamous and killzone for about 400 euro, so yes, thats a very good deal, get it

L31mr0d

If you have a gf who isn't much of a gamer get LBP and a second controller. She'll play through it with you. Just show her the outfits and facial expressions she can change into in the levels.

If you're flying solo, get KZ2 and jump into the online.

Don't forget to get a HDMI cable if you have a HD screen as it doesn't come with one. Also, if it doesn't come with a dualshock then get one.

Mr E

Smyths have a great bundle at the moment. For €439, I got the Killzone 2 bundle, 3 games from a list (I got Ratchet and Clank, Resistance 2 and Uncharted), a Logic3 wireless PS3 pad, and 2 €5 vouchers. I used one of the vouchers to get a €20 second hand copy of LBP for €15.

Good deal all round I thought....

invincibleirish

Heard murmurs on neogaf of price cuts and a PS3 slim are on the way. Nonsense?

Otacon

invincibleirish wrote: »

Heard murmurs on neogaf of price cuts and a PS3 slim are on the way. Nonsense?

I wouldn't say nonsense, but it makes sense that they will drop the price just before Christmas.

As for the PS3 Slim, I never really liked the idea but if it does happen, again, before Christmas is probably when we'll see it.

When is TGS [Tokyo Game Show] held? September? Could see them announced then.

ferrigan101

mixednuts wrote: »

Dont Buy one , Dont do it .....

You will find yourself sitting in front of it for hours on end , your social life will suffer , you will then discover the on line gaming world (then ur finished) before long you will have a funny on line name like "billybigballs" or something , you will loose all sense of reality and mankind .
Your addiction will even make you think complete strangers (who you have never known or met before) are your best mates and they too will have funny names .
You will look forward to drinking beers and gaming and not going out , your other half (if applicable) will think you have turned into a complete geek and will never get her head around why you curse at a TV screen , she will also never understand why you now love your black beauty more than her and dont push her "buttons" anymore.

But all in all its great craic


So be warned dont do it ...LOL

You have just pretty much described my life. I think I just died a little on the inside.......



Nope it was just a fart. Anyone for BF1943?

OP, get Killzone2 you will not regret it!

Beckitt92

Cheers lads, you've been a great help, im a bit of a rookie on the whole playstation front as i have a xbox360 (don't shoot me,lol :L)
But your able to play ps2 games on the ps3 right?

RangeR

Beckitt92 wrote: »

Cheers lads, you've been a great help, im a bit of a rookie on the whole playstation front as i have a xbox360 (don't shoot me,lol :L)
But your able to play ps2 games on the ps3 right?

That's a negative. However, hold out for a bit if you can. Maybe two months. There are rumuors flying everywhere that a price cut is on the cards and that the PS3 Slim is on the way.

noodler

Haven't heard about the PS3 Slim being BC though - not even in a rumour. Only thing I heard was a software solution and that would surely apply to all PS3s and not just the slim ones.

RangeR

noodler wrote: »

Haven't heard about the PS3 Slim being BC though

I never said that

Although that would just be the [think of family friendly phrase] cream on the pie, if that happened.

EDIT : Re reading my post and yours, I can see the confusion. I was really saying to the op, to hang on before purchasing a PS3 as prices might be reducing in the very near future, and that the PS3 slim may be available to purchase.

noodler

Ah I see. It makes outstanding sense to bring it back via a software upgrad if possible. Even if it only lets you download PS2 games rather than let you play the discs.

projectmayhem

noodler wrote: »

Haven't heard about the PS3 Slim being BC though - not even in a rumour. Only thing I heard was a software solution and that would surely apply to all PS3s and not just the slim ones.

I'm aware of such things and it's not a rumour, but it is just a software solution at the moment. Sony have not confirmed anything about sticking it into PS3's yet. But if it does happen, the idea is that all PS3's will get it via update, not just new slim models.

Leiva

Software Solution ... what Software solution and what is the solution ?

RangeR

The software solution is a rumour too and hasn't been confirmed by Sony. Everyone knows that the Emotion Engine is software based in every PS3 [except those with the Emotion Engine hardware].

The rumour is that the GFX chip has been implemented in software too, in the PS3 firmware. The rumour goes, that it's there but painfully slow. The slowness is the reason that Sony hasn't made it public yet.

Anyway, we are getting WAAAY OT. BC is not relevant to this topic.

sarumite

Beckitt92 wrote: »

Cheers lads, you've been a great help, im a bit of a rookie on the whole playstation front as i have a xbox360 (don't shoot me,lol :L)
But your able to play ps2 games on the ps3 right?

The 80gb PS3 is backwards compatible with PS2 games, the 40gb version is not.

Gummy Panda

sarumite wrote: »

The 80gb PS3 is backwards compatible with PS2 games, the 40gb version is not.

erm no.. the 60gb was and its no longer in production.

noodler

RangeR wrote: »

The software solution is a rumour too and hasn't been confirmed by Sony. Everyone knows that the Emotion Engine is software based in every PS3 [except those with the Emotion Engine hardware].

The rumour is that the GFX chip has been implemented in software too, in the PS3 firmware. The rumour goes, that it's there but painfully slow. The slowness is the reason that Sony hasn't made it public yet.

Anyway, we are getting WAAAY OT. BC is not relevant to this topic.

They patented the right to software emulation recently I believe. Doesn't mean anything in itself of course.

marko91

do NOT buy killzone 2 its complete bollox it takes u lyk 4 hours to turn around to look behind u!!!....get call of duty world at war...or call of duty 4....also modern warfare 2(cod6) is coming out in november.

Animo

marko91 wrote: »

do NOT buy killzone 2 its complete bollox it takes u lyk 4 hours to turn around to look behind u!!!....get call of duty world at war...or call of duty 4....also modern warfare 2(cod6) is coming out in november.

Nevermind what he is saying about KZ2, thats utter rubbish. I have it and love it!

Jax Teller

prices been dropped next month on ps3 my mate works in game and told me the other day . best wait and see

projectmayhem

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

prices been dropped next month on ps3 my mate works in game and told me the other day . best wait and see

GAME executives will be the last people to know of a price drop. Retailers are landed with RRP changes last minute. There isn't much hope of your friend at the bottom of the chain knowing before anyone else I'm afraid. A pricedrop in August doesn't even make incredible amounts of sense when they can wait until Christmas.

Jax Teller

projectmayhem wrote: »

GAME executives will be the last people to know of a price drop. Retailers are landed with RRP changes last minute. There isn't much hope of your friend at the bottom of the chain knowing before anyone else I'm afraid. A pricedrop in August doesn't even make incredible amounts of sense when they can wait until Christmas.

alri yeah well he is hardly just gonna come out and say ps3 are dropping prices next month like thats not general chit chat ya know .. wait and see .. cant just drop prices at christmas ya know ppl need do there shoppin months in advance

projectmayhem

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

alri yeah well he is hardly just gonna come out and say ps3 are dropping prices next month like thats not general chit chat ya know .. wait and see .. cant just drop prices at christmas ya know ppl need do there shoppin months in advance

Do you really think Sony are allowing sensitive business information to drip down to the common retail employee? There'd be no need for secrecy if you're doing that. The fact that he works in a game store rings to me that actually talking price drops, console stuff and games probably is common chit-chat for the guy. Also, I've seen it a horrific number of times whereby a game-store employee will mouth of "facts" based on hearsay, knowing people will lap it up because they assume game store employee's have the inside track. They don't. The only information given to retailers (managers, executives, etc.) are release dates. If Sony drop their price by €100, they can announce it today and give a weeks notice to retailers to get ready.

Price drops are not common in summer because the games market drops off the face of the earth. The fact that we've had any major releases is unusual. This summer companies have tried to buck the trend of no sales by releasing games online rather then boxed through retail. Case in point; EA with Battlefield 1943. Or even Wipeout Pure expansion pack, etc. A few quid, boom, done. No major marketing put behind them etc. because the market won't pay enough dividends.

Yes, people are buying Christmas crap in summer to spread the costs. This is probably less then 1% of all Christmas shoppers. Trying to hit that market is insane, especially in this economy. If you lower your console price now you end up with the competition potentially lowering their prices at Christmas, leaving you exposed without a publicised pricedrop. If it were true that Christmas shopping was spread as far back as August to December, then you'd see less games getting releases in the last week of November/first week of December and a more evenly spread release schedule. Unfortunately Christmas time is still the most lucrative time to release stuff.

marko91

to the people telling OP to keep his money til the price drop....why wait so long for the sake of around 50 euro?come on stop bein cheap lol just get it now!its worth every cent

noodler

I can still see a price drop BEFORE slim comes out. May be necessary to get rid of the existing SKUs.

noodler

marko91 wrote: »

to the people telling OP to keep his money til the price drop....why wait so long for the sake of around 50 euro?come on stop bein cheap lol just get it now!its worth every cent

+1.

I bought mine in December even though a price drop was expected for last March and it never happened.

Just look for a good deal.

RangeR

marko91 wrote: »

to the people telling OP to keep his money til the price drop....why wait so long for the sake of around 50 euro?come on stop bein cheap lol just get it now!its worth every cent

I didn't see anybody TELLING him. I'm my case, I suggested that if he could wait, then do so. More for the Slim than anything else. If THAT'S going to happen, it's going to be announced at GamesCom next month. Not a huge amount of time to wait, rather than buying the bulky PS3 Fat.

marko91

RangeR wrote: »

I didn't see anybody TELLING him. I'm my case, I suggested that if he could wait, then do so. More for the Slim than anything else. If THAT'S going to happen, it's going to be announced at GamesCom next month. Not a huge amount of time to wait, rather than buying the bulky PS3 Fat.

why wait so long for the same ps3 just smaller?thats pointless who cares what it looks like?last time i checked ya buy concoles to play them not look at them!

RangeR

marko91 wrote: »

why wait so long for the same ps3 just smaller?thats pointless who cares what it looks like?last time i checked ya buy concoles to play them not look at them!

I'm not going to indulge you too much. MANY people buy console for MANY reasons. End off.


Now, on my part, when I purchased my PS3, it was PURELY as a media center. I had NO intention of playing games. That outlook has since changed but is irrelevant.

The fact that YOU cannot think of any reason why someone would not want to wait for the slim variant is irrelevant. And to say that the Slim is "the same" as the original, is disingenuous and naive.

1. Smaller so will fit into smaller spaces [some people don't like a lot of bulky boxes around their TV]
2. Possibly cheaper
3. WILL consume less electricity
4. Who knows what other hardware changes there may be [good or bad]. If you think this is not a factor just remember the US and Euro 60GB versions compared to PSP FAT/Slim to the PSP Go [extra Bluetooth, no UMD etc]

Personally, if I didn't have a PS3 and found out a Slim was in the works, I'd wait a few months for one.

I was giving possible advice not TELLING him to do anything.

marko91

RangeR wrote: »

I'm not going to indulge you too much. MANY people buy console for MANY reasons. End off.


Now, on my part, when I purchased my PS3, it was PURELY as a media center. I had NO intention of playing games. That outlook has since changed but is irrelevant.

The fact that YOU cannot think of any reason why someone would not want to wait for the slim variant is irrelevant. And to say that the Slim is "the same" as the original, is disingenuous and naive.

1. Smaller so will fit into smaller spaces [some people don't like a lot of bulky boxes around their TV]
2. Possibly cheaper
3. WILL consume less electricity
4. Who knows what other hardware changes there may be [good or bad]. If you think this is not a factor just remember the US and Euro 60GB versions compared to PSP FAT/Slim to the PSP Go [extra Bluetooth, no UMD etc]

Personally, if I didn't have a PS3 and found out a Slim was in the works, I'd wait a few months for one.

I was giving possible advice not TELLING him to do anything.

u bought a GAMING console to NOT play games....i rest my case

RangeR

marko91 wrote: »

u bought a GAMING console to NOT play games....i rest my case

It's not JUST a gaming console. That is a mistake a lot of people make

/me wave bye bye

Burning Eclipse

marko91 wrote: »

u bought a GAMING console to NOT play games....i rest my case

That's incredibly naive...

"PS3 delivers the next generation of interactive entertainment. Enjoy Blu-ray Disc movies, cutting edge High Definition games, easy music, video and photo storage, free access to PlayStation®Network and much more." (from http://ie.playstation.com/ps3/)

That's how Sony sees it's console... Why can't consumers do the same? Hell, the first thing the site mentions is the Blu-ray capability!

Otacon

Wow this is going off-topic!

OP - Have you decided on what you are getting?

Leiva

Why i bought a PS3 ...

1.) Bluray

2.)Media Centre ..streaming vid etc etc

3.)Web browsing capabilities from sitting room TV .

4.)Believe it or not...........GAMING .

Now that list has changed considerably since i opened up "Pandora's On-Line gaming" Box." and got hooked , so the one thing that my black beauty gets turned on for is a good game of on-line RSV2 (wish the other half could feel the same :rolleyes:)

Now as for having a slim PS3 ...well the grass is always greener and having a slimer black beauty is always a good thing .:P

My 2 pence worth .

RangeR

mixednuts wrote: »

so the one thing that my black beauty gets turned on for is a good game of on-line RSV2 (wish the other half could feel the same :rolleyes:)

Last time I'll go OT on this but I soooooooooo feel your pain. I'd love to settle down and have a few games with the other half. She;s just not interested in games at all. She will play 30 minutes of Buzz on line, once every two or three months, but after that, it's back to Corrie

sarumite

Gummy Panda wrote: »

erm no.. the 60gb was and its no longer in production.

Yeah my bad...the old 80gb had software emulation backwards compatability (the 60gb had hardware BC)....they took out the emulation in the new 80gbs.

Otacon

sarumite wrote: »

Yeah my bad...the old 80gb had software emulation backwards compatability (the 60gb had hardware BC)....they took out the emulation in the new 80gbs.

Again, thats not true.

The 60GB American version had hardware emulation while our 60GB version had software emulation. The 60GBs were the only SKUs with BC for PS2 games. All SKUs have PS1 emulation.

noodler

I thought the American 80GBs had BC? or at least some of them, no?

Beckitt92

Cheers for all your help lads, i got a ps3 i got a 60gb model with 6 games (guitar hero 3, fifa 08/09, pes 09, resistance and a ps2 game the warriors) i got two controllers and two guitar hero guitars for 240 euro second hand.



Im chuffed, going to trade in the football games for metal gear solid 4 and cod4
and lads im a girl btw, lol.

Cheers for all your help

noodler

Beckitt92 wrote: »

Cheers for all your help lads, i got a ps3 i got a 60gb model with 6 games (guitar hero 3, fifa 08/09, pes 09, resistance and a ps2 game the warriors) i got two controllers and two guitar hero guitars for 240 euro second hand.



Im chuffed, going to trade in the football games for metal gear solid 4 and cod4
and lads im a girl btw, lol.

Cheers for all your help

Jesus, did you take what was in their fridge too?

Remind me never to sell you anything.

Otacon

Beckitt92 wrote: »

i got a ps3 i got a 60gb model with 6 games (guitar hero 3, fifa 08/09, pes 09, resistance and a ps2 game the warriors) i got two controllers and two guitar hero guitars for 240 euro second hand.

240 for a 60GB model? What? That was a steal! Understandably it is a older console but it is still fairly rare.

Beckitt92 wrote: »

and lads im a girl btw, lol.

I don't believe that! Remember, the Internet is where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents.

Beckitt92

noodler wrote: »

Jesus, did you take what was in their fridge too?

.

I tryed, he didn't have much though so i left it.

Beckitt92

Otacon wrote: »

I don't believe that! Remember, the Internet is where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents.

Hahaha too true otacon! :pac:

RangeR

That is a VERY sweet deal

RangeR

Actually, don't forget to sign up to PSN and get access to some other cool games. Considering you got all that for a steel, you should have some money left over

• ANYTHING by Pixel Junk
• Wipeout HD [and Fury]
• Warhalk
• Burnout Paradise
• Gran Tourismo 5 Prologue [although at this stage it may be worth waiting for the full release]
• Super Stardust [and expansions]
• Nucleus
• The Last Guy
• Savage Moon
• High Velocity Bowling [meh on DLC]
• Super Rub a Dub [pure brilliance ]

Beckitt92

RangeR wrote: »

Actually, don't forget to sign up to PSN and get access to some other cool games. Considering you got all that for a steel, you should have some money left over

• ANYTHING by Pixel Junk
• Wipeout HD [and Fury]
• Warhalk
• Burnout Paradise
• Gran Tourismo 5 Prologue [although at this stage it may be worth waiting for the full release]
• Super Stardust [and expansions]
• Nucleus
• The Last Guy
• Savage Moon
• High Velocity Bowling [meh on DLC]
• Super Rub a Dub [pure brilliance ]

RangeR im Defenitely getting some of them, thanks for the recommendation man!
Going to sign up on PSN when i get home from work can't wait to properly play the ps3. only got to fiddle with it for a bit last night.

Otacon

Beckitt92 wrote: »

RangeR im Defenitely getting some of them, thanks for the recommendation man!
Going to sign up on PSN when i get home from work can't wait to properly play the ps3. only got to fiddle with it for a bit last night.

And Battlefield 1943. Favourite game atm.