AndyBlackFRST

Just noticed you can now reserve your PS3 from Play.com. Think I may have to get one of these.. Even though it will cost the same as a high spec PC..

£550 Will get you the setup...

Sony Playstation 3 PS3 Console With 60GB HDD & 3 Games (Formula One 06/Warhawk/Singstar)

Spec as most prob know..

CPU: Cell Processor
GPU: RSX
Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-based processing)
Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
HDD: 2.5" Serial ATA (60GB)
I/O: USB 2.0 (x4) - MemoryStick/SD/CompactFlash
Communication: Ethernet (x1 / 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) - IEEE 802.11 b/g - Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Wireless controller (Bluetooth)
AV Output: Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI OUT - (x1 / HDMI NextGen)
AV MULTI OUT (x1)
DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) (x1)
BD/DVD/CD Drive (Read Only): Maximum Read Speed BD 2x (BD-ROM), DVD 8x (DVD-ROM), CD 24x (CD-ROM)
Super Audio CD 2x
Dimensions: Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
Weight: Approximately 5 kg

adamS2RST

Been on reserve for a few weeks now on play, I´m going to hold out for release, that price is a tad steep and the games are shite.

AndyBlackFRST

Hope the games will be better.. apparently they will have 10-15 gaves ready when this is released..

Going to hold fire on this as it's alot of money...

scottp

grand turismo HD look ace!

i hope they have better sounds on this one though, i do not believe for one mintue that they recorded the true sound of all the cars on GT4, some sound crap!

Big G

Know a guy who was part of the team making the F1 game, he said that your PS2 can be upgraded to PS3 spec at a fraction of the cost, and they are already working on the PS4.

Big G

Wireless looting

MWF

A friend of mine had to escort the guys from Sony around when they came to record the DB9 for Grand Turismo. He said all they did was put a few microphones around the car and rev the engine while it was sat in neutral.

BM08

Few years when i was younger id have been foaming at the mouth about this but now? nah its all nonsense, if you already half a half decent specced pc, spend a few hundred on a top graphics card and a few other gubins and it will piss all over this

BlueSmoke

Tempted but not sure. How can anyone say the games are crap when they haven't been released yet though?

MWF

Exactly

Friends of mine have already started slagging the PS3 off and saying the new Nintendo is better, I remember people having arguments like that when they were at school.

aduz

the only reason id consider one is for gt5 which hopefuly will be online but there again forza motorsport 2 for the 360 is out soon so fook the ps

gurnE

I was a diehard Playstation/PS2 fan and I waited for ages for the PS3 before finally getting bored and buying a 360

After seeing the spec and price of the PS3 I've seen nothing to make me regret that decision so far.

Go Microsoft

essex_jamie

ill hold out my 360 is the nuts and forza on the xbox was far much more better then and gran turismo and forza 2will be supreme king again

aduz

did u race online mate?...i was never off it until my box expired

leecavturbo

i've heard that the games once played in your ps3 will code to that ps3 and will not play in any other ps3 after that!
they want to stop the secondhand market so everyone buys new games!
never read this tho just what the brother in law says and he's pretty much gamer made

andre_k

iTrader: (2)

so how does the spec compare to the 360? will it be worth buying a ps3, or gettin a 360 now?

gurnE

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614783p1.html

I'd wait and buy a 360 if you're not desperate.

The 360 is bound to come down a bit when the PS3 comes out

TIFF

Very very close to clicking on the Buy button for the PS3

Always been a die-hard PlayStation fan and i think it will deffo be worth the wait

essex_jamie

yes mate i was addicted to it so realistic ripping round the nurberg ring racing for slips lol, and selling/trading ur cars online pretty cool!
also loved the damage on the cars like transboxs going etc made it soo much better then gran turismo, also in gt th computer follows the same line regardless least in forza they try moving around ya an that th computer raced more like a human and the bonus u coulnd just bump into others peoples cars on bends in forza to stop goin off track as it would fook ur car unlike gran turismo

cossies4eva

if it wasnt such a ridiclous price i would consider getting a Ps3 but ill stick with my orignal Xbox for now its still brilliant after 2 years

EssexMikeSi

iTrader: (3)

i'll wait til its been out a few months and then go buy one wen theyre half the price of what they get released at. i remem a mate of mine payin £470 for playstation1 wen it come out

Carlsworth

i was going to put HALF, but 99% of what i read about ps3 is bollox....like the focus cosworth that ford have released or will, or thinking about,.....

no one will know FOR SURE ( unless a frined of a gu they used to work withs sister heard a rumour)//.....

what the ps3 is like until someone buys one,....

i for one can guarantee its not above the £350 mark...if it is, then ill eat my own penis,,,,,,think about it,...how cn it compete if its £500+...

and the games will be pure quality....the new cell processor can run millions and millions of million+pixelated objects free flow without losing a high frame rate......

a lot of the games will be low budget pumped out dog turd that only a 5 year old will play,...but thats the same with any console


oh, and im right,...end of....



Yours sincerely,
carl
a blinkered hardcore sony ps lover



edited to say....
play.com are cock lovers,...they know every rich kid in the uk will be pestering mummy and daddy for a ps3, and will be prepared to harass them until they part with £550....they re cashing in, but when the is proper amounts of ps3 units, and they re in all the high street shops, you watch if they re still £550

oh,...and i ve already placed a deposit on ine with eclipse....£400 including game of my choice when released, and extra controller

edited again to say....
i pre ordered then bought a psp the first day it was released,....
played for about 5 hours on the plane to and from lanzorote....been sat on a shelf ever since

scottp

thats the reason i plumped out £150 for the GT4 pack in Game and promptly traded in the crappy free game you got with it! £150 was a lot of money for me, concidering i was still at school (and i've only just left, lol). GT4 HD the new one is supposed to be called. I saw a video of it, you can race on motorbikes too.

AndyBlackFRST

Hmm msoo tempting to click buy it now too now...

adamS2RST

If you do there is no guarantee you´ll get it before Xmas. As you know it´s due for worldwide release mid November, but it´s likely to change again....

Oh, and if the earlier comment´s about the games being shite were towards me, I meant the games in that play bundle Singstar? no thanks