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Re: So What?
"PS3s are absolutely overpriced worthless pieces of shit."
You two sound like two rednecks arguing over ford and chevy. I don't see where the PS3 is so over priced considering the PS3 is about $100 more but you get a Blue-Ray player at the same time.
I've got all 3. The Wii is fun with a group of friends. I have more fun watching my 5 year old playing with the Wii than playing it my self. I don't really feel that the PS3 is that much greater than the 360 and vice versa. There are features I like about both of them. If I HAD to pick between the two I would go with the PS3 because the majority of my friends have a PS3. If most of them had a 360 then I would pick a 360.
The Wii isn't really meant to compete with the PS3 or Xbox360. My PS3 gets the most use because of the blue ray player. I don't like having paying for xBox live but it's worth the price. I think the online experience is better with xBox live where it's a craps shoot with the PS3 games. |
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r81984
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| Blu Ray will never catch on. It will DVDs or something else. Technology changes too fast.
Sadly most people with PS3s never use the bluray player, they just play their xbox or wii instead.
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nineismine
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A very large portion of the PS# audience is in fact using their PS3 as a blue-ray player. Do you have any facts to back up ANY of the nonsense you've posted in this thread? Did you actually survey the 1000 people in your dorm to come up with anything amount of scientific facts to back up your previous statement? You have filled my quota of internet stupid for the day so thanks! Whew! Glad to have that part of the day over! |
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said by r81984  :Blu Ray will never catch on. It will DVDs or something else. Technology changes too fast. The same thing was said about DVDs because you couldn't record on them like VHS tapes.
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battleop
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"It will DVDs or something else."
Huh? That is just some jumbled words.
"Sadly most people with PS3s never use the bluray player, they just play their xbox or wii instead."
Oh really. Care to backup your argument? |
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OMG this is useless.
To r81984:
Sadly, you wouldn't know if most people with PS3s use or never use their blu-ray players, because you've stated that you don't have one to speak of.
Although, it is true, something, at some time, will overtake blu-ray, but it will probably be at least 5 years before netflix over your internet connection is actually feasible (think about all of the people in the MidWest that have a 768K connection for $58/Month).
What I'm waiting for is 3G that is faster than my home internet connection (6 Mb/1 Mb).
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said by r81984 :Blu Ray will never catch on. It will DVDs or something else. Technology changes too fast. Sadly most people with PS3s never use the bluray player, they just play their xbox or wii instead. That's the second unsupported blanket statement you've made (or at least what you've extrapolated from your dorm). Where are your sources or statistics to back your claims up on a wide-scale basis, not just your little dorm microcosm? There are people who use game systems who *gasp* aren't in college. . .
I have a PS3 and I own about 15 Blu-ray movies. It is my only downstairs DVD player so it gets used all the time for DVD AND Blu Ray. Blu Ray may be supplanted by downloadable video eventually but the PS3 will still have use as a game system and a home media server even if Blu Ray withers and dies.
Unless you've got some hard numbers, you should cut the "most people" and "x will never" crap. You have no idea what "most people" think of or do with their PS3s.
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I've got a PS3 and a Wii and I think each fills a particular niche.
Actually, the Wii is my wife's--she wanted it for the Wii fit board, and I have to say, the exercise games available for it are pretty impressive and can really get you off your ass working out. It gives good feedback on how you're doing and works with you to reach goals you set. The Wii is economical, compact, sturdy, and relatively simple. It's also got some fun games and a unique controller system. My biggest complaint with the Wii is they've got a perfectly good platform to permit DVD playback and yet they left that out. Nobody seems to know quite why. You can hack it to get that working but it shouldn't be necessary to "aftermarket" it to do something so relatively simple these days.
On the other hand, the PS3 is a sledgehammer when it comes to game processing power with 1080p and up to 60fps. Yes, it's expensive, and complex, but it does one hell of a job at making Call Of Duty 4 and Devil May Cry 4 mind-blowing games. Add to that the fact that it can stream audio, video, and photos from media servers on the network, intereacts on the LAN and WAN with the PSP, plays DVDs and Blu-ray and it's a nice all-in-one system. Any perceived shortage of games will resolve itself in a year or two since new ones are coming out all the time.
I don't think one can make a fair comparison between the two because it's an apples to oranges comparison. They weren't designed for the same purpose.
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r81984
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said by fireflier :said by r81984 :Blu Ray will never catch on. It will DVDs or something else. Technology changes too fast. Sadly most people with PS3s never use the bluray player, they just play their xbox or wii instead. That's the second unsupported blanket statement you've made (or at least what you've extrapolated from your dorm). Where are your sources or statistics to back your claims up on a wide-scale basis, not just your little dorm microcosm? There are people who use game systems who *gasp* aren't in college. . . I have a PS3 and I own about 15 Blu-ray movies. It is my only downstairs DVD player so it gets used all the time for DVD AND Blu Ray. Blu Ray may be supplanted by downloadable video eventually but the PS3 will still have use as a game system and a home media server even if Blu Ray withers and dies. Unless you've got some hard numbers, you should cut the "most people" and "x will never" crap. You have no idea what "most people" think of or do with their PS3s. I love how people say how they use their PS3 for movies.
I guess no one ever uses it to play a game.
I hope you like your overpriced dvd player.
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| said by r81984 :I love how people say how they use their PS3 for movies. I guess no one ever uses it to play a game. I hope you like your overpriced dvd player. Show me another BluRay player that has been firmware upgradable from BluRay Profile 1.0 to full Profile 2.0 support, that also has streaming media capabilities to play full HD content from a uPNP media server.
The PS3 is far more than just a DVD player. |
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What's wrong with using it for movies? That doesn't preclude playing games on it which I do as well, COD4, Devil May Cry, and even some downloaded games from the Playstation store. It also plays my original PS and PS2 games.
You apparently like to assume that because someone uses it for one thing they don't use it for anything else so it proves some point you're apparently trying to make.
Enjoy stacking your shelves with your Wii, a separate DVD and Blu Ray player and an HTPC.
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