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IT Guy
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r81984
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PS3s were just no fun.
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| Re: So What? Well, despite your outlook on it, I've had a lot of fun with mine and I'm positive I'm not the only one. Just my opinion. Over-priced? Yes, definitely. Worthless piece of shit? I couldn't disagree more.
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1 edit | Re: So What? Bah, I've seen Blue-Ray players costing $100 now.
So the Xbox 360 is a better investment since more games are released to it. | |
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battleop
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| "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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| Re: So What? I rarely take the time to respond to nonsense but I can't help it.
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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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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| Re: So What? 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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| 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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2 edits | 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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| said by r81984 :PS3 is boring. Wii = Fun. In a college, the dorm kids with the PS3s never played them because they were always playing Xbox or Wii. PS3s are absolutely overpriced worthless pieces of shit. Everyone that has one never uses it. My PS3 just sits there gathering dust. FOr games I use the 360. For games in groups I use the Wii. For Blu-ray Disc playback I use a standalone BD player which is better than using the PS3. Even for VOD my PS3 is only used ahead of my FIOS VOD. Although I think the PS3 will be my last choice soon. | |
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| lol, the ps3 aint boring, not by a long shot.
i own a ps3 and a wii, I had a 360 but it melted (literally) and I never got a new one.
But, the current ps3 model does suck crap. Sony was on lsd when they decided to pull the BC from it.
Best version to have of the ps3 is the 60 gig version, the 20 and 80 are the second best and god help you if you have the 40 gig version.
I only ever use my ps3, i watch bluray movies, regular dvds, play my ps1, 2 and 3 games frequently.
I hardly have touched my wii in 6 months, at first I played it the same as my ps3, then it got a little boring, and then i stopped completely.
my 360 was alright till it melted from the over heating issues that they have. will never buy an xbox again, my original one also melted some of my discs and one of the guys I work with had his 360 also malfunction to the point that it was unusable.
so imo ps3 is the best next gen, followed by the wii, the 360 takes the s**t stick.
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| said by IT Guy :Yawn! PS3 already has that. Wii=boring. PS3 = Sony = Epic Fail = No thanks | |
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IT Guy
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| Re: So What? said by IT Guy :Epic fail? How so? To me, it's because it's a Sony. I will stay away from Sony thanks  | |
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IT Guy
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clubs: | Re: So What? I can see your point. I'm not a huge fan of Sony myself, but I'm even less of a fan of Microsoft.
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| Re: So What? said by r81984 :Sony is one of the worst companies on this planet. I hope you like getting your free virus when you buy their merchandise. Only a technology illiterate person would like Sony. I can think of many others besides Sony as the WORST, Sony is bad but not the worst. | |
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IT Guy
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| Re: No HD for Wii - 480p is best they can do said by GOLFnSUN :The Wii only does 480P with component connections at best and 480i to most users using composite connections. But at their lower price point compared to Xbox & PS3 that may be good enough for many. But if all they are offering is "original Nintendo content", I don't see any real value to it, compared to what Xbox and PS3 offer. | |
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| Re: No HD for Wii - 480p is best they can do said by GOLFnSUN :The Wii only does 480P with component connections at best and 480i to most users using composite connections. But at their lower price point compared to Xbox & PS3 that may be good enough for many. You can get an XBox 360 for $199 now, so the Wii no longer has a price point advantage. | |
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| If some of it is free I am not complaining. Something different than Nintendo offered before. 
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| Dentsu Dentsu is a partner of Joost they look after the ads for them with Joost's Japanese content partners who provide Anime and Japanese game shows to Joost .
Joost has changed its strategy recently and is moving to devices like their iPhone app and various hardware devices are starting to support the service also .
The original Joost client UI that was recently abandoned on the desktop seems to very suited to the Wii Remote so heres hoping Joost and other services like HULU take game consoles like the Wii seriously in the near future and develop for them . | |
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IT Guy
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| One Trend That Bugs Me ...Is that the majority of games (at least on PS3) with multiplayer require you to play online and don't give you the option of playing multiplayer locally, on a single console. I know this is a conspiracy to try forcing consumers to buy a console in order to play with their friend. That really pisses me off. I don't think consumers are dumb enough to fall for those tactics and I think it has really hurt console sales as a result.
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| Re: One Trend That Bugs Me said by IT Guy :...Is that the majority of games (at least on PS3) with multiplayer require you to play online and don't give you the option of playing multiplayer locally, on a single console. I know this is a conspiracy to try forcing consumers to buy a console in order to play with their friend. That really pisses me off. I don't think consumers are dumb enough to fall for those tactics and I think it has really hurt console sales as a result. not really, its more like this because the vast majority of these ps3 gamers dont have friends in real life so they would have no need for this feature
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1 edit | Re: One Trend That Bugs Me I'm just unique that way. Blessed if you will.
And fixing peoples' computers for a living does wonders for networking. | |
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1) John owns a PS3, so HE MUST NOT HAVE FRIENDS!
right...um...where's the logic in that statement? | |
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| said by majortom1029 :Hulu in 480p works just fine for me so I do not think the nintendo service in 480p will be that bad. How do you get hulu to work on the Wii with the Opera Browser? I've only gotten youtube to work because of the flash requirement. | |
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| Re: Hard Drive said by cringey :I think Nintendo should worry about increasing the paltry 512 MB memory before they start streaming video.. Why would you need more? You're streaming the content and it's only SD anyway. | |
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| Re: Hard Drive said by aaronwt :said by cringey :I think Nintendo should worry about increasing the paltry 512 MB memory before they start streaming video.. Why would you need more? You're streaming the content and it's only SD anyway. Is there a way to have the Wii expand it's memory to the SD port, where you could leave a 2 gig card installed at all times for file swapping? (I remember reading in the user maunal that a 2 gig SD card was the largest the Wii would recognize). If not, maybe it's something for Nintendo to consider in the future as a flash upgrade next time... | |
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| Somehow I knew... ...that this would draw out rabid console fanbois. What's the deal guys? Just get along already. Stop arguing about a dang console on an internet forum and go play it for goodness sake.
Geez. People these days, and their games. This elitist loyalty to games is phenomenal. | |
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1 edit | Retards People obsessed with game consoles have no life. If your rich enough get all 3 and try each one then say, But arguing over a computerized game console just retarded. | |
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