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| From: Sony
List Price: $499.99
Buy Used: $395.00
You Save: $104.99 (21%)
New (7) Used (13) from $395.00
Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 3115
Platform: Playstation 3
Color: Black
Media: Video Game
Edition: 80 GB Motorstorm Pack
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 17
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 12.8 x 3.9
MPN: 98004
UPC: 711719800408
EAN: 0711719800408
ASIN: B000TVT8PI
Release Date: August 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 11-15 of 225
 Best bang for your buck August 25, 2007
Erik Shanahan (Washington DC)
26 out of 29 found this review helpful
Cost of XBox 360
$449, (Elite)
$100 (Wi-Fi adapter)
$170 (HD Player)
$ 50 (One Year Xbox Live)
Total $769
Cost of Playstation 3
$499 (60GB)
$0 (Wi Fi Adapter)
$0 (HD player)
$0 (online service)
Total $499
Don't get me wrong I do like the XBOX360 however, as far as initial cost to own, for the same abilities the PS3 is a much better deal. If you don't need WiFi or you aren't interested in HD movies then the Xbox 360 is a perfectly decent machine.
The PS3 is not without its flaws. The new 80GB PS3 does not support hardware backwards compatibility. This mean that the PS2/PS games are run in emulation similar to playing XBox games on Xbox360. Not every game is compatible however; as updates are made more games will be playable. If you interested in playing PS2/PS games get a 60GB PS3 it still had a PS2 and PS built in and will play 95% of old software.
The Media player, or lack of, in the PS3 is horrible. Sony should take a look at apples iTunes media player and design something similar for playing music. If you're going to load on gigs of music the PS3's media player is difficult to manage.
If you're playing PS2 and PS games on a quality HDTV the playstation 3 doesn't do a good job up converting the games and there is allot of pixilation and artifacting. Conversely XBox games played on the XBox360 in HD look great.
The PS3 however does do HD games great, full 1080p HD with a HDMI cable. BluRay movies and PS3 games look amazing in 1080p. The PS3 is easy to use and set up.
The list of games is lacking right now but there are new games coming out every week. It is just a matter of time before a good killer app game is released...Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII.
 Amazing system, don't know what your missing October 19, 2007
D. Roberts (San Diego, CA)
23 out of 33 found this review helpful
The PS3 initially got some slack due to a large price point and lack of exclusives. In reality the price point was not big compared to the XBox 360. It's kind of like comparing a stripped down car where you add tons of options (360) to a car that just comes with everything from the get go (PS3). The fact that Sony includes a hard drive and Blu-ray player in every system makes the lowest end system more expensive than the lowest end 360. What's easy to miss is that making these components optional on the 360 means:
1. You can't play games on the 360 HD-DVD drive, you're limited to DVD9.
2. Developers can't rely on the 360 having a hard drive which impacts performance.
3. Buying a next-gen console without a hard drive is not a good idea. Many of the funnest games are downloadable and the other games often have bugs, issues or upgrades that can only be downloaded if you have a hard drive.
So what are we looking at for a comparable 360? It's something in the neighborhood of $700. Figure:
1. $350 for pro edition, $450 for the Elite (with the Pro you may get lucky and get one with an HDMI, not all of them have it but it's the same "edition", buyer beware.)
2. $100 for wireless adapter.
3. $179 for HD-DVD drive.
4. $30 for quick charge kit
5. Most likely a few bucks for rechargable batteries.
Total: $659-$759 for the full 360, $499 for the 80GB PS3, and $399 for the 40GB PS3. All PS3s have Blu-ray, Hard Drives, and are equal systems. They differ in quantity of USB ports, memory card readers, hard drive size and the 40GB lacks PS2 compatibility. As you can see, $399 vs. $659 is really no comparison, the 360 is far more expensive with options included.
Obviously there are some variations but that 20GB hard drive for the 360 gets used up fast and upgrading is _really_ expensive. The PS3 on the other hand accepts any laptop hard drive, has a backup/restore utility which makes keeping your downloads a sinch and is ultimately cheaper and more flexible.
So what about the other issue, exclusive games? Sony has more skilled 1st party developers than any other console maker. Here's a few things for the PS3 that should get you excited:
1. Ratchet & Clank - Steller reviews, could be game of the year.
2. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Imagine Tomb Raider meets Gears of War. Incredible looking game.
3. Haze - All the features of Halo with much more innovation and better graphics.
4. Little Big Planet - Impossible to explain but the ultimate family experience. This could be the next "Mario". One thing to mention, it's open ended, physics based and supports user generated content. Next year's "game of the year".
5. Resistance Fall of Man - Excellent FPS.
6. Gran Turismo 5 - In cockpit views of all cars, incredible graphics, online with 16 racers, improved physics. Going to be big.
7. Blu-ray - Winning the hi-def war by 2:1. If you don't what this is, start looking into it.
8. Media capabilities - Wireless media sharing on your home nextwork. View all kinds of hi-def content, music service in the near future. Some folks even listen to sattelite radio on their PS3.
9. Internet browser - May seem like no big deal but I use it all the time. It's a browser in your living room, very convient.
10. Reliable - Even if your a 360 fan, what are you going to play while your 306 is in the shop. The XBox 360 has an incredible failure rate. The PS3 is the best on the market. Gamepro recently did a poll. 30% of readers didn't own a 360, 30% had no failures and 40% had it failed. Of the 40%, half had multiple failures.
11. Rock Band with wireless - 360 version will ship with wired guitars.
12. Unreal Tournament 3 - The 360 version will come out much later.
13. Infamous - Super hero FPS game
14. Heavenly Sword - Incredible graphics, sound and acting. A bit too short of a game but they may release downloadable content for it.
15. Warhawk - Massively underated game. Imagine Gears of War quality graphics in an online 32 player, 3rd person shooter. Weapons, tanks, etc... but best of all are the flying Warhawks. Very addicting, lot's of fun.
16. 1080P upscaling DVD player
17. HDMI 1.3, first component to support the new standard.
18. Better controllers including Dual Shock 3 which has both tilt sensitivity and rumble.
19. Home - 3D Online community, awesome features with your own space and shared spaces.
20. Super Star Dust/Everyday Shooter - The best classic dual stick shooters on consoles today. Move over geometry wars...
21. Folklore - Great mystery/action game. Think of it as an adult pokimon because you fight by collecting monsters.
22. Bungie's future PS3 title? Bungie (the makers of Halo 3) have split from Microsoft. Who knows what's in store.
23. Most of the best 360 games are on the PC as well...
24. Oh and Metal Gear Solid 4 of course, it's going to be huge.
So to summarize, I've tried to make a compelling argument as to why the PS3 is a great console and a great buy. I think the 360 is also a great buy given you know exactly what you're doing. Overall however, I think the PS3 is the top console and will amaze anyone who gets one.
Good luck!
Awesome System August 12, 2007
Walid Matar
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
Great value if you love MotorStorm. 20 GB more is awesome. Here's all you get along with the game:
- 80 GB of HDD storage. As said, easy to upgrade, and doesn't void the warranty. Sony actually has the directions in the manual.
- Free online play on dedicated servers. Resistance is one of the best experiences online.
- Built-in wireless card. I play online wirelessly with no lag.
- Blu-ray disc playback. 25 GB per layer... and most games coming out next year will be on 50-GB discs.
- PSP/PS3 connectivity. You can access your PS3 media from anywhere in the world using the PSP. Other features too.
- Motion-sensing controllers that will also get rumble in the near future.
- Built-in multi-card reader.
- The powerful CELL BE. 4.5x more powerful than even the new quad-core processors from Intel.
- Bluetooth connectivity. Great for headsets.
- Upscales DVDs to 1080p via HDMI. (SCE engineers have said they will even improve that by 40% when it's all said and done.)
- Rechargeable controllers right out of the box (Li-ion batteries already included). No need for extra devices or battery-purchasing.
- HDMI 1.3 support. (Even the HDMI in the X360 is 1.2... not 1.3)
- Web browser built-in.
- RELIABLE. Less than 1% defect rate. It's not louder... quieter than your desktop computer.
- Open online system. User-generated content in upcoming games open and free to download. (eg Unreal Tournament III and LittleBigPlanet)
- Great support from Sony. One firmware update a month, and weekly content updates on the PS Store.
- TONS of content coming.
I am using PS3, Sony HDR-SR8, and Vegas Pro 8 October 1, 2007
Dirk Steel (California)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
((I am a novice that is learning a lot and I am writing more about in on the HDR-SR8 page.))
After much research I decided on the PS3. I have a 73-inch Mitsubishi DLP and wanted to take advantage of its 1080p capabilities. I decided that at this point, the "Blu Ray" DVD is a better choice than "HD". I wanted the DVD player first and all the rest that the PS3 can do was secondary.
Blu Ray movies load fast and the clarity is amazing. The PS3 player has more capabilities than a regular DVD player. I also hooked the PS3 up to our home wifi network and it is working great! I can stream photos and video from my office computer and play them on the 73-inch TV through the PS3. I have played one game so far, and I am much more used to a PC's keyboard and mouse control. I hope I can get used to the handheld controller, but that fact that it is wireless is great.. no cords stretched across the floor, and when I am done with it I can just leave the controller on the couch.
I will add more as I learn more...
12-21-07
EVERY blu ray video is so much better than regular DVDs. I am just amazed at the detal and clairity.
I purchased a Sony HDR-SR8 high def camcorder, and the video files can be put on a thumb drive and play right off of the PS3 onto the HDTV.
1/7/08
I just read that Blu Ray may be winning the high definition format war! If so, then I guess the PS3 was a good choice.. I have been wondering. We will see!
Another one FTW!!! August 14, 2007
AKuMA_G0
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
Just bought another one cuz i sent my 60g one for my lil bro.
Opened it, plugged it, turned it on, and boom!!
Runs awesome; no scratches, no damages, no software errors, nothing but greatness.
As of now, i'm just reloading all my musics, videos, and pics and uploading all demos and videos and still got 55g more.
I was still able to play all my old games btw.
Before I signed in, the system still needed to be upgraded to the newest version.
It was still in 1.80
I notice the controllers were a lil bit faster to control specially when pressing the PS button.
The loads for the games have gotten faster specially when saving games.
Back in 60g, it usually takes me more than a minute to save a gave but on this 80g, just took me 20 sec tops.
The system is 10/10, I couldn't expect more.
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