With the Next Generation Right Around the Corner, I Just Bought a Playstation 3
The next generation is right around the corner, but a dedicated Xbox 360 gamer decides to spend his money on a Playstation 3 instead.
(Culture, PS3, PS4, The Last Of Us)
TLOU just came out, Beyond, Grand turismo, Rain and Puppeteer are out in a couple months. Still lots of new reasons to buy a PS3 if you haven't yet. Plus the back catalog of exclusives makes it an easy choice.
I still have back catalog that i must play like Siren, Folklore, 3D Dot Game Heroes, or inFamous 2. But then, next month we will got Dragon's Crown, Tales of Xillia, and Killer is Dead. Darn, what a busy year for PS3 owner >.<
IMO now is THE time to have a PS3! add PS+ to that and you will have your gaming need served for what...as long as you PS+ subscription allow? not a bad deal...uh oh...don't EVER skip TLoU!
I did the opposite years ago. I bought the new 360 S model fairly cheap (less than 100 dollars), then got a 250gb for around 50 dollars. Yea, you find all kinds of crazy deals at ebay when you least expected. Only managed to build a library of 10 360 games and maybe another 10 for xbox originals. I was very careful because I only bought 2 kind of games on the 360: 1. some exclusive games like Dead Rising and 'J'RPGs and 2. Multiplatform titles that performed better on the 360 (Bayonetta, Dead Rising 2, and Lost Planet Colonies). As you can see, for some gamers like me, we do not find a lot of games on the ps3 that are considered "inferior," so it doesn't really quite affect me. I own most my multiplatform titles on the ps3.
I know all about buying a console for one game (at least at first). I got my PS3 specifically for Metal Gear Solid 4. Obviously, that isn't the only game I've bought since then, but it was the major selling point for me, as I already had a 360 at the time.
Same thing happened previous gen - got an original Xbox for Halo 2, despite already having a PS2. I loved the online of LIVE so much that I got the 360 near launch.
Sometimes it only takes one game to get you into owning multiple consoles :)
lol that you got dissagrees the last of us is a game that will forever change the way you fwek about a game it is revolutionary on emotion I love that game In my ratong scale I give it about a 20 out of 10!
"I’ve been through three Xbox 360s, having twice used Best Buy’s replacement warranty to replace units that decided they’d had enough of my shit and red ringed. The 360 has been good to me, "
Burned through 3 Xbox 360s but the 360 has been good to you? I just can't wrap my head around that...
my 60 gb got ylod :( had to fix it and when i fixed it the bluray drive was broken -_- so i had to buy a slim and transfer my data :/ but still happy with ps experience over 360 experience by far
Well you only got 5 months or so left until PS4 comes around, dont sweat it though I'm sure you can find most AAA exclusives dirt cheap by now. just remember to get TLoU haha.
Vesperia- since the PS3 version is never coming out here- Lost Odyssey, and a handful of others are why I want a 360. Don't think there are any games that'd make me want an XBOne as it currently stands, but that's another story.
To the article, the only time it'd be too late to get a PS3 is some years from now, when finding some of the hidden gems will be harder to do. There'll be plenty of copies of great games like MGS4 and Uncharted, but the Valkyria Chronicles and such will be much harder to come by.
It's too bad about the PS3 Vesperia, but since Xillia is coming soon and PS3 is getting the Symphonia games in HD it makes up for it :) As far as One games the only things that are interesting me are D4 and Crimson Dragon but that's not enough for me to want to get it, at least not until I see where MS is going to go with their system. 360 wise their really isn't much worth getting one for either, you mentioned the other great RPG and past that it was just Halo and Gears for me. I wound up selling mine to get a PS3 since just about everything I had or wanted was available for it plus the many great exclusives 360 doesn't have.
I agree that it will be worth getting a PS3 for awhile, I hope games like VC, 3d dot heroes and House of the Dead Overkill don't become hard to find treasures in the future, those games plus many others should be enjoyed by late adopters for years to come. It's a shame such great games get relegated to obscurity far before a consoles cycle comes to a close :(
" I 'm also going to wait out the next generation for at least a year simply because I don’t trust first generation " he wrote .
I feel sad for this guy , really . There are so many people like him have to wait years for the price to Drop , Not for consoles and games only , some people Waited for price drop to buy ( books , movies , cars , DVD player ....Etc .
I can't imagine to Waite a year to buy next generation systems !
And this guy said " don't trust first generation games " ?!? I think that is stupid .
No, he says 'I don’t trust first generation hardware' (not games).
The PS3 Fat remains unaccountably popular with many but it was like a tombstone of a console in shape and weight. The first PS3 slim was the nicest looking to me. And the use of the font associated with Spiderman seemed antiquated to me when the third film in the series was about to be released - and it didn't do much to continue the PS2's work at being coolly minimalist rather than geeky.
It's not that stupid. The first really good games for PS3 came after 7 months, same with the Vita, we're still waiting for the WiiU, and in some countries, the prices for new, shiny things go beyond a robbery.
I usually wait 2-3 years to ge a new console, and why not? The prices become great, there are tons of games to choose, and you can have more people in you PSN account.
Yeah my friend just dove into the red GoW ps3 bundle last week.
Uncharted started piling up on him, he almost got one for MGS4, then GoW3 and Ascension made him angry, then he really wanted to play Journey, and now The Last of Us was the final straw.
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now is THE time to have a PS3! add PS+ to that and you will have your gaming need served for what...as long as you PS+ subscription allow? not a bad deal...uh oh...don't EVER skip TLoU!
Exclusives on my Playstation 3 320GB slim
Same thing happened previous gen - got an original Xbox for Halo 2, despite already having a PS2. I loved the online of LIVE so much that I got the 360 near launch.
Sometimes it only takes one game to get you into owning multiple consoles :)
Burned through 3 Xbox 360s but the 360 has been good to you? I just can't wrap my head around that...
My 60GB PS3 is still sitting by my TV and upgraded with a 250GB HDD.
I'm getting the PS4 on day one.
To the article, the only time it'd be too late to get a PS3 is some years from now, when finding some of the hidden gems will be harder to do. There'll be plenty of copies of great games like MGS4 and Uncharted, but the Valkyria Chronicles and such will be much harder to come by.
I agree that it will be worth getting a PS3 for awhile, I hope games like VC, 3d dot heroes and House of the Dead Overkill don't become hard to find treasures in the future, those games plus many others should be enjoyed by late adopters for years to come. It's a shame such great games get relegated to obscurity far before a consoles cycle comes to a close :(
I feel sad for this guy , really . There are so many people like him have to wait years for the price to
Drop , Not for consoles and games only , some people Waited for price drop to buy ( books , movies , cars , DVD player ....Etc .
I can't imagine to Waite a year to buy next generation systems !
And this guy said " don't trust first generation games " ?!? I think that is stupid .
The PS3 Fat remains unaccountably popular with many but it was like a tombstone of a console in shape and weight. The first PS3 slim was the nicest looking to me. And the use of the font associated with Spiderman seemed antiquated to me when the third film in the series was about to be released - and it didn't do much to continue the PS2's work at being coolly minimalist rather than geeky.
I usually wait 2-3 years to ge a new console, and why not? The prices become great, there are tons of games to choose, and you can have more people in you PSN account.
Sounds great, if you ask me.
Uncharted started piling up on him, he almost got one for MGS4, then GoW3 and Ascension made him angry, then he really wanted to play Journey, and now The Last of Us was the final straw.