Has the PS3 Lived up to Your Expectations?

Gary Writes:

"I've now had my PS3 for over a month and a half and I've come to the conclusion that it's lived up to my expectations, and then some. Paying £425 for the hardware alone is a lot of money, and that's even before you buy any games or extra pads etc. For me, the £425 I paid for it is money well spent and I haven't regretted it, not even when I could've got it for around £60 cheaper just two weeks later! Why? Read on and you'll find out."

[nice_cuppa]

not yet !

its a hard system to work so the really good stuff will take time !

360 and wii will pwn ps3 this year !

2008 is going to be were the good fighting starts !

[gta_cb]

i dont actually know why so many people have disagreed with you, as i think the same thing.

the PS3 hasnt Lived up to my Expectations YET! i believe it will, but untill it does i wont buy one. hopefully that time will be next year as there are to many games for me to buy this year. so like nice_cuppa said next year is when the attacking starts

[GeneYus]

I think the blogger meant for those of us who actually purchased one...

[InMyOpinion]

Nice source...a blog.

And no, still not worth it's price and hardly any interesting games out at all. When is Lair coming out? summer 2009? Which was the latest big game release, Motorstorm? I mean c'mon, the gaps between good titles is too big on the Ps3. I'm looking forward to an actionpacked summer with tons of games on...err...another console (I don't dare mention it on this thread).

[ChefDejon]

thanks guy

[Marty8370]

Yes, it looks cool, runs cool and is reliable. Unlike the 360. Also PS3 games and PSN are getting better all the time. Can't wait for 'HOME'.

[gta_cb]

yes its getting better all the time, and i must say some handy features like linking your PSP to it. BUT i still dont think it has Lived up to my Expectations. but saying this, Sony are commited to this for 10 years, and i believe it can become a great console =) just needs dedication like bringing us a price drop

[candystop]

I would have to say no! Until I see something on the same level as GEOW and an online service that rivals Live I'm not sold even with the promise of Home! There is just nothing about PS3 that screams 600 to me and honestly based on what I've seen I wouldn't pay anymore then 250 for it!

[gta_cb]

i was going to agree with everything you have said. but i deff think the PS3 is worth more then £250. i think about £300 - £350 then i would deff look into buying one =) (as long as there are good games, otherwise it would be the most expensive multimedia player i have ever brought lol (aka not having games to play)

[EDIT]
i ment £300-£350 UK pounds so i think thats about .... $450... i think ... you do the math =)

[Babylonian]

hmm

[techie]

:/

[nice_cuppa]

motorstorm, vf5, rfom, oblivion and others coming !

its probably too early if your $$$ is tight but if you got the cash spend!

get your ps2 pad and goto gamevids and pretend its you playing ! ;)

its no big thing mate !
get it when you can !

what system are you playing on ???

[Black Republican]

hey Deep do you own a xbox360???

[nix]

after he wins this months prize money...

we're all cheering for you, deep!

and hey.. all the best for your exams! q:

[sak500]

this site should be named PS3 fangirly site. Comeon how did u pass the contributor's test? DId it not mention that news from personal bloggs of unknown people is not news? Grow up man. Buy yourself a ps3 and then see how much fun it will give u.. NOT

[gta_cb]

yeh man we all want to know do you own an Xbox 360? also good luck with your exam just like nix said =)

[techie]

As you can see I did not contribute this story, I tipped it as any member can do without being a contributer. I was unsure whether it was news, so I posted it as a tip 2 days...it was forwarded to me by threespeech, but still I couldn't tell whether it was worth posting. So I put it aside for someone else to mull over. I have 18 crank, so if I wanted to I could easily contribute it.

How did I pass my contributer? I passed it well, and I hope you enjoy my contributions to the site...all 18 I post a day. All your Halo3, Assassins Creed, tech news, Bioshock news...and everything else you are welcome to observe from my submissions.

PS. I have news from a forum that the HD-DVD software update is coming tomorrow...which will sort out playback problems...but I guess I shouldn't post that...

As a member of this site you have the power to report stories. And note this power does not lose effect after an article has made it to the front page; Since newsbot does often go around looking at new reports and measuring whether an article should be taking off the site, if it is not relevant. Thus if one feels this is not relevant for the site then one should report it...but yet there have been zero reports for this story. There were in fact, in the pending area...5 or so reports asking the contributer to edit his post so it would be news worthy, once this was done, it was then approved by another 5 members, whose names are in order of approval xbox360rocks (a good chap), nousemerc (a professional), robotz-rule (a kind hearted member who likes his playstation), DrWan (an infrequent member who appears to be positive in his remarks)...and then I myself after viewing 4 members approve of this story..did approve of it myself. Thus it made its way to the front page.

Why did it do so? I believe because, although it is a forum post, it is a question "Does it live upto your expectations?"...asking members if it in fact does, for those who own the console.

So news worthy? The site appears to believe so, even though I was unsure.

I feel that often console bashing falls to something even more wrong with human beings on the internet - to interact with other human beings by insulting them because of their presence in words. Something which appears both immature, but also an act of empowerment to make up for something that may be lacking elsewhere in that persons real life. Perhaps it makes them feel better about themselves to interact so strongly with someone else, and feel that they know them...when in fact all they know are their words...and often all they know is their own interpretation of those words...for there is no tone of voice over the internet.

Having an opinion over something to do with gaming and expressing it on this site is one thing, expressing disgust to another member is quite another. If you would like to respond to me, please pm me.

And thanks for the kind remarks about my exams, I'm sure I will be fine.

[ARVO]

He can drop his 40 accounts and remove his fake free ps3 bs from his page and admit he's the biggest fanboy on the site! Yeah, deepbrown use those 40 accounts!!! Why does it reach front page because he comments on all 40 accounts, gives them all bubbles, so he can comment 30 times, and then approve his own stories, you are the man! oh wait you just need a life, lol. Here go my bubbles from his 40 accounts!

[techie]

40 accounts? I have one account and have never changed it. I have changed my name though. Problem with that?

[WilliamRLBaker]

So I cant really say its worth it yet, I've got 2 games motor storm and resistance and so far they are a lil boring.... so i cant say its met my exepectations...then again if i had paid for it then id probly have worse to say, But so far its not worth the 600 dollar price tag...maybe once better games come out...

[Maddens Raiders]

if you owned one you wouldn't be compalining about a weak $600.00 price taq, loser. Looks like we have another top gamer on our hands folks. What's your PSN dude?

If anything I bet you suck ass @ both games (IF you even own them) and that's why you're bitter. With an avatar like that -- I'm sure your "game" isn't much better.

PSN: Maddens_Raiders

Do it.

[DirtyRat]

get a "Wii60" both consoles combined are cheaper than the PS3 and they have a much bigger choice of games.

[solidt12]

People keep saying there is no games when there are plenty of good games to choose from, but really how many games do you expect to play at one time. OBLIVION is a game that takes 100+ hours to beat. The thiers Resistance, FEAR, Motorstorm, Enchanted Arms, Spiderman 3, GoW 2, Call of Duty 3, Calling all Cars, Genji, Sports games, The God Father, Ninja Gaiden demo(went gold coming in a few weeks) Rainbow Six Vegas will be here in a few weeks. Lair will be here in a month. Chill. It is Sony Gamers day this week and even more good news will be coming out.

[WilliamRLBaker]

Oblivion a game which i beat and Mastered and pretty much downloaded all contect for on the 360...so no, Resistance? beat it and i dont like the game, Fear a game which sux on the ps3 compared to the pc and 360 versions.
Motorstorm theres nothing special about this game, its a racing game, and thats bout it, I personally feel all the destructiveness was a mistake specially when I jump off a ramp and land wrong and my motorcycle or car blows up instantly just cause i hit the flat ground sometimes.

GoW 2? thats a ps2 game...most of the games you've named are either on the 360, or have been on it before the ps3 versions and are better on the 360, and dont even include genji the first game sucked, and the 2nd game sucked too and was a source of so much strife for sony....So basically you've proven our point.
The ps3 just really doesn't have that many engaging or worthwhile or any games out right now, all the games it does have aren't that good, got bad scores, or we're out for the 360 before and or better on the 360.

[giovonni]

Hold on there, I would agree those games are good, but compare the games you listed to the 360's and half those games are on 360, with better online support. People want exclusives, that's what they mean by good games. You can't justify the greatness of a system if another system has the same selection of games to go around, and the system cost less, and runs just as good and sometimes better. Hell I might as well pour syrup on sh%* and call it pancakes. To say I'm happy with The PS3 so far.

[BrainDead]

willian whats your PSN addy?

[solidt12]

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