I AM GOING FOR IT

[Timothy2035]

I was at Gamestop tonight, and I have been thinking more and more about a PS3 lately. I know I was shy about getting one due to the price, but I was thinking, I could trade in my slimline PS2 and controler, plus memory card and get upwards to $100 dollars, just leaving $500 on the PS3 and I get a Blu-Ray machine, the ability to play DVDs, CDs, PS2 games and PS1 games in addition to PS3 games.

At this point, I am going to go for it. I want a PS3.

Anyone else wanting to jump the bandwagon that have been putting it off? :p

[Ominous Gamer]

I think I'll hold. Maybe I'll pick one up when Sony actually has an ounce of credibility.
However, I did see about a dozen or so boxes sitting behind glass at my local Target:haha:

[Aaroniero]

I might get one soon.:p :bulb:

[Clint Thompson]

It only makes sense to go this route (PS3) if your in it for the Blu Ray. You get the benefit of Blu Ray and a gaming system. (plus your back catalog of PS2/1 games)

[Super Bronsley]

I was at Gamestop tonight, and I have been thinking more and more about a PS3 lately. I know I was shy about getting one due to the price, but I was thinking, I could trade in my slimline PS2 and controler, plus memory card and get upwards to $100 dollars, just leaving $500 on the PS3 and I get a Blu-Ray machine, the ability to play DVDs, CDs, PS2 games and PS1 games in addition to PS3 games.

At this point, I am going to go for it. I want a PS3.

Anyone else wanting to jump the bandwagon that have been putting it off? :p

Well, I would suggest waiting, but go for it if you wish. Be sure to get Call of Duty 3.

[Fallen_Hero]

In my opinion, you'll be disapointed. Only thing to look forward to the Ps3 is FFXIII(both of them) and Assains Creed, which is also on the 360.

[Lord Kalmana]

if they can convince me to get one than yes.

[s.s.infinte]

tim, the ps3 doesn't play all ps2 and ps1 games, sellingyour memory cards would be stupid, you would have to start all games over! ps3 is a bad investment.

[Ominous Gamer]

tim, the ps3 doesn't play all ps2 and ps1 games, sellingyour memory cards would be stupid, you would have to start all games over! ps3 is a bad investment.

Not only does it not play them all. But the ones it does play it has to do through emulation. The end result is a game that looks horribly worse then it would on a PS2.
While the 360 on the other hand actually improves the visuals on the original xbox games it plays.
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[Timothy2035]

My, my, I didn't know this about the PS3 guys. I guess I need to hold off until some really good games show up eh. LOL!

Thanks for the video and the info you 2. :up:

[Lord Kalmana]

PS3 is going down!

[Tylor]

PS3 is going down!

Not in a year.

[blackman34]

holy...................... that vid is changingmy mind


juss go for it tim :)

[madskillz]

I will pick up a PS3 shortly when they hit my local Pawn Shop®. Great savings, and a cool selection of firearms to choose from.

[Ekco_Star]

I could care less, I'm enjoying my PS3 and I don't care what people say about it.

[madskillz]

I could care less, I'm enjoying my PS3 and I don't care what people say about it.

I love your signature ...

[Dbzfan123]

I wouldnt go by the loser fanboys on this site are saying, every system has its ups and downs. Im enjoying my ps3 alot, and its only going to get better from here on out. Also the person who brought the emulation up is full of ****.

[BorisTheFish]

Also the person who brought the emulation up is full of ****.
That would be the guy bringing the news straight from Sony then? I love how you people think...Sony make up good news (Our isn't on the shelves because everyone is buying it) and you all believe it. Sony tell the truth with bad news (We are removing hardware Back-compatiblity to reduce costs) and you don't believe it. ****ing Dumbasses.

[Dbzfan123]

Boristhedumbfish, why dont you learn how to read. He said the emulator will make it look worse than a ps2 game, which is complete crap. So unless you want to bring up more mis-information so i can inform your dumb ass on how stupid you are, id leave it at that.

[s.s.infinte]

Boristhedumbfish, why dont you learn how to read. He said the emulator will make it look worse than a ps2 game, which is complete crap. So unless you want to bring up more mis-information so i can inform your dumb ass on how stupid you are, id leave it at that.

well if you watch the video ominous gamer posted, then you would see it was true

[madskillz]

Sony did fix the problem in an update, but ... fact of the matter is ... if you have an HDTV, willing to reinvest buying new Blu-Ray movies, then yeah ... a PS3 is for you. As far as games, the catalyst for the PS2 was backwards compatibility and ... exclusive content. I bought a PS2 just to play GTA 3 and Vice City ... and my Xbox waited years to play them. Now? The lack of exclusives is killing Sony. Someone will ask - 'I don't have an HDTV ... and I don't want to spend a lot of money on Blu-Ray movies ... so why should I spend $100 more for a system with components and features I don't really need?'

The exclusives are one of the main reasons folks will hold off buying a PS3 or just pass on it altogether. Blu-Ray is a mute point ... it looks good, IMHO, but not enough to justify spending $500 plus for a Blu-Ray player that plays video games ...

[BorisTheFish]

Boristhedumbfish, why dont you learn how to read. He said the emulator will make it look worse than a ps2 game, which is complete crap. So unless you want to bring up more mis-information so i can inform your dumb ass on how stupid you are, id leave it at that.Name calling, how mature :rolleyes:. Also, before telling me to learn to read, how about you learn to read yourself. Perhaps by looking at the post I quoted...perhaps then what I said would actually make sense, or are you another of the people I was refering to in that post?

[Lightning]

I will get this Console but not anytime soon, sometime in late 2008.

[Crowheart]

Boristhedumbfish, why dont you learn how to read. He said the emulator will make it look worse than a ps2 game, which is complete crap. So unless you want to bring up more mis-information so i can inform your dumb ass on how stupid you are, id leave it at that.

That's not what OG said at all.
He said PS2 games running on a PS3 look worse than when running on a PS2, because they need an emulator to run them...He also provided a video showing exactly what he meant.
And as he has proved his tech knowledge over and over in numerous posts, I'll take what he has to say more seriously than a name-caller making blanket statements with nothing to back it up.

I wouldnt go by the loser fanboys on this site are saying

Setting the irony of this post aside, I'll agree..:bored:

[Driv3r912]

Hi Tim, glad to hear you are going to go out and get one of those. I would wait a bit though if it were me. The PS3 still has some bugs in it, and they are always going to make several versions. Just like when the PS2 came out. Remember how loud the machine would always be. Then we got the suppressor so you could hardly hear the fan. Then they came out with the Mini PS2. So, like PS2, the PS3 will have it's stages also. I would wait a bit, let the price go down, and wait for some killer games to come out. But - it's not my decision :haha:, lol! Anyway, let us know how you like it.

There's one more thing, load times for the PS3 games are another pain. I mean if I wanted to play a videogame, I don't want to have to find something to do in my spare time while the game loads. If I want to play a game, I want to play it at that time, not 45 minutes later. That goes with all gamers.

Good Luck! Tell us how you like it, and what version you are going to get (the 20 gig hard drive or the 60 gig hard drive).

[madskillz]

Hi Tim, glad to hear you are going to go out and get one of those. I would wait a bit though if it were me. The PS3 still has some bugs in it, and they are always going to make several versions. Just like when the PS2 came out. Remember how loud the machine would always be. Then we got the suppressor so you could hardly hear the fan. Then they came out with the Mini PS2. So, like PS2, the PS3 will have it's stages also. I would a bit. Let the price go down, and wait for some killer games to come out. But - it's not my decision :haha:, lol! Anyway, let us know how you like it.

There's one more thing, load times for the PS3 games are another pain. I mean if I wanted to play a videogame, I don't want to have to find something to do in my spare time while the game loads. If I want to play a game, I want to play it at that time, not 45 minutes later. That goes with all gamers.

Good Luck! Tell us how you like it, and what version you are going to get (the 20 gig hard drive or the 60 gig hard drive).

Interesting points, but according to this article http://www.gamedrift.com/articles.php?a=293 - the 20gb PS3 has been 'discontinued.'

[Dbzfan123]

actually ominous did say the game would look worse on ps3 then on ps2, which again is not true. So dont criticize me on calling bull**** on someone else's post.

[s.s.infinte]

actually ominous did say the game would look worse on ps3 then on ps2, which again is not true. So dont criticize me on calling bull**** on someone else's post.

well it's not bull crap, did you not watch the video fanboy123

[Driv3r912]

Heh, madskillz was right (I didn't think you were wrong in the first place), now, no longer are you going to be able to get a cheaper PS3 (which totally sucks!). Anyway, let us know how you like your new PS3 Tim.

[bigmike90]

nooooo be smart and get a wii and madskillz hilarious avatar and the writing under your avy is funny too dave chappele is hilarious:haha:

[Driv3r912]

nooooo be smart and get a wii and madskillz hilarious avatar and the writing under your avy is funny too dave chappele is hilarious:haha:

I know! Lol :haha:. I personally think that the Wii is dumb, but theres people who think the PS3 is dumb, so I can't complain.

[madskillz]

Thanks for the comments!!!!!! "In your face, Charlie Murphy!"

[Driv3r912]

Thanks for the comments!!!!!! "In your face, Charlie Murphy!"

Just makes me laugh. Big fan of Chapelle to. Keep up the great work, and the laughs too madskillz!

[madskillz]

ROTFL ... I'll try ... just staying drug-free, officer ...:up:

[Driv3r912]

I wonder if Tim got that PS3 yet?

[Dbzfan123]

i never got the chance to watch the video and if you actually kept up with ps3 news you would know it doesnt have that problem.

[BorisTheFish]

i never got the chance to watch the video and if you actually kept up with ps3 news you would know it doesnt have that problem.I love how blind you are :haha:

[Crowheart]

actually ominous did say the game would look worse on ps3 then on ps2, which again is not true. So dont criticize me on calling bull**** on someone else's post.

He also showed a video which showed that his statement was 100% true.

If you like PS3, that's fine... but it has its problems with backwards compatability, and just yelling bull**** won't make that go away. If it don't bother you, great... but that doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.

Personally, the backwards comp thing is annoying to me, but not a gamebreaker for buying the system.
Still, I'm waiting for Blu-ray to prove itself before I drop that much money on it.. and there aren't enough great games for it out right now to warrant taking the risk.

[Dbzfan123]

See the ps3 had that problem that was corrected awhile ago. which is why i call bull**** because that problem is no longer there.

[Jimbo!]

Yeah you convinced me, I think I'll go back in time a few weeks ago to Costco March 24th and buy my PS3 again...

Get it, you'll love it trust me!

Oh and incase you didn't know it looks like blu ray is kicking HD DVD's ass at the moment. For a system released mounths after its predecessor to be beating it by quite a large margian... it's looking pretty good.

And the backwards compatibility isn't an issue because if you have PS2 games you have a PS2... and the majority work anyway.

[madskillz]

Yeah you convinced me, I think I'll go back in time a few weeks ago to Costco March 24th and buy my PS3 again...

Get it, you'll love it trust me!

Oh and incase you didn't know it looks like blu ray is kicking HD DVD's ass at the moment. For a system released mounths after its predecessor to be beating it by quite a large margian... it's looking pretty good.

And the backwards compatibility isn't an issue because if you have PS2 games you have a PS2... and the majority work anyway.

The only way a PS3 will play all the PS2 games is if you have the older versions. The newers ones don't have a chip - just software to emulate the PS2, reducing the number of games that the system can play by 2/3rds. And Blu-Ray? Let's have a show of hands ... how many folks are just dying to buy a new HD player that may or may not work with your HDTV ... AND ... are so willing to buy several movies again you likely own ... AND ... doesn't blow me away compared to a great DVD player running 1080i?

I watched 'X-Men 3' on a $3K Sony HDTV and it looks nice, but compared to a DVD player running 1080i, there's not enough difference to get one for me ... and several other folks. Holla at me when it's sharp enough for me to see a difference huge enough to make toss my 'last gen' stuff to buy one ...

[PeaTearGriffin]

The cool thing with Blu-Ray is more major companies are starting to show their support. Disney recently broadcast a whole line of classics being redone in Blu-Ray, which shows that this competition between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is much closer than some people give credit for.

And yea, the software problems for backwards is still there in PAL and newer console's, which is definitly a bummer, but still the few games that can't be played aren't major games and shouldn't be a deal-buster.

[Jimbo!]

Blu Ray is gaining support because it makes sense. It is overall better than HD DVD without a doubt. People say UMD was dumb, but they forget that UMD was a PSP made thing, how many people were gonna get a UMD thingy?

Blu Ray is dfferent, it's not just play station and sony this time, sure HD isn't really a big issue right now but sooner or later it's gonna happen. DVD took over what we all thought was awesome, VHS. And now DVD's turn has come to step down, the question is, who? Right now the answer is blu ray, because it is winning at the moment. Aswell as the supporters of it are the top three including Disney, Fox and obviously Sony. The top three block buster winners of last year. And fourth was Warner, who support both, so it doesn't hurt.

Of course it could change, I'm just pointing out that HD will eventually take over, and of course when that happens the price of HD software wil reduce, including the PS3.

[madskillz]

Yeah, Blu Ray MAY win ... are you old enough to remember Betamax/VHS war? If not, here's the skinny: Betamax was backed by Sony and it was much better than VHS ... but ... everyone else backed VHS.

I have over 200 DVDs and I have no reason to upgrade to Blu Ray OR HD DVD unless ... and that's a huge unless - the technology is as huge of a jump as DVD from VHS. That's huge ... but this mess? Nah ... I quit being an early adopter after I bought a PSP ... nah ... I can wait for years for this crap to be over with.

I run movies at 1080i and they look great. HD/Blu Ray ain't a huge jump for me right now, and based on the amount of movies I have, plus the cost of buying movies in one format or the other, I would rather buy goodies and toys than buying into a format that may lose eventually ...

[Tru_Warrior]

Tim your going for it? Going for what? I thought you was getting a 360, might as well get the elite one.

[LightGrenades]

Yeah, Blu Ray MAY win ... are you old enough to remember Betamax/VHS war? If not, here's the skinny: Betamax was backed by Sony and it was much better than VHS ... but ... everyone else backed VHS.

I have over 200 DVDs and I have no reason to upgrade to Blu Ray OR HD DVD unless ... and that's a huge unless - the technology is as huge of a jump as DVD from VHS. That's huge ... but this mess? Nah ... I quit being an early adopter after I bought a PSP ... nah ... I can wait for years for this crap to be over with.

I run movies at 1080i and they look great. HD/Blu Ray ain't a huge jump for me right now, and based on the amount of movies I have, plus the cost of buying movies in one format or the other, I would rather buy goodies and toys than buying into a format that may lose eventually ...

But don't more companies support Blu Ray at the moment?

And I am with you. I am able to run movies at 1080i without a problem. With the many DVD's I have, it isn't cost benefit to buy new ones until I know which one is going to win.

[madskillz]

But don't more companies support Blu Ray at the moment?

And I am with you. I am able to run movies at 1080i without a problem. With the many DVD's I have, it isn't cost benefit to buy new ones until I know which one is going to win.

I think you are right ... but ... Wal-Mart is backing HD-DVDs ... and plans on making low-cost HD-DVD players ... I think this will turn the tide.

If you doubt Wallyworld, check this out ...

http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.html

And look what they did to electronic retailers ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274443/

[LightGrenades]

I think you are right ... but ... Wal-Mart is backing HD-DVDs ... and plans on making low-cost HD-DVD players ... I think this will turn the tide.

If you doubt Wallyworld, check this out ...

http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.html

And look what they did to electronic retailers ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274443/

True. But then again, while Wal-Mart sells cheap stuff, does that mean the people who have a little more money than the average person will shop there to get a "cheap" HD-DVD player? What about the computer companies supporting Blu-Ray? Like Apple and Dell. Apple is a growing company because of the "iPod
boom". So who's to say that they won't do the same for Blu-Ray? They made MP3 players look cool, and made them a "must have" among the "rich" or people with some money lying around. So who is to say that they won't make blu-ray "look cool"?

Either way, there is defanitly a long way to go before a clear cut winner is announced. But personally if HVD (Link) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc) makes it big, it will be the clear cut winner IMO, because of the amount of storage it has. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have "similar" storage capacities at the moment, which is why some of the more "intelligent" buyers aren't taking the bait yet.

[PeaTearGriffin]

I"ve never even heard of HVD...that looks sick when and if it becomes a reality though! For sure the clear-cut winner:D

[dougy109]

tim, the ps3 doesn't play all ps2 and ps1 games, sellingyour memory cards would be stupid, you would have to start all games over! ps3 is a bad investment.

American Ps3's play all PS1/2 games but sony removed the chip that allowes it from European machines and will replace it with software. They did this to reducemanufacturing costs to allow a earlier price drop.

[aliensk]

Yet another thread not intended for arguing has turned into one! YAY....!?

[madskillz]

American Ps3's play all PS1/2 games but sony removed the chip that allowes it from European machines and will replace it with software. They did this to reducemanufacturing costs to allow a earlier price drop.

Yeah, they did it to save money, but it makes only 1/3rd of your PS1 and PS2 games playable. It is a $27 chip ... and instead of lowering the prices, Sony raised them ... SMH ... you foreign guys are getting ripped off ...

Yet another thread not intended for arguing has turned into one! YAY....!?

Glad of you to crawl out of whatever rock you were under to point out an obvious fact :rolleyes:

[aliensk]

Glad of you to crawl out of whatever rock you were under to point out an obvious fact :rolleyes:

I pointed it out to say WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?? No point.


Go buy your PS3, I have one and it's great no matter what these people are saying! I think you'll enjoy playing it but it is your choice if you want to buy one, it is a lot of money. But in my opinion, money well spent!

[dougy109]

The chip missing in Eu PS3's is being replaced by software so i dont see what the fuss is about.

Blockbuster is only backing blue ray and in the UK i have not yet seen a HD-DVD. Blure ray has more companies backing it so most industry analysts are saying that blue ray will prevail.

And as for the person who is going for it.
Nice one you will find your money well spent.

[BorisTheFish]

Blockbuster is only backing blue ray and in the UK i have not yet seen a HD-DVD. Blure ray has more companies backing it so most industry analysts are saying that blue ray will prevail. Go into a Gamestation store :p

[dougy109]

Go into a Gamestation store :p

I dont have a gamestation near me. And i really havent seen any HD-DVD's. BUt you see films being advertised as availiable in DVD and blue ray. In fact i havnt heard from HD-DVD in a while.

[aliensk]

I saw a HD-DVD the other day *shock*, check out that cover, looks similar to two other ones that I know except its in a disgusting brownish red colour. I've never seen any ads for HD-DVD and have only seen them in that one shop, you always here of Blu-Ray in any electrical shop and sometimes on TV, well atleast here you do.

[madskillz]

Just because HD-DVD hasn't made it to your small village doesn't mean it doesn't exist ... around the world, it's still neck and neck ...

Reference (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/11/hd-dvd-players-outselling-blu-ray-alternatives-at-the-moment/)

[aliensk]

Great now hes trying to make fun of where we live... are you insulting Australia? We are one of the main selling countries of PS3 thankyou, most shops were sold out way before release. Mnay people that walk into a shop still have no clue what a Blu-Ray is, they only know HD-DVD because it has 'DVD' in it. If you ask people 'What is a Blu-Ray?'... 'A Blue what?' HD-DVD players are just like DVD players, with HD!

[dougy109]

Just because HD-DVD hasn't made it to your small village doesn't mean it doesn't exist ... around the world, it's still neck and neck ...

Reference (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/11/hd-dvd-players-outselling-blu-ray-alternatives-at-the-moment/)

No but it shows how the market will look. Yesterday i was in HMV (which is a huge british music/film/game store) and i was looking at the games section. I look at blue ray disks and there is a whole aisle full of them. I ask about HD-DVD's and guess what? They dont stock them. HMV has a huge amound of films on blue ray, DVD nad even UMD but not a single one in HD-DVD. In the whole of meadowhall (which is a pretty big shopping centre) I could not find a single HD-DVD.

Giving Blue-ray a blue-chip feel, 170 companies are backing it, including the following...

Apple
Dell
Hitachi
hp
JVC
LG
Mitsubishi
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
TDK; and
Thomsonhttp://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/blueray/index.html

Try to pick a fault but theres no denying that blue ray is winning.

[madskillz]

Like I stated earlier - it depends on where you're at. In the U.S., they are equal. At Wal-Mart, at Target, at Best Buy, they are running neck and neck. Maybe Blockbuster's deal will hurt HD-DVD, but the fight is not over yet ...

HD-DVD does have DVD in the title, but dang ... it's barely recognizable if you are running an upconvert DVD player at 1080i ... I have an HD-DVR with HD service and it's sick on my projector ... but when I saw an HD-DVD and a Blu-Ray playing, I was like 'I will not pay for this crap right now ...' It doesn't look much better, just more sharper than DVDs right now ...

[dougy109]

I admit that there is very little difference detween DVD and HD formats now. The only tthing noticeable is a slightly sharper image.

But seriously HD-DVD is nowhere to be seen in the UK. It was here just after 360 launch but seems to have dissapeared.

[madskillz]

I admit that there is very little difference detween DVD and HD formats now. The only tthing noticeable is a slightly sharper image.

But seriously HD-DVD is nowhere to be seen in the UK. It was here just after 360 launch but seems to have dissapeared.

That's interesting. The article about HD-DVD shows one thing - Sony's PS3 is the reason for Blu-Ray's success. Without it, HD-DVD would be the winner.

[dougy109]

Yes, But the PS3 does have blue ray and blue ray is winning.

Im pretty sure HD-DVD wouldnt have done so well if the 360 didnt have an accesory for it.

[BorisTheFish]

The HD-DVD drives are selling slower than PS3s though it seems.

[SupaGokuMan13]

HD-DVD sucks cuz u gotta pay an extra 100 for the attachment and then you GOT to have a HD-TV and it escalates out of proportion and maybe if some of you PS3 downers LISTENED to Ken Kutaragi the reason of PS3's extreme price was that its a Flippin PC. though 360 is made by a PC company it cant make it like one umm does 360 have internet? no. can you install an OS like Linux? no. do you have to download the backwards compatability feature on to a disc and play it through the system? yes. does ps3? no it only took 1 update to sort out all backwards compatability problems and finally is Halo 3 gonna stand out during the holiday season? hell no

[BorisTheFish]

HD-DVD sucks cuz u gotta pay an extra 100 for the attachment and then you GOT to have a HD-TV...because blu-ray doesn't need an HDTV :rolleyes:

does 360 have internet? no. Then how the hell have I been able to download & play games on my 360?

[madskillz]

HD-DVD sucks cuz u gotta pay an extra 100 for the attachment and then you GOT to have a HD-TV and it escalates out of proportion and maybe if some of you PS3 downers LISTENED to Ken Kutaragi the reason of PS3's extreme price was that its a Flippin PC.
You 'don't' have to have an HDTV to watch an HD-DVD player. Yeah, it helps and yes, I have a projector running 1080i, but still, I have a flat-screen 27" TV that shows HD channels in 480i and it still looks sweet ... and if I am gonna spend $600, I better be getting the full experience, not a guy screaming ...

RIDGE RACER!!!!!!

though 360 is made by a PC company it cant make it like one umm does 360 have internet? no.
Dude, even the Xbox had Web access. And ... the 360 allows me to chat with my friends on PCs and Macs via MSN Messenger. And ... how do I download movies, demos and extra content? How old are you? Check your facts before you spew random propaganda.

One side note - you should CAPITALIZE the first letter of the word you use to start a sentence.

can you install an OS like Linux? no.
Why in the WORLD do I want to install an additional OS on my gaming console? I have a PC if I wanna experiment - I prefer to game on my 360 ... not figure out the cure to cancer ...

do you have to download the backwards compatability feature on to a disc and play it through the system? yes. does ps3? no it only took 1 update to sort out all backwards compatability problems ...
You REALLY need to check your facts. If you have an Internet connection via your 360 or your PC, you can download updates. It happens sometimes, but you don't need to make a disc unless your 360 isn't online. And backwards compatibility? Sony decided instead of jettisoning that expensive Blu-Ray player, they kill the chip that made the console play ALL of the PS1-PS2 library with software - limiting its effectiveness by 2/3rds. Nice ... you could play all of the games before this move - now, you can only play 1/3rd. False advertising, SONY :up:
and finally is Halo 3 gonna stand out during the holiday season? hell no

Dang fanboy ... nice rant. You do realize Halo 3 isn't the only stud in the barn, huh? Several buyers are sitting on the fence, waiting to see early reviews of the game. You do realize the Halo series sold 15 million copies combined. And you, in your biased and immature rant, think Halo's gonna flop? ROTFLMBO ...

[dougy109]

Hey dont diss ridge racer. Yes its a bit ordinary and its a bit naff in parts but its a quality game. And for the UK a recent update has allowed 2/3 back catalogue to be playable.

But installing OS on my console was very usefull. I can run all my graphic programs ect through my TV. WHich may not seem too good but when your editing textures ect it really helps.

[kelchy]

I think the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are just a small stepping stone to the next form of entertainment media. That link of HVD would definitely be the full step towards hightening the technology of media entertainment. Personally I won't buy into HD-DVD or Blu-ray at all until something better comes out later on.

VHS to DVD was a huge step. Easily noticable difference in quality. It was during the whole 'analog' to 'digital' switch around 7-8 years ago or so.