Advantages: Excellent graphics, blu ray player, dvd upscaler, built in wi-fi, free internet gaming Disadvantages: Still quite expensive
i have now owned my PS3 slim for just over a month, and could not be more pleased with my purchase. As a gaming machine it is fantastic, and in my opinion far better than the xbox 360. Unlike the xbox 360 the ps3 comes with built in wireless and internet gaming is free, which to me is a massive advantage for the ps3. the extra features on ps3 are vast, theres the blu ray player which gives outstanding picture quality with a 1080p tv, not only that but the ps3 slim is also a dvd upscaler, brilliant if like me you have a vast dvd collection that you can't afford to upgrade to blu ray. One of the most recent firmware updates gives you the ability to watch bbc iplayer through the ps3, no more having to watch to missed episodes of top gear on a tiny laptop screen. In my opinion the small things make such a difference in putting the PS3 above ...
Advantages: Blu-ray, free online, nice extras like vidzone & iplayer. Almost silent operation Disadvantages: Rubbish controller, still expensive, online nowhere near as good as xbox live
Well, had the slim for a few weeks now (my 1st ever playstation), personally, I'm a little underwhelmed by it, I've been a gamer since the nintendo game & watch days & owned @ least 1 of the current gen consoles since the Mega Drive(Genesis).
Graphically the system has the potential to wipe the floor with the 360, but this is really only going to apply to PS3 exclusives as any software house making a multi-platform game is going to be as cost effective (lazy) as possible & use the same graphics on all the games where possible(ok, they need to dumb them down for the Wii). My problem here is that I have yet to get a game for it that runs in 1080P, they all seem to be in 720P! Why???? I'm sure they are out there, but I haven't found one yet. I guess this is down to most HD tv's being HD ready rather than Full HD.
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Advantages: free online play* (internet charges still apply) huge amount of exclusive games (uncharted 1/2 ) Disadvantages: it lacks key features and dosnt offer the some experience as the xbox e.g cross game ch
I pre ordered this as soon as it was announced as i wanted a ps3 for some time.I was sceptical about the ps3 as i own a xbox aswell and my friends convinced me to buy a ps3. Once i received it i instantly feel in love the look of it is much nicer than the "phat" ps3 and its super quite unlike my friends. I would recomend this to anyone as it has its advantages however has some rather major disadvantages ...well they are in my opinion these are that it dosnt come with a headset or a hdmi cable to play in hd and finally you cant talk to people in a single player game or if they are playing another game whereas on the xbox you could ( private chat and party chat ) .However this is a brilliant console yet could be a million times better. ...
