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Does the PS3 SUCK ?
patrickl:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 30, 2008, 05:42:17 pm ---Also, on the noise, I have always understood that the PS3 runs super quiet and relatively cool. I know that the Xbox 360 sounds like you have a jet engine running in the house, but I thought the PS3 was supposed to be quiet. Can any other PS3 owners comment on this?
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True, the fans are inaudible and indeed it's more quiet than an Xbos 360, but still.
It's the DVD player that I can hear. I think it's the head moving back and forth or something. It sounds like seek noises.
--- Quote ---The Wii is has a lovely design.
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Seriously? A white rectangular box is lovely? It looks like a (white) 80's cassette player to me.
Grasshopper:
The PS3 is a lot bigger than the 360 but let's not forget that it has an internal power supply unlike the 360 which has a separate power brick (which is large and ugly).
If the 360 had been designed with an internal PSU, and enough ventilation to prevent overheating, then it probably would have ended up being at least as big as the PS3.
Daniel270:
I've pretty much decided I'm not going to buy the PS3.... altho there is a game or two I wouldn't mind having now, it's still not enough to warrant buying the system.
However... if I got one as a gift, I wouldn't refuse it.
BTW...wouldn't this be better suited in Consoles??
skim36:
I own a PS3. I bought my son a wii. I love the wii, I think it's fun. I love my ps3. It is big and heavy, but it looks nice. It's whisper quiet, and very stable. I've had Folding at Home running for days on it with no issues. I have the original 60 gig version so no compatibility issues and it plays everything it says it does. I've slapped a 250 gig hard drive in it in 2 minutes. I bought one simply because I've owned the last 2 consoles from Sony and enjoyed them both. I've never owned an xbox. Not that I don't like them, I think the xbox and 360 are impressive machines. Just was content with my sony consoles. Not sure about the 360 but most games on the sony are 720p. I have 8 games and maybe 2 go up to 1080. Ridge Racer is in 1080p and is jaw-dropping impressive in HD. Assassin's Creed is in 1080i, but you can finish it in a day. Mostly because it takes space to make these impressive graphics in HD....most developers would rather have more game. Only so much medium to work with. And developers are not making better graphics for one system or another on these multi-port titles. Exclusive content is another story. Don't say the PS3 sucks because it doesn't do one thing you want it to. You love SACD's, buy an SACD player. I use it as a blu-ray player and it's damn impressive as well playing DVD's. Ok, now someone can chime in and call me a sony fanboy. I'm a gamer. I like games period.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 30, 2008, 06:11:54 pm ---
Seriously? A white rectangular box is lovely? It looks like a (white) 80's cassette player to me.
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Sure. It's simple and elegant. Outside of its stand, it looks dumb. Just like a plain old, external CD-Rom drive. But standing vertically in its stand, it shines (literally and figuratively, I suppose). Nothing wrong with a white rectangular box, so long as they get it right, see Apple iPod, Sonos. Doing the diagonal thing with the stand was brilliant. It gives it impressive lines that would otherwise not be worth mentioning. It's like some art deco industrial design out of an Ayn Rand novel (BTW, I can't stand Ayn Rand). How can you not appreciate this design:
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