So the playstation 3 is going to be out in a few days, November 17th, anyone plan on buying one? I will if I can get someone to go in on it, but I won't pay the full price which I've been told is about $600. And the games are anywherez from $60-70. !!!!!!!!

I mean it's probably worth the money, but you can always wait until the price drops.

I have no intentions of purchasing the PS3. I'm very picky about what games I like which means buying a game station would be a waste of money in my house.

My bf called me this afternoon to let me know that there is already a line of eager buyers camped out in front of the local Wal-mart. Christmas season has definately arrived.

Heh, no. I'm an Xbox guy.

PS3 = No go.

The price: Way too high. I don't care if it is worth it. The fact is, Sony made a stupid decision in pricing it so high.

Also, you don't own the games you buy. Now here's where Sony really messed up. Apparently, they made it that when you buy video games for PS3 (for 50-60 bucks, as stated before) you're not really buying the game. You buy the disc, but Sony keeps the title for it. It's like you're renting the game, for the rest of your life. And you can't even play the games on other PS3's. Once you play it on one, that's the only one it'll work on.

Not worth it.

We have Xbox, PS2, Gamecube and N64 I think we have enough for now.

There are already people in line this morning for the PS3 at our local stores. Wonder how many of them are buying just to put them up for bid on Ebay?

And you can't even play the games on other PS3's. Once you play it on one, that's the only one it'll work on.

Not worth it.

I'll have to look into that. If that is true then that would mean if your playstation 3 quit working or got broke or stolen then all of your games would be worthless, and that also means blockbuster and other stores alike wouldn't be able to rent PS3 games out. I'm sure they pay Sony a bundle to rent their games out so that would mean Sony would be missing out on that much more money.
If it IS true what you've said then hell no I won't buy one, I'll go out and get a 360.
...But I couldn't imagine Sony would do that, it's just dumb business.

God in hell people are funny.

So there were only a total of 500,000 PS3's shipped to America, meaning that the stores that DID carry them weren't going to have many; Alaska's stores held about six each. So there were places like Fred Meyer, Wal-mart and Best with only a few units and there were all these people lined up at the doors who were all disappointed, some of which had been waiting there for 15 hours or more.

I went to Best Buy today to kill some time before meeting my friends at the movies, there was a line of people sitting outside, tents pitched. I find the fact that all these people are camping for days outside of stores for a video game quite sad. I mean come on. Get a life, guys.

PS3 = No go
Wii = Definatley :D

Well the days of people camping out for tickets and merchandise is coming to an end. More often there are reports of people getting held up at gun point demanding they hand over their money. Greed is taking over.

Apparently the PS3 has sucessfully sold on ebay for $9,000 - $10,000. And there were several robbings/shootings with people waiting in line to buy.

I'd totally love to have a PS3! I currently have our old PS2 and it's getting old quickly.

Did you guys hear about the guy that went to sell a PS3 on ebay and messed up the minimum acceptable bid amount? Apparently someone won a PS3 for $9.99 with $50 shipping and handling.

Wow, if only I was that lucky.

I'm fairly brand loyal. I like my PS2 a lot. I play mostly Final Fantasy type games, with the occasional Soul Calibur round, so I'm pleased with the game selection. One of the reasons that I haven't been around so much this week is my purchase of FFXII.

I will probably buy a PS3 when I have the money, and when there are more than a couple good games for it. My only regret is not having access to Zelda.

I can't even imagaine a FF game on the PS3. It would be...just an explosion of wicked gaming experience. When that day comes, I will be happy again.

Did you guys hear about the guy that went to sell a PS3 on ebay and messed up the minimum acceptable bid amount? Apparently someone won a PS3 for $9.99 with $50 shipping and handling.

If I were that guy, I'd cry myself to sleep.

I can't even imagaine a FF game on the PS3. It would be...just an explosion of wicked gaming experience. When that day comes, I will be happy again.Truly. :)

Did you guys hear about the guy that went to sell a PS3 on ebay and messed up the minimum acceptable bid amount? Apparently someone won a PS3 for $9.99 with $50 shipping and handling.

Oh man. That's disturbing. It makes me want to go on eBay to see if anybody else is that challenged.

But seriously, if that guy was so stupid as to mess up on something so vital, he deserves to have $590 taken away from him.

Mah god... I heard rumors that the ps3's graphics
went way beyond the capability of the Xbox 360
But pricing at 600 bucks
Sori in advanced
DUMB ****ING MOVE...
sori again

Sounds like a fair price to me, but then again when it comes to play station and FF games, I stop at mothing to get them. My only other major interest in life is FF games.

Mah god... I heard rumors that the ps3's graphics
went way beyond the capability of the Xbox 360
But pricing at 600 bucks
Sori in advanced
DUMB ****ING MOVE...
sori again

I don't see how that can be, seeing as you can see sweat drizzling down Shaq's face with Xbox 360 on HD. I think you were just hearing a bunch of lies to hype up PS3 production. That Blue-Ray technology that they used was nothing but a money pit. Sony is actually losing like 300 bucks for every console they sell because of that stupid thing.

blue ray huh
they will regret it then
only time will tell
Wow i've never even met a girl that plays playstation in my school
Arriella....
thats a strang new concept for me

Hey playstation rules what's so strange about that, not my fault that Final Fantasy games are so addictive oh and lets not forget need for speed underground. Rpg's and cars, what a way to spend the day.

well i personally love my xbox, i spend many hours making need for speed underground piss!!! hell yeah, i cant wait to get my hands on need for speeds most wanted..hi heeeeee


nikki

Screw a PS3 it's all about the Wii

Yeah I don't think so, playstation is the best.

Wow. Why is it that I can't comprehend this whole "PS3 vs. Wii" console war? Why are they going at it for the best next gen console? They both suck equally. PS3 is far too overpriced (which I know will change eventually, but by the time it's being sold a fair price, Sony will have come out with PS4), and the Wii's graphics are just bad. Why is the Xbox 360 being left out of the console wars? Is it because there's no competition? Is it just way too obvious that Xbox 360 is best? It's fairly priced, and it has high definition graphics like PS3 does. Am I missing something here?

Yeah ok you have a point, but Final Fantasy isn't on xbox so it don't really help me much

The only game console I have a the GameCube.

I got it because I'm a huge Resident Evil fan, and I loved the games on Playstation.

Yeah ok Resident Evil is pretty darn good, but personally I think they are all pointless. You go out and buy one and that's the end of that, you get hooked on a game and before you know it you are buying a new game console of some sort because the next game in the sequel only comes out on the next console. It the best way for companies to make money out of unsuspecting fools.

Xbox!!!!!

Those Who Defy The Ps2 Will Be Scourged Clean From This Earth....hahahahahahaha

just u try n move us....ha ha ahahahahahah

oh come one there is no contest here. PS will always win and that's that!

Unless by some miracle they put FF onto xbox and I highly doubt that.

-.-

Wii.

oh come one there is no contest here. PS will always win and that's that!

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I'm sure that's what they said abou Nintendo before Playstation came along. Nintendo laid out the frame for all video games to come.

And sure, Playstation has reigned champion with PS1 and PS2, but they ruined their chances of it with PS3. The only people who are going to be buying it right now are the stupid PS fanboys, who's prepubescent minds let them think that because it's made by Sony, it's God.

Hasn't Playstation had the same controller for the past, I don't know, twelve years? The only thing they've done to it to make it next gen, is take away the rumble (haha, stupidasses), and steal Wii's motion censor design (which Nintendo is just laughing at them for, by the way, because it's a completely half assed version of their's)

Also, I don't see what the big deal is about Final Fantasy. I mean, I'm not really a Fantasy kind of guy anyways. But this game is by far the most boring game I have ever play, in my entire life. Pong beats this game.

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I'm sure that's what they said abou Nintendo before Playstation came along. Nintendo laid out the frame for all video games to come.

And sure, Playstation has reigned champion with PS1 and PS2, but they ruined their chances of it with PS3. The only people who are going to be buying it right now are the stupid PS fanboys, who's prepubescent minds let them think that because it's made by Sony, it's God.

Hasn't Playstation had the same controller for the past, I don't know, twelve years? The only thing they've done to it to make it next gen, is take away the rumble (haha, stupidasses), and steal Wii's motion censor design (which Nintendo is just laughing at them for, by the way, because it's a completely half assed version of their's)

Also, I don't see what the big deal is about Final Fantasy. I mean, I'm not really a Fantasy kind of guy anyways. But this game is by far the most boring game I have ever play, in my entire life. Pong beats this game.That's an awfully harsh thing to say, and I don't think that it's warranted.

It seems like you are saying that because we have different tastes in games, our decision is wrong.

I don't necessarily think of myself as a Sony fanboy. I don't think that Sony has made good marketing decisions, and their ability to pull off a successful release has proved miserable. But I also think that it's much too early to judge the failure or success of the console wars.

Sony typically doesn't look at the short term when judging the success of the system. Two years from now, I would guess that they will selling PS3s, and may be making money on them by then.

And I happen to like FF games very much. The FPS games are boring and violent to me, and I find that I have no interest in them. That doesn't mean that I can't understand why other people like them. And, if that's the sort of game people like, then the xBox is the right system to buy.

I agree with spherical

I don't necessarily think of myself as a Sony fanboy. I don't think that Sony has made good marketing decisions, and their ability to pull off a successful release has proved miserable. But I also think that it's much too early to judge the failure or success of the console wars.

Sony typically doesn't look at the short term when judging the success of the system. Two years from now, I would guess that they will selling PS3s, and may be making money on them by then.
Yes, but that's two years from now. By that time, (pretty much) everyone will already have bought an Xbox, Wii, or PS3. I will personally going to buy a PS3, but not until it's price goes down. By which time it's amazing, unmatched, super-dooper blu-ray technology, will be nothing more but average and DVD players will be old news.

And there's no need to be offended by what I said about Final Fantasy. I mean, if you said something bad about a game I enjoyed playing, I wouldn't take it personal. You wouldn't be saying anything "harsh" about me, so who cares? I would understand that you have your opinion, I have mine.

I never said you were wrong, it's just FF seemed to be the only reason you guys were buying the PS3, and I thought I'd give my opinion of it.

"And, if that's the sort of game people like, then the xBox is the right system to buy"? If I may say so, you have a very cliched outlook on the Xbox. Halo isn't the only game we have, as some of it's fanboys may lead you to believe. What other system has games ranging all over from Project Gotham Racing, to Gears of War, to Viva Pinata?

And there's no need to be offended by what I said about Final Fantasy. I mean, if you said something bad about a game I enjoyed playing, I wouldn't take it personal. You wouldn't be saying anything "harsh" about me, so who cares? I would understand that you have your opinion, I have mine.I meant the part about how people buying PS3's now are stupid.

I never said you were wrong, it's just FF seemed to be the only reason you guys were buying the PS3, and I thought I'd give my opinion of it.

"And, if that's the sort of game people like, then the xBox is the right system to buy"? If I may say so, you have a very cliched outlook on the Xbox. Halo isn't the only game we have, as some of it's fanboys may lead you to believe. What other system has games ranging all over from Project Gotham Racing, to Gears of War, to Viva Pinata?You seem to have the same cliched outlook on the PS3 that I expressed about the xBox.

Rather, he's just pointing out that most people in the thread who are going to buy PS3 are doing so because of FF.

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