Several Playstation 3 Questions

I had an original PS2, which I really loved, but it didn't last too long. After a few months it stopped being capable of reading discs, only loading up the game after several tries, and after a while it got to being so bad it just was'nt worth the trouble. After that I mostly stuck with my Xbox, and now with my Xbox 360. However I'm considering getting a PS3 in a month or two but before I decide for sure I've got several questions.

Since release, I've lost two 360s. Do PS3s just... stop, in this way? And if they do, will Sony replace/repair them free of charge? And if not, how much do they charge to replace/repair it?

Also, there's the 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB. I'm not too concerned about the backwards compatibility, but I do want to make sure I've got enough space. Is the 40GB suitable? Can you buy memory cards for the PS3 as well? I've looked, and the only thing I can find is a way to transfer PS2 saves off of a memory card onto the PS3.

Is the online play free for all games, or only for a few select games? And ss there decent four player split screen games, or did they pull a 360 and make mostly every game only two players?

And lastly, I already own an Xbox 360. Are the PS3 exclusives worth the money? I'm interested in several, and I'm really excited about Haze.
Thanks in advance for your help.

I had an original PS2, which I really loved, but it didn't last too long. After a few months it stopped being capable of reading discs, only loading up the game after several tries, and after a while it got to being so bad it just was'nt worth the trouble. After that I mostly stuck with my Xbox, and now with my Xbox 360. However I'm considering getting a PS3 in a month or two but before I decide for sure I've got several questions.

Since release, I've lost two 360s. Do PS3s just... stop, in this way? And if they do, will Sony replace/repair them free of charge? And if not, how much do they charge to replace/repair it?

Also, there's the 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB. I'm not too concerned about the backwards compatibility, but I do want to make sure I've got enough space. Is the 40GB suitable? Can you buy memory cards for the PS3 as well? I've looked, and the only thing I can find is a way to transfer PS2 saves off of a memory card onto the PS3.

Is the online play free for all games, or only for a few select games? And ss there decent four player split screen games, or did they pull a 360 and make mostly every game only two players?

And lastly, I already own an Xbox 360. Are the PS3 exclusives worth the money? I'm interested in several, and I'm really excited about Haze.
Thanks in advance for your help.

MRxMADxMONKEY

there are some reports of people's ps3's breaking but if you have a receipt you get a 1 year warranty and they should fix it for free.

i would think 40gb is enough unless you plan to use it for more than gaming. then you can probably upgrade your harddrive like others but that might void your warranty. not sure about that. 80 gbs is a safe route and if you want mgs4, there will be a bundle soon. ps3's take flash drives and i guess that can be used as memory cards.

online is free for all games that i know of. hmm i'm not sure about 4 player split screen except warhawk has it.

if you like action/rpg type games, folklore is good. uncharted is good. heavenly sword is worth a rent. warhawk is fun too

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I had an original PS2, which I really loved, but it didn't last too long. After a few months it stopped being capable of reading discs, only loading up the game after several tries, and after a while it got to being so bad it just was'nt worth the trouble. After that I mostly stuck with my Xbox, and now with my Xbox 360. However I'm considering getting a PS3 in a month or two but before I decide for sure I've got several questions.

Since release, I've lost two 360s. Do PS3s just... stop, in this way? And if they do, will Sony replace/repair them free of charge? And if not, how much do they charge to replace/repair it?

Also, there's the 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB. I'm not too concerned about the backwards compatibility, but I do want to make sure I've got enough space. Is the 40GB suitable? Can you buy memory cards for the PS3 as well? I've looked, and the only thing I can find is a way to transfer PS2 saves off of a memory card onto the PS3.

Is the online play free for all games, or only for a few select games? And ss there decent four player split screen games, or did they pull a 360 and make mostly every game only two players?

And lastly, I already own an Xbox 360. Are the PS3 exclusives worth the money? I'm interested in several, and I'm really excited about Haze.
Thanks in advance for your help.

stealth82428

there are some reports of people's ps3's breaking but if you have a receipt you get a 1 year warranty and they should fix it for free.

i would think 40gb is enough unless you plan to use it for more than gaming. then you can probably upgrade your harddrive like others but that might void your warranty. not sure about that. 80 gbs is a safe route and if you want mgs4, there will be a bundle soon. ps3's take flash drives and i guess that can be used as memory cards.

online is free for all games that i know of. hmm i'm not sure about 4 player split screen except warhawk has it.

if you like action/rpg type games, folklore is good. uncharted is good. heavenly sword is worth a rent. warhawk is fun too

Well I do plan on using it only for gaming, but I would love the 80GB, it's just a bit too expensive. And I didn't know they take flash drives, so that's great news.

Well that could end up being a money saver, right now I mostly only play CoD4, so I could consider canceling my Live, which after a bit would add up to being enough for CoD.

Well I love action and just got into RPGs, haven't heard of Folklore yet but I'll look it up. Uncharted looks really awesome, and Heavenly Sword I've played the demo of and really enjoyed it. Do you know if there's any MMORPGS out for it, or any planned in the near future?
And thanks, this helped a lot. :D Love the thought of free online play.

The trend is to copy some data from the game dvd to the hard drive in order to speed up loading time, so I'd recommend the 80GB version. I don't know about repair costs though. The PS3 doesn't have memory cards like the PS2. Online play is free, but it's ultimately up to the game company -- they can charge extra money if they want I suppose -- maybe for something like a MMORPG that'd happen... free otherwise.

I have both the 360, and the PS3 (bought recently), and I haven't bought any 360 games since. It's just my preference. I'm more happy with my PS3, than my 360. The main reson for this is that I don't want to pay extra money every month to play online games when I'm alredy paying for a broadband connection.

1. Does the PS3 break down and what to do if this happens? The PS3 is by far the best console out there (technologically). The cases in which a PS3 has broken down are very rare and if this happens Sony repairs or replaces your unit free of charge?

2.1. Is the 40GB suitable? Yes, but if I where you I would go for the version with the biggest HD. Or take even consider buying a new HD of 250GB and place this in your PS3. Sony has foreseen this changing of HD and it is very easy. Why opt for a bigger HD? Because once you start downloading demo's, trailers and game add-ons, save some music on your PS3 HD or install game information for your PS3 games, you will very quickly see that even the 80GB HD will be too small.

2.2 Can you buy memory cards for the PS3 as well? I've looked, and the only thing I can find is a way to transfer PS2 saves off of a memory card onto the PS3.You don't need any memory cards with the PS3. All save games are saved on internal virtual memory cards. You simply create virtual memory cards (as many as you like) and save on them (which is actually just your PS3 HD). And yes, there is a small peripheral that allows you to copy your PS and PS2 memory card data onto the PS3 HD into these virtual memory cards.

3. Is the online play free for all games, or only for a few select games? And ss there decent four player split screen games, or did they pull a 360 and make mostly every game only two players?Most games are two player split screen, but there are some decent games with 4 player split screen. But since online play is free, completely free for every game. There is absolutely nothing holding you back to go online and play games against 4 to 48 players. (I even think Resistance 2 will have 60 player games. I think?)

4. Any good exclusives for the PS3 or only multiplatform junk? Yes, there are several really good exclusives out there or soon to be released. Metal Gear Solid 4 anyone?

PS: The PS3 is also a superb Blu-ray player and the only Blu-ray player out there which is already fitted to be Blu-ray 2.0 compliant in the future.

Hope this answers your questions)

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The trend is to copy some data from the game dvd to the hard drive in order to speed up loading time, so I'd recommend the 80GB version. I don't know about repair costs though. The PS3 doesn't have memory cards like the PS2. Online play is free, but it's ultimately up to the game company -- they can charge extra money if they want I suppose -- maybe for something like a MMORPG that'd happen... free otherwise.

I have both the 360, and the PS3 (bought recently), and I haven't bought any 360 games since. It's just my preference. I'm more happy with my PS3, than my 360. The main reson for this is that I don't want to pay extra money every month to play online games when I'm alredy paying for a broadband connection.

MRxMADxMONKEY

Well I dont mind longish loading times, but does the data actually stay there taking up space? And are the save files also on the hard drive?
And I know some of my questions are a bit stupid, I'm just clueless with this stuff. :P

MMORPG games might have a charge to play, just think its like world of warcraft, you buy the game but then youve gotta pay to play it at the same time - to keep servers running, that kind of thing, im not sure cause i dont play much MMORPGs. because some games on the ps3 are slower to load, space is taken up of the hard drive, this could be from something really small to something like 5gigs (dmc4) and yes the data is just sittin their for that purpose, but if you ever want you can delete that data. the save files are also saved to the ps3, though they are very very small especially compared to the data that makes the loads quicker. if i were you i would just buy the 40 gig and then just buy a new hard drive, if you search around the ps3 forums you will find out how to - and be sure to know exactly what you are doing because only certain HD's work on the ps3.

O, let's get try to answer your questions:

1. Does the PS3 break down and what to do if this happens? The PS3 is by far the best console out there (technologically). The cases in which a PS3 has broken down are very rare and if this happens Sony repairs or replaces your unit free of charge?

2.1. Is the 40GB suitable? Yes, but if I where you I would go for the version with the biggest HD. Or take even consider buying a new HD of 250GB and place this in your PS3. Sony has foreseen this changing of HD and it is very easy. Why opt for a bigger HD? Because once you start downloading demo's, trailers and game add-ons, save some music on your PS3 HD or install game information for your PS3 games, you will very quickly see that even the 80GB HD will be too small.

2.2 Can you buy memory cards for the PS3 as well? I've looked, and the only thing I can find is a way to transfer PS2 saves off of a memory card onto the PS3.You don't need any memory cards with the PS3. All save games are saved on internal virtual memory cards. You simply create virtual memory cards (as many as you like) and save on them (which is actually just your PS3 HD). And yes, there is a small peripheral that allows you to copy your PS and PS2 memory card data onto the PS3 HD into these virtual memory cards.

3. Is the online play free for all games, or only for a few select games? And ss there decent four player split screen games, or did they pull a 360 and make mostly every game only two players?Most games are two player split screen, but there are some decent games with 4 player split screen. But since online play is free, completely free for every game. There is absolutely nothing holding you back to go online and play games against 4 to 48 players. (I even think Resistance 2 will have 60 player games. I think?)

4. Any good exclusives for the PS3 or only multiplatform junk? Yes, there are several really good exclusives out there or soon to be released. Metal Gear Solid 4 anyone?

PS: The PS3 is also a superb Blu-ray player and the only Blu-ray player out there which is already fitted to be Blu-ray 2.0 compliant in the future.

Hope this answers your questions)

shala85

Everything you posted is dead on.

Also if a person has any PS2 games they want to play they should not get the 40 gig SKU because it has no BC and it also only has two USB ports and no memory card readers.

And with the 2.2 firmware that we got the 2.0 firmware for Blu-Ray also added Blu-Ray live to the system and now we can pause a DVD or Blu-Ray and even if the disc is removed or the system is turned off we can resume from where it was paused.

This is just some extras that really haven't been covered yet.