wife just bought me a ps3

hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

phybaoptikz

yah you can upgrade it anytime just read the manual for they type you need to have and you can go on youtube type in PS3 HDD change out or something to that affect and they have step by step videos on there you can follow its pretty simple

hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

phybaoptikz

The HDD is a simple swap, but the 40 gig will NOT play PS2 games at all. This is something you need to know now before trying play one of these games in the 40 gig. The 20, 60, and 80 gig systems do support PS2 games.

yea, but she wanted to take advantage of the $100 gift card offer. you know women, there is always something in it for them. 40 gig model is sufficient for me. i have never owned a playstation in my life, so i do not have any ps2 games to play on it anyways as there are no ps2 games i care for besides god of war, but i'll happily wait for it to come to ps3. i just wanted the blu ray feature and metal gear. i couldn't see paying $399 for just a blu ray player when the ps3 has one buil in that ive read is better than most stand alone players.

i just picked up motorstorm for $20 and a charger stand for my controllers. got one dual shock and the regular one that came with the system

hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

phybaoptikz

Yes you can upgrade the hard drive, but my guess is you will not need to. Size became an issue more with the Xbox 360 due to the fact that you can download Full HD movies through Xbox live, and the size for the video was huge. 7+Gigs per movie I think. Sony does not yet have such movie downloads that I can recall, and there is no benefit to downloading full versions of PS3 games on line since it is no discount from when you purchase it at the store.

I thought the same thing as you. "is 40GB enough". I have 35GB free after 6 months. Your PS3 can talk to your pc, so your MP3, videos, pics, etc can reside on your PC taking up no PS3 Hard Drive space. As for the backward compatable thing....I don't know about you, but I bought my PS3 to play PS3 games and not PS2 games. If that is not the case for you then you might look on Ebay, or see if the next version of PS3 can play PS2 games.

Congrats on you purchase. I am lucky I have all 3 systems. Xbox 360 for games only, PS3 for Blu-ray moves (and some games), and the Wii (for the kids). And Yes I have the DS and PSP. I am a geek.

yea, but she wanted to take advantage of the $100 gift card offer. you know women, there is always something in it for them.

phybaoptikz

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hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

jimm895

The HDD is a simple swap, but the 40 gig will NOT play PS2 games at all. This is something you need to know now before trying play one of these games in the 40 gig. The 20, 60, and 80 gig systems do support PS2 games.

theres an update coming that will enable the option in 40g's soon, rumor is on the grapevine.

yea, but she wanted to take advantage of the $100 gift card offer. you know women, there is always something in it for them.

phybaoptikz

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hey guys

my wife bought me a ps3 for fathers day, and decided i could have it a week early. i held off on getting a ps3 until metal gear came out, and i got one just in time. since they only sell the 40 gig ps3's now, can i upgrade the hard drive in it to something a littl ebigger if i need to?

i got a few days before i get mgs4, but i think i may go get some older games like resistance until thursday.

LastOfTheBest

The HDD is a simple swap, but the 40 gig will NOT play PS2 games at all. This is something you need to know now before trying play one of these games in the 40 gig. The 20, 60, and 80 gig systems do support PS2 games.

theres an update coming that will enable the option in 40g's soon, rumor is on the grapevine.

All the rumors about the download to allow the 40 gig PS3 to plat PS2 games is nothing more than a rumor. Sony did hint that there may be some PS2 games that can be downloaded from PSN for the 40 gig PS3 but there not working on a emulator for this system to use hard copies of these games.

The 40 gig has a completely different board and all the hardware was removed including the video support that the NTSC 80 gig system and the PAL 60 gig system had. There is a lot more difference in these systems than what can be seen on the outside.