is it worth getting a ps3?

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#1 jbufv
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OK,

i want a ps3, you don't need to convince me of it's power, or graphics, or games, because i know of those. what i want to know is: is it reliable? i have had my ps2 and ps1 for very long and they never broke. thing is, i had a 360, wasted money, i wasted almost 1000$ on it in the past year (including buying it) and it broke,sold everything back for 300$. i am not going to waste money on another failure. so please answer truthfully, not like fanboys. is the system reliable? what;s the failure rate? please (if you can) back it up with article links. thanks

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#2 my_name_is_ron
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you spent $1000 on it in the past year?!?!?! why didn't you just send it back to microsoft for a free repair or brand new console?

my ps3 has never broken down on me. but then again neither has my 360 from the launch and i play that much more. i haven't played the ps3 in months.

i think the general consensus is that the ps3 is more reliable than the 360 but the 360 has sorted out its reliability in recent months

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#3 ONLYDOD
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PS3 is more reliable than the 360 - FACT.
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#4 Ninten007
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Yep you should. The PS3 is awesome and is a great console to rely on. This is coming from a diehard Nintendo fanboy (excluding Wii of course).
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#5 jbufv
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my_name_is_ron

you spent $1000 on it in the past year?!?!?! why didn't you just send it back to microsoft for a free repair or brand new console?

my_name_is_ron

imeant on console, accessories, and games. i think 1000$ is alittle exagerated, but it was well over 600$, FACT

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#7 MasteRich
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Definitely reliable. Little to no known problems such as hardware failure. But take in mind, there are some issues with it, just a very small percentile though.
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#8 Jared2720
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

Absolutely not.

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#9 njean777
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[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Jared2720

Absolutely not.

wow agree you are dead wrong and everybody knows it, yes you should get a ps3 more reliable plus it has almost all multiplats and free online. Even IMO has some of the best exclusives.

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#11 PrinceofSarcasm
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ever few months (or longer) it may freeze forcing you to restart your system but that rarely happens and I mean RARELY and can be fixed it two seconds. (beats rrod). If you have A ps1/2 and you do buy one look for the mgs4 bundle before their all completly gone because as of right now their the only systems being sold (look around) that have ps2 backwards compadibility. The 80 stand alone (doesnt come with game) doesnt. Alot of people say xbox live is beter and at one point it was but not so much any more (after all it is is online gaming, chat, mesages and a store) but with ps3 you also get playstationlife, remoteplay, ps home, internet browser ect (and its all free)
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#12 Droopeh
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[QUOTE="Jared2720"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

Absolutely not.

Absolutely yes.



You have no brain.

All consoles are worth buying.

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#13 Indie_Hitman
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77
Thats Bullcrap and you know it. The PS3s failure rate was 0.2% I think. Anyway wait for a good deal this christmas TC. I traded in my 360 for a PS3 after it broke too and never regretted it.
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#14 PrinceofSarcasm
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

That must be a joke:lol:

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#15 njean777
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[QUOTE="Jared2720"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

Absolutely not.

Absolutely yes.

wow are you insane? im pretty sure everybody on this thread has proved you wrong and your still at it?

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#17 Indie_Hitman
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[QUOTE="PrinceofSarcasm"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

That must be a joke:lol:

I lied, my uncles been through 3 Xbox 360s

my friends have been through a couple as well

That sounds more likely
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#19 Hitman533
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

:lol: ima put your quote in my sig

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#20 JIT93
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[QUOTE="PrinceofSarcasm"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

That must be a joke:lol:

Its true, my uncles been through 3 PS3

my friends have been through a couple as well

Its false, I am on my first ps3, so are my friends

See I can post lies too :|

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#21 Gamer4535
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pc is way better than any of the consoles just buy it.

You can get a good graphics card for half of its price and run any game you want

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#22 jbufv
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[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"][QUOTE="PrinceofSarcasm"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360JIT93

That must be a joke:lol:

Its true, my uncles been through 3 PS3

my friends have been through a couple as well

Its false, I am on my first ps3, so are my friends

See I can post lies too :|

so are you on yur first one, or is it a joke?

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#23 JIT93
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[QUOTE="JIT93"][QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"][QUOTE="PrinceofSarcasm"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360jbufv

That must be a joke:lol:

Its true, my uncles been through 3 PS3

my friends have been through a couple as well

Its false, I am on my first ps3, so are my friends

See I can post lies too :|

so are you on yur first one, or is it a joke?

I am on my first one, I'm just exaggerating by putting friends :)

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#24 jacky531
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PS3 is WWWAAAAAYYYYY more reliable then the 360 who had a 33% FAILURE rate (monthly) in whole while I've heard only 1 or 2 PS3's breaking and I think it was Sony who said they only had 1% failure rate (this is in a year NOT a month)

Plus u can't miss out on LBP :D

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#25 Sony-tha-champ0
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Yes,PS3 is reliable if that what you wanted,it has no RROD,but has DRE,since you took care of PS2 and ps1 well,PS3 should run perfectly
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#26 DJCUEBALL
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PS3 is more reliable than the 360 - FACT.ONLYDOD

True and it is worth it.

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#27 waahammur
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yeah ps3 is probally the most reliable out of all three.. and its really reliable
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#28 ejstrup
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

ahhahahahahahaha.. No!

PS3 is very reliable

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#29 sneslover
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I would wait for the Slim PS3 plus a price drop.
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#30 Gamer4Iife
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PS3 breaks just as much as the 360Mkavanaugh77

Please tell me you're joking... :lol:

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#31 jbufv
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[QUOTE="jbufv"][QUOTE="JIT93"][QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"][QUOTE="PrinceofSarcasm"]

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]PS3 breaks just as much as the 360JIT93

That must be a joke:lol:

Its true, my uncles been through 3 PS3

my friends have been through a couple as well

Its false, I am on my first ps3, so are my friends

See I can post lies too :|

so are you on yur first one, or is it a joke?

I am on my first one, I'm just exaggerating by putting friends :)

so your friends had more then 1 ps3, or only you have a ps3, and your friends don't have any?