Switching from 360 to PS3, but need major help.

So after a little over two years of owning a 360, I'm finally saying goodbye. Halo 3, Bioshock and Gears of War is all I accumulated in the game Library for it and now i'm done. Obviously this is due to all the commotion about MGS 4. It was the final push.

So now I want to switch over. But i know absolutley nothing about PS3 and what the best deals on getting one are. So here's what I'm gonna do. I plan to sell my premim 360 with two wireless controllers with those three mentioned games above. I don't know were that will put me exactly but I have enought to cover the after price. So I know there are two versions of the PS3. Now, is the cheaper one a straight up rip off like the Core 360? And is it best to just buy the expensive one?

What I want to be able to do is play PS2 and PS1 games. (Can it play PS1 games?) I also understand that it's a select few. So say, does a game like Jak and Daxter make the cut? Another thing, but this is a dumb question. Can it play regular DVDs?

I've always felt that being on the 360 side of things, the PS3 does suffer from games I would want. And I feel the only thing I'm losing from the 360 is Gears 2. But PS3 has Reident Evil 5 too and that's all that matters really.

So it would be greatly appreciated if someone helped me on what to do and give advice. Thanks.

Get the MGS4 Edition. Since your gonna buy a ps3 because of it.JC346

he'll save money if he gets the 40gb

I dumped the 360 too (RROD issues). Best thing I ever did...

Wow, I've noticed a lot of people have been switching to the PS3 recently. Anyway go for the 80GB MGS4 bundle, you won't regret it.Floppy_Jim

Does it come in the UK as well? I'm considering getting one as well

Wow, I've noticed a lot of people have been switching to the PS3 recently. Anyway go for the 80GB MGS4 bundle, you won't regret it.Floppy_Jim

I know... the game shops in the Uk are full of used 360's...

[QUOTE="JC346"]Get the MGS4 Edition. Since your gonna buy a ps3 because of it.blackice1983

he'll save money if he gets the 40gb

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Wow, I've noticed a lot of people have been switching to the PS3 recently. Anyway go for the 80GB MGS4 bundle, you won't regret it.zepman71

Does it come in the UK as well? I'm considering getting one as well

I live in the UK too and I think we only get the 40GB bundle. I'm glad I got my 60GB back in October before they were phased out.

See i'm really tight on money right now and as much as I want a PS3 I could get the normal 40gb. But I really, really want backwards compatibility. And I didn't know there was a 60gb.sadsadman

There are 60 gig versions, (I have one) but you've very little chance of getting hold of one now regardless of where you live (They were phased out months ago) so i'd just concentrate on deciding between the 40 and 80 gig.

Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Wow, I've noticed a lot of people have been switching to the PS3 recently. Anyway go for the 80GB MGS4 bundle, you won't regret it.zepman71

Does it come in the UK as well? I'm considering getting one as well

I live in the UK too and I think we only get the 40GB bundle. I'm glad I got my 60GB back in October before they were phased out.

YUP! I got mine just in time too. I'm so glad I didn't wait for another price cut...

my advice is keep your 360 and save up for the ps3blackice1983

I agree. Why would you switch. That's just dumb. He has played 3 out of about 25 of the greatest 360 games on the system. You haven't even scratched the surface of the 360 yet. So you go and get the PS3 and you play MGS4, and then you'll be bored after you beat the game. I would definitely KEEP the XBox 360. From the looks of it, it seems like he doesn't play many games anyways. He had the 360 for that long and only played 3 games? I've had the PS3 for about 8 months and have at least played about 6 games on it.

You will sell 360, for just a few hours of gameplay with MGS4 ?

IMO you should keep 360, and get PS3 mid 2009 when it will really be worth it

It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. sadsadman

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

As for your question about backwards compatability, the 40 gig version DOES NOT play PS2/PS1 games while the 80 gig and 60 gig ones DO. PSP_John

40gig plays PS1 games just fine.

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. kostmpekir

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

This is false, all Ps3 games are easily 10000000 hours of play time with 100000 different things to do in each game!

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. kostmpekir

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

[QUOTE="PSP_John"]As for your question about backwards compatability, the 40 gig version DOES NOT play PS2/PS1 games while the 80 gig and 60 gig ones DO. Chutebox

40gig plays PS1 games just fine.

Really? My friend has a 40 gig version and said that he tried PS1 discs on it and they didn't work... Hmmm... perhaps the US versions do but the UK ones don't?

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="PSP_John"]As for your question about backwards compatability, the 40 gig version DOES NOT play PS2/PS1 games while the 80 gig and 60 gig ones DO. PSP_John

40gig plays PS1 games just fine.

Really? My friend has a 40 gig version and said that he tried PS1 discs on it and they didn't work... Hmmm... perhaps the US versions do but the UK ones don't?

I'm British, my 40gig played Metal Gear Solid 1.

I smell a little BS. You paid 400 dollars for something you bought three games for. :?Stevo_the_gamer

Yeah.. I wondered the same thing. How do you have a game console for over 2 YEARS when there is at least 25+ that are worth buying. If he had it for 3-4 months, yeah, but over 2 YEARS. I ain't buying it.

So after a little over two years of owning a 360, I'm finally saying goodbye. Halo 3, Bioshock and Gears of War is all I accumulated in the game Library for it and now i'm done. Obviously this is due to all the commotion about MGS 4. It was the final push.

So now I want to switch over. But i know absolutley nothing about PS3 and what the best deals on getting one are. So here's what I'm gonna do. I plan to sell my premim 360 with two wireless controllers with those three mentioned games above. I don't know were that will put me exactly but I have enought to cover the after price. So I know there are two versions of the PS3. Now, is the cheaper one a straight up rip off like the Core 360? And is it best to just buy the expensive one?

What I want to be able to do is play PS2 and PS1 games. (Can it play PS1 games?) I also understand that it's a select few. So say, does a game like Jak and Daxter make the cut? Another thing, but this is a dumb question. Can it play regular DVDs?

I've always felt that being on the 360 side of things, the PS3 does suffer from games I would want. And I feel the only thing I'm losing from the 360 is Gears 2. But PS3 has Reident Evil 5 too and that's all that matters really.

So it would be greatly appreciated if someone helped me on what to do and give advice. Thanks.

sadsadman

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]I smell a little BS. You paid 400 dollars for something you bought three games for. :?XanderZane

Yeah.. I wondered the same thing. How do you have a game console for over 2 YEARS when there is at least 25+ that are worth buying. If he had it for 3-4 months, yeah, but over 2 YEARS. I ain't buying it.

I had two games for the original Xbox for almost 2 years.

[QUOTE="kostmpekir"]

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. thrones

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

That is what i am talking about, i have 100+ hours on Lost odyssey, 120+ hours on Mass Effect, 40+ hours on Blue Dragon, 35+ hours on Eternal Sonata, 25+ hours on Bioshock, 40+ hours on Gears, 25+ hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 30+ hours on Halo 3, 120+ hours on Oblivion far before PS3 version was out etc etc

Also Too Human would be 150+ hours, Fable 2 easilyl 200+ hours, Infinite Undisocbery and Tales, 40-50 hours each, Banjo 30-40 hours, Pinata 20 hours at least, Gears 2 co-op up to 50 hours for sure etc

So after a little over two years of owning a 360, I'm finally saying goodbye. Halo 3, Bioshock and Gears of War is all I accumulated in the game Library for it and now i'm done. Obviously this is due to all the commotion about MGS 4. It was the final push.

So now I want to switch over. But i know absolutley nothing about PS3 and what the best deals on getting one are. So here's what I'm gonna do. I plan to sell my premim 360 with two wireless controllers with those three mentioned games above. I don't know were that will put me exactly but I have enought to cover the after price. So I know there are two versions of the PS3. Now, is the cheaper one a straight up rip off like the Core 360? And is it best to just buy the expensive one?

What I want to be able to do is play PS2 and PS1 games. (Can it play PS1 games?) I also understand that it's a select few. So say, does a game like Jak and Daxter make the cut? Another thing, but this is a dumb question. Can it play regular DVDs?

I've always felt that being on the 360 side of things, the PS3 does suffer from games I would want. And I feel the only thing I'm losing from the 360 is Gears 2. But PS3 has Reident Evil 5 too and that's all that matters really.

So it would be greatly appreciated if someone helped me on what to do and give advice. Thanks.

sadsadman

Your best bet is probably to get the old, discontinued 60GB SKU which had the hardware emulation since nearly all PS2 and PS1 games worked with it.

DVDs are played by all PS3 SKUs.

The cheapest bundle atm is probably the MGS4 bundle.

There is a backwards compatability list published by Sony, but the list is final and will not be updated. Here is the EU ones, google for the other territories. http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc/

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="kostmpekir"]

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. kostmpekir

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

That is what i am talking about, i have 100+ hours on Lost odyssey, 120+ hours on Mass Effect, 40+ hours on Blue Dragon, 35+ hours on Eternal Sonata, 25+ hours on Bioshock, 40+ hours on Gears, 25+ hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 30+ hours on Halo 3, 120+ hours on Oblivion far before PS3 version was out etc etc

Also Too Human would be 150+ hours, Fable 2 easilyl 200+ hours, Infinite Undisocbery and Tales, 40-50 hours each, Banjo 30-40 hours, Pinata 20 hours at least, Gears 2 co-op up to 50 hours for sure etc

You wished. If you played that much, Social Life little has you.

And it's around 15 hours at best on BioShock, 20 hours on Eternal Sonata. 20 hours on Mass Effect, 20 hours on Lost Odyssey, never played Blue Dragon, 100+ hours on Halo 3, 7 hours on Gears, 13 Hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 40 hours on Oblivion.

At least for me :|

[QUOTE="kostmpekir"][QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="kostmpekir"]

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. thrones

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

That is what i am talking about, i have 100+ hours on Lost odyssey, 120+ hours on Mass Effect, 40+ hours on Blue Dragon, 35+ hours on Eternal Sonata, 25+ hours on Bioshock, 40+ hours on Gears, 25+ hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 30+ hours on Halo 3, 120+ hours on Oblivion far before PS3 version was out etc etc

Also Too Human would be 150+ hours, Fable 2 easilyl 200+ hours, Infinite Undisocbery and Tales, 40-50 hours each, Banjo 30-40 hours, Pinata 20 hours at least, Gears 2 co-op up to 50 hours for sure etc

You wished. If you played that much, Social Life little has you.

And it's around 15 hours at best on BioShock, 20 hours on Eternal Sonata. 20 hours on Mass Effect, 20 hours on Lost Odyssey, never played Blue Dragon, 100+ hours on Halo 3, 7 hours on Gears, 13 Hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 40 hours on Oblivion.

At least for me :|

[QUOTE="kostmpekir"][QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="kostmpekir"]

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. thrones

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

That is what i am talking about, i have 100+ hours on Lost odyssey, 120+ hours on Mass Effect, 40+ hours on Blue Dragon, 35+ hours on Eternal Sonata, 25+ hours on Bioshock, 40+ hours on Gears, 25+ hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 30+ hours on Halo 3, 120+ hours on Oblivion far before PS3 version was out etc etc

Also Too Human would be 150+ hours, Fable 2 easilyl 200+ hours, Infinite Undisocbery and Tales, 40-50 hours each, Banjo 30-40 hours, Pinata 20 hours at least, Gears 2 co-op up to 50 hours for sure etc

You wished. If you played that much, Social Life little has you.

And it's around 15 hours at best on BioShock, 20 hours on Eternal Sonata. 20 hours on Mass Effect, 20 hours on Lost Odyssey, never played Blue Dragon, 100+ hours on Halo 3, 7 hours on Gears, 13 Hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 40 hours on Oblivion.

At least for me :|

Lost Odyssey is alot more than 20 hours and how is Oblivion only 40 hours:?

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="kostmpekir"][QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="kostmpekir"]

[QUOTE="sadsadman"]It's not just MGS4 I plan to play though guys. I look at it like this, if you are an owner of a 360, it is near-essential to have Live. I can't have Live because of my internet connection where I live. So I don't plan to do online. manny280

With huge games like Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, Too Human, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales, etc you definatly not need Live to have the most hours of gameplay on 360 than any other system

The biggest PS3 game is 20 hours, the biggest 360 exclusives can get to 100+ hours easilly, and the coming RPG's even higher

I've put 40+ hours into Metal Gear Solid, and 100+ hours in Resistance. Also 100+ hours into Warhawk.

That is what i am talking about, i have 100+ hours on Lost odyssey, 120+ hours on Mass Effect, 40+ hours on Blue Dragon, 35+ hours on Eternal Sonata, 25+ hours on Bioshock, 40+ hours on Gears, 25+ hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 30+ hours on Halo 3, 120+ hours on Oblivion far before PS3 version was out etc etc

Also Too Human would be 150+ hours, Fable 2 easilyl 200+ hours, Infinite Undisocbery and Tales, 40-50 hours each, Banjo 30-40 hours, Pinata 20 hours at least, Gears 2 co-op up to 50 hours for sure etc

You wished. If you played that much, Social Life little has you.

And it's around 15 hours at best on BioShock, 20 hours on Eternal Sonata. 20 hours on Mass Effect, 20 hours on Lost Odyssey, never played Blue Dragon, 100+ hours on Halo 3, 7 hours on Gears, 13 Hours on Ninja Gaiden 2, 40 hours on Oblivion.

At least for me :|

Lost Odyssey is alot more than 20 hours and how is Oblivion only 40 hours:?

I took me 20 hours for disk one for Lost odyseey.. then again I like to play games to their full potential. Unlike some.... :?

So after a little over two years of owning a 360, I'm finally saying goodbye. Halo 3, Bioshock and Gears of War is all I accumulated in the game Library for it and now i'm done. Obviously this is due to all the commotion about MGS 4. It was the final push.

So now I want to switch over. But i know absolutley nothing about PS3 and what the best deals on getting one are. So here's what I'm gonna do. I plan to sell my premim 360 with two wireless controllers with those three mentioned games above. I don't know were that will put me exactly but I have enought to cover the after price. So I know there are two versions of the PS3. Now, is the cheaper one a straight up rip off like the Core 360? And is it best to just buy the expensive one?

What I want to be able to do is play PS2 and PS1 games. (Can it play PS1 games?) I also understand that it's a select few. So say, does a game like Jak and Daxter make the cut? Another thing, but this is a dumb question. Can it play regular DVDs?

I've always felt that being on the 360 side of things, the PS3 does suffer from games I would want. And I feel the only thing I'm losing from the 360 is Gears 2. But PS3 has Reident Evil 5 too and that's all that matters really.

So it would be greatly appreciated if someone helped me on what to do and give advice. Thanks.

sadsadman

since u want to be abel to play ps2 games get the 80gb plays both ps1 and 2 games 40gb dosen't play ps2 games. it plays dvd and blu ray

As for your question about backwards compatability, the 40 gig version DOES NOT play PS2/PS1 games while the 80 gig and 60 gig ones DO. PSP_John

um not the uk versions have ps1 compatibility as well...looks to be that you've been proven not to even own a ps3...along with a 360. any ps3 owner would know the 40 gig ps3 has ps1 bc but not ps2.

I assure you. That will definatley be the only game I miss.

I assure you. That will definatley be the only game I miss.

sadsadman

The question is: What else do you plan on playing on the PS3 besides MGS4?

I want to get Uncharted, Heavenly sword, that new Ratchet and Clank, and maybe Resistance. I also want to try and get my hands on Jak and Daxter but I'm not sure if it works on PS3 because it does not come up on the list.sadsadman

Keep the 360.. Save for a PS3.