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Great, just when I decided to make the PS3 my primary console. This never happened on the 360 in the 4 years I've owned the console. Now I don't feel bad for paying to play. I guess it will just give me a reason to complete some of my single player games. shaunchgo

Then you must have been offline for all of 2008 when it was down for about 2 weeks straight. Read the link here bud, I had a 360 since launch & I remember when it went down for those 2 weeks as well as many other times the service was extremely laggy and down from time to time. Every service has their issues and PS3 has had the same issues Xbox Live has already had however this outage is definitely not on Sony, this is more than likely an attack.

Anyhow here is the link when MS got sued for being down for so long http://www.gamespot.com/news/6184323.html.

This never happens on xbox.It seems every week i turn on my ps3 the server is down.I know its free but can't they do something to make this kinda stuff impossible to happen?mrsniper83

Oh really? Never? http://www.gamespot.com/news/6184323.html

PS3 -> Reliable hardware and unreliable online network, limited library and bright future for games but will soon be limiting PS1 & PS2 playback by removing the EE chip in the 80 GB version. They need to start pushing out more titles & fast.

360 -> Unreliable hardware and has the best library of games to own till at the very least Q3 2008 but the future for the games here are equally as bright as Sony's if not brighter given the head start of it's launch. Mistake, releasing the Elite 360 then announcing they are releasing a 360 with hardware changes to turn the unreliable hardware into reliable hardware. If they can actually make the hardware more reliable they would still lose money but at the rate they are pushing out games the library could be immense and make people soon forget the past issues.

Wii -> Decent hardware. If the Wii wasn't so much damn fun & intuitive it would be $150. They need to start pushing out more games and fast, they still need to be more friendly to 3rd party software companies.

And definitely just get the 60GB at $500. The HDD space is not a big difference and if you run out of room you can buy a 160GB replacement HDD for like $100.... any laptop HDD can just be put in PS3 and it works. The main point of the 80GB is as a bundle and to lower costs by using emulation and 65nm Cell chips.

Lazy_Boy88

There I fixed it for you.

I consider myself a gamer.. I don't have to have all three consoles to be a gamer. I can get all three if I choose but I am sorry I don't feel like throwing about $500 dollars away like everyone else. One console has hardware failures, and the other, although I have nothing against the unique controller, have too much child-like games for my liking.

[QUOTE="synce"]I think if you're only going to buy one console you're missing out on a lot and can't really call yourself a gamer.mrvic87

I have had my 360 since launch without a single problem, I know quite a few people who have had it just as long. Microsoft is alsor reportedly releasing a newer 360 sometime in the future with hardware changes to cure the cooling deficiencies on the CPU. They just instituted the 3yr extended warranty plan so I don't see what your worry would be. I've seen complaint after complaint about the PSN ranging from the lack of demo's, slow browser & countless issues with connecting to the network. That didn't hinder my plans to purchase it & I have had no issues with getting connected to the PSN, the lack of games on PS3 did hinder my purchasing it sooner but they dropped the 60gb version price by $100 & I am satisfied with my purchase because I now have a few other games in my arsenal that the other 2 systems do not have but if you want to compare next-gen in terms of failures then you cannot choose PS3 ither because the PSN is not flawless & is riddled with problems. They all have issues but they are all great in different aspects & if limiting yourself to one system is what you have to do that is fine but don't try to justify your reasons by pointing out failures of other systems when they all have taken the steps to correct the issues.

Once again this belongs in system wars.

hmmm, doesn't seem to be doing that for someone i tried sending an invite to. He is not seeing it yet.

Could I test it and send you one to see if it is something with my side, his side or the network?

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Is that really all we get to choose from?

I guess it is free!

munsoned

Yeah, the movies choices weren't that good & considering that I have over 300 DVD's I was even more limited to what i could choose. I just bought the system Tuesday night & was pretty amped up about getting 5 free movies, seemed like a great deal & then the let down hit when I saw the list but then I said the same thing... Can't really complain about free.

Is it immediately? I was thinking about getting one this weekend if it's $499. I read the news article, but there's no effective date. Any info's much appreciated!EnderSR388

Already dropped, picked one up yesterday but my only issue with it is that there is a lack of games and a serious lack of decent or good ones. However, I did want a good baseball game so i picked up MLB show with it along with Untold Legends & Sonic for my wife. MKII is a nice download (my fav MK game) & Tekken 5 is an awesome download so you might have something to tide you over.

I personally was waiting on the price drop because no way was I shelling out $600 (plus tax) for a system with very few games worth buying (I know, Untold Legends is not that great but I need one midless hack n slash title for each system). My whole purpose for the PS3 is RPG games, Blu-Ray DVD is a nice bonus but not a selling point for me... I am really hoping they start rolling out the RPG's soon (keeping my fingers crossed for a Kingdom Hearts 3).