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Review: 80GB PlayStation 3 a superb gaming console

There's general agreement that Sony stumbled out of the gate with the PlayStation 3.

Months of intense hype were followed by a late launch (fully a year after the Xbox 360) and a staggering $600 price tag for the deluxe model. Even worse, the PS3 didn't initially have any real must-have exclusive titles, and despite the power of its vaunted Cell processor, multiplatform games from third-party developers didn't look appreciably better than the respective titles on the Xbox 360.

Since then, the company's been modifying the PlayStation product line to better fit the competitive market landscape. As of August 2008, a new "bargain" PS3 is available with a larger, 80GB hard drive, and a "deluxe" model is due in November, doubling the capacity to 160GB.
4 / 5
Nineball2112 - contributor
Published: 406 days 14 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3
 
 

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WANNA GET HIGH - 406 days 14 hours ago
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No bc is not a big deal.I bought my ps3 to play next gen games not last gen games...
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kapedkrusader - 406 days 14 hours ago
1.1 - In regards to Ipod compatability...
...you can still download all your music from your iPod without the need to install iTunes, which makes it perfect for getting free music from your friends:)
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aaquib09 - 406 days 13 hours ago
1.2 - @kaped
Not music you purchased from iTunes.
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mikeslemonade - 406 days 13 hours ago
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You can also purchase high-definition Columbia Pictures movies and watch them at your own comfort on the PS3.
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Karum - 406 days 13 hours ago
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I plugged my ipod touch into my PS3 earlier today and it wasn't recognised by the machine :(
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Daurelus17 - 406 days 12 hours ago
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@ Karum
i had the same prob. with my i phone.
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ape007 - 406 days 11 hours ago
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4/5?

omg,what can I say?

the best,the most relieble game console,has blu-ray,full hd support,amazing free online support

has best games(god3 alone make it 20/10 console)

I mean come on
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Tsalagi - 406 days 11 hours ago
1.7 - @Karum /Daurelus17
Highlight your i-pod in the XMB, press triangle, and select "Display all". Everything stored on the device you have plugged in will be accessible then.
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Mhassan - 406 days 8 hours ago
1.8 - Agreed But...
i agree with what you are saying but now i play majority of my old PS2 games on PS3 and they look surprisingly better to me. However i still don't get it that why people are still screaming about it. Clearly people who bought a PS3 had been playing PS2 before so what's the problem. Its the "Next generation" people. However i admire Sony for still supporting PS2 after the launch of PS3. I mean Microsoft literally choked Xbox when the 360 debuted. But then again a lot of my do complain about BC because they constantly have shift between Ps2 and PS3. Its a bit of a gripe but from business point of View its good for Sony to be as cost effective as possible. I mean nobody would buy a $600 game console especially in these days.
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The Matrix - 406 days 14 hours ago
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The PS3 really is a remarkable machine. The only doubts people have every had with it is the game selection. That's changing fast.
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Lucreto - 406 days 13 hours ago
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I never had a problem with games. I have 20 games at the moment.
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Milky Joe - 406 days 13 hours ago
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I think I actually have more games this gen than I did for the whole of last gen. And we're only 2 years in.
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SaiyanFury - 406 days 11 hours ago
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Lord knows I have no complaints. I'm an original 60GB owner and while I could survive without the card readers I'm glad to have them anyways. As for the lack of bitstream support in the audio department: the PS3 does support bitstream output. Simply go into the Sound Options and set it. I've known that for a long time.
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ThanatosDMC - 406 days 8 hours ago
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Yeah, i never used the card readers... EVER. But the 4 usb slots do help. One for my bluetooth headset, one for my dualshock3, one for my eyetoy, and one open one for whatever else like my 16gb flash drive from Microcenter which was $32.

But i do play Front Mission 4 from time to time.
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theEnemy - 406 days 8 hours ago
2.5 - "AAA" Hardware
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WANNA GET HIGH - 406 days 14 hours ago
3 - "The PS3 really is a remarkable machine. The only doubts people have every had with it is the game selection. That's changing fast. "
It has alerday changed.2007 was when people could say the ps3 had no games but they cannot say that in 2008.
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aaquib09 - 406 days 13 hours ago
3.1 - That changed
When MGS4 came out.
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DeathroW22 - 406 days 13 hours ago
4.1 - Clearly
You have not played MGS4.
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soljah - 406 days 13 hours ago
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are you serious?
who needs a xbox just get a pc voila you now have a 36o.

now show me where you can play mgs4,uncharted,socom,r2,lbp,mo tostorm.gt5p,rachet,warhawk on a pc. YOU CAN'T. all anyone needs is a pc and ps3 and your covered for gaming
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WANNA GET HIGH - 406 days 13 hours ago
4.4 - Firstkn1ghT
All that MGS4 is a movie talk is old.People who have played the game like me will admit the cut scence were to long sometimes but the game play,graphics and overall game makes up for the long cutscence.Please take ur fan boy comments to the opean zone.
The gamer zone is for mature gamers not some 13 year old kid that is not yet grown up to see that being a fan boy is "DUMB"
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DJ - 406 days 13 hours ago
4.5 - We predicted 1stKnight-style behavior years ago.
When the PS3 had no games, they would say "PS3 has no games, so 360 is better."

But now that the situation has changed, they say "PS3 games aren't Really games, so 360 is better." Haha
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Why o why - 406 days 12 hours ago
4.6 - u know how it goes fella's
they hate MGS4 until there's another rumour about it being on the 360. Its actually got a story 1stKnight u know like a good book not the run of the mill 'leave brain at door' movies and games u play n watch. Bet u cant stand mirrors edge because u cant keep the gun;)
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g4me_he4d - 406 days 12 hours ago
4.7 - What!?
Then what the hell have i been playing then.Its obvious some people don't know the difference between holding a video game controller and holding a remote controller. Let me put it this way, for those who still think MGS4 is a movie then obviously you have never seen a movie before. My first mgs was on the NES and it was pretty cool back then even though I didn't get to play the ps1 and ps2 versions I must say that I enjoy MGS4 immensely. I can understand if it is not some people's preference but for people to say stuff like this is just wrong then whenever their is a rumor that it is going to the 'you know what' it is suddenly one of the greatest game, even though it is.
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BeeKay - 406 days 12 hours ago
4.8 - "The 360 kills the ps3 in gaming quality and quantity"
i agree with the quantity.... but quality..... comon....

i hav xbox 360 and ps3 both.... i wonder my ps3 library is bigger than xbox..... hummmmmmmmmm?
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RememberThe357 - 406 days 12 hours ago
4.9 - I love taking Firstkn1ghT's bubbles...
It makes me happy : )
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ultimolu - 406 days 12 hours ago
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...You need to take your blinders off Knight.
Clearly, you're going to trip over your feet if you watch where you're going. :/

Trust me, MGS4 is amazing. You ought to buy a PS3 and try it before jumping to conclusions.
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40cal - 406 days 13 hours ago
5 - The Press
Has been very positive towards the PS3 as of late.
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WANNA GET HIGH - 406 days 13 hours ago
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Not only has he never played MGS4 he has never played a ps3.Hes a 360 fan boy.Just look at hes comment history......
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Arsenal4Ever - 406 days 13 hours ago
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I love doing this...

Warhawk ( Expect a Warhawk 2 in 2010)
Uncharted (Sequel in 2009/2010)
Ratchet (Sequel in 2009)
GT5 (2009)
MGS4 (Out now)
Motorstorm PR (out now)
LBP (outnow)
R2 (out now)

Ok those were our best in 2007 and 2008 bar Heavenly Sword. Now in 2009 we have...

Killzone 2
God of War 3
Team Ico
FF13
GT5
Heavy Rain
Fat Princess
inFAMOUS
and many more to be announced.... i seriously love how the games are beginning to roll out now.. and the sales will also follow soon enough.

Which triple aaas did i miss out? Oh did i mention these are ALL exclusive to my black box?

Cool lets watch some Sony Pictures movies on my PS3.. downloaded directly from PSN store with no hassle.

Oh year... innovation in Eye Pet also love to try out VidZone.

Awesome times guys...
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IDemonstalkerXI - 406 days 13 hours ago
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Warhawk ( Expect a Warhawk 2 in 2010) is this guestimate or you have some kind of info leading to this ? Will it have single player? Do not be cruel and tease.

Blazblue and WKC too.
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g4me_he4d - 406 days 13 hours ago
6.2 - @Arsenal4Ever
Yeah I think your list pretty much covers it, but lets not forget that there could be unannounced titles for 09' because with micro around you don't want to show off your stuff unless it is pretty close to the release date.
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WANNA GET HIGH - 406 days 13 hours ago
6.3 - Arsenal4Ever
U forgot to add twisted metal.It is rumored to come out in 2009.

EDIT: @ ARSENAL4EVER BELOW,yes it is a ps3 exlusive.I think the devs of twisted metal is owned by sony.(correct me if im wrong) but im %100 sure its a ps3 exlusive.

OFF TOPIC: aston villa beat arsenal at home XD
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Arsenal4Ever - 406 days 12 hours ago
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yeah its a guesstimate... but I mean i think they should be working on one by now.

Twisted Metal is PS3 exclusive right?
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Exquisik - 406 days 11 hours ago
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All Twisted Metal were published by SCE and were either developed by Sony's First Party or Sony's Second Party. SCEA made the first Twisted Metal for the PSOne.

Don't forget to add White Knight Chronicle and MAG (both published by SCE)
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fossilfern - 406 days 13 hours ago
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I love my PS3 but i wondering WHEN WILL THE EU GET THE MOVIE STORE ! its doing my head in can anyone tell me a rough date ?
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40cal - 406 days 13 hours ago
8 - Firstkn1ghT
Wow dude you could not be more wrong if you tried.

Just form today.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
"and multi-platform games often look best on Sony's Blu-ray machine. Exclusive games are the pièce de résistance, and some of the year's best were PS3-only."-© 2008 Microsoft

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...
PSN and Live in a Dead Heat for Subscribers

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TEC...
"Metal Gear," "Uncharted," and "MLB 08: The Show," as well as the hotly anticipated "Resistance 2" and "Killzone 2" due to hit in upcoming months.

Time to wake up! PlayB3yond
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RememberThe357 - 406 days 12 hours ago
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Nice research 40cal. Bubble up.
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GarandShooter - 406 days 12 hours ago
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@ 40cal

Dude, that Microsoft copyright mad me laugh my ass off. Props on the Glock avatar as well. G22 or G23? Or perhaps the tactical/practical G35?
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kornbeaner - 406 days 10 hours ago
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Nice link .40 cal. I was reading the 1up article you linked to and it's funny to see how big of a fanboy website 1up is. They asked questions about the service to try to discredit PSN and then follow that up with Gears of War 2 online numbers....

"We'd like to know how the time spent in LittleBIGPlanet and Resistance 2 stacks up against the staggering 15 million hours of Gears of Wars 2 played on Live during just its first weekend."

If they did the math they would've figured out that is a pretty low number. 14 million user put in 15 million hours of gameplay online over a weekend. That is only an hour of acutal gameplay with a few micro seconds tacked on and this is over a weekend, WOW!!! Staggering. indeed.
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DJ - 406 days 12 hours ago
9 - Something that the author doesn't know about
Is that Sony has a free replacement program for anyone who's PS3 controller ends up with a dead battery.
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ultimolu - 406 days 12 hours ago
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Best console I have ever owned. It's also the first console I purchased on my own. n_n

May the PS3 live many years to come!
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kornbeaner - 406 days 10 hours ago
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Good review but why is there no mention that Sony Exclusive titles like Resistance 1 and 2, Warhawk and a few others use dedicated servers for their online games. Thats a big plus if you ask me. That was one of the reasons why I bought Warhawk last year. Then when I was able to play on a European server with a ping under 200 (I'm in California) that was AWESOME!!!
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Information Minister - 406 days 10 hours ago
12 - Judging from this...
... I think it's fair to assume that my 60GB PS3 with PS2 BC, memory card readers and 4 usb ports is worthy of a 5/5.
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SDS Gamerfiend - 406 days 8 hours ago
13 - LOL!
My 40gb PS3 is a superb gaming console!!! On the PS3, you can make ur HDD what ever size you want!! If only my 360 could do this as well!
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running rampid - 406 days 5 hours ago
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i gave up on the 360. i'm moving on, i'll have a ps3 by the end of this week. :D
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thewhoopimen - 406 days 4 hours ago
15 - my buddies agree
After seeing the polish in MGS4 vs. Geow2, wipeout, gt5prologue, motorstorm2 and lbp, my buddies have all started to agree that the differences between ps3 and 360 1st party titles are noticeable and growing... just not to the extent it was originally "hyped" to be. One of my buds kept insisting the trailers of motorstorm2 were CG trailers... until I showed him gameplay.... now he doesn't argue which is the more powerful console.
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nirun - 405 days 22 hours ago
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SACD + 4 usb ports + card readers + backwards comp = love
oh yea chrome trimmings too.
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cliffbo - 405 days 17 hours ago
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was that a review or a comparison?
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