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Fun whilst it lasted - 18 months!

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As a PS and PS2 owner I awaited the PS3 with great anticipation. Compared to the PS2 it's brilliant, hooks straight onto the wireless router, download demos, great graphics, etc. One major drawback, the PS1 was still running when I gave it to a friend, must have been four years old then, the PS2 is still running seven years later, the PS3 18 months later...dead!

Given that it cost over double what I paid for my PS2 and that it appears to be much more delicate, it has been treated far more gently. The PS2 was often packed into a bag to take to a friends for a Buzz-fest, it's been through several house moves and late night Gran Turismo sessions with friends. As well as completing all Gran Turismos. The PS3 just stays in a nice safe spot, well ventilated, under the television, as protected from dust as is possible. Being much older and busier now, the PS3 is much more lightly used! Tried to turn it on yesterday when I noticed that the television was making a humming noise when on that scart input, totally dead, no lights, no anything. One must assume that it is the power supply that has died. Given that it has been plugged into the same sockets and position that the old PS2 was for two and a half years at this house, to only last eighteen months is frankly disgusting. At £425, that makes it £23.60 a month, even if the PS2 packed in now, after seven years that would only be £2.38 a month. The PS3 is far poorer value!

I think I might try an Xbox 360, at least they are cheaper to replace!

Great technically but...

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This console is a feat of engineering but it suffers due to its lackluster game selection and second rate online service.The only real exclusive on the ps3 is metal gear 4, which is strongly rumoured to be hitting the xbox 360 in 2009,Gran Turismo? no thanks ive got project gotham and forza motorsport...buy a 360

List my music the way I want it!!!!

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Gotta love the PS3. I've owned the original 60Gb console from day one. The single most annoying thing is that the music will not list by artist and then albumn.
This is really cracking me up. You can list by albumn, but seriously, how many people remember albumn names.
Sort it out SONY.

ps3's rule!!!!!!!!

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This machine has become part of my life! There is so much I could say about it but i'm not going to, the list is endless!
Yes, the xbox 360 is good but this just totally kills it!
It is so much better looking and the games are brilliant!
playstation network is awesome and downloads keep appearing and appearing! get this machine for gods sake!

After 11 months

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I have had my PS3 60gb for nearly a year, but two weeks ago it froze on me me whilst playing COD4 online, i left it for a couple of weeks to sort it self out/i was busy only to find the problem was worse.
i could not play blu-rays and GRAW 2 did not load GRAW 2.
I contacted Sony, they asked me to reformat the drive and if that did not work contact them after.
So 3hrs 20 mins of waiting for the drive to format i tried to play a game it was still freezing.
Sony sent out a refurbished 60gb console to myself and this works fine.

i decided to buy a couple of extra's in the mean time these include play tv, and a 320gb hard drive. (which was shrunk down to 265gb after format)
initially when i bought my PS3 there was not that many games to choose from but now there are loads of great games with line up for 4th quater looking even better i would recormend a PS3 to anyone but after my experience of mine breaking down i am not to sure if i would recormend a used one, as if this breaks down out of warranty i dont know how much cost would be incurred.

in HD the games look great, blu-ray dvds are fantastic but you do have to play around with your TV setting to get the most out of it, i also have a Wii but i have not played it since i bought the ps3, so if you are thinking of buying a PS3 go for it you will not regret it.