Sony Repartee

[AnonymousBroccoli]

That's more or less what I meant, yeah. With an SSD for a PC, you pay a premium, and sacrifice storage space for a handful of benefits—notably, quicker access times and transfer speed. With a PS3, it hasn't been designed to take advantage of SSD's big benefits, and it's limited by its older SATA1 interface. Seems like you may see some improvement, sometimes, but probably not enough to justify the expense.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-can-ssd-upgrades-boost-ps3-performance
http://www.hardcoreware.net/ssd-on-ps3-performance-guide/

If you were inclined to give it a shot, it seems like trying to find something a little older and saving money might be alright. Buying a new SATA3 drive with TRIM support seems like it'd be a waste, since the PS3 will support neither.

Edit: Reading those articles and a few other quick forum posts does paint a slightly better picture for things like load times than I had in mind. Nonetheless, a PS3 SSD still will not provide all the benefits that a PC SSD will.

 

[vivisectvi]

Actually, if you get an SSD with it's own TRIM/garbage collection built into the firmware of the drive, then it doesn't matter that the PS3 doesn't support it. I have a 120GB Corsair, that does it's own trimming in the background while the drive is idle, in my phat PS3 and there is a marked improvement with loadtimes on installed games or games with lots of data on the drive (Skyrim, Fallout). But like you said, it's still not as great as if it were a PC SSD. There is a huge improvement if you're dealing with things like lag in Skyrim and New Vegas, though.

 

[Smues]

I bought Ni No Kuni for Valentine's day for my wife, so I knock out a present and a game I want to play both at once! The downside is now having to wait to play it.

The Gamestop guy who sold it to me was in hyper upsell mode. Power rewards club? pre-order anything? etc. etc. Then he tells me if there are ANY games this year I'm interested in I had better pre-order them, because a lot of games go super quick. He tells me this as I'm buying a new game that came out yesterday without a pre-order. Doh?

 

[NoCalMike]

The Cave is on PSN......

The Cave Video Review

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

There's a pretty decent PSN sale on now. 50% off titles; 75% off for PS+ members.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/01/21/playstation-plus-updates-75-off-many-acclaimed-titles-free-foosball/

PS+ members also have access to a Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time demo.

 

[vivisectvi]

IGN: Sony has revealed the newest PlayStation Plus perks for North America. (You can go to our earlier story here for the newest European-centric perks.)

Starting on Tuesday, January 29th, users will be able to download Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus for PlayStation Vita free of charge. Madden 13 on both PS3 and Vita will be 30% off. And the PSN games Gatling Gears, Section 8: Prejudice and Greed Corp will all be 50% off.

Additionally, Sony has announced that if you purchase a new one-year PlayStation Plus subscription between now and March 4th, you will get an extra three months free of charge (for 15 months total). Keep in mind that subscriptions can be stacked, so you don’t have to wait until you’re about to run out if you want to take advantage of the offer.

Sony also revealed an interesting statistic that we’ll leave you with in closing. For a one year $50 PlayStation Plus account in 2012, users could have saved as much as $2,472 on free and discounted games, DLC and more. That’s nearly 50 times the cost of the subscription.

 

[tekcop]

Me earlier today: "Neat! A Ninja Gaiden game for the PS3! Wait... oh. "

 

[AntiLeaf33]

Got to say, I have never regretted getting Plus. Only thing is that I have never had the time to play most of the free games.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

I guess you could say I regret PS+. I don't use my PS3, and the only reason I turn it on is to "purchase" the weekly PS+ stuff just so it's available on my account. I feel like the only game I've actually played so far is Just Cause 2; that was maybe for an hour, and I've got the superior PC version now. A lot of the stuff they put out free tends to be stuff I'm not interested in (there were several fighting games over the span of a month or so), or something I'd rather play on the PC (Just Cause 2, Darksiders, BioShock 2, etc.).

That said, I still use it more than I would an XBL Gold account.

 

[tekcop]

I'm still iffy on Plus. I did decide to renew for three more months after my trial ended, but I probably don't play video games enough to warrant paying for the service anyways. On the other hand, I have played Infamous 2 and Little Big Planet 2 enough to cover the cost.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

I completely forgot that PS+ got me to try The Walking Dead. So I'd say that alone was worth it.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

PS 4 is apparently going to be unveiled at a press conference on Feb. 20th.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

As long as the games I want are on the PS3, I can wait for the price to drop. Hopefully Sony learned their lesson and they won't release it as a $700 console.

 

[Cartman]

I doubt the new console will be more than $500 MAX...and that would be for the "deluxe" model with the lesser being $400. That being said, I don't believe Sony has any lessons to learn looking at the total number of consoles sold between 360 and PS3 as of today.

 

[tekcop]

I can't wait to snatch this thing up in 6 years!

 

[vivisectvi]

I prefer to be an early adopter, so I'm in on launch day... bugs, potential hardware failures and all.

 

[BlackFlagg]

and my PS3 just bricked, yay, I pretty much used it mainly as a blu-ray player and for streaming netflix so I'll just be buying a regular blu-ray as a replacement so it won't cost as much, but still sucks to have to buy anything at all...anyone know a good blu-ray player for under $100?

 

[vivisectvi]

My buddy swears by this one: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/sony-sony-blu-ray-player-with-wi-fi-bdps390-bdps390/10202251.aspx?path=5a2caecf253461f387ca62f28e1c4019en02

It's probably under $100 in the States.

 

[Damaramu]

So I got my taxes back and bought a ps3. This thing is amazing. I can't believe I haven't had one until now. After beating the Assassins Creed games I bought I can't imagine playing my 360 too much more. The PS Network is amazing. It came with Uncharted 3 as well.

 

[Thoth]

So I got my taxes back and bought a ps3. This thing is amazing. I can't believe I haven't had one until now. After beating the Assassins Creed games I bought I can't imagine playing my 360 too much more. The PS Network is amazing. It came with Uncharted 3 as well.

I feel like the next gen will differentiate themselves in services, rather than horsepower. 360 and PS3 play the same games, but for my money, PS Plus kills Xbox Live Gold. Also, the Playstation Store is better than the Xbox Store to find new games.

Xbox does do a few other things better, though. Multiple sign ins on one Xbox console, account portability, and not having to accept the EULA for EVERY GAME.

 

[Smues]

And not losing all online access until you download and install a large system update. Xbox it's like once a year. PSN I swear it's everytime I try to use an online service.

 

[NoCalMike]

I always contended that PS3 got off to a slower start than the 360, but once both systems hit the prime of their lifetime, PS3 had just as many exclusive games, and from that point on it became more of your personal taste regarding which exclusives you prefer. The entire "PS3 is a nice machine, but has no good games" argument is straight up bullshit.

Black Flagg, when you say your PS3 bricked, what exactly happened? Does the system itself not turn on? It is turns on, connects to PSN, still lets you do everything EXCEPT play games, it might just be the blu ray player itself burned out and you just need to find a shop that will swap one out for ya.

 

[Just Burny]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/02/04/50-off-select-final-fantasy-games-for-the-series-25-year-anniversary/

Twenty-five years ago, our company launched a game called Final Fantasy. It was the result of a lot of hard work and dedication. It was also the start of a franchise that would go on to capture the hearts of millions of players around the world.

As we celebrate Final Fantasy’s 25th anniversary, we look back on a series that contains 14 installments, numerous spin-off games, and all sorts of merchandise. We are always impressed by the love our fans show for this franchise.

To celebrate this amazing milestone in the history of Final Fantasy, we’re putting a number of Final Fantasy titles on sale on PlayStation Network, starting when PSN updates tomorrow. For two weeks, the following titles will be on sale in PlayStation Store for 50% off.

DISSIDIA 012[duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
DISSIDIA DUODECIM PROLOGUS FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
FINAL FANTASY Tactics: War of Lions (PSP)
Final Fantasy (PSOne Classics)
Final Fantasy II (PSOne Classics)
FINAL FANTASY IV: Complete Collection (PSP)
Final Fantasy V (PSOne Classics)
Final Fantasy VI (PSOne Classics)
Final Fantasy VII (PSOne Classics)
Final Fantasy VIII (PSOne Classics)
Final Fantasy IX (PSOne Classics)

We hope you enjoy these classic titles — the memories they evoke, and the new memories they will create.

 

[Cartman]

Well I guess it's time to finish my FF catalog on PSN.

Also, I believe the PS4 will allow for multiple user sign-on like 360 does, which is great.

 

[vivisectvi]

I wish they would hurry the fuck up and make FFV compatible with Vita.

 

[Damaramu]

What do you guys mean by multiple sign ins? Because by roommate wants to use my PS3 but I don't want him to get trophies on my account. He created his own user id and claims to have his own psn sign in.

 

[vivisectvi]

I guess they mean simultaneous sign-ins of different accounts on the same console.. Though I am not sure why anyone would need or want that. PS3 defintiely supports multiple accounts on the same console though (only one can be signed in at a time).

 

[Damaramu]

Man I just saw all the old FF games and Xenogears on there. I could tie myself up for a year reliving my teenage years. When I held the PS3 controller it felt like I was having a beer with an old friend.

 

[BlackFlagg]

Black Flagg, when you say your PS3 bricked, what exactly happened? Does the system itself not turn on? It is turns on, connects to PSN, still lets you do everything EXCEPT play games, it might just be the blu ray player itself burned out and you just need to find a shop that will swap one out for ya.

Nope, got it's equivalant of the red rings of death, the yellow light of death

 

[Just Burny]

check craigslist. there's probably alot of places that fix that for between $40-100