WiiGirl76 said:
I won't and explain why because to me it's not because it's Sony, I've played PS2 for years, have a PSP and a bunch of Sony products in my room, so you can't really say I'm a Sony hater, absolutely not! First of all this might sound weird for those who don't interest one single bit about our mother earth and about energy costs but the power use of the console is way too much. The console uses a maximum of 380 Watts, that's almost 4 times more then my Sony Bravia TV at maximum usage, while it's on maximum power saving, so almost 9 times more then my WII and almost 10 times more then it's big brother PS2. In Europe and especially in the Netherlands governments are working on environment issues, regular light balls disappear in 2009 and we all need to use energy saving light balls from then. So therefore I think it's contra dictionary when on one hand I put my TV on maximum power saving, use energy saving light balls but buy a console which eats energy. That's one. Second I hear these complaints about the console is getting so warm and even leaves burn marks on furniture. My father made me a nice dresser a few years ago and would die if anything happens to that. Besides if I would buy a PS3 it should be a Japanese version as I have Japanese PS / PS2 games and they look dreadful on a LCD TV with a PS2 console. I need to buy another step down converter which can be risky too. Third of all, all the extra stuff, such as Blu Ray, for which you have to pay as well. I don't interest one single bit about Blu Ray. I've never played DVD's on my consoles as I have a DVD recorder, so what's the use of a DVD / Blu Ray playback option then? I buy a console for games, to download a few contents and to play online sometimes, but further nothing really. Fourth, the games. I don't really see one single game that would interest me buying the console at the moment. Perhaps a FFXIII, Little Big Planet, Monster Kingdom, Africa and White Knight Story, unless they kick a Dark Chronicle 2 / Dark Cloud 3 in front of my eyes. Then you really got me start doubting. What I see is a full trend of typical based on male gamers Action games and shooters. And no I can't stand Singstar! Then the download option. I said that I'll need a Japanese version, still no sign of Pre Paid cards and therefore for me impossible to use Japanese contents with a credit card, besides I don't like it a single bit when companies just withdraw amounts from my card. Also the Backward compatibility and most of all the upscale updates. First updates will take place in the Summer, but how long will that take? FFXII and KH2 look like PSX games on my PS2 on the LCD TV, how long do I need to wait before I have an upscale update on the PS3 for these 2 games and yes.... they're Japanese imports. I still don't know which version of the PS3 (with the older or new chip) would be the best for me. What if I would buy the older version but better should have got the latest version or visa versa, no one has given me a straight answer about that after asking it a lot of times. Then import. Sony Playstation Europe has made it difficult for me to order Japanese games from stores from Asia. Lik Sang no longer exists and Play Asia isn't allowed to ship any PSP or PS3 games to the European Union. Yes Asia I refuse to buy from anymore, as 2 times games got lost. And asking a third time for a refund would be suspicious so I rather not take that risk anymore. Then I'll need to check elsewhere and cost me a lot of money unless my seller from who I buy import WII, PSP and DS games from has them in stock, but she doesn't always. So therefore stores like Play Asia are my second choice. These are reasons enough for me to say "no", not a PS3 for any lower price what so ever. Price is not even the biggest issue for me I don't say never ever as future can't be predicted, therefore I save up all my PS2 games before I really plan to sell them and regret every minute of it. I'm sure fans will blow at me that I'm talking nonsense, but as long as I'm allowed to have a personal opionion I'll stick with that! |
1. Ok. I'm gonna call you on that. I read the first 2 scentances. The PS3 will NEVER use more than 225watts.
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20061113/123458/
I'm sure you think that's still WAAY too much.
2. They dont get that hot. The air comming out of my PS3 is about 45-50c. That shouldnt burn anything unless it was made wrong. (not saying yours thing is. I'm just saying it's not hot enough to burn furniture... unless it's crappy furniture) However where you place it, and how you place it WILL make a diffrence. I keep mine out of enclousers. It keeps it cooler, and it is alot ***ALOT*** quiter... as in I cant hear it when it's out of the shelf... Yet in the shelf, I can hear it from about 10 feet.
3. The PS3 is likely to have some of the best BluRay image quality for the next year or two. In 2 years the BluRay drive in the PS3 wont cost much more than a DVD drive in the 360. Basically it's like giving you an amazing feature for almost free. The thing you really pay for on a BluRay player and a HD-DVD player is the video chip. 1080p with AVC/h.264 needs a processor faster than the Wii has. (I dont think the Wii has enough power to do video at 1080p) (on the processor)
4. The games are lacking, but we will likely see a encanation of all of our favorite PS2 games, sooner or later.
5. If you wanna download the games, you can download from any PSN store. Just create a user and set your home store for that location. You can easily get content from the japan, hong kong, america, and diffrent european PSN stores. On any PS3. You can purchace a thing, and if you dont have enough enough on the account, it will charge you what you 'need'. So if you had 0.00$ on your account, and it cost 4.99$ They would change your Credit Card 4.99$
6. For your backwards compatability, I would expect the the japanese version/american version. (I dont know if you can play region coded PS2 games on a diffrent region PS3, I dont feel like spending 30 minutes looking that up for you. However the european version is likely to be the future of the PS3. As the Emotion chip will likely come out of the american/japanese PS3's in a a few months, and then all consoles will run the emulation. Sony just pulled it out of the PAL version to save a few dollars. Likely we will see the Emotion chip turned off in the american ones, and switch to 100% emulation.
If your not happy with the PS3's power consumption, (the 215w) I would suggest waiting 12-18months, and buy the one with the new chip die size, as it will likely use under 125w.
If you have more money than you know what to do with... http://www.off-grid.net/index.php?p=293
If you search it, there is like a 5000square foot house (huge house, mine is 865 square foot) That runs the whole house off solar/hydrogen, and plugs his car up to the hydrogen tanks, and drives it to/from work.
So he is 100% off the grid. He buys no fuel. *none*
