The "Six Years Late" PS3 System Review & Comparison

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SvennoJ said:

I don't share your concerns about not having the power brick, the internal power brick is one of the reasons the ps3 is my favorite console since it's easily exchangeable between different rooms. I only need a standard power cable and hdmi cable in each location, no fumbling to get the power brick from behind the av cabinet and untangle the power cord.

You can get a standard USB extension cord to play while charging, for less then $5 for 10ft it is the easiest solution.

For downloads you can let the ps3 download and install them automatically while you sleep. Instead of using the ps3 controller to shut down the system, go all the way to the left on the xmb and choose turn off system. There you have the option to shut down after downloading (which will do the install as well)
And yes the only thing that got worse in the Playstation store is the free downloads. They used to be one click done, now it goes through the purchase process. It's also still missing is a wish list, but at least it has a cart instead of buying things one by one.

And yes get the flow/flowr/journey retail collection, that also includes another month of ps+ :)

You're in the minority with that, but it's cool that this setup works for you. I wouldn't mind it if they included a longer cord to make up for the fact that it's only one cord, but since they didn't, I have to go out of my way to get a longer one - which I wouldn't have had to otherwise - and that's the main complaint here.

That's also the complaint with the USB charge cable. I have to go out of my way to get something else that they should have packaged with it in the first place. Yeah, sure, it's cheap to get one. That's pretty much exactly why they should have packaged one with it.

I'll check out that download option next time I have something to download. Still not ideal (since the biggest complaint is having to install separately from downloading), but it alleviates the issue somewhat.

And yeah, if you're looking to buy a bunch of stuff (which, honestly, is pretty rare), having a cart is nice. I think the best solution would be if there was an option to "buy now" or "add to cart". Go directly to checkout instead of messing with the cart = one (potentially two, depending on how it's implemented) less screen(s) to deal with in the process. Y'know, like Amazon's one-click purchasing.

 

 

In other news, I added a section to the review about backwards compatibility. DUN DUN DUNNNNN.