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[Terry H]

I see xmas has gone and im sure a few of our members got a PS3, was wondering who got one?

Im also a proud PS3 owner btw and i do own a 360 and any posts flaming the consoles will be removed and a warning issued, this is not a debate.

Brad R: But if you would like to start a debate, post a topic in the crossfire board.

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[Brad R]

I edited your post Terry,

I was hoping for a PS3, but they just cost so much. I'm sure my parents spent a good $1,200 this year... But there are 3 of us... Each of us got something high-tech, I got me a iPod Nano, and my sisters got blue-tooth wireless ear peices for their phones... So all went well.

[xhitman]

I personally dont have a PS3.. Anyway could you have some comments on both consoles? I might get one of those in the near future

[Terry H]

Umm sure.

Online....i know most people think its bad on ps3 so hes my experiance.

So far i have onyl played motorstorm and warhawk......warhawk......has around 250 servers all the time never lower with about 30% of them all full up with 32 people in so its not hard to find a full game.

Motorstorm has around 250 people im guessing around 40 diffrent servers which most have 11 people in so again also not hard to get into a good match.

Xbox online i have bot really tried....i know halo 3 had around 2000 players online but i absolutly hated the menu.....took me ages to actually get into a game. The xbox has more choice in demos i found.

Also the xbox can access MSN but i kinda find it annoying as in a middle of a game ( especially online where i cant pause it ) im typing away so i dont bother going on it on the xbox.

Graphics....

Ummm, i spose they are about the same, i cant really tell, although motorstorm and uncharted look really good and also resistance looks better than halo but i not really played resistance much only first chapter.

Connectivity....

Well i was very pleased i could connect my ps3 to my pc moniter whereas the 360 i was stuck on a tiny lil portable tv

Controlls.....

The ps3 pad feels a lil light a bit too light for my likeing so i will defo be getting a dualshock 3 controller when released.
Xbox pads are comfey to hold and feel more better made but u need to buy an additinal battery pack which is like ?20 whereas the ps3 has it all built in.
Also the xbox triggers feel a lil better to use.

Noise.....

PS3 is a LOT quiter i can hardly here it wheras the xbox is like a jet engine

Anything else u want to know about any of them just ask me or add me on my MSN #

Please note that the online i have tested is EU ENglish speaking room, their are plenty of people on the other rooms, about 10 other rooms. MotorStorm Rocks online

[tdjdan]

I Have One But It Doesnt Realy Interest Me I Just Use Mine As A Computer

[battlefieldking]

I have a PS3

[vie_ascenseur]

battlefieldking:

Don't bump old threads please - as this is from 2007/2008, it's unlikely that many of them are interested in it anymore.

However, do feel free to start a debate/discussion on a new topic!

[y.a.t.z]

I have a PSIII

[ps2stuff]

what are peoples thoughts on the removal of the other os or linux support in the ps3??
I think he following posted on ps2dev is the truth of what this will accomplish for sony

"April Fools!

Today Sony will release a new version of the Playstation 3 firmware(v3.21). This release has the single purpose of removing the OtherOS feature from all PS3 consoles (both earlier fat models and latest slim versions). This type of announcement might normally be considered an April Fools day joke. However, in this case it is real and Sony are being the fools.

It would seem that this is knee jerk reaction to the recent progress announced by George Hots (geohot) at breaking the Hypervisor security. However, Sony executives are not that stupid and would realize that this will do little to stop these advancements. Developers such as Geohot won't upgrade their console and are likely to continue to make progress. This decision is more likely a planned obsolescence to remove a feature that Sony MBA educated marketing executives see as a useless feature that reduces the value of the Playstation brand.

It is obvious from these maneuvers that the Sony gaming and console division is struggling to survive the current onset from companies Nintendo, Apple and Microsoft. The 'hey day' of the Playstation 2 platform five years ago is lost and Sony executives missing out on bonuses and pay rises are attempting to do anything they can to resurrect their once dominant gaming platform. Sony continue to miss out of excellent opportunities that the architecture of the Playstation 3 provide.

Many believe that the root cause of this is the retirement of Ken Kutragi, the persion who originally steered the Playstation group. Following his retirement Sony brought in executives with little understanding of the brand and eco-system that revolves around the Playstation division. What is worse, is that these "MBA educated marketing executives" who make decisions based on graphs, projections and the results of surveys conducted by external marketing companies are failing at delivering innovates products to the market.

Nintendo have blown Sony out of the water with their Wii console that is cheap to manufacture and first introduced the Wii wand. Apple have blown Sony out of the water with their App store and casual gaming. Microsoft have equalled Sony in the current console wars and continue to steal exclusive titles from Sony. The sad part of this is that the Playstation 3 provides the ground work for exciting and innovative products.

To 99% of Playstation owners, the removal of the OtherOS feature is a non event. It won't be missed and will not have been used. It is a blip on any usage graph. To 1% of Playstation owners it is a platform for developers to cut their teeth on the Playstation hardware. It provides an avenue for young developers to write software for the Cell CPU. It provides the gateway that these young developers who will eventually be paid to write the AAA titles by large gaming companies. Sony will effectively starve out the next wave of developers for their platform and the quality and number of games will continue to drop. These 1% of developers are a large part of what brings the best out of the Playstation platform.

However, Sony have already done that. The landscape has changed from the Playstation 2 days. Why would a developer want to cut their teeth on the Playstation hardware. A young developer can easily pickup an Apple iphone development kit and release their own mini-game and start making money. Apple are already extending that platform to the iPad. Apple understand the simple rule of creating a great developer eco-system around their products. Sony continue to fail in this area, living in the closed systems of the Playstation 2 days.

The OtherOS feature is built on a Hypervisor which provides a secure sand box that could be used to create a huge developer community of the likes of the Apple iphone. The Hypervisor could have been the basis for an App Store and a free developer tool kit. The Hypervisor could have been the basis for a simple developer programming language such as Squeak. Sony took the first step in providing the OtherOS feature, but failed to take the subsequent steps to make this feature the basis for something great.

When Sony bring out their App store or iPad competitor where will the developers be? The developers might be with Apple learning their API and building the next wave of new titles on the iphone. The developers might even be with Google learning the Android APIs. They might be with Microsoft learning their APIs and building new and innovative titles for them. The next round of developers won't be with you Sony because you don't have any API's to learn. Soon your platform will only get the sequels, or the AAA titles that are easy to port to the Playstation 3 so that large companies can extract a few more dollars out of your gaming community. You won't be getting the best developers because they won't know your hardware or your APIs.

The Sony MBA educated marketing executives who seem to currently control the Playstation brand are fools. Have a happy April, Fools! " from ps2dev.org

[vie_ascenseur]

Mine still has "Install Other OS". Its one of the "fat" ones, 80GB.