Postive Look at the Playstation 3

First of all, this is not an article trying to tell how the PS3 is the best console to buy. I’ve just gone to a lot of sites and most of them bash the PS3 unfairly. From what I’ve researched most cons of the PS3 are easily countered with a Pro. So here are some of the most common complaints I’ve seen, with me showing the full story.

2. Sony is trying to shove Blu-ray down our necks. I don’t want to watch expensive DVD’s on my console.
4. The PS3 will be too expensive to develop for. Not very many release titles.
6. PS3 “stole” Live and the Wii motion-sensor controller.
8. The PS3 is big, and the curved top doesn’t allow stacking.
10. PS3 is charging you for a lot of things that most people won’t use.
12. The controller is missing Rumble.
14. And of-coarse the PS3 is the most expensive console, too expensive for average gamers.

My rebuttal:

2. A company trying to shove a product down our neckâÂ?¦ ummmâÂ?¦. nothing new there, and Blu-ray will be used for games as well. Now this does make games more expensive, but I for one would rather pay a little more and get a bigger, better, prettier game. Play one game I really like for a longer time, with more options, with more things happening on screen at on time (due to the cell processor) and in better graphics. Also, I buy very, very few DVD’s, so if a movie is good enough to make me buy a copy of it, I want it to be top quality; I understand this doesn’t apply to some people, just my opinion.

2. Big, successful game developers can afford to make games, and the way they got so successful is by making good games (duhâÂ?¦), meaning good games. I wouldn’t even pay 50 dollars for a lame game on the PS2, why would I pay 60+ for yet another lame game on the PS3. Few release titles isn’t a bad thing, as long as the games are good, like Resistance FOM, Warhawk, F.E.A.R, and some others. Also, PS2 games aren’t going out of style anytime soon. If you can’t afford a PS3 game or if you just don’t see anything you like at the time, pick up some of those good-ol-titles till the big dogs come.

2. Stole is the wrong word, they didn’t take these things away from Xbox or Wii, they copied them, Xbox still has live, and Wii still has its weird controller. Sony probably knew its risk factor was high enough already so instead of thinking of some new cheesy idea, they used things people already know they like, everyone does it. And if you pay 600 bucks for a console I think your entitled to these extras.

2. It is big, to most of us this isn’t a big deal, but I could see where they would dislike that in Japan. How often do you move your game console though? As for stacking, I’m not paying 600 bucks for something, and 100+ for something else, just to stack them up and risk overheating them.

2. Research it; find out all the extra things it offers so you can try them out. As for the 1080p and HDMI, I suggest an LCD monitor. Some of the new monitors will feature HDMI and will be perfectly suitable for gaming. Look into it though; be careful when buying an LCD screen. You’ll need to know what you need for gaming, sadly the size of the screen will be pretty small, but still it’s cheap. If money isn’t an issue get a big CRT T.V. This way you can fully enjoy the benefits the extra boost in graphics will bring.

2. To me this doesn’t seem like a big deal, I liked the rumble feature but I don’t mind that it’s gone. Apparently there is a big demand for it though, so some dual-shock controllers will almost certainly come out.

2. Well�ummm� yea this is true, but game consoles last an easy 5 years +, and for a good system that will last, 600 dollars is not a terrible investment. Really, the PS3 will hit its golden point with its first price drop, by then some GREAT games will be out, some good combo offers will be setup and hopefully some greatest hits will be on sell for cheap.

I know this comes off as me praising the PS3, and I am. Mainly because I’m getting one so I’m not going to talk junk about it. But the Xbox is still a very nice system and I don’t see why anyone should say otherwise, but when it comes down to it I can only get one and PS3 appeals to me more. But what about Wii, I’m just not a fan of Nintendo’s game line-up, never have been. Nintendo even says they are trying to appeal to people who don’t usually play games, but I always have. WHERE ARE THEIR GAMES FOR GAMERS!
If you want to call me stupid, go ahead, just please explain why I’m stupid, that way I can get some fancy book learnin and try to improve myself. Ok dokey then, thats all I have to say.