Customer Rating: 
Summary: Love this machine!
Comment: Can't express how much I love this machine.
For the past few months I've been eying all three systems, the Wii, Xbox 360 and yes the PS3. Finally, these past holiday season I just had to pull the trigger. Never looked back since. Now don't get me wrong each of the systems have their pros and cons, but my reasoning for choosing the PS3 was simply all the functionality it had to offer.
Whether I felt like being a rock-star on guitar hero world tour or crashing on the couch to watch a blu-ray movie with the family this system has it all and then some. Every movie and game I've played on this system has just blown me away. A definite must own all-in-one. You won't be disappointed.
Customer Rating: Summary: Perfect
Comment: I've seen a lot of people complaining that it's not PS2 Compatible. Well, duh! That's something you should seek BEFORE you purchase the system. And who needs PS2 games anyways.. With these graphics, there's no turning back. I have a PS2 as well, and don't play it at all since i got my PS3.
I have a 360 too, and you can see the differences right away.. PS3 is very Superior (just by looking at it). The 360 is loud, the PS3 is whisper quiet. The 360 has the NXE (kiddie stuff), while the PS3's XMB looks very serious and modern. You can download hundreds of Themes and Install them through your USB Memory Stick, changing the icons, backgrounds, etc. On NXE, the background pic is reduced to 50%, so you can't really see your background pic.
PSN is almost the same as Xbox Live.. I mean, you can play online perfectly, download game updates, etc. Haven't tried Netflix on the 360, so i can't talk about that.
The PS3 is a Media Machine, and that's why i like it more. It's got a Web Browser too. You can even use the PS3 as a Server, imagine that.
And the games can size up to 50GBs (Metal Gear Solid 4).
All in all, great machine, superior quality, interface, you name it. I never regret buying this baby. Cheers.
Customer Rating: Summary: Wow
Comment: Well i got on of these and they are just superb - a must for all serious gamers and if you have a psp then you have hit the jackpot aswell.
A truly spectactular piece of kit - a must!!
Customer Rating: Summary: It just cannot compete.
Comment: I've always been a Sony fan, but the ps3 just cannot compete with the competition today. There are only two problems with the system, however, these two problems pretty much make up the entire reason a console is bought.
The first problem with this system is the pricing. At 400 dollars, this console dwarfs others in terms of price. I could easily buy two x-box 360s for the same price. The games must also be factored in; 60 dollars for new releases will add to the pile spent. You'll also be tempted to buy a larger hard-drive. Game demos easily reach 3 gigs in memory. Eventually, the avid gamer is going to have to buy a larger drive. You also have to remember the price of controllers (assuming you'll be wanting more than one).
The second real problem with the system has to be the game selection. With the Wii you get the motion sensing games and the standard Mario/Zelda stories. Xbox has it's Halo, Left4dead, and other really good titles. There are few games exclusive to the ps3 (MGS4 being the only good one coming to mind). Even Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy, which have long been Sony's backbone, have gone the way of the 360 and Nintendo. The announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be ported to the 360 was perhaps the nail on the coffin for the ps3.
In all, what you're really buying is an expensive xbox 360 that may work a little better but has fewer games to choose from. As much as it pains me, I simply cannot bring myself to like this system.
Customer Rating: Summary: More than $1,100 and I still can't play
Comment: I have been playing video games for more than 20 years. My first gaming console was the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, I have owned SNES; N64; Game Cube; XBOX; XBOX 360; PS1; PS2; and now, a PS3. IAfter extensive gameplay on this generation's gaming consoles, I have to say that I am extremely disappointed with the leap off the cliff with the quality assurance of the consoles and games.
I purchased the whole HDTV/HDMI/PS3 package. The PS3 60 GB was working fine until I played Fallout 3. After hours of frustrating glitches; game freezes; unresponsive controllers; heavy audio static; system resets and crashes, my first PS3 wouldn't read Fallout 3. The problem became so bad the system will no longer read any disc. Since it's out of warranty, I am kind of screwed. I went ahead and purchased a newer model of the PS3 80 GB. I have also tried six copies of the game, all with the same painstaking results.
All Sony Technical Assistance could offer me was a replacement. I'm sorry, but that won't be enough. Why is it that I have to send in a brand new PS3, not even a week old, in to be replaced? The same thing happened with Microsoft and my XBOX 360. I had thought when I was purchasing a PS3, I was escaping the system freezes and substandard customer service. Well, I was dead wrong. I never had these issues with previous generation consoles.
Now I'll be out of a PS3 for another two weeks. What happens if Fallout 3 doesn't play, then? Neither Sony or Bethesda will claim responsibility for releasing bugged software/hardware.
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