PS3 and It's Games Dilemma

[fak8629]

I am in quite a dilemma, i am debating wheather or not to buy a ps3. They're alot of pros and cons in my perspective. I could really use a blu-ray player which the ps3 includes cause i have a 1080p t.v. and really want to get the full capability out of it. However i really don't have that much saved as of right now i could buy the ps3 and one game and have about $30 left, which really sucks. If i do get im in the big dillema of what game to buy then. what are the top rated games and what are your personal favorites. I'm not going to buy resistence cause my friend has it and i can borrow it from him, and i already have madden for the ps2 so prob not going to get the new one for the ps3. I think im leaning twoards motorcross or fight knight. or let me know if you think the ps3 is just a complete waste of time and the blu-ray is going to lose to hd-dvd in the future, cause that really suck to buy a $600 blu-ray player and have it outdated in 6 months. i'm really not leaning twoards a x-box 360 at all cause the ps3 is only $200 more plus you get a blu-ray player with it where the u can get a hd-dvd player with the 360 for extra but that only gets u 1080i apose to ps3's 1080p which is the best technology out. any suggestions or oppinions at all would be a big help

[baumer]

Buy a PS3.

Learn 2 Paragraph.

[jalapenoguy]

360 has been 1080p for a while now.

[Mike E. Vegas]

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360 has been 1080p for a while now.

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Yep, and I think HD-DVD is going to win.

[4 High]

What makes you think HD-DVD will win? Hasnt Blu Ray been outselling it for the past month or so? Once theres a decent PS3 installed base, its over.

[Nicholasp27]

personally, i will buy whatever hd-format that has most/all of the dvds as dual-format...i'm not buying dvds that only play on bluray or hddvd player as i like being able to watch my dvds on any player in the house, at friends' houses, on my portable player, on my computer, etc

as of now, hd-dvd has many dual-format discs and blu-ray has none

i suspect that hd-dvd will win out if it continues to increase the number of dual-format and blu-ray does not adopt a dual-format path

i'm more hi-tech than 99% of consumers and i think many of them would be even more reluctant to buy a dvd for $25-30 (instead of 10ish) that only works on one player that they own

people switched from vhs to dvd because it offered more features (no rewinding, instant skip, bonus features, commentary, no degredation in quality over time, etc), not because of the better visual/audio quality...

people will be more hesitant to upgrade just because of visual/audio quality when only 15% have hdtvs right now and u can only play the dvd on one player

it'll happen eventually, as prices drop and more people get hdtvs in more rooms in their house...but dual-format discs being the standard will greatly increase the speed of adoption

[Dire]

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What makes you think HD-DVD will win? Hasnt Blu Ray been outselling it for the past month or so? Once theres a decent PS3 installed base, its over.

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Video quality is identical. Audio quality is superior on HD-DVD. The latest incarnation of HD-DVD discs will have greater capacity than blu-ray leading to the possibility of comparatively greater additional features / enhanced interactivity, but in reality it probably won't mean much.

Blu-ray has actually pulled ahead in the number of movies available as of February 6th. Blu-ray had 159 movies available, hd-dvd had 158. Both numbers will change dramatically by the end of this year with Universal releasing 100 HD-DVD exclusives, and blu-ray undoubtedly planning to counter.

As far as sales goes - as of Feburary 18th, blu-ray outsold hd-dvd for the first time by a factor of 100:98.71 disks. Due to the PS3 launch, blue-ray has roughly fives times as many installed players - which puts that 1.29% video sales edge in an interesting context. Interpret it how you will.

As of right now, blu-ray is lower quality and much more expensive. I don't see anyway it could 'win'. However, it also has the support of a number of large studios making it difficult to see how it could 'lose'.

[sharpie]

PS3 is really only $100 more than 360, yes you can buy the $500 one and it has more function than the 360 (blu-ray, HDMI, built in rechargable controllers, free online play). Of course the extra $100 is worth it for the premium.

Motorstorm looks like a pretty nice game, I heard it's lacking on features in the single player, but online multiplayer looks tight. I'd also get oblivion if you're into that type of game.

FWIW I don't own a PS3 and haven't played those games, I got a wii but I can tell I'll be wanting something with a little more power, and PS3 is clearly the better value over 360 unless you're not planning on playing online, and don't care about HD, but if that's the case you might as well pick up a wii.

[4 High]

HVD will prolly end up pwning all if its released any time soon. But all these disc formats will done in by dlable movies with features soon enough.

[blackize]

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But all these disc formats will done in by dlable movies with features soon enough.

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I think we're years away on that. The technology to get streaming video onto your main TV is still prohibitively expensive. Not to mention that if it really takes off there isn't enough bandwidth to serve a large portion of the movie watching public.