Playstation 3 review by The New York Times - It ain't pretty.

[Mentok]

I count myself as extremely lucky... my housemate is a rabid gamer, he doesnt choose sides, he simply buys everything in sight.


we have all three consoles, he even paid me to wait in line and buy a ps3 with him so he could sell it on the internet and basically get his ps3 at no charge.

i remember waiting in line for the 360 as well.

and the Wii... that was fairly easy to get, nunchuk controllers... not so much, still sold out.


What do i think??

i have played all three systems pretty much night and day. id have to say the article is correct in what it says, definately. however i will agree that the tone of the article was a bit slanted, i cant say that the things mentioned are un true...

everything about the Ps3 doesn't seem polished at all. first off its humonguous. heavier and larger than the first xbox, which is ironic given all the flack that first system got. also i dont like the material the system is made out of... its that shiny plastic that is so rediculously prone to scratches that i dare not touch the console. i should also mention that its too clunky to carry around easily to friends houses... granted i know its not really meant for that but both the Wii and the 360 can be easily ported without fear of scratches or droppin the heavy b*tch, plus the ps3 is just not conducive to be carried in general. not including an HD cable is probably the biggest mistake Sony made during this launch. let me tell you how bad these graphics look on a regular television set. SERIOUSLY... buying this console is worthless if you dont plan on dropping more duckats for the cables... the games look piss poor and < than 360 without the cables. however, go buy the cables and MAGICALLY its much much better. i dont understand why they couldn't at least keep it on par with 360 without cables. having to go back to the store for the cables was just a twist of the knife, but i was elated to see the graphics get much better. ill be honest the games look good, resistance looks good. i did expect a little more from how much sony was hyping the machine, i mean gears of war is this good in the graphics department... but i can see potential down the line. i too, also have a quam about the music in the background... this is a feature that you fail to realize how nice it is untill you use it, it was simple... intuitive and a very welcome tool that i cannot wrap my head around why the ps3 falls short here - untill they get a firmware update. the Online service is annoying yes but hey... its F*&%ing FREE, i understand all the microtransactions banter but there are also some on xbox, albeit less mandetory. i do not like loosing the rumble feature... i dont care what reasoning sony came up with, pitch and yaw sensitivity or whatever... its a damn blow to not feel the immersion that has become standard in games since its inception (N64?). come on Madcatz!!

the launch lineup is lackluster, the controlls in gears of war are supperior to resistance, but i would definately say the graphics of resistance have an edge... that is, if you bought the cables.

all the good games that i want for ps3 are a year or two away.

even my housemate, who made the purchase said he wasn't too impressed with the Ps3's showing. i saw how much it hurt him to say that because he was, and still continues to be quite empatic about the system. but i just can't take him to seriously when he plays the Wii and the 360 much more then the Ps3 right now.

time could change that, firmware upgrades could help that... and the games on the horizon will definately soften the initial dissapointment, but you gotta ask yourself "how long will it take for this system to be worth it??" how many good releases does it take to merit dropping half a grand (more with cables and premium package) on just a game system?

i was looking hard at the Ps3's exclusives and the amount has shrank... with square and rockstar both making multiplatform games, and specifically GTA not being a time exclusive, i just dont see how PS3 is going to establish itself on anything besides brand loyalty and MGS...?

i will say i hate the directional pad on the 360 controller, its unresponsive and i could sayworse, the sixxaxis directional would be far superior for playing fighting games, which could arguably be my favorite genre behind RPG.

and thats a sad thing to have to pay 600 dollars for, for me when MGS, virtua fighter, tekken, a final fantasy game, and a god of war 3 game were all available, then i might have ponied up the money, but by then this monster should be cheaper... hopefully.

Congrats to anyone else who has one, i hope you didnt buy it off ebay

*shudder at the thought*

the Wii - is fun, tiring sometimes... arms get sore, wrist gets sore... the machine even suggests to go outside and take a break every now and then between games. t:

but i dont see it as gimicky, i see it as a first step in taking the next step in gaming. Zelda is fun, although i wish the swordplay was a bit more exact, i just wave the thing around franticly because it doesnt matter how you wave it... i think they could have done that a bit better. but its still a good game. Wii sports is fun but gets boring quick... i like tennis better than bowling because i like getting 4 people together to play frantic games, and thats close enough... bowling and taking turns... id have to be fairly drunk to enjoy waiting for my turn, baseball was horrible and boxing wasn't responsive enough.

Trauma surgeon is great, Excite truck i feel is better than the reviews it got... i love the game, though your arms can get tired quick if you dont figure out a way to keep them resting while you turn the controller like a steering wheel.

Redsteel is... im hoping anyway... just a learning curve game. its hard to get used to, even the gun isn't nearly as easy as i thought it would be, but the juries still out on this game untill i give up trying.

rayman is fun but i didn't find it as fun as everyone else in the hosue who loved it.

All in all im having more fun with the Wii than the Ps3, which would piss me off to no end if i had paid for both. if it wasn't for gears of war and need for speed (im a sucker for clone racing games, i dunno... you really can't innovate them much more can you? i still like them anyway) i would only be playing Wii right now.

GAH! Too many words... Brain hurt..