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160gb PS3 Uncharted bundle for USA
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Guy Legend
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VictimOfGrief said:
Well done on living up to your tag.
Flakster99
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lupinko said:Which futureshop is this?
St. Catharines my friend. Heh, I saw the tiny pyramid with the giant price tag on top, walked up to the nearest sales person, and bought one right away. Steal of the fucking century for what I wanted - which originally was a sub $300 PS3, but a 60gig (BC was/is important to me), the $120 in Blu-ray vouchers and the additional inclusion of a DUALSHOCK 3 made it a no brainer.
Iced_Eagle
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I still think my 80GB MGS4 bundle was the best bundle so far.
I'm not worried about space either!
But I totally agree that this should have been a LBP bundle instead.
I'm not worried about space either!
But I totally agree that this should have been a LBP bundle instead.
prelude514
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Flakster99 said:
Awesome deal! What's the manufacture date on it? Should be written on the back of the PS3.
BoilersFan23
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Sony will just replace your console with another 60GB or give you yours back fixed. They still have plenty in stock regardless. A friend of mine who has the 20GB (the rarest of SKUs) was told over and over again he'd just be getting a 20GB back (no other SKU).Brandon F said:
I knew this was coming all along. Putting PS2 BC in the PS3 is actually not cheap and more than what people are willing to pay for a PS3. People complained about the price, so Sony had to do something to get the price down (removing features was one thing). If people didn't complain so much about the price in the first place, we'd still have PS2 BC models. There is a chance software BC is coming to PS3, but I still wonder how they'll emulate the GS (I heard it has a high fill rate, higher than what the RSX can do or something).
As for this SKU, I think it's ok, but not really needed in the U.S. I think 80GB is a big enough HDD. But what I think they should have done is along with Uncharted, bundled a blu-ray movie at the same price (giving people a movie and game).
SCEA usually prefers to not bundle new games. With PSP, they bundled Daxter, then R&C: Size Matters. I believe they want their devs to get their share back right away (since people have to pay $60 for a game), but after a year, it doesn't make all that big of a difference. I think their mail goal is to break even/profit first, then just kind of give away copies of a game.Iced_Eagle said:
I agree. I have a PS3 w/ PS2 BC, and I rarely use it. IMO, PS2 games look best when I just play them on an SDTV with my PS2 (firmware upgrades won't mess up support either, happened to a few PS2 games I had on my 20GB/60GB type BC version).Trevelyan said:
Freedom = $1.05
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First time I've been happy about buying a launch console. I've been playing DQ8 upscaled with smoothing on a virtual memory card and it feels oh so good
VictimOfGrief
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Manmademan said:
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OldJadedGamer said:
...and yet you're on your way to get a quality tag in the same vein as mine.
PS2 Slims play PS2 games. Who cares about upscaling? Oh that's right, probably less than say... 3% of PS3 owners that are technophilies that HAVE TO HAVE certain features or their head will explode. Chances are as well... if you fall into that aforementioned category, then you'll have a TV that can play PS2 games at a reasonable resolution and wouldn't even think about bitching about it unless... again, the > 3% of people want their cake and eat it to... which you can... if you get a 60GB version. Otherwise, refer back to my previous post.
OldJadedGamer
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BoilersFan23 said:
Who was it on GAF that had a 60gig go bad on him and he couldn't get it replaced through Sony and actually got a 40 gig back instead. I'm spacing on the name of the poster but to say he was pissed about it was an understatement.
Flakster99
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prelude514 said:
It says in tiny print CE138-CE140(March 2007)
VictimOfGrief
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how original and worth posting.Guy Legend said:
Mr.Potato Head
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Teddman said:
Me neither.. im kinda suprised myself....
What gets me even MORE lol are half of the guys posting in here were the exact same people cracking jokes and shit'n at xbox 360's weak BC compatibility at one time not so long ago... ba ba ba ba wah? Is that how some of you guys do the "ba b'a wah" or how ever some of you kids do it around here lol :lol
Back to the subject, its a shame that both the 360 and ps3 couldnt of just made both systems 100% compatible. Thats ok..im glad i have my launch 60gb working like a champ still.
OldJadedGamer
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Seriously, if anybody needs that much space they are better off buying a used 60 and upgrading the HDD themselves.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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How many PS3's are there going to be? lol
Guybrush Threepwood
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If the PS4 has no BC from the start they honestly can't expect anyone to buy it, can they?
ScrabbleBanshee
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So far the only time I've used BC on my 80GB unit was to play GOW2 and one of the PS2 Singstar volumes (which apparently soon you will no longer even need).
Seems to me that BC is only really a hot issue within the walls of GAF.
Seems to me that BC is only really a hot issue within the walls of GAF.
VictimOfGrief
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ScrabbleBanshee said:
GAF makes the walls hot with BC.
2 Minutes Turkish
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God damn you yanks are lucky.
We're only JUST getting the 80GB now. Dissapointing about the BC. God I hope my 60GB never dies.
I wanna pick up a cheap 40GB after they fire sale them so I can pack away my 60GB for safe keeping.
We're only JUST getting the 80GB now. Dissapointing about the BC. God I hope my 60GB never dies.
I wanna pick up a cheap 40GB after they fire sale them so I can pack away my 60GB for safe keeping.
OldJadedGamer
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Guybrush Threepwood said:
I think they could sell 5 million without any games.
thirtytwoutside
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Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
Hmm... just because I am bored:
2 years / 6 SKUs = 3 per year. If Sony plans on a 10 year life cycle... ZOMG 30 SKUS LULZ SONY IDIOTS HURR HURRRRR.
Yeah.... no. Who knows.
Guy Legend
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VictimOfGrief said:
Right, because telling people to "STFU" about a feature they want is warranted and worth posting..... How about a polite "GTFO" to you?
Mr.Potato Head said:
In Microsoft's case, perhaps it is more acceptable considering the mess of a situation they were in regarding the original xbox hardware and moving to the xb360. I agree that it's a disappointing result but at least they worked on getting a lot of games compatible (though there are still more I'd like to see).
It's more disappointing from Sony's point of view considering they had BC nailed from the beginning, took a step back, then completely removed the function all together. It's worse when their excuse is that it isn't for cost reasons, but to "encourage users to buy PS3 games." You'd think PS3 games could sell themselves...
VictimOfGrief
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Free country. My point is all of these PS3 thread with the SKU's post 60GB w/ EE hardware bitching about lack of BC is pointless dribble. Most know it's dead so let it go already.Guy Legend said:
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VictimOfGrief said:
Holy Fucking Crap.
frankthurk
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eternalb said:
That would require them sticking to one plan. I think they figured out the first plan didn't work so well so it's probably for the best.
VictimOfGrief
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seriously? wow man.Jtwo said:
BravoSuperStar
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VictimOfGrief said:
So it's only a "free country" when it comes to what you want to post and tell others what not to post? lol. I've never seen anyone live up to their tag so throughly.
VictimOfGrief
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SuperEnemyCrab said:
People can respond with whatever they want. My underlying point in all of this is that the bitching about hardware backwards compatibility on an internet forum on the PS3 that has been killed off now 2 SKU's ago is pointless. But really, keep bitching, I'm sure Sony will hear your cries and bring BC back to the PS3 line. :lol
VictimOfGrief
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No. Go back and re-read my point you twit.Darkman M said:
people want BC because they don't want 3508972890365 consoles in their shelves.
i want to play PS2. hm the input for that was in1. i want to play gc, look for input 2. i want to play 360, where's the hdmi button? i want to play some SNES, how do you tune ch3 on this hdtv? i want to play n64, which imput did i put the vcr that has the n64 and ps1 together? i want to play wii, was it component 1 or 2 in that had the dvd recorder or the wii? i want to watch upscaled dvds, i think it was hdmi 2 in where i put that one. i got a new ps3, lol i ran out of inputs.
with a full BC ps3 you can turn 3 of those into 1 and the wii takes care of the gc. the ps3 can also replace your upscaling dvd player.
anyone who likes complicated messes is weird imo.
i want to play PS2. hm the input for that was in1. i want to play gc, look for input 2. i want to play 360, where's the hdmi button? i want to play some SNES, how do you tune ch3 on this hdtv? i want to play n64, which imput did i put the vcr that has the n64 and ps1 together? i want to play wii, was it component 1 or 2 in that had the dvd recorder or the wii? i want to watch upscaled dvds, i think it was hdmi 2 in where i put that one. i got a new ps3, lol i ran out of inputs.
with a full BC ps3 you can turn 3 of those into 1 and the wii takes care of the gc. the ps3 can also replace your upscaling dvd player.
anyone who likes complicated messes is weird imo.
VictimOfGrief
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When was the last time you touched a PS2 game Tideas?Tideas said:
Mustaphadamus
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they took out the card readers too? Man, that's that bull $hi7
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Tideas said:
Yeah, it is annoying as hell, especially because it brings the discussion off topic about the virtues of BC.
No BC = No fun
Seriously though, I play PS2 games on my PS3 more often than I play PS3 games.
I'm just a BC kind of guy
It's still a feature that consoles should have.
Seriously though, I play PS2 games on my PS3 more often than I play PS3 games.
I'm just a BC kind of guy
You're just one person, many gamers love BC. For some people, myself included, there is a PS2 game we want that comes out later this year.Tideas said:
It's still a feature that consoles should have.
SIP YEK NOD
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A big piece of the picture some people are missing is the value of the Ps2 replaced by back compat.
You can still sell a slim PS2 + accessories you don't need anymore for $75+ That definitely makes the price of the ps3 a lot easier to swallow.
You can still sell a slim PS2 + accessories you don't need anymore for $75+ That definitely makes the price of the ps3 a lot easier to swallow.
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