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A Great System That Needs More Great Games
Bewertet am: Jan 29, 2008
Fazit: The eighty gig appears to be on the way out, so you might want to wait and see if a new model or price drop is announced.
I recently purchased a Sony PlayStation 3 game console. I won't lie. I mostly bought it for the Blu-Ray player, as I recently upgraded to a 42" 1080p plasma television and wanted to make the most of it.
However, as a gamer by nature (I already owned a 360 and a Wii), I found myself increasingly attracted to several of the games offered by the system.
The system itself is massive. I thought the original X-Box was big, but the PS3 dwarfs it. Granted, the PS3 is prettier sitting on your entertainment center, but it will take up a lot of space, and its curvy design ensures that nothing will be able to sit on top of it. The system weighs in at about eight pounds, which is pretty hefty by game console standards.
Booting the system up is relatively simple, but still more complex than I figured it would be. There is a very strict order in which you must hook things up, and doing it any differently may cause the system to not work. While this is a minor concern, it still means that the system isn't nearly as friendly as hooking up a 360 or a Wii is, or any of the previous generation's systems for that matter.
Upon booting up the system, I was informed that a firmware update was available and that I could access it by going into the settings menu. Why the system didn't just automatically update for me (or at least prompt me to right then and there) I'll never know, but finding the update icon wasn't a chore, so I can't complain too much. The update downloaded relatively slowly on my cable connection, which irked me a bit (considering 360 items generally download much, much faster), but the installation was pain-free.
I have to say that, while it seems overly complex, I am a fan of the PS3's menu system. Everything is accessible much quicker than it is on the 360 (and about the same as it is on the Wii), which is nice. However, I can imagine that the Game menu will get increasingly cluttered and become a pain to navigate as I accumulate more demos and PSN games. Still, I find myself liking this system even more than the 360's, which surprised the hell out of me.
The controller is a bit on the light side. It actually feels a little too light, and I can't say I'm a fan of the new L2/R2 button design (which makes it far too easy for your fingers to slip off of the buttons). Still, the PlayStation controller design is fairly solid, and it's a testament to that very design that it remains relatively unchanged since the PSX days.
A big gripe for me, though, was that the system comes with what appears to be a three foot USB cable to charge the controller. While this wouldn't normally be an issue, the system only allows you to charge your controller while the system is on, which makes it a pain. I've since purchased a much longer ten foot cord so that I could charge while I played (which the system more or less forces you to do), but it still irks me that Sony was too cheap to throw in a longer cord from the start.
Similarly aggravating is the fact that Sony marketed the PS3 as the first true HD console, but then neglected to include the cable hookups to make it one. You're stuck with the standard composite cables out of the box. That's right, Sony didn't even give you component cables. This forces you to either buy Sony's component cable (since the back of the PS3 doesn't allow you to hook up a standard one) for an exorbitant price, or pick up an HDMI cable. Thankfully, I knew this was the case before making my purchase, so I ordered a cheap HDMI cable online a week ahead of time, but it's still ridiculous that HD hook-ups were not included in the box.
The eighty gig hard drive that came with my PS3 model is great. I've always found myself limited by the 360's mere twenty gigs (and unwilling to pay the ludicrous price for the 360's 120 gig hard drive add-on), so eighty is a welcome addition. Hell, it'll probably be more than I'll ever need, but as anyone can tell you, too much space is a whole lot better than not enough. The drive also allows you to install games onto it, which decreases load times. This is a nice, albeit unnecessary feature, and I don't feel limited at all with eighty gigs of space to utilize.
The eighty gig system also comes with MotorStorm, a fun little racer that also happens to look fantastic. The gameplay is relatively simple, and the AI suffers from the rubber band syndrome that so many other racers do (where the AI is always able to catch up to you no matter how far ahead you get), but the game itself is fun. I wish it were a little easier to cause opponents to crash (as it is in the Burnout games), but it's an enjoyable time waster all the same. I can't say I would have payed full price for the game (I believe it still retails at sixty bucks), but as a pack-in, it's not a bad title at all.
Overall, I'd have to say that I'm very satisfied with my purchase. The system works great, runs quietly, has a decent library of games, and a built-in Blu-Ray player. The only downside is that, even with all of that, the $500 asking price still seems a bit high, especially when you consider that you have to buy your own HD cable to get the thing to display properly on your HDTV.
