Me, Grimlock! wrote:I'm looking to buy a PS3, but with all the hard drive sizes and whatever other options there are, I'm lost. Last system I bought was... crap, I don't know, so I've never really had to think about it. I inherited a PS2, which is what I use now, but I don't play online so I don't know how that works.
Anyway, here's what I'm asking. What do I look for? What hard drive size is big enough but won't destroy my wallet? I imagine 60 gigs is well enough (my computer hard drive isn't much bigger!), but with 250 gigs and all the other sizes available... is a drive size that big really necessary? With games today, would 60 gigs not be enough? What else are hard drives for except for saved games? What prices are good store prices, and what are great steals? How do I get online with this thing, and what are the monthly costs of getting onto a PS3 network? What other options are there? How can I get the data off my PS2 memory card onto a PS3 one? Are they reliable?
I'm not looking for an Xbox or a Wii or anything. I'm just shopping around for a PS3.
Me, Grimlock! wrote:BC is important because I have a bunch of PS2 games I'd still like to keep around but without the PS2. But is that too small? I'm a casual gamer, too, but I imagine I'll download something here and there. Might not use the PS3 for photos and such, but a Rock Band song here or a Marvel Ultimate Alliance character there. Does this type of thing add up a lot? And is there any way of getting it off the PS3 on, say, a recordable DVD if I need the room? I imagine PS3s don't have DVD burning capabilities.
Meverix wrote:Storing things on a removable device is your best option. Just slap it on a flash drive and store it on PC I'd say.
Meverix wrote:As for memory, don't worry. Most add ons are a matter of KBs. I've got about 100+ songs on my 40GB with plenty of room left. Game installations may be a matter of Gigs, but I think developers are trying to deviate away from installation as they learn more about blu ray so they'll become rarer.
Me, Grimlock! wrote:Meverix wrote:Storing things on a removable device is your best option. Just slap it on a flash drive and store it on PC I'd say.
PS3s have flash outlets? That makes things so much easier!
That begs the question, then. Could I grab user-made... say... Rock Band tracks or MUA characters from the Internet and put them in the PS3 games? Or is that just begging to corrupt my data?Meverix wrote:As for memory, don't worry. Most add ons are a matter of KBs. I've got about 100+ songs on my 40GB with plenty of room left. Game installations may be a matter of Gigs, but I think developers are trying to deviate away from installation as they learn more about blu ray so they'll become rarer.
100+ songs of mp3 or Guitar Hero/Rock Band stuff? (Or is there a difference in size?)
Anyway, I think that clinches it. If I can save stuff on a jump drive and addons are only kilobytes, I'd say backwards compatability is more important than hard drive space. And if, for some reason, I'm wrong, as you guys say, I could always get a bigger drive.
So if I understand properly, if I want BC but want wi-fi (so I avoid the 20 gig one), then the 60 gig one is my best bet?
Gutter Bunny wrote:to answer another question:
they have had some reliability issues. As stated in another topic wayyyy back on page x somewhere, i am currently on my third ps3. The launch one failed to launch->warranty replacement. The second one worked perfectly for months then mysteriously bricked->warranty #2. The third is still working flawlessly. I'm scared cause now i'm out of warranties...
Since you already have a ps2, you may consider continueing to use that for your ps2/ps1 games. Not only am i to cheap to buy the adapter necessary to transfer saves, i get tired of having to set the screen so the game doesn't get cut off or have black bars on the side.
Gutter Bunny wrote:to answer another question:
they have had some reliability issues. As stated in another topic wayyyy back on page x somewhere, i am currently on my third ps3. The launch one failed to launch->warranty replacement. The second one worked perfectly for months then mysteriously bricked->warranty #2. The third is still working flawlessly. I'm scared cause now i'm out of warranties...
Since you already have a ps2, you may consider continueing to use that for your ps2/ps1 games. Not only am i to cheap to buy the adapter necessary to transfer saves, i get tired of having to set the screen so the game doesn't get cut off or have black bars on the side.
Gutter Bunny wrote:to answer another question:
they have had some reliability issues. As stated in another topic wayyyy back on page x somewhere, i am currently on my third ps3.
Counterpunch wrote:Gutter Bunny wrote:to answer another question:
they have had some reliability issues. As stated in another topic wayyyy back on page x somewhere, i am currently on my third ps3.
You seem to leave your system on forever though...
If you don't have that bad boy well ventilated, you're planning an early death for all and any system you've got there.
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