Lets put a side the fact that we know the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-Ray player in the market right now. The UI if you have ever use a Sony PSP before there interface are exactly the same, but not as easy to use as the Sony PSP one, meaning the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a on board card reader, so you can’t play movies or music off them, like the Sony PSP does. It does read usb drivers, but to me it doesn’t feel the same.
It’s has Media Server capabilities but I haven’t even took the time to figure out how to setup this feature, all I know it lets you see content on other computers in your home network.
Hardware wise it has two usb ports in the front, none in the back HUGE minus for me, it has a HDMI port in the back and no power brick and is WiFi enable so BIG plus for Sony PS3 in this case, no need to buy an external wireless adpater. The controller is much like the one on the Sony PS2 but the ones for the Sony PS3 are only Wireless, battery like is awesome I get almost a week of causal gaming.
It plays DVD’s great, CD’s haven’t tried but I figure it should play them as great, like I previously mention Blu-Ray read time is awesome.
Game wise, the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a great selection of exclusive games, hence LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Killzone, MLB: The Show, but most must have games available for the Microsoft Xbox 360 are also available for the Sony PS3, hence Grand Theft Auto, Call Of Duty, BioShock, Guitar Hero. Graphics wise, the Sony PS3 game graphics, coming from a PS fanboy, I have to admit aren’t awesome but they are bad neither, Microsoft Xbox 360 has better graphics but only by a slim margin.
Feature wise, the Sony PS3 comes with a HUGE HUGE HUGE PLUS, a built in web browser with all the usual JavaScript Flash stuff enable, meaning Hulu.com on the Sony PS3 is a must, getting free streaming movies and TV shows gets huge props from me. Much like the Microsoft Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 also has an Online Store, as part of the Playstation Network, which unlike Microsoft Xbox 360 where you have top pay in other to play multiplayer games and/or get streaming movies via Netflix (which you also have to paid), you can play multiplayer capable games at no extra charge. On the minus side, two HUGE ones I must say, the Playstation Stores doesn’t have an extensive library of Demos like the Micosoft Xbox 360 Live Store has, but buyable games add-ons are perfectly balance between Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360. Secondly Playstation Store updates don’t come as often as you should like.
In the end for a causal gamer, like myself, which has found the use of being able to access Hulu.com and view Video Podcast like Tekzilla, Diggnation and TWiT Live on the HDTV, with the add fact that the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-ray player in the market, I find it is a great buy, which I give it 8 stars out of 10 ********, because of the lack of must have exclusive games and the good, instead of awesome, game graphics.
NOTE: I didn’t mention Playstation Home (Virtual Social Network) because it’s in beta and I don’t trust betas.
Now a couple of pictures I took of my new Sony PS3:
More pictures on my Flickr account Sony PS3 set.
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