Cookyman Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Ok PS3 people, I want to become an engrossed PS3'er. I want a headset, a nice T.V and a good network connection that will reduce lag (wired box?) What has everyone here got? When does the official headset arrive? What do you recommend for the best PS experience? Enlighten me! Just got my PS3 on Saturday 80GB model. I'm on Virgin Broadband 10mbit and use a buffalo wireless router. I play on a 32" Samsung with HDMI. As for a headest I should get this in the post tomorrow Jabra BT5010 Multipoint Bluetooth Headset Was £49.99 now £9.99 and the customer feedback is very good and most folk have bought them for their PS3! I got Burnout through the post today I bought it from EBAY along with Resistance and GTA4 all for £43 including postage!!! Cookyman, Choze, Mike, awesome games. Not had more fun online with burnout than that. Twas awesome to see people crashing out, marked man was sooo much fun when a bunch of us were chasing one guy. Choze you bum, I swear the clock was on 0:00 but you managed to somehow find me and take me out. Ah and the time when I took out mike to win it in our earlier session was so.....orgasmic And the mid air takedown had me in fits of laughter too Choze. Cooky, had an awesome time hunting you down when I was in the cop car. Must do eet again! Yeah was great fun and I did alright considering I'd only been playing for 30 minutes before going online (just got it today - thanks EBAY). We should all get headsets - be even more fun! I downloaded the harry potter demo from the store Did the trick. Now thats magic!
S.C.G Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Downloading Condemned 2 Demo, thats 700mb + so should do it.
LegoMan1031 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 I've always have wireless and it has never failed or slowed down on me, both on my 360 and PS3. Free yourself from wires. Yer same here, had wireless with both, had no problems. erm... I have just noticed that im getting graphic glitches on SSDHD on the screen that shows you how to control it. There is like a random block of grey goin across the screen. Also i am now currently playing on burnout and its doin it all the time on this! i cant see where i'm goin sometimes! HELP! Anyone got any ideas? Or i'm i going to have to get sony to look at it? Cookyman, Choze, Mike, awesome games. Not had more fun online with burnout than that. Twas awesome to see people crashing out, marked man was sooo much fun when a bunch of us were chasing one guy. Choze you bum, I swear the clock was on 0:00 but you managed to somehow find me and take me out. Ah and the time when I took out mike to win it in our earlier session was so.....orgasmic And the mid air takedown had me in fits of laughter too Choze. Cooky, had an awesome time hunting you down when I was in the cop car. Must do eet again! EDIT: Oh and my setup is ps3 connected via HDMI to 32LG3000 (32" if that was not clear) running 720p in games, 1080p on the ps3 menu screen (mmmm lovely detailed themes ) and wireless net that barely ever lets me down. Also have a headset but too lazy to use ¬_¬ next burnout session its going into use. Yer it was fun! Although with me suffering from my graphic problems i kept steering off when in fact i didn't need to (walls kept randomly appearing in front of me or bars) Like models in the game appearing out of place kinda thing.
Dante Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Capcom has announced Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes for the PSP in the latest Famitsu magazine, a new game from Devil Kings series. Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes trailer
tapedeck Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Anyone got any ideas? Or i'm i going to have to get sony to look at it? Try unplugging everything and giving all cables a good clean out (and your TV input). If that doesn't work call Sony. I googled it and it doesn't seem to be a consistent problem so perhaps could be a dodgy cable/TV connection and not the PS3 itself. Best of luck though!
flameboy Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Also used wireless have very few problems with it when playing online, although owing to it being virgin can be slow to download off PSN at night. Sounds like I missed out on some good Burnout dammit!
S.C.G Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Was just staring at the PS3 XMB for a little bit while a demo downloads so I can play Ratchet and Clank and I noticed that "Folding@home" thing and I thought to myself... Does anyone actually use it? personally I don't as my PS3 isn't on that often anyway. So do you use it? was just curious.
dwarf Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Ah cheers for the responses, may have to get that headset Cooky. As for my wireless connection, it is fine with Resistance, it's just on Unreal and Fifa it can be very annoying. So will plugging in ethernet help the problem? I hope it does!
Daft Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 No Quest for Booty disc for UK http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=234548 Sony has decided not to release a Blu-ray version of Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty in the UK after all. The rest of Europe will still get the disc, but according to a spokesperson, Sony decided - when the time came - that the existing PSN download would be enough for us. Bad news for those living in caves or trees or underwater, then. Or, simply, those not keen on sitting through a 3.2GB download for a slightly unremarkable add-on. Quest for Booty, in case you didn't know, has Ratchet (but not Clank, who is missing) chasing treasure, drinking rum, exploring caves and bopping robot pirate baddies. I think it'd be a good decision for Sony. QfB really is a PSN game. But I don't think it is true to be honest.
Guest Jordan Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Upside is, Wipeout HD will be £11.99 and will be out by the end of the month. http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/09/11/wipeout-hd-is-surprisingly-cheap-in-the-uk-11-99/
tapedeck Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Ethernet will always be faster @ Dwarf. I've never used Folding at home... Oh and if anyone wants some GTA4 online action tonight...I'll be online from 8pm - 9pm.
LegoMan1031 Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Try unplugging everything and giving all cables a good clean out (and your TV input). If that doesn't work call Sony. I googled it and it doesn't seem to be a consistent problem so perhaps could be a dodgy cable/TV connection and not the PS3 itself. Best of luck though! Ok, i'll give that a try, i would of thought though if it was a cable problem i was having wouldn't it do it on the menu screen as well? Also i dont actually turn my ps3 'off' i will turn it off but not by the switch on the back, just on the button at the front... Could that cause any problems???
tapedeck Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Ok, i'll give that a try, i would of thought though if it was a cable problem i was having wouldn't it do it on the menu screen as well? Also i dont actually turn my ps3 'off' i will turn it off but not by the switch on the back, just on the button at the front... Could that cause any problems??? Wouldn't have thought so... I saw some GFX issues with some PS3's on Youtube, have a look at some of them. However, none of the comments said anything about fixes. If it keeps on happening call Sony Or if it's within a year old, video it on your phone and show them in the store you got it from, they should exchange it for you. (Gamestation changed mine srtaight away).
Dante Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid (Monster Hunter Warriors) has been announced for the PSP. This new Dynasty Warriors title is based on Chinese mythology and features multiplayer co-op play where players band together to fight hordes of monsters and presumably bosses.
dazzybee Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Okay, I went onto the UK store and I couldn't seem to see any playable demos of note. Also VERY difficult to find them, why there isn't a demo tab I have no idea. Decided to check out the US one and low and behold theres a demo tab and lots of good demos...... Am I missing something here? Also, though the fifa demo was supposed to be out soon!
tapedeck Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Damn, today's PS Store update has been delayed until tomorrow due to technical shenanigans. Was looking forward to some FIFA 09 later on too. For shame!
Daft Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Okay, I went onto the UK store and I couldn't seem to see any playable demos of note. Also VERY difficult to find them, why there isn't a demo tab I have no idea. Decided to check out the US one and low and behold theres a demo tab and lots of good demos...... Am I missing something here? Also, though the fifa demo was supposed to be out soon! SCEE are deaf, dumb and stupid.
dazzybee Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 SCEE are deaf, dumb and stupid. Ah, so it is just a case of it being crap? What is it with European branches of gaming companies And fifa tomorrow, good good. Just waiting on Forced Unleashed demo now; definitely getting it on the Wii, lets see if I'm going to get the PS3 version as well; I've heard they're pretty different games.
tapedeck Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Yeah, the store is pretty poor like. I wasn't too keen on the force unleashed demo. It screamed "Wii" to me though! Just been playing the NHL 09 demo. Aint played an NHL game since about 1994 so I never had a clue what to expect. I saw the great IGN review so thought I'd try it. OMG OMG OMG It's AWESOME!! And it even has NHL '94 control options in there *faints* I urge all you sporting fans to try it : peace:
Ryan Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 I was really holding off downloading Quest for Booty and waiting for the disc but I cracked this week and not a moment too soon because I would of exploded knowing I've waited this long for nothing. Bring on WipeOut HD!
LegoMan1031 Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Well its confirmed, my there is defo somethin wrong with my ps3. Tried what u said tapedeck, changed HDMI wires etc but problem was stilll there. I have taken several pictures on my phone. Looks my PS3 is goin to be out of action for awhile
Daft Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Well its confirmed, my there is defo somethin wrong with my ps3. Tried what u said tapedeck, changed HDMI wires etc but problem was stilll there. I have taken several pictures on my phone. Looks my PS3 is goin to be out of action for awhile Call Sony, they should replace it by the end of the week if it is less than a year old.
LegoMan1031 Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Call Sony, they should replace it by the end of the week if it is less than a year old. Ok, i will ring them tomoz then (i got mine end of jan from GAME). Thanks! Considering the 360 is ment to be the most unreliable console it is the only one that hasn't broke on me yet, lol. Just thought Daft, when u sent urs off did u have to do anythin to transfer trophies etc or do sony do that? I have already put all my save data onto a USB flash drive.
dwarf Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 So what do you guys think of HD? Do you think there's much difference in quality on PS3 when you have the HDMI plugged in?
Daft Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Ok, i will ring them tomoz then (i got mine end of jan from GAME). Thanks! Considering the 360 is ment to be the most unreliable console it is the only one that hasn't broke on me yet, lol. Just thought Daft, when u sent urs off did u have to do anythin to transfer trophies etc or do sony do that? I have already put all my save data onto a USB flash drive. I didn't send mine off. They arranged a time to come to my house and swap it so I was only really without disk games for four days. Trophies are tied to your PSN ID so don't worry about those. You only need to back-up your saves which you've already done. If you have any questions just ask Sony on the phone. They are really helpful. Best customer service I've come across. So what do you guys think of HD? Do you think there's much difference in quality on PS3 when you have the HDMI plugged in? If you have an HD TV I think it is pretty important. I'm playing on a SDTV at the moment until we get the big TV out of storage and games still look fantastic.
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