Daft Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I've decided, unless my will power goes which isn't the most unlikely thing in the word, I'm going to get a PS3 went it comes with a Dual Shock 3 as standard... Any news when that is coming? I know I can just import one but I'd rather not have to do that.
Caris Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 It won't be for a while, Dualshocks arnt even out here to buy separate yet.
Daft Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Any vague date? I would probably get one if I saw an awesome bundle as well with Uncharted and R&C...Is it possible to buy consoles with a student discount? (can you even do that online?) Also how hard is it to replace the HD in the PS3? I know 40Gb is quite a lot but just in case! And does the quality of HDMI cable make that much difference? Loads of questions, I know, sorry. I'm just a bit wary of buying a PS3 and then they release a new SKU thats cheaper and has BC and teleportation as standard.
Domstercool Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Replacing the hard drive is pretty simple. You just take the screw out and pull it out, put in the other one, tell the PS3 to format it and WOOO you have big hard drive in. Even better if you have an external hard drive, as you can ask the PS3 to back up all your game saves and stuff onto it.
flameboy Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Any vague date? I would probably get one if I saw an awesome bundle as well with Uncharted and R&C...Is it possible to buy consoles with a student discount? (can you even do that online?) Also how hard is it to replace the HD in the PS3? I know 40Gb is quite a lot but just in case! And does the quality of HDMI cable make that much difference? Loads of questions, I know, sorry. I'm just a bit wary of buying a PS3 and then they release a new SKU thats cheaper and has BC and teleportation as standard. Virgin let you get student discount on bundles or atleast they useed to...HDMI makes all the difference trust me! I doubt BC will come back...bet they will put PS2 games on PSN once it isnt a vaiable platform...
Daft Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Virgin let you get student discount on bundles or atleast they useed to...HDMI makes all the difference trust me! I doubt BC will come back...bet they will put PS2 games on PSN once it isnt a vaiable platform... Cool, I'll check out Zavvi (I assume its them because they used to be Virgin) for bundles! Yeah I saw the difference with and without an HDMI cable and its a crap load but does the actual quality of the cable matter because I've seen cables for about £30 and cables for about £5?? Cheers for the info guys! : peace:
Aimless Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Yeah I saw the difference with and without an HDMI cable and its a crap load but does the actual quality of the cable matter because I've seen cables for about £30 and cables for about £5?? So long as the cheapest isn't made of plastic coated bailing wire you shouldn't be able to see any difference between price ranges. I believe cable quality is only really an issue with analogue signals.
Daft Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Awesome, cheers! Its just a bit confusing why there is such a wide price range and nothing to really explain why they are priced differently.
Aimless Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Its just a bit confusing why there is such a wide price range. Because they'd rather have 40 of your English pounds as opposed to 5. Pricier cables will be made of better/more expensive materials, but my understanding is that this doesn't actually make any difference. Unless your some kind of android/AV nerd with delusions of grandeur.
Daft Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Because they'd rather have 40 of your English pounds as opposed to 5. Pricier cables will be made of better/more expensive materials, but my understanding is that this doesn't actually make any difference. Unless your some kind of android/AV nerd with delusions of grandeur. Na, I'm more the cheap student type that would use a coat hanger if it worked!! :p
flameboy Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 well I got a madcatz one for £20 (it was the only one gamestation had in stock! and the last one in stock) so decided to pick it up and it looks fab!
Guest Jordan Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Upside of HDMI is that its extremely difficult to get a less than perfect signal from the cable, so even if you buy third party it'll still look great. I bought a fairly non branded one from a local eletrical place, does the job great.
Guest Stefkov Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 shopto.net had an HMDI cable for £6.99. It works perfectly. Do anything with PlayTV recordings. Sounds pretty awesome. Didn't think anything of this playtv until this.
Domstercool Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Initial D Extreme Stage coming out on PS3 in Japan. May 29! lol
Guest Jordan Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 That could be awesome... Yoshi versus Takumi! YES!
Caris Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 I bought a Monster one for £80 a year ago, biggest waste of money i have spent. Just get the official Sony one for £15 i think it is.
Hero-of-Time Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Quick question regarding shopto.net. Do they send you import PS3 games? Im looking at a few good offers ( Orange Box and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam ) but the pics they show are the US games and im wondering if that is why they are cheap. Yes I know the PS3 can play US games im just really picky when it comes to stuff like this
Columnar Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 @ H-o-T: I got Orange Box from Shopto.com about a week ago (it was on for £22.99 then but they've put it up now:heh: ) and they sent me the PAL EURO version not the UK one - the only difference is that the PEGi 16+ logo is on the cover rather than the BBFC 15 certificate that is on the UK edition. Other than that they are identical so I would say if you want it buy it!
flameboy Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for the help peeps. let me know when you get Orange Box for some TF2
Guest Jordan Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Metal Gear Solid 4 has a release date: http://kotaku.com/360906/metal-gear-solid-4-finally-has-a-release-date
ReZourceman Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Metal Gear Solid 4 has a release date:http://kotaku.com/360906/metal-gear-solid-4-finally-has-a-release-date Bloody hell was expecting it before January 4th to be honest.
Guest Stefkov Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Is that worldwide release? If so this holiday is pretty sweeet.
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