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Are you sticking with the PS3?
Bill Clinton
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If like me you are probably going to stick with the PS3 for a long time (you can probably see my other thread about the PS4 for the reasons!) what reasons do you have that you are not really ready to jump over to PS4 just yet?
A game is probably what could do it, if you are a fan of a certain series and it is only released for PS4 then you are not going to care less about the drawbacks to the system, you just need it to play that particular game, but it really perplexes me that people seem ready to jump to PS4 without what you think would even be that compelling reason.
My reasons for sticking to PS3 without going too much into the drawbacks of the PS4 over the PS3 that I already covered in the other thread would be roughly this.
- There's loads to play on the PS3 anyway and it's not even over yet, there's still plenty of new games coming out, some of which are titles that are also available on the PS4 with the slight drawback that they are only at 720p resolution on the PS3 and other slight drawbacks. I also happen to have a life busy enough that I haven't even got round to playing all my PS3 games, let alone bothering about PS4.
Games such as Gran Turismo 6 have only just come out, Sony have another big project, there's now Minecraft and a HD version of Final Fantasy X coming soon as well.
- It's got Grand Theft Auto V, the biggest game of 2013 that sold in record breaking amounts and all of a sudden we are supposed to jump ship to a new console that can't even play it, and as you might expect the game looks stunning anyway and so far it's not even being offered on the PS4.
- I'm a big fan of the way you can play all your UK TV shows/catchup services/Youtube/Netflix etc off the one box and the PS4 doesn't even have half of it yet, and bans you from using your external hard drive for your downloaded/ripped TV/Movies, but I covered this point already.
- PS3's themselves and PS3 games are obviously cheaper than anything PS4 based at the moment, so why not wait not only for the PS4 console and its associated games to come down to more sane everyday prices, but also wait for something worth getting excited about to get released too. What could this be, a fourth Uncharted, a sequel to The Last Of Us, the next Metal Gear Solid perhaps, or something much more truly original and no this isn't Knack!
- There's not enough damn power sockets and HDMI jacks for another damn box under the telly when Sony could damn well have included the full PS3 experience within PS4! And if you bought a later edition PS3, the PS2 still needs to hang around too!
- Not interested in a single PS4 game available now.
- I'd rather not pay to play online.
- Backwards compatibility on the PS4 via conditional streaming services couldn't be described as backwards compatibility. The full range of PS3/PS2 and PS1 titles will almost certainly not be available via this method which will take no notice of whether you have any original discs for the games or not.
- Don't yet have a PS Vita so wouldn't benefit from the PS4 interchangeability here, it does rather rankle that they seem to have abandoned any plans to allow PS3 streaming to the Vita, which of course is now focused mainly on the PS4.
A game is probably what could do it, if you are a fan of a certain series and it is only released for PS4 then you are not going to care less about the drawbacks to the system, you just need it to play that particular game, but it really perplexes me that people seem ready to jump to PS4 without what you think would even be that compelling reason.
My reasons for sticking to PS3 without going too much into the drawbacks of the PS4 over the PS3 that I already covered in the other thread would be roughly this.
- There's loads to play on the PS3 anyway and it's not even over yet, there's still plenty of new games coming out, some of which are titles that are also available on the PS4 with the slight drawback that they are only at 720p resolution on the PS3 and other slight drawbacks. I also happen to have a life busy enough that I haven't even got round to playing all my PS3 games, let alone bothering about PS4.
Games such as Gran Turismo 6 have only just come out, Sony have another big project, there's now Minecraft and a HD version of Final Fantasy X coming soon as well.
- It's got Grand Theft Auto V, the biggest game of 2013 that sold in record breaking amounts and all of a sudden we are supposed to jump ship to a new console that can't even play it, and as you might expect the game looks stunning anyway and so far it's not even being offered on the PS4.
- I'm a big fan of the way you can play all your UK TV shows/catchup services/Youtube/Netflix etc off the one box and the PS4 doesn't even have half of it yet, and bans you from using your external hard drive for your downloaded/ripped TV/Movies, but I covered this point already.
- PS3's themselves and PS3 games are obviously cheaper than anything PS4 based at the moment, so why not wait not only for the PS4 console and its associated games to come down to more sane everyday prices, but also wait for something worth getting excited about to get released too. What could this be, a fourth Uncharted, a sequel to The Last Of Us, the next Metal Gear Solid perhaps, or something much more truly original and no this isn't Knack!
- There's not enough damn power sockets and HDMI jacks for another damn box under the telly when Sony could damn well have included the full PS3 experience within PS4! And if you bought a later edition PS3, the PS2 still needs to hang around too!
- Not interested in a single PS4 game available now.
- I'd rather not pay to play online.
- Backwards compatibility on the PS4 via conditional streaming services couldn't be described as backwards compatibility. The full range of PS3/PS2 and PS1 titles will almost certainly not be available via this method which will take no notice of whether you have any original discs for the games or not.
- Don't yet have a PS Vita so wouldn't benefit from the PS4 interchangeability here, it does rather rankle that they seem to have abandoned any plans to allow PS3 streaming to the Vita, which of course is now focused mainly on the PS4.
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You're not interested in any ps4 games right now.
...of course you're not going to want the console then.
I also love the Vita remote play feature, been using it more and more.
Yes you *dont want* a PS4!
Enough already!
Mine is used less than the PC this week and the PS3 is looking nice gathering dust but I'm not complaining about the £399 I spent on it???????
Jeez
He may not be complaining about the £ being spent on it but I bet his mrs is....eh mate
These responses attempting to censor my argument really annoy me, it's a forum therefore I'll "moan" to my heart's content, I prefer to think of it as "commentary". Try responding instead with a more intellectual argument about why you think I'm wrong.
Antique games such as "Grand Theft Auto V", and "Gran Turismo 6" although I only have a copy and interest in the former, GTA.
As I've already covered, the PS3 still has a lot coming out as well, more than I remember still remaining for the PS2 back in 2007.
Having said that, I need BC because Grand Theft Auto III remains the most fun to play on.
And why would you not want to read what you condescendingly call "moaning", do you only want to read posts that are sycophantic towards the PS4 and Sony? Even if so, what right do you think you have to dictate to me and any others that we shouldn't be allowed to post a dissenting opinion about the PS4? I'm pretty sure you won't have any answers for that.
I am sticking with the PS3 for awhile because of many of the things you list. I think you just need to realise getting a system at launch is not for you.
Personally I like a nice sizeable catalogue of games before I jump in (Or something really special to make that jump worthwhile). I have been burned in the past by buying into a system too early. This type of thing, especially the lack of games is a common problem all new systems face, anyone into gaming should know this by now, but it always shocks me how many complaints about lack of games appear when a new system arrives, Wii U, 3DS, Vita have all had these complaints levelled at them.
It just takes time for a system to develop. Look how bad the PS3 was in the early days and how far that has come during its lifespan. I am sure the PS4 will grow and improve overtime just like every other system has.
The lack of BC does annoy me but Sony were stuck with a problem after the PS3. Use the same type of architecture developers hated and had problems with, include old hardware in the system putting the price up (To the sort of price people complained all this generation about) or drop it. They probably made the right decision even though its not one I am happy with. I hope that going forwards this is something that has been thought about with PS4 so PS5 can have this feature back.
The lack of media server is probably the biggest issue at the moment for me though.
I'm not a PS gamer but my Xbox One sits alongside my 360 perfectly well and will do for a long time to come. I love both machines to pieces but it's only logical that a console with a library that's been built up over a period of 8 years will outshine a newer machine that's 6 weeks old.
Good post.
Spot on no need to change keep both.
This, sums it up perfectly
I've got them next to each other (PS3 and PS4 for me)
One day i'll play assassin's creed IV or FIFA 14 on my ps4, the next i'll go back to the PS3 and i'm currently playing Far Cry 3 and Ni No Kuni, i'm pretty close to getting New Vegas again which will equal a few hundred ours on PS3
There nothing wrong with playing on both, maybe that is the OPs problem if he had both next to each other, he can have the features and old games and the best of the new system
For once i actually agree with you
Likewise.
Anyway, I'm starting to think this whole thread is a wind up.
If you take a look at the OP's Facebook page (link in his profile) you can see he has posted "PS4 is shit, I've been having fun saying on DS!".
Do not feed.
But than can change - especially when the prices start dropping. When there's a huge library of games for under $19, then I may rethink things. But that's a few years down the road.
He sounds like a complete twonk lol.
You are moaning though. That's a fact.
I can't say your wrong though because I don't know or care whether you want a ps4 out not.
All I know is that I love both my ps3 and ps4.
I don't regret getting my PS4 because that bloody thing is going to explode in the next 24 months, the money is gone but I see it as an investment in my future entertainment. Owning it now allows me to enjoy any games that come along.