A tough decision

**JohnnyGrey** · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 2981 Location: Illinois

Well first of all, i ask you not to reply with GET A JOB, LAZY
not positive where to put this, considering its somewhat involved with RB but its more just about money

alright so my fat ps2 is really old and now it doesnt read well
My rockband cd never read well at all and now it doesnt read at all
btw i have tried a few methods to make my rb cd work, each ended unsuccessfully

so i could either buy a new rockband cd and a new ps2 which is around $150
or i could save for a ps3 and get the good version of the game (without getting new instruments, which is why i excluded 360) and DLC.
if i get an 80gig ps3 (since the 40gigs arent ps2 compatible and i like my ps2 games) and the game, it adds to $550
I am planning on getting a ps3 regardless

now the latter sounds like the best solution, but right now i only have like 80 dollars and i most likely wouldnt be able to get the ps3 till my bday in september
If i get the ps2 then i could get it in less than a month, but i would probably not be able to get a ps3 till christmas then...

in a nut shell... Rockband doesnt work, i have the instruments, i want to get a ps3 eventually, should i get it first (no rb till sept) or get a new ps2 shortly (ps2 rb till xmas), then get the ps3 a long time afterward
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**ImmortalX** · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 392 Location: Massachusetts

My solution:

Don't get a PS3.

For the most part, they're shit. Not a whole lot that people like about them. I (surprisingly) know a few people that have them, and they were all SORELY disappointed. They view it as one of the biggest wastes of money they have ever been unfortunate enough to squander (although one of my friends bought an 80's muscle car that consumes more gas than the United States can provide him). Of course, if they ever release a PS3 exclusive remake of Final Fantasy 7 in Hi-Def, you can be sure that I'll be one of the first people to go run out and buy an HDTV and a PS3. However, that's the only reason. Stick to the PS2.

Examples of times this has happened previously: N64 - Gamecube. Popular consensus is that N64 > Gamecube, simply because of the sheer amount of awesome games as opposed to higher graphics. The only thing that PS3 has over PS2 that matters (to me anyway) is: 1)Online, 2)Hi-Def, 3)Possibility of epic PS3 exclusive release(s).

Of course, there are probably people out there that enjoy their PS3's. They're wrong, of course. :P (just kidding)

But yeah, if you couldn't guess, I say DEFINITELY go PS2 and stick with that. If you can get a free PS3 for Christmas, then go for it >.>

I wouldn't pay for one of those things for anything, sans the situation mentioned above. Or if it came with a really hot girl or something. But no other time.

EDIT: I figure I shouldn't make this into a separate post, because it's off-topic and only replying to Cliff's post.

**Cliff** · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 3002 Location: Springfield, IL

If you're interested in hi-def movies at all, upgrade to PS3. Since Toshiba dropped out of the hi-def war, Blu-Ray is the future, and the PS3 is the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market right now.
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**chirch53** · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 360

i'm gonna have to completely disagree with immortal x.

ps3 is awesome.

now that 2nd gen games are coming out for it, you really starting to see what it can do. see Unreal tournament, uncharted

the blu ray player is excellent and has 1 key feature that most stand alone blu-players won't have. it can connect to the internet and update firmware. now that the format war is over, you can be sure a new version of blu-ray movies will come out and will require new firmware.
it also can upcovert your regular dvd's to 1080p

its easily networkable with your pc to share all your music, movies, photos.

the six axis controller is starting to get some fun games utilizing the motion sensor like high velocity bowling, sky diving(each on $10 from the ps store). heavenly sword had a few good parts too with it

the hard drive is a 2.5 sata laptop drive. which means you purchase any sized one you want and install it easily so you can have a 500gb ps3 : heres a link how http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43/

the option to install other OS's like linux

blue tooth controllers that are quickly rechargable (and last a long time on a single full charge)

its reliable & sony's support is good. unlike microsoft...

**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

**Cliff** · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 3002 Location: Springfield, IL

Actually, you're probably better off asking this question in misc. game discussion (or just searching there; the subject has probably been discussed before).
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**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

yes I was referencing the mandatory lag
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**Maskahu** · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 272

There are no lag issues with the Strat. It just has a crappy strum bar. ;)
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