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Warning: This topic is not to start a flame war. This topic is not about whether or not the PS3 is better than the 360 or Wii. This topic is not about whether you think sony sucks or not. This topic is about the problems found with the first releases of the system and your opinions on the company's future.
It's been over 24 hours since the release, so I decided to browse some of my favorite gaming forums, namely GameFAQs, to see how the big shot PS3 was doing. Surprisingly enough, the board was practically 75% about how "Sony messed up" or "My PS3 is having a problem" topics.
I read a lot of problems with BC and HDTV support, something about if your tv is just 1080i and the game's max res is 720p, you wont be able to play the game in anything other than 480p. In short, if your TV doesn't support 720p, you're pretty much ****ed until sony does something about it. There were also no HD cables in the box, which many are complaining about.
Also, people on Gamefaqs have been reporting the dreaded DRE (disk read error) has returned, as well as entire systems "burning out" within a few hours. There were also a few cases of games freezing numerous times.
Of course, I'm sure not ALL the systems are having these issues, but from what I can tell, Sony's infamous buggy first-release consoles have struck once more, though most of us expected this happening....
Overall, most people who bought a PS3 seem dissappointed in it, but I believe they're judging too harshly based on the games, personally...
I'm glad I'm waiting a year to get my PS3 when most, if not all the major problems are corrected in newer releases. I bought the PS1 a year after it's release, the PS2 a year after, and it looks like I'll do the same once again.
So has anyone else heard of any other problems?
It's been over 24 hours since the release, so I decided to browse some of my favorite gaming forums, namely GameFAQs, to see how the big shot PS3 was doing. Surprisingly enough, the board was practically 75% about how "Sony messed up" or "My PS3 is having a problem" topics.
I read a lot of problems with BC and HDTV support, something about if your tv is just 1080i and the game's max res is 720p, you wont be able to play the game in anything other than 480p. In short, if your TV doesn't support 720p, you're pretty much ****ed until sony does something about it. There were also no HD cables in the box, which many are complaining about.
Also, people on Gamefaqs have been reporting the dreaded DRE (disk read error) has returned, as well as entire systems "burning out" within a few hours. There were also a few cases of games freezing numerous times.
Of course, I'm sure not ALL the systems are having these issues, but from what I can tell, Sony's infamous buggy first-release consoles have struck once more, though most of us expected this happening....
Overall, most people who bought a PS3 seem dissappointed in it, but I believe they're judging too harshly based on the games, personally...
I'm glad I'm waiting a year to get my PS3 when most, if not all the major problems are corrected in newer releases. I bought the PS1 a year after it's release, the PS2 a year after, and it looks like I'll do the same once again.
So has anyone else heard of any other problems?