PS3 Question.

[chickenfried]

I saw that the new PS3 is Blue Ray Compatible, does that make it capable of playing Blue ray dvd's?

[dirk4mvp]

[THE HATER]

I saw that the new PS3 is Blue Ray Compatible, does that make it capable of playing Blue ray dvd's?

no its not, how could it be "blue ray compatible" and be able to blue ray DVD's, thats like saying my DVD player being "cd compatible" and being able to play cds.

[chickenfried]

is that a Yes?
A Blue ray player costs $900 and a PS3 is only like $600 so i'm looking at killing 2 birds with one stone.

[baseline bum]

Yeah... of course. It also looks like a George Foreman Grill, and it gets hot enough to cook a steak just as well.

[chickenfried]

I saw a bunch of Gamers posts here and thought I might get a straight answer, I guess not.

[Marklar MM]

is that a Yes?
A Blue ray player costs $900 and a PS3 is only like $600 so i'm looking at killing 2 birds with one stone.

Yes, I am pretty sure it does. And I am pretty sure that damn blu-ray is why the damn thing costs so much.

[baseline bum]

Yes, I am pretty sure it does. And I am pretty sure that damn blu-ray is why the damn thing costs so much.

The Blu Ray costs about 1/3 of what Sony's spending to make that system. The Cell processor is what's driving the cost of that thing through the roof. Sad to see all the games for it are going to suck for a while, because the hardware smokes the XBox 360.

[dirk4mvp]

Yeah... of course. It also looks like a George Foreman Grill, and it gets hot enough to cook a steak just as well.

The 360 gets hot enough to start forrest fires.

[dirk4mvp]

is that a Yes?
A Blue ray player costs $900 and a PS3 is only like $600 so i'm looking at killing 2 birds with one stone.

Yes, that's a yes.

[dirk4mvp]

The is, but isn't limited to, meaning yes.

[AmericanPsycho]

I still haven't mastered my ps2 games.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

is that a Yes?
A Blue ray player costs $900 and a PS3 is only like $600 so i'm looking at killing 2 birds with one stone.

Unless you plan on starting to camp out this Wednesday, or waiting until next September, it's going to cost you a lot more than $600 for a PS3.

[baseline bum]

The 360 gets hot enough to start forrest fires.

There's not even a comparison. I've used both of them, and the PS3 gets way hotter. A few PS3s can seriously heat a room. I'm not joking at all when I say that either,

[Burn531]

$600 is a lot for a gaming system. I'd like one but there's no way I'm sleeping outside a Best Buy or EB Games for a few days to get one.

[Latka]

I still haven't mastered my ps2 games.

There's already PS2?

[dirk4mvp]

I was looking at actully getting a 360, because as it seems, ps3's won't be available for a while.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

I'll just play my PS3 forever and point all my fans to it.

[Marklar MM]

$600 is a lot for a gaming system. I'd like one but there's no way I'm sleeping outside a Best Buy or EB Games for a few days to get one.

Hit up your local Meijer's.

[TDMVPDPOY]

ps3 looks like a good investment where i think the ps3 should last at least 10 years, as compared investing into a 8800gtx card.....where new graphic cards come out every half a year..

[Marklar MM]

ps3 looks like a good investment where i think the ps3 should last at least 10 years, as compared investing into a 8800gtx card.....where new graphic cards come out every half a year..

I still have an old ATI Radeon 9700 TX 128mb in my computer. LOL. This is like, 6 years old.

[dougp]

ps3 looks like a good investment where i think the ps3 should last at least 10 years, as compared investing into a 8800gtx card.....where new graphic cards come out every half a year..

If you want to start comparing what you can do on a computer running Windows or Linux vs. a gaming console ... I suggest you go join this guy in line.

BTW, this was very obvious question that could be answered by the wonderful site of www.google.com

[Zunni]

ps3 looks like a good investment where i think the ps3 should last at least 10 years, as compared investing into a 8800gtx card.....where new graphic cards come out every half a year..

Um, what? No technology comes off the shelf with a ten year expected lifespan. The machine may survive, but they sure as won't be releasing any new games for it. Gaming companies usually stop after 3-4 yrs. to develop for the NEXT platform.

[baseline bum]

Um, what? No technology comes off the shelf with a ten year expected lifespan. The machine may survive, but they sure as won't be releasing any new games for it. Gaming companies usually stop after 3-4 yrs. to develop for the NEXT platform.

Um.. no. PS2 has been around 6 years, and there are still great games being released for it now... and the PS2 was never that good of hardware. Certainly not anything even approaching the jump in technology that the PS3 is over the other consoles. The PS3 should have a pretty long lifespan.

[Burn531]

Hit up your local Meijer's.

I thought about that but then remembered last year for 360 they did a raffle. So even if I went there that morning there's not a chance I get one.