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*First a public announcement* We’d like to post this message now for all the PlayStation 3 owners that are already over and done with, with the console: Please send us your disappointment since you hate it so much. We’ll be more than happy to take it off your hands since it sucks so hard for you. *Announcement over*
OK, moving along. It seems that Ars Technica is joining the PS3-hate parade lately with their lengthy (and I mean lengthy) review of Sony’s mean machine. Here’s their conclusion wrapped nicely in bullet points:
The Good:
- The hardware looks great, and runs nearly silently and very cool
- Wireless controller is light and feels great
- Great-looking Blu-ray movie playback
- Price is low for a Bluy-ray player
- A lot of multimedia options
- Solid backwards compatibility
The Bad:
- Terrible online store
- Slow, unintuitive browser
- No background downloading
- Games continue to play even if you eject the disc; you have to manually restart the UI via the controller
- Messy UI
- HD scaler doesn’t work right
- Price is high for a video game console
- No rumble, controller loses sync with system sometimes; little game support for motion-sensing features
- Uninspired launch lineup
The Ugly:
- Knowing that no one is actually playing this thing, every system is waiting in a box somewhere for the eBay profit
Thoughts? Agree, disagree? Would you like to unload your PS3 on us?
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Published: Nov 21, 2006 05:36 pm