Thinking of buying a PS3, well I DID LOL

[wclem]

Well guys, went ahead and took the plunge, very happy, extremely happy, my damn face hurts from smilin. Got a 40gb for 200 plus HDMI cable so I cannot bitch too much on price. Got some of the suggest games and the advice was right on. Thanks guys for the opinions.

Now, anyone wanna explain to me - do you have to pay to play onilne? Not planning to but as soon as my daughter saw she said she wants to try it. Do I gotta buy PSN cards or is it all free?

Please help this dinosaur!!

[lisalover1]

Let me get this straight; you want Zelda-style adventure games, Mario-style platformers, Resident Evil-like survival horror games, and don't care about online play? Get a Wii. It has all of what you're looking for. A PS3 would be superfluous for your needs.

[kgcarini]

Nah. I don't know if you have a Wii or not, but the Wii has ALL the types of games you mentioned. It's lite on rpgs, but that is changing this year.

[kgcarini]

Let me get this straight; you want Zelda-style adventure games, Mario-style platformers, Resident Evil-like survival horror games, and don't care about online play? Get a Wii. It has all of what you're looking for. A PS3 would be superfluous for your needs.

LOL...you beat me to it by a few seconds!

[wclem]

We have a Wii and I hate it, controllers sucks and so do the games. I have never seen so much crapware in my life.

Are there none of these games yet for the PS3? PS2 and one has tons of em. See, normally I dont get into systems until way after they have been released. PS3 is still a newer console to me, very new LOL. Where is Crash, Spyro, any of these type of games? Is the entire library shoot em up war games? I went to a few local stores and this is all I can find.

When I say mario type, I really mean adventure games where the main focus isnt violence and killing. Dont get me wrong, I like violent games, but they have to have a point, not just running around. I truly enjoy a great story. I have enjoyed the story lines of RE and Silent Hill. They are done very well and do not focus entirely on hacking and slashing.

I am just trying to justify buying one, I want to have a nice high end system but dont know if this one is for me.

[wclem]

Nah. I don't know if you have a Wii or not, but the Wii has ALL the types of games you mentioned. It's lite on rpgs, but that is changing this year.

The Wii is light on just about everything, I mean Wii Bowling??? Truthfully though, I am to old for new controllers, new gimicks. That Wiimote thing drives me nuts.

edit: no offense on the bowling, just saw your sig.....

[Snickerd00dle]

ps3 had little big planet which is fun, some interesting rpgs, but for the most part, a ps3 has everything a 360 does, just less and not as good exclusive games

[wclem]

Any games like Gex, Rayman, heck have even ported Jax or Ratchet and Clank yet?

[Snickerd00dle]

Any games like Gex, Rayman, heck have even ported Jax or Ratchet and Clank yet?

there are two ratchet and clank games, and i think even a Jak game, both of the Ratchets are good, platforming is hard to get on a mainstream console because most people buy shooters, a ds might work for you?

[wclem]

Tried the DS, just cannot get into the touch screen.

Maybe things have just passed me by, shooters are just in now I guess.

By the way, I didnt even see those games when I was out looking today. I need to search internet and check em out.