Don't get in between kids telling you which is better. There have never been so many choices for consumers before, some of this is good and some bad. Here is a review as simple and informative as I can make it.
A yellow 400$ price tag will soon feel like a nicer green price tag. You'll get
Wi-fi support from the get go
Blu Ray playback and a plethora of other formats to play (CD-R's, DVDs, cd's, etc)
Dolby Tru HD and DTS audio support
Photo, movie and music options with good space to store all that multimedia
and much more in a nice sleek machine
Does one family need all that, if you want to but I still think the Nintendo's Wii system is still the best family console, it's made for families and the young (even the old). The Playstation 3 is the system to buy if you want to play games AS WELL AS watch hd movies with it, save photos and more but if your happy with your setup and your really thinking about the games, Wii is the choice with too many games to count for the family as well as old classics from the past (super mario bros, Tetris, etc.)
These are notable games for the family on the PS3 still however: Buzz TV Quiz, Rock Band 1 and 2, Singstar, LittleBigPlanet, plenty of sports games and hot shots gold, lego star wars and other lego games. For the older kids there's much to choose from as well but there is one con among others.
There are far more mature games on the system than any other kind, shooting games have come to be big for the console as well as more violent genre games. For the best mix of videogames I do have to say the Xbox 360 is a better choice.
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NOW outside family, say your just single guy or a small couple how is this playstation? The PS3 has great games available and many high profile projects coming down the pipe, shooters have become big, action, racing to smaller but addictive puzzle games. A very good and FREE online system is here and it CAN COMPETE well against Xbox’s live system. The Playstation 3 and it's online store have great layouts and interfaces, there are plenty of games worth going online with your buddies. Many hits on the Xbox are also on the playstation, THE DECIDING FACTOR is which games you want, if you want Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 well your going to get an Xbox especially if may other friends have that system, Playstation 3 still has God of War 3, Killzone 2, and many others.
Again if you have an HDTV and love movies even with a smaller TV you have to get this shiny machine, it's an awesome player, the controllers require no batteries and are all wireless, the machine produces very little fan noise and not one bit of heat can be felt on this thing, you get the feeling this thing can withstand bullets yet it still isn't all prodigy.
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CONS: a few things, no HD or HDMI cables are included, you can grab great hdmi cables off Amazon for very cheap, stay away from monster products. You CANT play playstation 2 games on it as of yet.
SCEA needs to make sure or however handles this needed to grab hold of exclusive games that make the difference and hold on, this system has gotten a bad rep for trying to have everything so be prepared to see one or a few games become readily available on other systems, it happened to Grand Theft Auto 4 it can happen to others. Another flaw is how the system works, it's fantastic, a great piece of technology but every game requires an initial download period where it must be saved to your hard drive, I don't know the entire explanation I just know you may have to wait (in some cases several minutes) before you can actually begin playing. There are no included headsets which has made games annoying to play, communication is key. However the headsets that are available mainly the branded official headset by Sony (which is included if you buy the soccom bundle) is wonderful. Great add ons to the Playstation 3 but you just have to go out and get it.
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BOTTOM LINES:
if your looking for a console with games for everyone in the family grab the Wii if you can, if you'd like the best mix of mature and casual games the Xbox is the choice. If you however have an HDTV and you'd like to play games along with storing multimedia the PS3 is the choice, it offers the most out of any system. The only conflict is will you want all that?
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