Which PS3 should I buy?
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jballou (
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October 20th, 2008
I’ve noticed that there are SEVERAL different versions of the PS3 out there. I’m wondering what the differences are- how can I tell, and which I should buy. Also- do any of them accept a normal IR remote or all they all controlled by Bluetooth remote?
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@willbrawn I already have one. No more fanboy responses please!
the early ps3s had a GF chip to play old games, more usbs and several memory card slots. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE HARD DRIVE! You can buy a “3.5 inch sata hard drive” off the net up to 1000GB (amazon is good) xbox sucks
they all accept all remotes
@allen_o – I know for a fact that most older PS3s don’t have IR receivers built in and do NOT work with any universal remotes- only the Sony Bluetooth remote. Has this changed on the newer models or are you just spewing fanboy nonsense?
Check out the PS3 wikipedia article. They have a nice chart showing which version has what and which ones you can still buy. Base your decision off of that. They have the same thing for xbox360s.
@battlemarz Ah- thank you sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
Purchase the 20GB or 60GB PS3 – those are the only ones other than the new 80GB PS3 that is backwards compatible.
I repeat – the 40GB PS3 IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE.
You can purchase the ir2bt or the ps3toothfairy to gain the IR compatibility.
Again:
20GB—hardware-based backwards compatibility, awesome
40GB—no backwards compatibility, fail
60GB—hardware-based backwards compatibility, awesome
80GB MGS4 bundle—software-based backwards compatibility, decent, read the box
80GB—no backwards compatibility, fail, read the box
ir2bt—IR compatibility
ps3toothfairy—IR compatibility
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