Playstation?

[bobAlike]

My lad wants to spend some of his savings on a Playstation console and not being a gamer I havent a clue what/which version he needs to get.

TIA

[Graham C]

PlayStation 3 is the latest one.  PS4 is rumoured to be this year but it could be a few months/towards the end of the year yet.  PS3 prices should fall when it comes out.

FWIW, it's a great device.  Doubles up as a Blu ray player, can play 3D movies, stream from a pc, download movies from the net (PPV), use the BBC iPlayer, ITV player, 4OD and a couple of others.  I used mine all the time and I can't remember the last time I played a game on it!   If you can get him to keep it in the main tv room, get the remote controller for it and you'll be well away.

[Graham C]

Just looking at the hard drives, bit like iPads, how much space do you want?  Sainsburys do a 12gb one but I think that's pretty skinny when you consider that you can get a 500gb one.  I think mines 40gb but I've never filled it. I'm pretty good at space management on it though, I don't keep anything on there.  I imagine a few games being stored and it will fill up quickly enough

[mondatoo]

PS4 sounds very impressive from what I read and also very reasonably priced if it is that good.

[Graham C]

Has the pricing been announced? I heard it was close to £400 but that was only a rumour.  Seems expensive for a console to me.

[mondatoo]

Has the pricing been announced? I heard it was close to £400 but that was only a rumour.  Seems expensive for a console to me.

I thought it said £300, the review I read said it would be more powerful than a top spec desktop PC, seems unlikely but if true then it's a bargain even at £400.

PS Pretty sure I read it in The S*N so confirmed garbage.

[Graham C]

Sweet.  Don't think I'll rush and buy one but if my PS3 ever conks out I could be tempted.  I think there's a Sony PS4 event on the 20thish, should reveal more.

[the sicilian]

Can't go wrong with ps3 IMO.....

[bobAlike]

Why do you need the storage? There seems to be a big disparity between 20 and 500 GB.

[Graham C]

Downloads, saved games etc. You can have photo galleries and your own family movies etc on it, it's an impressive bit of kit really.

[bobAlike]

Ok say he doesn't need photo galleries and home made vids and lets say he'll just play the standard COD, Footy Games and Gran Turismo. We've got a decent home set up WRT tv, media centre, NAS box and Xbox so would a small ball GB be good enough?

[Graham C]

It's hard to say, better to have and not need than need and not have.  Go for a 40gb one or something. 500gb is probably overkill. 12 may well be enough, but you never know.

[bobAlike]

Ok, will go for a 40GB thanks for all your help.

[pokerfan]

The super slim has a clunky manual disk tray, get a slim.

[bobAlike]

The super slim has a clunky manual disk tray, get a slim.

Cheers, will look at it.