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Anybody Buying a PS3 Now that the Price is Down?

Ersatz

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Sometimes the best time to buy a console is right when a new version is about to come out. It's certainly cost-effective if you don't mind being a late-adopter. Used games + used console = affordable gaming. I'm considering a PS3 for the blue-ray player and KH1.5, as well as a few other PS exclusives I want to try playing (like Heavy Rain). They're so cheap, why not?

Anyway. Anybody else thinking of being a late-adopter?
 
Sometimes the best time to buy a console is right when a new version is about to come out. It's certainly cost-effective if you don't mind being a late-adopter. Used games + used console = affordable gaming. I'm considering a PS3 for the blue-ray player and KH1.5, as well as a few other PS exclusives I want to try playing (like Heavy Rain). They're so cheap, why not?

Anyway. Anybody else thinking of being a late-adopter?

PS3 Costs the same around my neighbourhood stores, I would love to buy a ps3 for my cousin.
 
Can't say it's something I planned on doing since I currently own two PS3's already and have no need to purchase another at the moment. I guess it would make sense to purchase a console much later in it's lifetime and buying used games if you're a major single player gamer, though you would certainly miss out on quite a few titles for a while.
 
Who would buy a ps3 now when the playstation 4 is just around the corner. I already have the Ps3 so it wouldn't matter if i did buy it or not. Late adopters don't seem like a bad idea, as the price for the games would go really down and it would be cheap as heck.
 
I don't understand what the point of buying a 7th gen console now is, when 8th gen is only a few months away. Unless you're a very rare and casual gamer who has no interest in modern gaming.
 
I don't understand what the point of buying a 7th gen console now is, when 8th gen is only a few months away. Unless you're a very rare and casual gamer who has no interest in modern gaming.

I wouldn't be buying the PS4 when it first comes out, due to the price and that of the games.

So for many people the option to Buy a PS3 or even wait until the end of the year when people get their PS4, they will all be selling their PS3's very cheaply. The games are hardly anything now a days as well so you could get a pretty sweet deal.
For someone who's not had a PS3 or Xbox 360 already, getting one now is still going to pretty cool for them if they've not already had the chance to play on one.
 
That's true, but they've also had 8 years to get one. They've both been cheap the last 3-4 years.
 
Now? It's a bit late to be honest, but if you want to get an absolute bargain and have a couple of months of very cheap fun then this is definitely the best time to pick up a PS3. I've seen them go for as little as £20 in my area, but usually they reach about £40 with a bunch of games. I'd rather get a second hand one than a new one at this point, you aren't going to be using for years so it doesn't really matter as long as it lasts for the couple of months.
 
I don't understand what the point of buying a 7th gen console now is, when 8th gen is only a few months away. Unless you're a very rare and casual gamer who has no interest in modern gaming.

Im an Xbox guy. But Id like to play GOW and MLB the show. from what I can tell GOW wont even be on ps4 and I dont wanna wait till next spring for mlb 14
 
To purchase a seventh generation console right now would not be ideal, but you will indeed get it as well as a ton of accessories for much cheaper than it was a year to two years ago, not to mention the inexpensive games. Microsoft in particular is releasing two popular games free for Live Gold members every so often for their system, so is it worth it if not purely for the games? You bet it is! There are still titles being released for it as well as for the PS3. It has not run its course yet.

In fact, as I recall, the PS2 still released the odd title here and there up to two years after the PS3s official release. The same trend will occur with every system since developer studios need time to adjust to the hardware capabilities of the newest systems to get an idea of what they can do to bring better, more beautiful content than before.

The thing is, though, unless you have friends who are not getting a PS4 just yet, if you have the money saved up, it will be more worth it to purchase the latest console instead. The games will be expensive for a little while, but if you are prone to a sort of "consumer syndrome" where you wish you got to experience the latest thing instead, then it may not be in your best interest to get a seventh gen. The games are not obsolete on it at all yet, though. At least until we see what the eighth generation is capable of. This is close to seven years of technological innovation we are talking about here since the birth of the PS3, so we can all expect some brilliant things from new games.
 

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