PS3 owners, I have a question Options

[D-Man]

I know we have quite a few gamer-members on here, and I'm about to get a PS3, I wanted to know if there is a charge to get online with it, to play multi player games, ect. Is it like the x-box that requires you to subscribe to a service, or can you just plug in and go?

Also, the new GTA; is multi-player only available online?

[Supersprynt]

But if you mean go rent a game, copy it onto your HDD and return it, and then be able to play it, no you can't do that.

Why not? Is that what the drive is for? or only for "downloaded from the internets" games? Can you download PS2 titles? I'm trying to NOT buy another PS2 but my chick really want to get the new avatar game... But i cannot play a ps2 title on a new ps3, and i'm not buying a ps2 when i'm at the store for one freakn game Plus, i have a few titles from my origonal ps that i'd like to play, including breath of fire 3/4 and dragonseeds.

WTF is up with the need for massive hard drive then? It's for downloading stuff? what stuff needs to be downloaded so bad? just to save movies on?

Because what Sony is pushing is a "multimedia" console. You can put downloaded movies on it, music, you can stream videos from your computer wirelessly... The hard drive is your choice, you can get an 80 or 160. I have a 40 which is about 1/2 full right now and I wish I had a larger one for the future. Now you have plenty of room. There is downloadable content for games. Some games have expansion packs and updates...

If you buy a new PS3 - you will NOT have backwards compatibility. If you want another PS2, go on ebay and find a cheap one. Mines sitting in my closet.

If you were able to copy the games when you rent them, it would totally defeat the purpose of them selling games.

*I still have my original NES*

Examples of DLC: track packs for Guitar Hero, expansion levels & vehicles for Warhawk, characters & levels for Force Unleashed, car packs for Need for Speed....

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Dec 3, 2008 - 3:10 PM

[D-Man]

Because what Sony is pushing is a "multimedia" console. You can put downloaded movies on it, music, you can stream videos from your computer wirelessly... The hard drive is your choice, you can get an 80 or 160. I have a 40 which is about 1/2 full right now and I wish I had a larger one for the future. Now you have plenty of room. There is downloadable content for games. Some games have expansion packs and updates...

What do you find cluttering up your hard drive sprynt? Updates and expansions, or random music and pictures and crap?

Because i've had my reg x-box for several years and still haven't uploaded more than half a cd on to it I have no need for a "multimedia center" as that's what i have my computers for. (and damn, i've got like 8 and a joint TeraBite between them all )

But if there are that many updates and expansions and w/e then i'll go ahead and get the 80... IDK what it'll be used for, that's why i'm asking what you use yours for.