How pretty! PS3 packaging makes for an early holiday
by Nick Doerr 
{ Sep 21st 2006 at 3:30PM }
Look! Look! Wow! Come this holiday season, a lucky 500,000 people worldwide will be ripping open one of these boxes. Aren't they neat? Even though only the 20GB model boxes are shown, there probably won't be any difference between these and the 60GB models. Unless they decide to coat the entire box in silver. Which, while cool, would be pretty impractical. Look at them handling the PS3's with such care (sarcasm? You decide)! This actually brings up a fun contest for all the Sony fanboys out there...So, a certain someone who writes for this website (here's a hint: not Ed! Who could it be?) is going out to preorder his Playstation 3 when he goes to pick up his preordered copy of Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. But he's kindly decided to let the fanboys dictate how he plays! He's going the 60GB route, but everything else is up for grabs -- accessories, games, etc. You tell us what he should get. Mostly because he's indecisive and has a lot of PS2 games he wants to play well into next year. Give us a rundown of your ideas as to how this guy should experience the Playstation 3!
[Thanks, MaHe!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Too much Hype @ Sep 21st 2006 4:06PM
Wow. Dead in here. Everyone must be at work or something.
Any news on accessories besides the hdmi cable?
Also, you should try to cure cancer, but that is really just a download.
So, my answer would be hdmi cable, Resistance:Fall of Man, an extended warranty and a paid day off from work to fully commit to the PS3 experience.
Colin @ Sep 21st 2006 5:28PM
Don't pick up an HDMI cable. It is not needed for 1080p videogames or 1080p bluray playback. Sometime in the future, they may implement the DRM HDMI lockdown, but they've announced they won't for at least 5-6 years. So no rush.
And HDMI is just not needed. I have a 50" 1080p DLP and have switched back and forth from HDMI to component, trying to desperatly see a difference in quality and I couldn't see a damn thing.
Game wise, you know you hae to pick up R:FoM. Heavenly sword also looks great, and honestly I'm getting stoked for the Untold Legends game. Starting to finally get a nice level of graphical polish. Gotta see what the rest of the launch is before I add anymore.
Accessories, get the new eye toy for sure. That looks hella cool. Also pick up another controller or two for some co-op on Resistence and UL.
And finally... where are you preordering it? I can't find any place that will. :(
-Colin
Too much Hype @ Sep 21st 2006 4:39PM
Colin,
Only reason I said to get the HDMI cable was because all there is in the PS3 box is the same AV cable that came with the PS2. You will definitely see a difference between that and the HDMI cable. I definitely saw a difference between when I had the normal AV cables connecnted and when I had the component cables connected. There might not be (much of) a difference between the component and the HDMI, though.
Colin @ Sep 21st 2006 5:32PM
Oh, well thats definitely true. Sorry, kneejerk reaction to all the people that said Sony not including an HDMI cable was an evil move to screw us out of more money and deny us a 1080p experience.
Definitely ditch the normal composite/svideo cables!
chillski @ Sep 21st 2006 6:04PM
Yeah I just want to know a reliable place that has started taking pre-orders. I know this subject has been covered to death but what the crap it is less than two months to release and still NO OFFICAL pre-orders yet??? sony toyed with our emotions enough already, on with the pre-orders!!!!
I'm sick of all these pre-pre-order places that are probably just rip-offs anyway. I just hope when they do start "offically" taking pre-orders that this website will keep us well informed about it !