Product reviews by 'nintenut'

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The GOOD version of the PS3, stupidly dropped by Sony in an attempt to cut costs. Four USB ports, a MMC reader, and the PS2's Emotion Engine built-in. PS2 games in HD? Schwing!

It still has the fault of a difficult-to-program-for processor, but as does every PS3.

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Great graphics, free online play, Blu-Ray player built-in, sleek design, and bearing one of the most recognized brands in the industry... How is this not the best console of this generation?

A luxurious price and fistsfull of boneheaded design and marketing decisions.
The processor is powerful, but is an absolute bitch to program for. It's architecture is just too different from most, many 3rd party studios don't even invest in the process of learning to program for it in an efficient way, which is why most PS3 ports are inferior to the original PC/360 games in some way... Of course, games that are programmed for it well, are more often than not great games.

At launch, in 2006, the thing was an absolute joke. The original price point of >600 USD made it an absolute no-sale for many people, coupled with a disturbing ad campaign.
Sony also decided to drop rumble from the original controllers, due to a lawsuit with the previous controllers. Rumble is considered an industry standard, just dropping it was a very dumb thing to do.
Because of this, initial support from western game developers was less than lukewarm. The shining point of this whole debacle for dedicated Playstation gamers was the ability to play PS2 games in HD, with perfect compatibility, due to the PS2's Emotion Engine being built-in to the 20 and 60GB versions of the console, and the hope that developers would tap into the console's full potential.


Fast forward three years, and we have PS3's being sold much cheaper, at a reasonable price, even, a handful of beautiful exclusive games, and a huge library of Blu-Ray movies since the fall of HD-DVD...

But, evidently, nothing can save the console from the geniuses at Sony. The Emotion Engine, and PS2 support, was completely dropped from the new series of consoles. So, now you can only get this 80GB bastardization of a great console.

If you want a PS3, and why wouldn't you, I recommend getting the good version of the console, the 60GB NTSC version with all of the features and not this Frankenstein console.

I've had mine for a year, it still works great, though some of the paint is wearing off.

The texture is nice, easy to grip without being "Sticky".
The weights are a neat feature, the plus and minus buttons control sensitivity and are a feature I use constantly. The scroll wheel is the classic rubber nub that clicks when you scroll, not that free "Wheel" bullshit that's being used now.

In response to the previous reviewer: See that indention below the forward and back buttons? That's where your thumb goes. You shouldn't have a problem with the buttons unless you have Parkinson's Disease, in which case you probably suck at using any mouse. My hands are the size of a gorilla's and I don't have that problem.

I've gone through two of these, the headphone jack dies after less than a year of constant use. This was also an issue with the 5G, which I had to have replaced on many occasions.

I hate having to put up with the Genius Bar, but had to make multiple trips just to get use out of the thing.

iTunes is a nice bit of software, stable, easy to use, but the Music Store feature is bull. I'm not paying anywhere near the price of a CD for a bunch of MP3's ripped at 256KBPS.

I've gone through two of these, the headphone jack dies after less than a year of constant use. This was also an issue with the 5G, which I had to have replaced on many occasions.

I hate having to put up with the Genius Bar, but had to make multiple trips just to get use out of the thing.

iTunes is a nice bit of software, stable, easy to use, but the Music Store feature is bull. I'm not paying anywhere near the price of a CD for a bunch of MP3's ripped at 256KBPS.

On the plus side, the iPod can hold a whole bunch of crap-quality MP3's, and a fair amount of proper rips.
I also liked the interface, fairly easy to navigate, nice organization ability.

I've gone through two of these, the headphone jack dies after less than a year of constant use. This was also an issue with the 5G, which I had to have replaced on many occasions.

I hate having to put up with the Genius Bar, but had to make multiple trips just to get use out of the thing.

iTunes is a nice bit of software, stable, easy to use, but the Music Store feature is bull. I'm not paying anywhere near the price of a CD for a bunch of MP3's ripped at 256KBPS.

On the plus side, the iPod can hold a whole bunch of crap-quality MP3's, and a fair amount of proper rips.
I also liked the interface, fairly easy to navigate, nice organization ability.

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Very nice - I've had my 80GB Zune for a little over a year now, and it's still running perfectly after months of constant use.

The Zune software is a bit clunky, but I really only use it to put music on the Zune, takes maybe ten minutes at a time.

I'd been an iPod user up until I bought my Zune, got the 5G Video iPod on launch... the headphone jack died just less than a year after that. I then had to go to the nearest Apple Store and convince the pompous douches at the "Genius" Bar that it wasn't a user error, that it couldn't take the constant use, which they wouldn't believe, because Apple products can never fail. Hours of haggling, and nudging, and putting up with the overpowering stench of patchouli. This happened with every iPod I owned.
On the third occasion, they convinced me to get a refurbished model, saying that my warranty had expired and that buying the refurb would give me a year's warranty. On the third, they convinced me to upgrade to the 6G, claiming that my warranty had expired two months prior, and that the headphone jack issue was solved in the 6G. Of course, the headphone jack still died, at which point I gave up, sold the iPod, and got my Zune.

I've yet to see how Microsoft's tech support fairs in comparison to Apple's, my Zune hasn't had a single problem yet, but, honestly, anything could beat the yearly Genius Bar trips.

A pretty neat little system, even without the media and graphical capabilities of the PSP it outdoes it by the sheer number of great games for it. Just my humble opinion, of course.

It's a tad slim for my gorilla hands, but the Niko Charger-Grip makes it very comfortable.

A very underrated console, this had some of my favorite games of the previous generation... At least pick up Smash Bros!

I freely admit, it didn't have nearly the library of games that the PS2 had, but that doesn't mean it didn't have some great ones!

At the current Gamestop price tag of 20USD, you really don't have much room to bitch.

The graphics aren't great, but they're not "Crap", as many 360/PS3 owners have told me... They aren't as good, of course, but they aren't offensive to the eye.

There aren't as many great official games for it as the 360, but combined with the Wiiware and Virtual Console libraries it at least beats the PS3's library of exclusives.

Once you can run Homebrew on it, it's one of my favorite consoles, the emulators are great! NES, SNES, Master System, Genesis, Turbografx, NeoGeo, Gameboy/Color/Advance, GameGear, and hell, PSX, N64 and Saturn emulators are in development!

It's a bit underwhelming as a video/audio player, the screen is a tad too small for me to watch for extended periods, and the battery life and storage space aren't enough for it to be a viable replacement for my Zune... The memory cards are friggin' expensive!

As a gaming device, I wouldn't recommend it as far as official software for it goes, I might like ten games on the thing, Locoroco and Disgaea being the only draw for me to pick it up in this department. The graphics are definitely impressive, though, there's potential here, but it's been around for four years, and it's catalog of great games is downright disappointing in proportion to the time it's had on the market.

Once you hack it, though... It's a pretty neat little thing.
The emulators are great, it's the best thing to play SNES and Genesis games on the go, and the only one I know of that canplay PSX. It's all I ever use mine for. However, because of it's screen resolution, Gameboy/Color/Advance game screens are a bit hard to get used to, at 1X it's too small, at 2X it goes higher than the PSP's Y resolution, and for me, 1.5X just isn't an option... Despite this, I'd recommend picking up an old Phat and a cheap Memory Stick, give it a shot.