Topic: Nintendo Life Playstation 3 Fan Thread

I already saw an entire Let's Play of 3 so...

But the general opinion is that 4 is way better and I'd probably agree.

I would go with Saints Row IV because it's better.

Aaaand 4 is on sale everywhere. Just picked it up on PSN for $15. I think the heavens are calling.

So I'd like to get a ps3 to make up for the game drought on my nintendo systems. Where is the best and cheapest place to buy them, preferably used? How much can I expect to pay? Anything is an option. (on East Coast of USA)
edit: I do have a nice local store that offers better service than gamestop, but I haven't checked the prices there.

The lowest you can expect to pay for a decent used console is about $150, but I suspect we'll be seeing sales and stuff towards the end of the year if you can wait. If you can't wait, see if you can find a store with:

1) A decent warranty for a decent price. Especially if its an older model. Don't overpay for it, though. >$15 for over a year sounds ideal. If you have a Gamestop Pro card, it might be worth investing your points in a free warranty. They're usually not that expensive.
2) A decent return policy, especially if its used. A warranty might help with that, but it's still good to know you can return any console that busts on you quick regardless.
3) A good deal. Maybe they're having a sale? A trade-in deal? Maybe they're offering deals on games?
4) If it's online, does it have free shipping?

Honestly, at the moment I can't find many deals.

Any online places where I could get a few deals? Besides gamestop?

Walmart has a special, $300 for a console with your choice of 3 games. And you can get a PS3 bundle as a choice, so it'd be 4 games: http://www.walmart.com/ip/PS3-500GB-Super-Value-Console-Bundl...

That's the best I could find...

That selection of games is miserable. I guess I'll wait.

@Maelstrom I picked mine up last year for $200 with TLOU and Arkham Origins, so I would wait for a better deal.

@CanisWolfred How are you liking Saints Row IV? Would it scratch the open-world itch for someone who wants a mix between GTA and Infamous?

@Maelstrom - If you can't wait until Black Friday, you might want to look around every month or so or at least keep an eye out. PS3 deals have been getting much more common lately, and with the PS4's momentum, I'm pretty sure soon they'll be wanting to reduce their stock as quick as possible. Speaking of which, if you are serious about getting a PS3, you might want to see if there are a few extremely good deals on games you want that might get hard to find soon. The latest Atelier games, for instance seem to be below $30, and they get rare really quick.

@Oddy - I'm gonna start that up soon. I should warn I haven't been a big fan of GTA or Infamous, but the most recent entries have been/seem to be really fun. I'm in it with SR4 mostly for the silliness and the tools at your disposal. My favorite Open World games are Crackdown, Just Cause 2, Spider-Man 2, and Retro City Rampage because of they're so conducive to messing around and I'm hoping this one will be more like those. (I'd probably like Arkham City and AC4 too when I finally get around to them)

@caniswolfred That good?

For anyone who has Rayman Legends, can you change the run button from R2 to R1? I tried the demo, but it would not allow control changes.

Atelier or Saints Row 4? I never liked Atelier, but I hear its good if you're into them. Saints Row 4 has been a slow burn thus far, its a bit more story focused than I thought it would be, but it's been a decently entertaining romp so far.

Netflix wasn't working when I first got on tonight, so I decided to boot up InFamous.

First I played one of those side missions where you have to escort prisoners to prison, then I played a main mission where I had to fight through a shipyard to save Zeke.

Good time, never knew why I stopped playing it in the first place.

Thinking about getting Sleeping Dogs... Don't really play many open world games, so how is it? I hear its really good.

Sure enough, I've gotten back into InFamous after my little dabble the other day! Played through a couple of missions the past few days.

First was an annoying escort mission, where I had to ride on top of and protect a bus, from an insane assult (I got through it after a few failures, but even after smashing everything in my sight with the megawatt hamer, there were still enemies EVERYWHERE). It ended out with a part where you had to save someone stranded on the top of a building swarming with enemies (which isn't too bad if you ignore the mass of foes on the ground, and just climb up another building and simply glide over to the person you have to save).

Today I played a mission where I had to ransack an enemy camp, which ended up with a boss fight against a metal golem thing.

I've finally started getting into Tokyo Jungle over the last week, after snagging it for a dollar a couple months ago. I'm having a good deal of fun, but I just can't seem to survive past the 43/44-year mark(s). Between the air pollution and the more frequent appearances of much more powerful animals, the game seems to have a fairly massive difficulty spike around year 40 or so.

I'm also having fun with Tales of Xillia. It doesn't reinvent the Tales wheel or anything, but after spending the previous months mostly playing The Last of Us, Mass Effect 1-3, Yakuza 3, MGS1-4 and Red Dead Redemption (all of which I quite liked, to varying degrees), it has made for a rather refreshing change of pace.

I also got Tokyo Jungle for 0.99, played a bit and enjoyed myself but need to get back to it... it was an awesome value for 0.99

Strider has been discounted in my region (8 euro I think it is now) - wondering if it's worth it...?

I finished my replay of Uncharted 2 on hard. Great game, great game. Truly a masterpiece. The end boss battle was so good. I did it without dying, so it was really intense and not dying gave it a real sense of tension. Man, when those grenades start flying. I've started on a replay of Uncharted 3 on hard too. Even better than I remembered it being. The improved melee in fantastic and I love how the environment around is used in the combat, and the set pieces are more frequent and even better.