[PS3] Plan on owning a PS3?

I'd like one, for new games as well as to upgrade from my current PS2 that's having trouble reading certain DVDs and games. Of course, that puts me on the spot if it turns out HD DVD wins in the format war.

I've also heard bad things about the backwards compatibility not using any kind of filtering, so everything comes out looking jaggy. This was the link someone at cheapassgamer referred me to, but there's no real way to know if it's a true representation. Based on some screenshots I've seen, though, things aren't looking good, at least for the PS2 gen games.

If some of you are considering one right now, gamestop is running a promo to trade in your PS2 with a controller and memory card to get $100 off the PS3. You can use a coupon they have running right now as well as an edge card to get an extra $20 in trade-in value. I considered it, but I'll probably wuss out until I see a price drop.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Karasu

I was just watching that vid, and I must say its disappointing to see that. However, someone commented in the video saying the firmware update took that jagged edge thing away, so now they look normal. That's good then .

Looks like you're exactly right. IGN reported on it, and has a video available for people to see the differences between original PS2, 1.1 firmware PS3, and 1.5 firmware PS3.

Encouraging, to say the least, but still distressing that it went to store shelves the way it was. It could just be a matter of people who were working on the problem in the meantime, but it certainly didn't help their corporate image, either.

There's nowhere I can't reach.