Typical price: £300
What is it: Next-generation games console with integrated Blu-ray player
What we think: The new PS3 is significantly cheaper, with only a slightly smaller hard drive, the loss of the card reader and PS2 backwards compatibility
Average user rating
7.7
very good
Average user rating from 10 users
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Sony PlayStation 3 (40GB) user reviews
August 8, 2008
Posted by: Lemon_Toast
"Fundamentally flawed"
What I like:
the modern look of the system
What I don't like:
Not being able to play PS2 games on it , price
Review:
there are some peaks to the product .. but overall i can see mainly flaws..
from the price for the system
the price of the games - though granted that games average from £19.99 - £40 .
the inability to play PS2 games,
check out the PSP or go for a xbox
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