Resistance: Fall of Man
5. A Game
Unlike the Wii, the PS3 ships without a game in the box (though initial shipments of the console include the Will Ferrell movie Talladega Nights on Blu-ray). As mentioned above, most of your old PS2 games should work just fine, but to see the new console pumping pixels at […]
PS2 memory card adaptor
Despite reports of some incompatibilities, the PlayStation 3 is designed to play nearly all of the past PS2 and even original PlayStation games right out of the box. And unlike the Nintendo Wii, you won’t need your old controllers or memory cards–the PS3 controller will work fine with the old games, and […]
Belkin Wireless Pre-N router
3. Home router (wired or wireless)
With the PS3, Sony will be debuting a massive online infrastructure that will allow users to play games head-to-head, download demos, access exclusive multimedia content and communicate with fellow gamers. And unlike Microsoft’s Xbox Live, Sony is pledging that basic online game play will be free of […]
HDMI cable
Sony has touted the PS3’s high-definition pedigree at every turn, so it’s rather ironic that the company ships both versions of the PS3 with just a composite A/V cable–which can’t deliver any high-def resolutions, let alone the vaunted best-in-class 1080p. To see the games and Blu-ray movies in HD (and we’re assuming you have […]
1. Extra controllers
The PS3 supports up to seven wireless controllers, but two to four is still the standard for most multiplayer games. Since the console ships with just a single controller, you’ll need to pick up at least one more if you want to go head-to-head on launch titles like Resistance: Fall of Man, Madden […]