There's another shop that does rental near them, and slightly cheaper, just go further down.

Btw. You can't install to the hd. You will still require the disc even after it installs some of the game files to the hd. There is no way to bypass that. That said, only downloadable content do not require a disc (obviously hehe).

My opinion would be that if you were to rent from that guy, rent a singleplayer game that you think you'd only play through once or twice within the alloted rental time. $50rm for a single player experience is enough to justify the price if you played the heck out of it and didn't want to play it again. I would only bother paying for something that has both singleplayer+multiplayer (coop/mp) aspect to it, which increases the longevity and freshness of the game over time and would be worth it, possibly something that you can purchase/add extra downloadable content for too.

As for getting a ps3, I would advise getting it in KL, the prices are way better than here. Games too (140 and above). Beware however, if the model is an hk version, and if something were to happen to it e.g. fried ethernet port, then you won't be able to get it fixed in *ANY* Sony repair center in Malaysia/Singapore. You'll have to actually bring it to hk (they do not accept packages). Or, if you're lucky it's still under warranty or the shop you bought it from is willing to help. I hope that helped.

PS - (random tip) for those of you who have your ps3 networked with your pc/laptop, you should save the space on your ps3 harddrive for gamedata and use a media server like twonky media to play files from your pc/laptop over the network (pics/mp3/movies) as this will also be a very good idea in case your ps3 hd dies on you although not absolutely necessary if you plan to use an external drive with your ps3 (but it does save you from losing anything). Also, the 118.101.*.* is fast for downloading anything from the psn store. You can also use ps3 proxy programs and use a download manager on your pc to speed up the downloads from there (for patches/demos/etc). If you have any questions I'll be glad to answer them as best I can.

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 20 2009, 01:07 PM

You can always buy Socom: confrontations from the psn store, way cheaper, about 100rm (but of course you miss out on the physical media).

Unfortunately unlike other psn games, you cannot share socom:confrontations. I mean, yes, you can share the copy between 5 other people, but no one can play within 24 hours of the last person who logged in with it (with exception of the master account who bought it), which basically renders sharing games like socom:confrontations and warhawk useless (because they use the same activation crap unfortunately). So far those are the only two games I've come across that do this (I read the disclaimers about activations before even considering a purchase). It's kind of sad but what to do
You aren't missing out on much though because that game is hard to connect to and even with the recent update on Jan 13th it's still buggy and laggy as hell hehe but it's a damn kickass game when it works right.

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Added on January 21, 2009, 6:34 pmTechnically yes, if it is games from the psn store (downloaded games). You could probably find a cheaper ps3, which model is it and what region?

Do not believe anyone who tells you otherwise about running ps3 games (without the bluray disc) on the ps3 (they are most likely referring to downloaded games - so technically they aren't lying, but they aren't telling the full truth either). Although right now there is a usbadvance loader for ps3 to run ps2 backups from the ps3 hdd (currently only working for Japanese 60gig ps3).

PS - do not update to 2.60 firmware yet, wait at least 2 weeks or so (this should be the usual practice between any new firmware update) to see whether it bricks anyones ps3 first. I'm convinced they got this firmware up quickly since the 2.53 update bricked quite a few 60gig and other model ps3's (reminiscent of the botched 2.4x firmware update).

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 21 2009, 06:43 PM

All I can say is, no matter how convincing the guy sounds about this "modification", do not believe him. Sales people are notorious for this, they will dangle the carrot in front of you and go that extra length to hook you in. They are only concerned with making sales. Of course I cannot convince you otherwise. There are no isoloaders for ps3. Perhaps on the debug versions yes but definitely not out there for any retail versions yet. There is alot that needs to be considered to run a ps3 bluray iso, namely firmware hacks (although not always necessary). Bluray backups are possible, but running them off hd is another thing (the bd backup method no longer works in newer firmwares if I am not mistaken as well). It sounds dodgy to me, especially when he says "his friend". I'm curious, is this a shop from Sungai Wang by any chance?

Depends which game you are talking about. For example a game like Socom:confrontations is about a 2gig+ download, and installed prolly somewhere between 2-4, I can't remember I will have to check my ps3. Were you referring to psn store downloaded games?

PS - yes, there are bd iso's floating around and also .pkg files, but this is only for that 1 rainy day that if by any chance an isoloader/custom firmware comes out.

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 21 2009, 07:55 PM

Well, 1 bluray is like 45gigs, however the data on them is actually probably about the size of a single or dual layered dvd. I currently have the 40gig, but I'll be getting an 80 in a few months.

I play mgo :> I also play cod4, resistance2 and socom:confrontations hehe. I sometimes wonder how all these games do their matching. I wish they would first do level checks and then after that check everyones ping time (and match those with lowest ping times between each other), and choose the person with the highest upload bandwidth to host. I just hate getting put into a laggy host when I do automatching hehe, not to mention the balancing of levels between teams seem unbalanced (for instance in games like cod4 - are they balancing via averages or totals in terms of player levels?). I was playing on the normal servers in mgo with no restrictions but it was filled with beginners. However when I went into one of the beginner places it was full of good players lol, so backwards. Hmm, the usual pingtimes I get with people from sabah are around 40ms and with the west side I get around 70-80ms but you definitely won't feel any lag when playing with people from either side. Today I was getting horrific speed from singapore side though, don't know if that has anything to do with streamyx maintenance that is supposed to be over by the 23rd.

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Added on January 21, 2009, 8:35 pmLol. The worse part of that is making konami id. I hate that part so much.Had to do the same thing for my friends pes2k9. I tried signing up for a japan one, but it just didn't like my game id, so I stuck with a singapore one instead.

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 21 2009, 08:36 PM

Here are my thoughts:
MGS4
If you are an mgs fan then definitely mgs4. The singleplayer is all pretty and stuff, I don't mind the long cutscenes either. The multiplayer is quite nice too, quite a few modes but you only get to make one char, after that you have to purchase another character slot (which sucks). There are also ingame freebie extras like music and downloads for extra octo camouflage. Also, when you create your character you can't change his looks etc until after 1 week. If you want female chars I think you will have to purchase the gene upgrade. Something like that anyway. I've not really had problems with connecting to multiplayer games in mgo, but I did have issues hosting. I think that this was due to the fact that I was NAT3 at the time. I do have a theory though - I don't think mgo actually checks the traffic to see whether you are connectable or not to host, it just checks the NAT config status of your ps3 (it doesn't check to see if it actually works), because I was able to host other games fine and also send/receive voice communication without problems (I was NAT3 with ip fragmentation, although I did have the ports forwarded). I did fix the problem however by putting myself as NAT2 which I shouldn't have had to. In any case, this was the only game that had issues for creating/hosting games. So if you plan on hosting, this may be an issue if you are not NAT2.
Resistance2
Resistance 2 singleplayer leaves alot to be desired, but that is just my opinion. I wouldn't call Resistance 2 graphically intense - to me some textures were just downright disappointing (yeah, and what's up with all the 95'ish looking bodyparts when you blow something up, not to mention the silly looking blood splatter). Graphical stuff and stupid ai aside, I did get one other bug which happened after a multiplayer offline match ended, and the screen pops up with the main character in the background holding no gun heh (and then my ps3 freezes). Now for multiplayer aspects like coop and multiplayer [skirmish/deathmatch/team deathmatch], I can say that it was thoroughly enjoyable. Sometimes it is hard to actually get connected, but in most cases you shouldn't have a problem. Coop is awesome, I rarely meet players who don't watch your back, and spec ops and medics do what they are supposed to do, although there is always people who love to stand in front of your gun lol. With all the stuff that happens around you though it's hard to see what is going on, just shoot whenever your reticule turns red. I like levelling up and unlocking stuff when you play coop. I think resistance2 really shines in multiplayer rather than single player.

So hmm, which to choose? I'm torn on this one, but I'm just going to shoot myself in the foot and say Resistance 2 even though I really love mgs4.

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Added on January 21, 2009, 9:04 pmI'm in luyang :> and I shall add you right now hehe, brb

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 21 2009, 09:06 PM

Hey kernkraft400, have you ever had a problem with Wipeout HD hanging/freezing by any chance? It happens to me sometimes when I join a game, right after I select my ship. I do not know whether this is related to poor server connections, but then I have to reboot my ps3. The only thing I can think of why this happens is when I have poor connections to the gameservers and it is timing out, but I have no idea why it would freeze.

http atau torrent? it's around 300+ megs (the initial update to 1.20), so tengok speed diorang punya server. When I used the 118.101.*.* ip the transfer did not take long, not more than 2 hours that's for sure. I had to do it twice though, one for the demo when I had it, and 1 more time when I bought the game.

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 21 2009, 10:06 PM

Yeah not online right now cos it's raining lol. My area gets lightning strikes and power outages often so I don't want to risk it. I am only able to get these ranges at the moment: 118.100, 118.101, 115, 124.13, 124.82

PS - gah, I hope no one's ps3 got messed up just then with all the crazy lightning and thunder and all. Haven't seen it do that in a while, felt like it hit right next to my house. Just so you know, power surge protectors and power regulators are not enough hehe. Trust me on that one. Make sure if your ps3 is using wired network to also pull the ethernet cable out even if your ps3 is off or you can say byebye to the network port.

Oh, and about the wipeout hd issue, they just released 1.26 update like an hour or two ago, I guess they might have been aware of that issue maybe. I hope it's fixed

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 22 2009, 04:21 AM

Yep.

A word of warning about voltage regulators and power surge protectors - they don't always work 100%. Had a friend who had his ps3 and pc setup behind a voltage regulator and power surge protector and he still ended with a few fried components on both. Just be careful even with those things, and make sure you even unplug your network cable from your ps3 when you aren't using it (if you are wired) cos you can still fry your ps3's ethernet port even when it's not on. Also make sure the surge protector is the last link that you plug your ps3 or whatever into.

I know you aren't being rude, but I am just bringing up the fact that it isn't a 100% guarantee that your equipment will be 100% safe. Like I always say, it's better to be safe.
I do not know which brand my friend was using at the time, but I do know some people who have used belkin surge protectors who have been affected as well.

PS - I'll ask my friend later

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 23 2009, 09:58 AM

I'm usually on in the dead of the night :> anywhere from 9pm (more likely 11pm) and onwards, latest until around 5am maybe if I was in a good game, but if I'm not on the ps3 then I'm most likely to be on my pc

Mgs4,cod4,gta4,socom,fightnight3,ghostreconadvancedwarfighter2,rockband,singstar,heavenlysword,resistance2,unchartered,wipeouthd,crashcommandos, and i can't remember the others

street fighter and tekken I don't have :\ I would like to have them though haha. Are those downloadable from the store? I wanna get soul calibur as well but i have to buy it from the shop

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 23 2009, 01:03 PM

From kl, but I am considering rentals for singleplayer games if I am desperate enough hehe.
Argh bloody hell, can't play again at the moment, I just heard thunder

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jan 23 2009, 01:09 PM

Yeah, just gotta find a cheaper negotiable price and then it'll be all good. Imagine 15-20rm for a month hehe. Now I would love that. Hell I wouldn't mind 25 for 3 weeks.

They sure are making a killing on us ps3 people.