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PlayStation 3 Celebrates Its 4th Birthday
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The long and winding road.
Published: 12:31, 23/03/2011 by Dan Lee.
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Today sees Sony celebrate the PlayStation 3′s fourth birthday in Europe. Our beloved black box has had somewhat of a difficult journey; plagued by a launch price beyond the reach of many; wounded by an uninspiring launch line-up, and battered by early ports that paled in comparison to their Xbox 360 counterparts.
How things have changed though, and we don’t think anyone can argue against the fact that this year is the year of the PS3. Only three months in and we’ve been given LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, and MotorStorm Apocalypse. Looking further down the line sees titles such as InFamous 2, Journey, and Uncharted 3.
Happy birthday PS3; here’s to another four years!
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23/03/2011 at 12:33
Member since: Aug 2009
Wow, 4 years already! So this is the year for PS3 and we’re only just comming up to the half of the originally proposed 10 year life cycle of the machine! Can’t wait for even more PS3 goodness to come!
23/03/2011 at 12:35
Member since: Nov 2009
So much more to come too :D
23/03/2011 at 13:20
Member since: May 2009
Yeah, at lot more to come.
My 360 has been just an ornament for eons.
23/03/2011 at 12:35
Member since: Jan 2010
Hope they’ll come with an awesome PSN update to celebrate this! ^^
23/03/2011 at 13:47
Member since: Aug 2008
Nope, there’s literally nout, all filler content as I like to call it.
23/03/2011 at 12:36
Member since: Aug 2009
Doesn’t feel that long … though I guess I’m on my 4th machine too. Hope I don’t need a new one every year.
23/03/2011 at 17:19
Member since: Jun 2009
the gift that kinda keeps on giving.
23/03/2011 at 12:37
Member since: Aug 2010
Ah, we love you PS3. I would buy you cake if only it wasn’t a lie…
23/03/2011 at 12:40
Member since: May 2010
did this comment make anyone else shudder or was it just me?, SO sick of that phrase!
23/03/2011 at 12:57
Member since: Sep 2010
At least you probably don’t work with a guy that has the Tshirt.
23/03/2011 at 13:15
Member since: Aug 2008
The big irony of course being that the cake was, in fact, real
23/03/2011 at 12:41
Member since: Aug 2008
Um, 2007 called. It wants its meme back
23/03/2011 at 16:10
Member since: Jul 2009
My mate attended someone’s birthday recently and it had “The Cake Is a Lie” iced across the top. My mate was the only one not clapping or singing happy birthday. To be fair, he’d self-induced an out-of-body experience and was probably in his happy place when troubled times (like this) happen.
23/03/2011 at 12:57
Member since: Apr 2010
Frankie says Relax.
23/03/2011 at 12:38
Member since: Sep 2009
I’d appreciate this moment a lot more if both of my PS3‘s would actually work. :(
But anyway,
Happy Birthday PlayStation® 3!!!
23/03/2011 at 12:42
Member since: Dec 2008
maybe there’ll be something cool on the PSN Store update today.
I DEMAND FREE MONEY!!!
23/03/2011 at 16:10
Member since: Jul 2009
It’s the PS3′s birthday. Not yours! :-)
23/03/2011 at 12:42
Member since: Aug 2008
My actual console is also 4 then. I am still on my launch day machine. Woop
23/03/2011 at 13:47
Member since: Jul 2009
I’m on launch day 60gigger number three. Saying that, the last one has been wrapped in it’s enviromentally friendly bag for about 16 months now as I use a PS3 slim instead. I hear CP 60giggers are rare beasts nowadays, perhaps sony would like to buy it back off me.
23/03/2011 at 12:42
Member since: Nov 2008
I’m sure every year someone says “This year is the year of the PS3″ and it never quite is. Still maybe this time it could be true.
23/03/2011 at 12:44
Member since: Aug 2008
Cripes, I still remember skiving off from a day of lectures at Uni and buying my PS3 day of release, just to play Resistance and Motorstorm. For added fun, I drew the money out in cash just to get a reaction out of the people in Argos. *Sigh* good times. But you are definately right, the first 2 years of being a PS3 owner were, for lack of a better term, shite. Much better now though :)