Would this make the PS3 much better?

May be...

ok so we all know the ps3 has a blu ray player and all, and we know it can play or at least my 60gb blu-ray,dvd, ps1 and ps2 and super audio cds and regualr cds. and we know it can rip music from cds and we can store it on our HDD but how much better would the ps3 be if it can burn cds, dvds and blu ray??? my opinion i think its would make it alot better and be soo close of being a real PC, now i dont want hear u people puttin down ps3 or xbox360 or anything just wanna hear ur opinions and what u thinnk thanks

yea i agree

as u said it is like a pc and there is always system updates that always add new things to the system that make it cooler but anyway in my opinion the 360 cant even compete with the ps3 coz the blu ray reading and we all know that blu ray is a new technology that has alot of potential that will always make ps3 the best gaming system

Why not just use a computer?



I mean of course it would be cool to have burning capability, but it's really not necessary. The music and video importing options were meant to be run through the PS3 in regard to it being the "ultimate media player" which it is. Being able to rip things contributes to this.

Being able to burn things does not.

Furthermore, the software needed to burn music and movies would be too impractical for the PS3's current hardware (as it would need to be specially made for the PS3's OS) and would likely be very expensive, meaning the system itself would cost more.



I mean, it's an awesome thought but just too impractical.

Built in? No, the price would be too high then.



Now if I could attach a burner via one of the Firewire ports, that would be cool.



Also, an external hard drive to off load and back things up to would be very cool.

Not really much better, as burning ps3 games would be illegal anyway. Almost nobody would use this feature - maybe you but not everyone - and it would make the price tag higher.