# Buying a PS3, what do I need to get started?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ps3-what-do-i-need-to-get-started/579351>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 22, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ps3-what-do-i-need-to-get-started/579351 "2011-04-22T13:32:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ps3-what-do-i-need-to-get-started/579351/21 "2011-04-26T23:54:41Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Psst…post 13.

Uhm, “PSN was down this weekend” is NOT the same as “PSN may be down for another week, and oh, all your personal information has been hacked”.

I saw Post 13, which is why I posted this here at all.

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