PS3 Or X360 ?

[Drew]

If you can only get one:

Xbox 360

Most cross-plat titles are superior, way better online service.

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If you can, get both, though. Some neat stuff on the PS3.

[shabutie]

If you can only get one:

Xbox 360

Most cross-plat titles are superior, way better online service.

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If you can, get both, though. Some neat stuff on the PS3.

haha! Wooo! Backup! XD

[Lucerin Red]

lol,
thanks guys ...

anyone can give me a reason
why should i buy an XboX360 ?

( just to listen to the other side of the story )

exclusive games, the online experience is great i heard, tho' ps3 is catching up. oh, and you pay 50 dollars for their online on the xbox, but PSN is free.

uh .... i think just exclusive games really. i dun have any experience with it, nor ever will.

I have both, and to be honest I'd pick the 360.

I also recently got one (was questioning myself the same: XBOX or PS3), because:
- It has HD 1080p output;
- It has a pretty large hard drive (120GB or 250GB), so you can store your music, (especially Full HD and 720p) movies and photo's to make your PS3 your media centre;
- With the digital audio output it supports 7.1 surround sound;
- It plays Blu-Ray discs;
- Better games, also better network experience;

Both have 1080p and 120/250 GB HDDs. Network experience isn't even comparable. Microsoft has it down a lot better than Sony. The only network benefit is that the PS3 includes a wireless card. Sure, Xbox Live costs, but you can get it for a lot cheaper than $50 if you look for deals. I've never paid more than $20/year. And you get a lot of benefits besides getting to use the better online system, you also get exclusive demos and videos and weekly discounts on various digital content releases. I've saved far more money on discounts than Xbox Live costs me per year. Bluray is nice but I don't ever use it, especially since Netflix increased the price to $4 extra/month. And I have a 50" Plasma. I'd like to use it but it just costs too much for rentals and purchases. Also I consider the 360 controller to be significantly better. It's much more comforting and conforming to your hands and the triggers work a lot better.

But specs aside, the most important thing for a gaming system is games. and I own a ton more for the 360 than I do the PS3. 59 vs 13.

To be honest, the only reason the 360 doesn't have ridiculously more sales than the PS3 is the Wii. A lot more casual players would have bought the 360 instead of a Wii and the numbers would not even be close.

[shabutie]

(EDIT: Nice little writeup there Lucerin)


Also, I forgot to mention with the 360...


I don't know if the PS3 can do it, but I got my 360 hooked up to my comp so I can stream movies/music from it.  Which is a nice little feature.  Only problem is it only streams .avi and .mpeg4 files (no .mkv ) but still, better than nothing ^_^

[fohfoh]

I think some of you guys are mixing somethings up. ONLY FIRST GENERATION PS3 ARE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH PS2 GAMES. Second generation up till the slim are NOT backwards compatible with the PS2 games.

I semi agree with Lucerinred and I don't agree with the reasons of shabutie, but I'll give a little feedback for the xbox360 side.

Anyone with both consoles atm will easily say they have more games for the xbox360. It just worked better that way in the earlier days. Games were less buggy on the xbox360 side, there were the "awesome" exclusives (GOW and Halo) which spurred on lots of the console sales. SO if you had it earlier, it would have been way better to go that way.

However, technology goes fast. PS3 was ahead of its time several years ago. Times have caught up.

If you're going for ALL new stuff when you grab your console, I'd suggest the PS3. It's got a very nice lineup coming up and blu rays might take a bigger role in the near future.

However, if you want to "catch up" and play all the best and greatest that were and was released, I'd go for the xbox 360.

EDIT: Shabutie: I'm pretty sure the PS3 has something similar, though maybe not as well known as the winamp remote thing.

[shabutie]

and I don't agree with the reasons of shabutie

That's good ^_^  (Hell, I barely agree with myself)

It's been a while since I actually enjoyed playing my 360 (Can only play CoD4 for so much before it gets really old).  But come Tuesday, I'll be promoting it again .  Yay for games I actually want to play coming out!

EDIT: Shabutie: I'm pretty sure the PS3 has something similar, though maybe not as well known as the winamp remote thing.

winamp remote thing?

[Lucerin Red]

If you're going for ALL new stuff when you grab your console, I'd suggest the PS3. It's got a very nice lineup coming up and blu rays might take a bigger role in the near future.

They've been saying that since the beginning. Market analysts where saying that the PS3 would easily pass the wii and 360 within 2 years of it's launch, but so far it's not done shit. There is a lot of great content coming forward for both systems equally I would say. Exclusives are dying down for both systems and it's going to continue to do so. Exclusivity doesn't make much sense from a developers perspective when the specs are so similar for the systems


And Yes you can do media streaming for both systems.

[sdedalus83]

Streaming is probably a bit easier to get set up with the 360, but the easy way only gives very limited format support.

There are programs which allow you to stream pretty much anything to either system, although it's a bit more difficult and you'll need a relatively beastly PC and a hardwired network.

The cost of a BC PS3 is going to be quite a bit higher than that of a new slim, probably higher than that of a new slim and a new slim PS2.

[kyanwan]

Lone standing up for 360?

Let me describe our entertainment area here:

- 3 PCs rigged up for gaming.
- Xbox 360.
- PS3
- Wii

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Wii - I don't need to say a word about Wii.

Xbox 360 -
- Superior online service, Xbox Live can not be matched, by anything.
- Excellent online play & round matching
- Consistent online play with all titles ( reliability & round matching wise )
- Excellent game selection
- The controller is nice, took a little getting used-to, but I like it after a while.   ( Battery life is good too )
- Load times are good.
- Natal is coming.
- OH!   Nearly forgot the streaming.   It sets right up with WMP10 - very easy to do - and you can watch *anything* that your WMP can play - right on your xbox.   Yes, it is VERY NICE.   I d/l episodes of ( insert show ) and watch them on the big screen using the 360.   Yes, you can watch your anime eps too.   If WMP can play it, it streams to the 360.

MS has surprisingly - done a lot of things right.   How they did this - I don't know.   I wish they could pull off a windows version that was as well done and planned out as 360.  

PS3 -
- Same games as 360
- Very little exclusive content to warrant purchase
- The controller ... well ... the same since PS1.   It's a good classic controller.  I still like the feel.  The battery life ... is anus though.
- Online service SUCKS
- Load times are a rotten spewing asshole with hemorrhoids.  Seriously, the load times on xbox are 1/20th of what they are on PS3.   PS3 has the WORST load times I've ever seen.  EVER.     I have never seen load times this bad since 1X CD-ROM.   Just this makes PS3 unbearable to me.
( Now that I see it, ok - I did think the graphics are good.  MGS4 - is a severe disappointment imo.   I liked portable ops better.   Killzone 2 - one of the few, few exclusives - is great.   Plus, there's that sotc thing coming out ... if you liked sotc ... and GoW - is something I will buy - but - is it really worth the exclusives?  If the price is low enough, yes - kinda.   It now, is. )
- Need to register per-player for multiplayer
- Dropped & spotty servers / publisher-supported multiplayer games / very inconsistent online play experience

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Current gen RPGs don't interest me.   I like multiplayer.   

So - of you're the kind of guy who likes to play with himself, ps3.   ( For the record:  I'm being an ass here.  )

If you value multiplayer and online play, get Xbox 360 - PS3 absolutely can not touch Xbox360's multiplayer.

Make your choice.  Choose wisely.   Exclusive title selection really isn't an issue these days.    But really - it all boils down to internet multiplayer support.   Both consoles literally have all the same stuff.   But Xbox 360 is clearly the superior & untouchable console in the networking department. 

[Lucerin Red]

Lone standing up for 360?

Missed my post

but yeah, Agree with most of what you said there. Forgot about the load times. Also some PS3 games require you to install the game onto the drive, which doesn't even cut down on the load times. In MGS4, you've got about 15 minutes of installing inbetween each chapter. Very annoying. However, I did love MGS4, it was a great movie.

As far as RPGs go, no one has anything amazing exclusive, except for Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. Every other good major RPG has gone multiplatform.

[shabutie]

Lone standing up for 360?

Missed my post

but yeah, Agree with most of what you said there. Forgot about the load times. Also some PS3 games require you to install the game onto the drive, which doesn't even cut down on the load times. In MGS4, you've got about 15 minutes of installing in between each chapter. Very annoying. However, I did love MGS4, it was a great movie.

As far as RPGs go, no one has anything amazing exclusive, except for Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. Every other good major RPG has gone multiplatform.

lol!

Metal Gear Rising should be good (thats what it's called right? The one with Raiden for the 360)


and totally forgot about Mass Effect (/cry)

[kyanwan]

I got no idea what it's called.   MGS4 really was a lemon in the series - as a game - that left a very strong taste.   Sure, good as a movie ... but movies are not games.    : |   

If there is less movies, more gameplay - ok, I think I'll buy & play it. 

Speaking of games I *WILL* buy & play:

DEAD RISING 2!   WOOT!   I'm getting that on release - if I have to use a mall bench to ram my way thru a crowd.   

Lone standing up for 360?

Missed my post

but yeah, Agree with most of what you said there. Forgot about the load times. Also some PS3 games require you to install the game onto the drive, which doesn't even cut down on the load times. In MGS4, you've got about 15 minutes of installing inbetween each chapter. Very annoying. However, I did love MGS4, it was a great movie.

As far as RPGs go, no one has anything amazing exclusive, except for Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. Every other good major RPG has gone multiplatform.

I saw your post.      I was just exemplifying the comment there.

I'd like to add that I don't really do consoles - and I'm coming from the viewpoint of someone who games on PC most of the time.   I'm also someone who *wanted* the 360 to fail initially ... after the fact, I was impressed greatly by how well it was done.  

If I do see something I like, I will play it - though.

[Lucerin Red]

I'd like to add that I don't really do consoles

Well I on the other hand am a HUGE console person. Own every single one released in the US since 1985 and then plenty more on top of that. Totally called the outcome of this generation 2 years before it started. I sounded like such a loony then, but the market is very predictable if you just look at trends.

Don't get me wrong, the PS3 is a wonderfully nice piece of electronics, but it was a poorly designed console philosophy wise. Also, terrible economic time to release a super expensive one.

[fohfoh]

In all honestly, I've barely touched my 360 in a while. I just don't really care in general. So for a casual gamer here who sorta picks up releases a little while after people have said they're good... 360 can work. However, there's a bunch of exclusives (supposedly) coming out for the PS3 that are intriguing me. I might want to take a swipe at one for the holidays.

But personally for me, all consoles end up collecting dust anyways...

But ONE good vote of the wii. I liked the controls for RE4 on the wii than gamecube. I'll assume that when RE5 is ported onto the wii, I'll enjoy the controls better there as well.

[sdedalus83]

RE5 Wii?  I prefer games that don't look like bleeding rectal cancer.

[Tatsujin]

This thread is full of fail.

Don't come in here try to compete the 360 against the PS3 in terms of entertainment. Yea, we got Netflex or whatever it's called. Besides the fact that it can play Blu-ray. Can the 360 do that? Fuck no, and it will never be able to since Microsoft hate on the PS3 and Sony.

Another thing, whomever the fuck said the PS3 has little exclusive content. Dude, go fucking bang your head against the wall. PS3's exclusives are above and beyond the 360's. What does the 360 have? Halo, Gears, what else? Shooters, thats it? Paying money to get exclusives yet we still get them after a year with extra content? Uh hello there Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean 4!

Let's not forget about the shit failure you get on the 360's hardware. RRoD FTW guys!

360's games aren't superior to the PS3 (non-exclusives). It's just that the programs suck at making/porting shit to the PS3. Uncharted 2, GoW III, Killzone 2, MGSIV and many other exclusives speak for themselves. Here's one more thing to add, the 360's anti-aliasing from the graphic cards is superior to the PS3's, but it's not as powerful as the PS3. Specifications can be found on Wikipedia, Google too.

Fucking thread. I hope it gets locked.

I hate the 360 for one mother fucking thing, it's Microsoft and they suck at doing their shit. Besides that, Halo, Gears and it's other exclusives can go cry-cry to them.

IMO, get both if you can. Otherwise, go with the PS3 because it delivers more. Our exclusives are far better and beyond than the 360.

FF Versus XIII
God of War III
Uncharted 2 (and 3)
Killzone 2 (and 3)
Resistance I, II (and 3)
Little Big Planet
MotorStorm games
Heavenly Sword
Infamous
Quantum Theory
Heavy Rain
MAG
Valkyria Chronicles (RPG players NEED to play this)
GT5
MGSIV

Here you go -- The pages speak for themselves.

This probably won't interest so many people, but White Album visual novel is coming to the PS3, exclusively, 1080p with very nice features. It's in Japanese, yet I'm still purchasing it (should be out this year around Christmas, hopefully).

If your talking about pictures, music, and video playback excluding Blu-ray, the PS3 excels at it more than the 360.
CELL > Xenon was it? Lol.
RSX > Xenos ... was it? Lol.
Blu-ray > DVD ... Oh hey, whatever happened to HD-DVD?!  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( Blu-ray .... crushed it?  

Btw, not all games require you to install on HDD on the PS3. Not the new ones. Besides that, you can always delete and install others.

Oh yea, you can upgrade to 500GB for like 90 dollars? WD too.

What's the maximum space AND price tag on the 360?! .... THOUGHT so ...

Bullet facts. Enjoy the sheets. Google is your best friend. -raises flameshield- Bring it, bots.

[shabutie]

WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You mean we can't support the 360 in a PS3 V 360 thread?

[Tatsujin]

WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Cry cry

Did you read the comments from above? Go back up and read.

[Lucerin Red]

RE5 Wii?  I prefer games that don't look like bleeding rectal cancer.

RE5 didn't look all that much better than RE4. The major difference was the scale. A lot more going on in terms of number in RE5.

The wii is capable of handling a LOT more than developers give it. The problem is they don't feel the need to because they wrote it off early on and very few devs give it a shot. I'm really mad the way the wii has been handled. There is no reason it shouldn't be #1 in quality. The idea behind the wii, putting gameplay over visuals allowing for cheaper and more profitable products, is a great one and is the most beneficial for gamers and game studios alike. Unfortunately it's become a source of shovelware with a few golden titles here and there.

*COUGH* FANBOY *COUGH*

Bluray is way overhyped. It's nice, but it's not worth the cost. I say this as a movie geek that loves watching 1080p video on his 50" plasma. DVD is soooooo much cheaper and better compression of recent years since blurays development has put DVD in a lot better comparison that it used to be, especially in terms of games.

So is the cell processor. If you know anything about processing structure (and I do as a CS major having taken a number of processing architecture classes), it's easy to see that it's not nearly as capable as Sony originally toted.

There are also plenty of great exclusives for the 360 besides shooters, such as Mass Effect 1 & 2, Crackdown 1 & 2, Viva Pinata 1 & 2, Fable II, Saints Row, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Dead Rising, Forza Motorsport, Project Gotham Racing, and plenty more.

[shabutie]

WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Cry cry

Did you read the comments from above? Go back up and read.

I did, and the most I got out of it was you crying about no one on this page supporting the PS3. (Oh, and a lot of "fucks")

Then you brought up the RRoD, which... yes it happened, but as of now, it's old news.

Then you had a big long list of games that are "far better and beyond than the 360s"

But earlier in the thread you admitted never playing a 360.  ". i dun have any experience with it, nor ever will."

Then you brought up processors, which don't really matter to anyone playing the games.  Congrats! Your PS3 has a better processor, too bad cross platform games are pretty much the same on both systems!

Then you talked about Bluray > HDDVD.  Cool

Then the Maximum space and price tag thing, which doesn't make any sense.

Then you said you speak nothing but facts, which made me lol