XBOX 360 or PS3?

I agree with you on that whole reply. By the time you buy a HD-DVD player, the wi-fi attachment, you are well up to $700 if you buy the premium Xbox 360. While Blu-Ray is already doing better then HD-DVD and PS3 has the wi-fi built in. Im actually quite amazed Sony dropped the price of the PS3, because the stuff it includes adds up to much more for Xbox 360 users. The PS3 is for sure worth much more the time 360 users buy all the addons included with the PS3.

 

Im not too worried about BC actually but I would hate to be in the situation where I have this sick PS1 game that I wanted to play but cant cuz I dont have a PS1 or PS2 anymore...

But it would be better if Sony continued selling the 60 gig models at $499 instead of forcing the 80 gig onto the market at the original price. Especially when you can upgrade the HDD urself for less than a $100.

Anywho..I still dont think XBL is cheap as some ppl might say... Its true that it is great for online play but definitely not for media. Microsoft points is actually expensive. XBL marketplace is a total rip off. 1000 points ($12) will get you only 2 movies (480 each in HD) for 24hrs each. So the 200 free points isnt worth squat. And there are some game online map packs that arent really necessary unless its a popular game like GOW. And the rest are just gamer pics and themes which I would never want to pay for.

True that PS3 online may not have as much variety as XBL...but that is because you can do all of that for free on the PS3 already. If you have a PSP you would know that having a memstick duo is awsome for the PS3. Mp3 transfer, movies, pictures, which you can do on the 360 but only with media center + $100 wifi adaptor. And the only way to put music on the 360 is thru cd's which is annoying as hell when you have to name all the 20 song or so album from a cd. Plus wait for it to copy over. Impossible to have one huge playlist.

 

yes I agree M$ does charge too much for stuff on live like maps and some arcade games, they should just have those things for free. I have 4 movies on my hdd I bought from marketplace and dude, theyre not for 24 hours, I've had them way longer than that. Still xbox live is an awesome service and I will continue buying it as long as i have lots of friends online playing either gow, halo2(soon to be halo3), battlefield 2, rainbow six,etc.

 

hmmm. I thought new releases only lasted 24 hrs. Maybe Im wrong. I know that TV shows last forever but I thought movie rentals expires 24 hrs after you press play.

 

In regard to the whole exclusives arguement, a couple of years form now there will be no such thing as exclusives and here is why:

1) Games are getting higher in quality and therefore are costing more to produce so it only makes sense from a buissness stand point to port games to every console.

2) Due to the high cost of making games alot of third party developers are going to go out of buissness because they simply can't afford to compete and as most of you know third party developers are the ones who go out on a limb and create those whacky games that turn out to be the best or in some cases the worst.

3) To stay safe alot of game developers are going to chase stream line ideas like shooters, rpgs, (and most likely will chase after on franchise as nintendo did with marion) no one will be making creative games like Katamari or Okami along with many more creative games that turn out to be a big hit.

4) This will making the gaming industry a cut-throat industry where if one developer makes a game that no one buys they are automatically out of buissness.

This vicous cycle could rach the point where there is no longer a console war, because one company will monopoly the gaming industry and therefore there will only be one console with a couple franchises and no competion.

 

So you really think you could see Gran Turismo on Xbox 360 and Halo on PS3? I really don't see it happening.

 

It's going to happen, it's just a matter of time. The cost of making games is skyrocketing due to the higher quality of graphics and players wanting a more realistic feel to thier games. Even if the company wants to stay exclusive it will be forced to port just to break even.

 

I don't know, Epic Games didn't have to multi-platform Gears of War, because as much work into that game that was made and the money that was required, it all payed off with the massive amount of sales for the game.

Yes i know it is coming out for PC, but considering its to be released over a year later, you know they did it for the PC fans since that is where Epic Games titles have always been. Thats what i think anyway. Of course they'll make even more money on that along with Unreal Tournament 3.

And Halo has gone to the PC, but i think that is more of a Microsoft deal then anything. And the same with Gears of War on PC, that looks like a Microsoft deal since it is still being published by Microsoft Game Studios.

 

Personally, I bought an Xbox 360 because the price was better, but biggest of all: all my friends have xbox 360's and i can talk to them and play w/ them online. I've played PS2 online, and the experiance was not impressive at all, you had to buy a headset seperately in order to communicate and there were huge connection problems (of course that was the ps2 though.)I'm also a big fan of the ability to listen to music and play a game at the same time, that's huge for me. Another good reason i picked xbox though is because it's easier and more cost effective to back up my original 360 games, that way if one gets messed up, i can use my back up. The exclusive games are better also. true, ps3 has maybe 1 exclusive game i'd like to play (Resistance: Fall of a Man) but i have gears of war, halo and other games to fill that minor gap . last but not least, the ps3 is a beast, i don't know where i could put it lol

True, the 360 has roughly a 30% failure rate, but i can almost guarantee 90% of that 30, treated their 360 like crap.
That's my opinion

 

The 360's price technically isn't better. The time you buy the addons, you end up spending over 700 dollars compared to getting it all with the PS3. (Wi-fi,controller charger,Blu-Ray player)

Xbox 360 addons

- Controller charger $20 dollars
- Wi-fi adapter $100 dollars
- HD-DVD player $200 dollars

360 Premium $400

$ 400
100 +
200
20
= $720 + TAX

PS3 is going for $500 + TAX and you get all of that.

Note: That is if you are planning on buying the add-ons. But still, you save a lot buying a PS3, and its price really didn't deserve to get brought down. Its almost a steal to buy it now, though it is a temporary price cut.

 

True, xbox360 is more expensive if you buy all those accessories but if you don't, then its cheaper. Wifi, i dont need, i have my 360 connected directly to my router with an rj-45 cable. Charger, I have the plug n play kit, which cost me 10 buks, and finally the hd-dvd addon, I dont really need that, all I want a videogame system is to play.. well.. videogames!

 

What I don't understand is how people can quote the price of the 360 play&charge kit in this discussion. At least when the batteries DO die, you can change your batteries and not have to send the controller back to Sony.

 

You're correct: AFTER add ons, the 360 is about as much... if you're dumb and buy all the Xbox 360 brand name stuff. you can get the same stuff for much cheaper if you buy elsewhere http://www.google.com/products?q=xbox+360+wifi+adapter&btnG=Search&hl=en&show=dd But I understand where you're coming from
Let alone other sources

 

The problem I have is with Sony shoving Blu-Ray and Wifi down my throat.

1. There's no Wifi where I live.
2. I don't have an HDTV.

I bought a launch PS and a launch PS2, along with countless accessories AND I never had any problems with either of them. Unfortunately, Sony took a giant dump on me with the PS3 and killed the considerable brand loyalty they'd built with me. I worshipped that company.

Once MS does three things, I'm jumping on board with the 360:

1. Fix the damned crappiness of the hardware.
2. Release the 65nm chip.
3. Drop the Premium to $299 or the Elite to $399.

That being said, if a hack were released tomorrow that allowed me to play backed-up discs (not dumped on a HD) on a PS3 with Sony's firmware, I'd still go out and buy it with a smile on my face.

So yeah, I'm still on the fence, but leaning heavily toward the 360, despite being a giant Sony fanboy.

 

The PS3's controller has trigger sensitivity and a superior rumble feature called touch sence will be releaced in the near future. The PS3's controler also has a built in rechargable battery. I do agree ATM that if you want a wider variety of games to go with the 360 though.

Oh and guess what the 360 looks like?

 

I don't understand why so many people make a big deal out of rumble. I thought rumble was useless trash throughput the entire PS2 era.

 

^^^ The picture above is quite hilarious. I'd prefer my PS3 to be a BBQ over a Dell computer anyday.