Yet Another Console Debate Thread.

why are there 3 slighly different posts from the same guy over a mild space of time?

anyways, i hate the 360 controller. it feels decent, but the analog stick placement is horrific and ghastly. i like the ps3 button and analog placement, but the shape needs to contour to your hand a bit more, or to have 2 models for different sized hands. after a few hours my fingers ache. but i own with it, i can take any fps an dominate it in superhuman or w/e is their hardest. its easier with the ps3 controller than the 360 controller for me by 5fold. i like the lack of rumble, i was playing ps2 and i was all "why is this shaking? d*mn it this is just annoying..whats all the fuss..?" because it take you out of the game because it brings you back into the room rather than in the battle feeling the attacts inside your mind. the sixaxis tilt needs to be utilized more though i'd say, its would seem pretty lame to most now because it hasnt been show to do much extravagent. but look at what lair has planned for it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lair_(video_game) and the other plans it has.

 

LAIR is going to be an amazing game no doubt.

 

I disagree. I think the rumble helps to bring you into the game. Not having rumble in games when you are shooting a weapon, getting hit, on a shaking ground, etc. brings me out of the game, if anything.

As for the sixaxis...I used to be a believer, but now I'm starting to think differently. How is it too different from the wii controller? What I mean is the whole "relaxing while playing" idea. Given, the amount of physical exertion used while playing the wii and the PS3 with the sixaxis is a lot less, but I think the concept still applies. However, I will still give Sony a chance to prove me wrong.

 

i deff. agree the rumble is a good feature at least i think i liked it when it shook when i shoot a gun or was hit or anything..

 

I can't stand the 360 controller its not light weight like the sixaxis.Plus you hand sweat more with the 360 controller because look how big it is.Far as rumble i don't miss it plus rumble was getting old.

 

I think rumble became second nature for me... like i expect it to happen when i get shot or get hit. I think the PS3 controller should have both rumble and six axis, but rumble diasbled when using six axis and vice versa.

 

Okay, I just need to add in my own little piece here.

Many of the criticisms that I have seen and read are not of the PS3, but of it's price, the producer, Sony, the limited collection of games since it's been out...two months, and numerous other things, but I've never really seen a review of just the console alone. Personally, I have all three. I harbor no bias towards any company, and always get most if not all of the systems in a console war for I am never disappointed.

I find the PS3 superior in sheer power and possibility. The PS3 is teeming with potential, which has yet to be recognized by the market. The high price scares some away, but for people who it does not, generally find themselves occupied with it for awhile, while some got it and pretty much put it aside for later, showing how they were not impressed. Again, not many realize it's potential.

Most people see Blu-ray as a downfall of the PS3, but I think it's power is unrecognized. I know you all have heard 'the statement', which is probably most abundant on the internet about consoles today, "I'd rather have gameplay over graphics." Most developers and publishers have responded with something along the lines of "SCREW YOU. You're getting both." If PS3 owners get 360 ports, then we end up with a nearly empty disc that can be filled much, much more. One reason I could care less about exclusives is that if they're being ported from the PS3 to the 360, I know that we have the better version. Why? Because we have more space for features, and if we even have more space, we may reduce loading times if we wish. And even after all that we probably still have another half of the disc left.

I could speak of examples all day, but I think the best comes personally, from my setup. I have a pretty small room. In it sits my laptop, and a dresser which acts more like my desk, containing all my next-gen systems plus X-Box, because of the compatibility issues with the 360. I have not had any problems with my systems so far. I have to use everything without wires because my computer is a floor down. With my setup I have games, movies, Blu-Rays, HD-DVDs, VHS, and nearly whatever else I want at my fingertips. Literally. I keep all my controllers under my bed so I can just turn everything on. But out of them all, it's the PS3 that let's me turn it on, go online to check my e-mail, respond, check the AD boards, post a bit, look up some codes or a guide for a game and then start the game. Wii comes close, but not as unrestricted as PS3's browser is, and 360..well, you know.

Plus, if the PS3 flops, you do still have a sweet looking space heater. ;-).

 

heres an article showing how the wii does make you get up and move around, and exactly how much engery is exherted compared to the 360 or ps3. i like to relax, not burn callories, whilst playing my games.

compared to resting, the ps3 or 360 give you 60% more callorie burning, and the wii gives you 156%. i guess the wii is better for having your little ones lose weight.

http://news.spong.com/article/11835?cb=154

 

Alright I play games to have fun. Excersise is of LEAST concern when I play games. If I wanted to excersise and get healthy there are much BETTER alternatives. Alright fine make the arguement "but I want to play games, not go 'excercise'." That is a perfectly fine argument, but if you buy the wii to burn calories, you will soon realize "wow I can lose more calories running for half an hour then playing a couple hours of wii" Anubis not a personal shot at you or anything, but if you want your kids to lose weight, get them out, don't think the wii is going to solve problems. I would much rather kids go running outside for an hour a day then playing the wii for 3 hours a day

 

yeah but it the little things that add up. plus if they are gunna play alot, then it helps. either why im not one to exercise when i play. play=fun, work=boring

 

Ok, i don't know why people would complain about the ps3 controller being light? I think it's better now that it's lighter than the ps2 and 360 controllers

Rumble is cool, but it would only make u recharge the controller's battery more often

My friend has a 360, i borrowed it one day to play street fighter 2 online, and i didn't like the 360 controller's d-pad for this game, it needs one like the ps3's d-pad. Also, the console froze several times while playing the aforementioned game, which is why i decided not to buy a 360.

I've played Resistance online for many hours straight (at least 6) and freezing issues have never arised

 

There's just something about holding a controller that has some weight. If it's too light it feels cheap..and yeah. Maybe I'm just not used to it.

 

you need to disassociate with the fact that heavy means good. is the pong machine good compared to the ps3? who weights more? i think we all know the answers. with progression and time, newer and ligher, more composite materials appear. the ps3 controller, being light, prevent aches from gaming alot. would you like to walk a few miles around with boots or lightweight running shoes? i though so. and talking about cheap? the wii is the cheaps low-level object. it cost nintendo around 150 or less to make. they are raking in fanboy cash and idiot cash.

 

And also, sometimes the progression of time and lawsuits result in missing materials alltogether. I bet that's part of the weight difference.

I think the ergonomical design of a controller is much more important than the weight.
Like distributing less than 10 ounces is really a strain on the hand and arm muscles...

True. It's the least expensive new console.

After total cost of goods sold, Nintendo is quoted to be making less than 40 dollars per unit. Source article below.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii/wii-autopsy-discovers-manufacturing-cost-221736.php

But you're right. Why spend 250 dollars on a product that, at least until tomorrow, has been critically acclaimed across the world?
Why did the ps2 outsellthe 360 and ps3 in January, even though it is dirt cheap? More fanboys and idiots?

Hardly.

 

Well for me atleast for me, it all depends on the game I'm playing(controller wise). I can't play certain games on 360, to me it just doesn't feel right (gta,all sports,racing and fighting games).I feel that the 360 controller was meant for fps games, althought I don't mind playing fps on ps3, if the game is on ps3, which I don't mind waiting on (rainbow6 vegas, and oblivion) becuase I think ps3 games will enable the sixaxis and will give it that uniqueness to it plus graphic IMO.

 

I find the ps3 much like the ps2 is a great platform for 3rd person shooters, I do agree with you that the 360's setup does work better for fps atm though.

 

There's just something about the smaller, symetrical dualshock 2 that doesn't suit my fancy. I think the two analog sticks placed where they are only work well for katamari or something.
None of the controllers are bad, so yeah, to each his own.

 

Doesn't look like Oblivion is going to use sixaxis:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/765/765378p1.html

 

huh, interesting. Well atleast it's better graphicly and will have added features that I would have to buy on he 360.

 

To me the 360 controller fits nicely into ur hands...but it is far from flawless. The R and L shoulder buttons are misplaced imo. They are too high on the controller. Since you use your middle fingers to press the R and L triggers.... it is very awqward to use ur index on the small/slender and highly placed shoulder buttons.

The PS2 and PS3 controller to me plays a little better because the L1 R1 L2 R2 buttons are placed perfectly on top and is big and not slender, which makes it easy to reach and feels more comfortable.

Plus the D-pad on the 360 is harder to use since its swapped with the Analog compared with the PS2 and PS3.... Yes the higer analog on the 360 is good for FPS but thats not the only kind of games that excist on the 360.