PS3 or 360?

[ajmrowland]

Which of the 2 HD game systems do you prefer?

Xbox 360

Pros: 1.native system for most multiplatform games, based on developers' choice, allowing for smoother play speed and occasionally better graphics.

2.lots of good exclusive titles.

3.powerful graphics processor. Xenos processes games fast, and easily.

4.lots of people playing online.

5.Netflix streaming

6. comfortable controller

7. excellent user interface

8.Increased backwards compatibility with Xbox 1 games.

9.lower price

Cons

1.Fan is loud as hell.

2.charged a fortune for Xbox Live

3. hard-to-find USB ports

4. have to pay for bigger HDD size

5. No real support for a lot of media

6.7 processor cores

PS3

Pros

1.supports almost all digital media, including storage.

2.excellent blu-ray and dvd player, with up-to-date features.

3.easy-to-find USB ports.

4.1 processor core

5.Kick-ass exclusive titles with killer graphics.

6.more hardware potential.

7. FREE online

8. compatible with other Operating Systems

9.simple-to-navigate interface

10.3D animated backgrounds

11.games printed on blu-rays.

12.mandatory installation

13.Netflix

14. extremely easy to import games, with region-freeness AND the ability to access Playstation Network meant for other regions with another account.

Cons

1.multiplatform games have a slightly harder time with visuals when ported to PS3

2.cheaper hardware=less features

3.no more Backwards compatibility with PS2 games(PS1 games are still on, though).

4.less content on Playstation Store

5.No bitstreaming HD audio

6.Not nearly as many exclusive titles.


I, myself prefer the PS3, because it's catching up fairly well and will probably be on top(in quality terms) by the time this generation's over.

[DarthPrime]

I voted for the 360, although I own a PS3.

I picked up a PS3 Slim last year, and sort of wish I went with the 360 instead. However the PS3 exclusives have really picked up and all my friends have PS3s so that makes online gaming a little easier. If I didn't already have a Blu-ray player I'm sure my feelings would be different. I've watched a few Blu-rays on my PS3 and it seems to do a great job. Although I still prefer my stand alone player for movies, and overall I don't regret buying a PS3.

The 360 is actually more expensive now than the PS3 if you count battery chargers, wireless adapters, etc... Live can be picked up for about $30 a year though.

[DaveWadding]

and even then...a Live card is what, $50 for a year at regular price? that's like $4 a change a month. That isnt that much at all.

[jpanimation]

Neither. I skipped this entire gaming generation. Quite frankly, I'm still waiting for a new Gameboy.

[Little Red Henski]

I own an Xbox 360, but I must admit a Ps3 is better.

1. Ps3 and the wii for that matter have free online.
2. Ps3 and the wii both come with built in wireless adapters.
3. Ps3 and the wii are made by the Japanese so they are design better. No Red Ring of Death.
4. Ps3 games are region free. but I will give the 360 props for being better than the wii in this deparment.

[DarthPrime]

I own an Xbox 360, but I must admit a Ps3 is better.

1. Ps3 and the wii for that matter have free online.
2. Ps3 and the wii both come with built in wireless adapters.
3. Ps3 and the wii are made by the Japanese so they are design better. No Red Ring of Death.
4. Ps3 games are region free. but I will give the 360 props for being better than the wii in this deparment.

1.) Live can be bought for $30 a year. $50 at the most. Its not that expensive. Most people I've talked to say that Live is better than PSN even though PSN is free. Sony is going to start a subscription version of PSN eventually. Although basic online play will still remain free from what I've read.

2.) I don't see why the 360 doesn't have this. The official adapter is insanely expensive for what it is, although you can do other things for wireless (wireless bridge).

3.) The Wii has had problems with optical drives (mine died), and GPU problems causing artifacts to appear on the screen. The PS3 has had Blu-ray drive problems, and the Yellow Light of Death. Although these didn't effect as many consoles as the RRoD on the 360. The RRoD is a lot better if you get the newer "Jasper" models (all new Arcades and Elites are Jaspers). In my opinion the 360 is just as reliable as the PS3 now, but it took a long time for it to get there.

4.) I don't import games, but I can see where this is a huge plus for many. I thought about importing a Wii title last year, but didn't want to go though the hassle and possibly bricking my Wii. It would have been a lot better if I could just order it and play it.

[rexcrk]

Definitely 360 for me.

For the following reasons:

-It's my "secondary" console this generation. By that I mean, my Wii is my primary console because I favor games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash Bros., Mario Kart, etc. and a few third party games are either exclusive or better. So my 360 being the secondary console means that (so far) I only have the 3rd party games that suck on the Wii on my 360. (Honestly none of the exclusives interest me).

-I like the controller much better than the PS3 controller. That goes with my first reason because since it's not a choice based on exclusives I can go for controller comfort

-I don't make playing online the main focus of owning a console, so I don't care about whether online is free or not lol

Although if Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out for PS3 I'm so buying one (that's the only reason I bought my PS2 too ;P)

[ajmrowland]

There's another spinoff Kingdom Hearts game that actually will be exclusive to PS3(from what I heard). Deep Dive will tell the story Mickey and Riku's journeys through the games.

Yay, Realm of Darkness!!!!

[Enchantress]

6.Not nearly as many exclusive titles.

Seriously? I'd have said the other way around, Sony has it's own companies which make games only for the PS3, including game of the year 'uncharted 2'! In my opinion, the Xbox is really lacking this year with exclusives.

I don't own either, but my boyfriend owns both and would trade his 360 in any day due to three things. The high rate of hardware failures, lack of exclusive games and the fact that the PS3 has a longer life cycle and is ready for Blu-ray. (This is not saying that DVDs are gone, please don't accuse me of starting up this argument! )

To be honest though, it's your decision, no one can tell you which to get.

Rach

[Little Red Henski]

3.) The Wii has had problems with optical drives (mine died), and GPU problems causing artifacts to appear on the screen. The PS3 has had Blu-ray drive problems, and the Yellow Light of Death. Although these didn't effect as many consoles as the RRoD on the 360. The RRoD is a lot better if you get the newer "Jasper" models (all new Arcades and Elites are Jaspers). In my opinion the 360 is just as reliable as the PS3 now, but it took a long time for it to get there.

I'm sure the blu-rays drive problems are caused by people using there PS3 to watch blu-ray movies. watching movies on your game system shortens the life of the drive. That is why I never use my 360 or my wii to watch my DVD movies.

[Margos]

I voted for the PS3 out of love for the PS2. I'm not familiar with the XBox.... although I will admit that I wish that the PS3 hadn't been invented yet.... maybe then I'd be able to get more KH games when they came out. But nooooo....

Anyway, rant over.

[ajmrowland]

6.Not nearly as many exclusive titles.

Seriously? I'd have said the other way around, Sony has it's own companies which make games only for the PS3, including game of the year 'uncharted 2'! In my opinion, the Xbox is really lacking this year with exclusives.

I don't own either, but my boyfriend owns both and would trade his 360 in any day due to three things. The high rate of hardware failures, lack of exclusive games and the fact that the PS3 has a longer life cycle and is ready for Blu-ray. (This is not saying that DVDs are gone, please don't accuse me of starting up this argument! )

To be honest though, it's your decision, no one can tell you which to get.

Rach

Maybe the past year yes, but 2006, 2007, and 2008-according to others-was lacking.

[ajmrowland]

I'm sure the blu-rays drive problems are caused by people using there PS3 to watch blu-ray movies. watching movies on your game system shortens the life of the drive. That is why I never use my 360 or my wii to watch my DVD movies.

Well, at least you can always buy a new one.

[2099net]

Much as I hate to admit it, I've gone for PS3 because I am using it a lot for gaming and Blu-ray these days. However, I genuinely think Sony has acted with a combination of arrogance and ineptitude when they launched the PS3 - especially in Europe, which once again had to suffer from overpricing and cut-down features.

It's all well and good pointing out the few exclusives which have just come out or are coming out soon (such as Uncharted 2 or Heavy Rain) but we've had to wait approximately 4 years. 4 years. If the PS3 and "the power of the cell" is a stunningly different from the 360's Xenos solution, why the heck has it taken so long for this to become apparent. On the older systems, those which were better were noticeably better from the start - the Xbox was better than the PS2 and in turn the Gamecube was better than the Xbox (really, it was - look it up). As a result, I can only conclude that if their is a difference in processing power, its minimal and nowhere near as great as the manufacturers and Sony would have you believe.

As for the quality of the exclusives, it all depends on what games you want to play (as it always has). I personally don't see any PS3 games that appeal to me more than 360 games... None that I can think of off the top of my head. Little Big Planet did appeal to me, but when I got it, I found it somewhat lacking. However, Mass Effect (1 & 2), Left 4 Dead (1 & 2) and Alan Wake for example do continue to excite me or have me excited for their upcoming release. Note, I'm not a Halo fan at all. But its horses for courses - I think the exclusive argument is pretty weak in general.

As for built in wireless - I constantly get download speeds half the speed of my wireless Xbox 360 or wired PS3. So why should I pay for wireless if its a cheap, half-hearted component in the first place? I have my PS3 permanently wired now as a result. So what advantage has that given me? Aren't I better off paying for a Xbox wireless adaptor which actually works? I'm not even sure on my PS3 wireless connection if it would actually be fast enough to stream HD movies!

However on reflection the PS3 is better placed for the future. I don't believe this 10 year life cycle crap Sony keeps spouting. The PS2 may of had 10 years, but it sure looked dated in the last 2 or 3. And the PS3 will too - its not so much the processor or the graphics which will cripple the PS3 for the future, but its minimal memory. That's what will limit future game demands and expectations. But in theory Sony could add some new Cell SPUs, bump up the ram and release a new PS3 and it would be 100% backwardsly compatible with the current PS3 hardware and software - it would after all, be the same hardware chip - just with potential for more concurrent processing. That's why I think the PS brand is better positioned for the future - the Cell can be augmented and scaled up with no change of code required.

[Just Myself]

360 for me. It has everything I'd use if I got a PS3. Online capabilities (the cost is really not that bad), Netflix, multi-storage capabilities (And how are the USB ports hard to find?), etc. The only allure of a PS3 would be the Blu-ray player, but I've already got a top-notch Sony BD Player and I got it for half the price of a PS3.

At the end of the day, I pledge allegiance to Nintendo..... But XBox is still pretty damn good.

Cheers,
JM