XBOX VS PS3

Which is better?

  • PS3

    Votes: 54 58.7%
  • XBOX 360

    Votes: 38 41.3%

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I wont lie, I didn't read a single comment. I did vote for the 360 however. I was shocked when I saw the results. As gamers I can not believe that any of you would be willing to give Sony a penny of your hard earned cash after what they have done in the last year. I do not get how people can still support them after the way they treated their average customer.
Following your advice would be like shooting ourselves to the knee with an arrow.
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They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I've played with a PS3 and Xbox, and PS3 > Xbox. Sorry for any bias that may show.

PS3 Pros
  • Bluray (for example, FF13 is on three DVDs for the Xbox, while FF13 is on one Bluray)
  • Better exclusives/better future (as far as next year goes, Xbox has Alan Wake and Halo 4 to look forward to. PS3 has Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian (hopefully), Ni no Kuni, Starhawk, The Last of Us, Tales of Graces F, and Sly 4). [Massive Opinion]
  • Free online, 'nuff said.
  • Built in controller charging
  • No disk scratching
  • More secure?
  • More open to developers (Portal 2 for example)
PS3 Cons
  • Installing games.
  • No background music playing.
  • Controllers, supposedly.
  • No cross game chat (now that Vita has it, PS4 guaranteed).
Xbox Pros
  • Cross game chat
  • They bribe with money
  • Better indie support
  • Easier to develop for
  • Multiplats better on Xbox?
  • Better controller supposedly.
Xbox Cons
  • Sixty dollar online.
  • Ads, ads everywhere.
  • Below 13 year old kids (although PS3 has it's fair share, at least they don't have a mic)
  • Disk scratching
  • RRoD (I know it's pretty much fixed, but...)
  • FUTURE LOOKS LIKE SHIT. The tables have turned, haven't they?


That looks more accurate to me. Not sure about disc scratching, bribing for money, or the 360 being easier to make games for, but it could be that way, not gonna look into it. I have heard about discs being scratched, but my Xbox, my brothers, my few friends who use Xbox, and my uncle never had the problem. So I would guess it's rare.
 
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I wont lie, I didn't read a single comment. I did vote for the 360 however. I was shocked when I saw the results. As gamers I can not believe that any of you would be willing to give Sony a penny of your hard earned cash after what they have done in the last year. I do not get how people can still support them after the way they treated their average customer.
Following your advice would be like shooting ourselves to the knee with an arrow.
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omgpwn666 beat me to the punch a bit, but whatever.

They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I've played with a PS3 and Xbox, and PS3 > Xbox. Sorry for any bias that may show.

PS3 Pros
  • Bluray (for example, FF13 is on three DVDs for the Xbox, while FF13 is on one Bluray) It's nice to have it all on one disc, but the load times can be a pain.
  • Better exclusives/better future (as far as next year goes, Xbox has Alan Wake and Halo 4 to look forward to. PS3 has Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian (hopefully), Ni no Kuni, Starhawk, The Last of Us, Tales of Graces F, and Sly 4). This all comes down to opinion, but it is worth noting that at least one of those games (The Last of Us) isn't coming out until 2013.
  • Free online, 'nuff said. Free doesn't necessarily mean better, though. The money paid for Live shows in the infrastructure, which is currently the best (The PS3's isn't bad by any means, but it's not quite at this level).
  • Built in controller charging Both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 are charged in a similar manner (plugging a wire into the console) unless I'm missing something
  • No disk scratching To be entirely fair, the PS3 has had its share of malfunctions that prevent people from playing
  • More secure? Seriously?
  • More open to developers (Portal 2 for example)
PS3 Cons
  • Installing games.
  • No background music playing.
  • Controllers, supposedly. My own bias here, but goddamn are those triggers terrible, which only compounds the other issues (lightweight, small, etc.)
  • No cross game chat (now that Vita has it, PS4 guaranteed). I really don't know why they kept this in mind when designing the PS3. Seriously, this is pretty basic and important for an online service.
Xbox Pros
  • Cross game chat
  • They bribe with money ...And Sony is any different when it comes to developers? After all, you have to do more than just ask nicely to get games for your system.
  • Better indie support Nitpick here, but doesn't this kind of go against your point that Sony is more "open" to developers?
  • Easier to develop for Not just that, but it's easy to develop 360 games alongside the PC, which makes porting between the two a whole lot easier
  • Multiplats better on Xbox? More personal opinion, but I'd say definitely. Playing with the superior controller (Better triggers, weight, size, analog stick placement, etc.), online service, and with achievements gives the 360 games the edge for me.
  • Better controller supposedly. See above
  • Achievements - The reward system to be beaten (Again, Sony's Trophies aren't quite as satisfactory)
Xbox Cons
  • Sixty dollar online. - It's $50, last I checked. And again, while paying money isn't nice, you're getting a great, user tailored service out of it. For some it's not worth the trade off, but I'm more than happy with it
  • Ads, ads everywhere. Agree 100%. It's just obnoxious and grating.
  • Below 13 year old kids (although PS3 has it's fair share, at least they don't have a mic) ​This is going to be a problem with any online service, so blaming Microsoft for doing a better job when it comes to making headsets avaliable isn't really fair.
  • Disk scratching I mentioned this one before.
  • RRoD (I know it's pretty much fixed, but...) Done away with, and while it was a serious oversight, they handled it well enough with their generous warranty.
  • FUTURE LOOKS LIKE SHIT. The tables have turned, haven't they? Ah, there's that bias in full force. What if I say no?


Both of these consoles are good machines in their own right, and so of course everyone's mileage will vary. Still, I think you overlooked some stuff when making your judgement.
 
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Anyone complaining about paying for XBL is under the age of 11.
I could afford it, with my own money (I didn't get an allowance), at the age of 12. $60 A YEAR is pennies, and if you pay by the year, it's actually like $60 per 13 months. In Canada, anyway. I think it's $10 less in the US.

The online service XBL provides is, in every way, superior. It's well worth a few pennies a day. Something homeless people could even afford.

Though, like I said. Either get a 360 if you want to play online, or get a 360 controller adapter for PS3 and use it, because in most every case it has every game the 360 has, and a few better exclusives. Namely Valkyria Chronicles, which is the only reason the PS3 even exists. But the PS3 controller is a deal breaker (ESPECIALLY for action games).
The only thing you really lose is Tales of Vesperia. Which, abeit, is a fantastic and awesome RPG...but Valkyria Chronicles tops it (and this, is coming from a Tales fanboy).
 
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Anyone complaining about paying for XBL is under the age of 11.
I could afford it, with my own money (I didn't get an allowance), at the age of 12. $60 A YEAR is pennies, and if you pay by the year, it's actually like $60 per 13 months. In Canada, anyway. I think it's $10 less in the US.

The online service XBL provides is, in every way, superior. It's well worth a few pennies a day. Something homeless people could even afford.

Though, like I said. Either get a 360 if you want to play online, or get a 360 controller adapter for PS3 and use it, because in most every case it has every game the 360 has, and a few better exclusives. Namely Valkyria Chronicles, which is the only reason the PS3 even exists. But the PS3 controller is a deal breaker (ESPECIALLY for action games).
The only thing you really lose is Tales of Vesperia. Which, abeit, is a fantastic and awesome RPG...but Valkyria Chronicles tops it (and this, is coming from a Tales fanboy).
The thing is its annoying paying that money. You think its just $60 but it all stacks up with your cell phone bill, internet bill, and everything else and it just seems a lot after that.
 

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For what you get, it should cost a lot more. $60 really is nothing though. Assuming you only get two paychecks a month, it's roughly $2.30 per paycheck to afford XBL for the 13 month package every year. Though i'm pretty sure a person gets paid like...5 times in two months or something, so it kinda throws off my 5 second calculation.

It's pennies, it really is. If you make a jar, and put a toonie in every paycheck, you could afford XBL painlessly every year, lol.

EDIT: Wait do americans have toonies?....*ignorant moment*. $2...put $2, lol.
 
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I can't speak of which one has more reliable hardware as I've had both a ps3 and a 360 that bit the dust. I only beat one game on the 360 before rrod; my ps3 died (ylod) in less than ten minutes of turning it on for the first time. my second ps3 and 360 work perfectly fine.


pros:

Xbox 360:

a far better controller

better online

multi-platform games r generally better

Playstation 3:

better exclusives for the most part

free online

pretty much works with any laptop hdd


cons:

Xbox 360

ridiculously overpriced hdds (a $60 hdd in a $60 shell?)

incessant nightmares of rrod for many gamers including myself

microsoft points r a joke (being forced to buy more points than u need--wtf?)

paying for online

Playstation 3:

xmb just feels clunky and disorganized (the options section makes absolutely no sense)

no alphabetizing of psn downloads? (come on! how could they overlook the most basic sorting system after five years?)

the removal of other os is forced on u just to play new games or connect to psn

the controller is too small and u can't remove the battery

although the exclusives r better, there is also a tremendous amount of crap in that department as well.
 

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I can't speak of which one has more reliable hardware as I've had both a ps3 and a 360 that bit the dust. I only beat one game on the 360 before rrod; my ps3 died (ylod) in less than ten minutes of turning it on for the first time. my second ps3 and 360 work perfectly fine.


pros:

Xbox 360:

a far better controller

better online

multi-platform games r generally better

Playstation 3:

better exclusives for the most part

free online

pretty much works with any laptop hdd


cons:

Xbox 360

ridiculously overpriced hdds (a $60 hdd in a $60 shell?)

incessant nightmares of rrod for many gamers including myself

microsoft points r a joke (being forced to buy more points than u need--wtf?)

paying for online

Playstation 3:

xmb just feels clunky and disorganized (the options section makes absolutely no sense)

no alphabetizing of psn downloads? (come on! how could they overlook the most basic sorting system after five years?)

the removal of other os is forced on u just to play new games or connect to psn

the controller is too small and u can't remove the battery

although the exclusives r better, there is also a tremendous amount of crap in that department as well.

You're just unlucky if your ps3 died after 10 minutes. Seriously unlucky, as the Yellow light of death is so uncommon, most people won't see one ever. The PS3 failure rate is pretty normal, you're just not very lucky. As for the 360, it's impossible to still have a launch one, they don't exist anymore.

Also, the 360 controller is not better, the PS3 is far better. Just the fact that it doesn't use AA batteries makes it better, but it's by far the better controller of the two even if the 360 used the same batteries. There is a reason sony never changed it, you don't fix what is not broken.

As for the 360 having better multiplatform, that was true at first due to devs being lazy and not making any efforts. But now, they learned how to use the ps3 better, so multiplatform are exactly the same.

In the end, what matter is exclusives and no offense, the 360 basically have none right now.
 

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As for the 360, it's impossible to still have a launch one, they don't exist anymore.

Also, the 360 controller is not better, the PS3 is far better. Just the fact that it doesn't use AA batteries makes it better, but it's by far the better controller of the two even if the 360 used the same batteries. There is a reason sony never changed it, you don't fix what is not broken.

Had to comment. That is your opinion for sure, many believe the other way around. Also, my uncle has a launch day 360, broke like 4 times and kept getting repaired. Proves your point, but he still has it. Lol
 
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Also, the 360 controller is not better, the PS3 is far better. Just the fact that it doesn't use AA batteries makes it better, but it's by far the better controller of the two even if the 360 used the same batteries. There is a reason sony never changed it, you don't fix what is not broken.

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Worst opinion of all time.
"Hay guise teh controller is better dan tree60 cuz it dun haz AA"
I could have to hook my 360 controller up to a car battery, and have it only last 10.3 minutes per battery, and i'd still choose a 360 controller. It's only out of shear laziness that Sony hasn't redesigned their controller, or perhaps a lack of innovation. It functions, but it functions at a bare minimum.
 

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Also, the 360 controller is not better, the PS3 is far better. Just the fact that it doesn't use AA batteries makes it better, but it's by far the better controller of the two even if the 360 used the same batteries. There is a reason sony never changed it, you don't fix what is not broken.

:rofl2:
Worst opinion of all time.
"Hay guise teh controller is better dan tree60 cuz it dun haz AA"
I could have to hook my 360 controller up to a car battery, and have it only last 10.3 minutes per battery, and i'd still choose a 360 controller. It's only out of shear laziness that Sony hasn't redesigned their controller, or perhaps a lack of innovation. It functions, but it functions at a bare minimum.

Sony are imitators, not innovators. That is the truth, but they do what they do very good. They take others ideas and patch them up and re-release them.
 

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They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I've played with a PS3 and Xbox, and PS3 > Xbox. Sorry for any bias that may show.

PS3 Pros
  • Bluray (for example, FF13 is on three DVDs for the Xbox, while FF13 is on one Bluray)
  • Better exclusives/better future (as far as next year goes, Xbox has Alan Wake and Halo 4 to look forward to. PS3 has Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian (hopefully), Ni no Kuni, Starhawk, The Last of Us, Tales of Graces F, and Sly 4).
  • Free online, 'nuff said.
  • Built in controller charging
  • No disk scratching
  • More secure?
  • More open to developers (Portal 2 for example)
PS3 Cons
  • Installing games.
  • No background music playing.
  • Controllers, supposedly.
  • No cross game chat (now that Vita has it, PS4 guaranteed).
Xbox Pros
  • Cross game chat
  • They bribe with money
  • Better indie support
  • Easier to develop for
  • Multiplats better on Xbox?
  • Better controller supposedly.
Xbox Cons
  • Sixty dollar online.
  • Ads, ads everywhere.
  • Below 13 year old kids (although PS3 has it's fair share, at least they don't have a mic)
  • Disk scratching
  • RRoD (I know it's pretty much fixed, but...)
  • FUTURE LOOKS LIKE SHIT. The tables have turned, haven't they?

Wait but background music can play in some games on PS3.Thats a feature devs choose to enable or disable I am pretty sure.
 

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Very nice points. I like to have a wide range variety of titles to play, which is exactly why I bought a PS3 to accompany my Xbox 360.
 

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They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I've played with a PS3 and Xbox, and PS3 > Xbox. Sorry for any bias that may show.

PS3 Pros
  • Bluray (for example, FF13 is on three DVDs for the Xbox, while FF13 is on one Bluray)
  • Better exclusives/better future (as far as next year goes, Xbox has Alan Wake and Halo 4 to look forward to. PS3 has Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian (hopefully), Ni no Kuni, Starhawk, The Last of Us, Tales of Graces F, and Sly 4). [Massive Opinion]
  • Free online, 'nuff said.
  • Built in controller charging
  • No disk scratching
  • More secure?
  • More open to developers (Portal 2 for example)
PS3 Cons
  • Installing games.
  • No background music playing.
  • Controllers, supposedly.
  • No cross game chat (now that Vita has it, PS4 guaranteed).
Xbox Pros
  • Cross game chat
  • They bribe with money
  • Better indie support
  • Easier to develop for
  • Multiplats better on Xbox?
  • Better controller supposedly.
Xbox Cons
  • Sixty dollar online.
  • Ads, ads everywhere.
  • Below 13 year old kids (although PS3 has it's fair share, at least they don't have a mic)
  • Disk scratching
  • RRoD (I know it's pretty much fixed, but...)
  • FUTURE LOOKS LIKE SHIT. The tables have turned, haven't they?


That looks more accurate to me. Not sure about disc scratching, bribing for money, or the 360 being easier to make games for, but it could be that way, not gonna look into it. I have heard about discs being scratched, but my Xbox, my brothers, my few friends who use Xbox, and my uncle never had the problem. So I would guess it's rare.
360 uses free-floating disc drive
move it while a disc is in and is reading it, it will really mess it up, possible make it unreadable

I guess rrod doesnt count for people who still have phat xboxs and who have gone through multiple units because of it like me, still should be a con since it took ms 4+ years to actually fix it with the slim

all companies bribe with money to get exclusives or timed released, its just ms has alot more money to throw around

360 d-pad should be a con, one of the worst designed out of any controller

dont even get me started how there is nothing but shovelware, dancing, and minigames and more coming for kinect
 

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I own both and we haven't touched the Xbox 360 slim 250 gig in months.. All my brother does is play COD and the people on xbox are very noobish and childish.
 

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Get a Wii because it's the only console out there that has it's own games that aren't on the competitors console. Which, I thought was the point of a console for the exclusives. Kinda stupid that Sony and Microsoft offer pretty much the exact same library.
 

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