Christmas For Me - Xbox 360 or PS3?

[JPH]

Xbox 360.
Halo 3.
BioShock.
Gears of War.
Better graphics.

 

[BoneMonkey]

PS3

Tekken 6

Metal Gear Solid 4

Final Fantasy XIII

Unreal Tournament 3

Soulcalibur IV

those are coming soon too

 

[cubin']

Ok guys I think it's time cubin' pulled out his list of awesome. I believe it will be informative for the OP.

Here are some awesome xbox360 games:

Gears of War
Bioshock
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Dead Rising
Crackdown
Forza Motorsport 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Dead or Alive 4
Burnout Revenge
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Eternal Sonata
Viva Pinata
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3
Half-life 2, episode 1, episode 2
Blue Dragon
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Stranglehold
Mass Effect + sequels
Halo Wars
Rock Band
Guitar Hero 3
Assassin's Creed
Skate
Resident Evil 5
Ninja Gaiden 2
Devil May Cry 4
Soulcalibur IV
Beautiful Katamari
Left 4 Dead
Banjo Kazooie
Tom Clancy's EndWar (looks amazing)
Time Shift
World in Conflict
Fallout 3
Legendary: The Box
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Grand Theft Auto IV + sequels
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Every Extend Extra Extreme (looks like a crazy shoot em up)
Fable 2
Silent Hill 5
Too Human
Unreal Tournament III
Dungeon Hero
Elveon

not all are out, I probably missed some, lots more will be announced.

 

[phoood]

Your list of awesome has our wallets trembling in fear.
Seriously though, PS3's game library is non-existent. Meanwhile I'll be playing on my 360.

 

[HBK]

X360 all the way. I played the PS3 before and it's just weak compared to the 360. Plus, you have Halo 3, Bioshock, Orange Box, etc.

What more could you want...?

Online? XBOX Live.

 

[ZeWarrior]

And if Price is a Factor the 40GB PS3 comes out on October 28th and is only 400$ so you can still get a couple games.


We have the 40GB ATM and its price is to be about £300 ($600), where as the core 360 is £180 ($360).
Plus if you can find them the 60GB is £350 ($700) down from £425 ($850) with 2 games, and in some places 3.
Even with that price drop its too expensive for most people, its the price we expect to pay at the most for a launch console.



It's still a big difference from the original price. And now I actually think it's a pretty fair price. And if other people didn't think so the PS3 wouldn't have sold so well when they cut the price.

when did the ps3 sell well?

I'm looking forward to the decent PS3 games coming out in the next couple years but until then I will stay far away.

The PS3 did sell well. I didn't said I sold well compared to other consoles but when they dropped the 60GB Price before the Sales went up by 135% It was selling more than the Xbox at the time.

 

[ZeWarrior]

Your list of awesome has our wallets trembling in fear.
Seriously though, PS3's game library is non-existent. Meanwhile I'll be playing on my 360.

Non-existent? What happened to Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk and others? That's bullshit man.

 

[ZeWarrior]

Xbox 360.
Halo 3.
BioShock.
Gears of War.
Better graphics.

Better Graphics isn't right. The 360 has better texture in the graphics. Hardly noticeable.

 

[x1badMoFo]

XBOX 360 is the way to go for sure this Christmas. Maybe by Christmas 2008 the PS3 will have some good games out and be a little cheaper.

 

[jakeruston]

Thanks guys!

I guess I'm getting an Xbox 360

 

[test84]

Are u gonna get Arcade version?

 

[jakeruston]

Whats the... um... difference?

 

[Nevin007]

Both are great systems and you'll almost certainly be happy with either one in the long haul. So go for the cheaper one the 360.

 

[Nevin007]

Whats the... um... difference?

The weight of your wallet.

 

[Ace Gunman]

The PlayStation 3 is a really solid piece of hardware, but it has two major downsides: it only has a handful of truly great games (as of now), and a rather high price point. And don't be misinformed by the the false information out there; the Xbox 360 and PS3 are evenly matched from a technical standpoint, in some ways the 360 is better, in some ways the PS3 is better, but on the whole they're fairly evenly matched. However, as of now developers haven't been able to work the PS3 properly, so 9 times out of 10 the games end up looking/working slightly better on the Xbox 360. Plus, in this ever growing age where developers costs aren't matching the sales, it almost a given that most games that are on the PS3 will end up on the Xbox 360, and vice-versa. Except of course for 1st party titles on either system. So my personal recommendation would be for you to purchase an Xbox 360.

 

[ZeWarrior]

Both are great systems and you'll almost certainly be happy with either one in the long haul. So go for the cheaper one the 360.

In The long haul the 360 won't last nearly as long as the PS3.

 

[Ace Gunman]

Both are great systems and you'll almost certainly be happy with either one in the long haul. So go for the cheaper one the 360.


In The long haul the 360 won't last nearly as long as the PS3.

Depends what you mean. If you're referring to the 360s high failure rate, recent internal hardware revisions (AKA the 65nm chips) have been proven to reduce heat within the system, almost to the point where it's cool to the touch. You see excessive heat would build up within the system, and then caused the motherboards to warp, which in turn caused the GPU (or was it the CPU... I forget which one) to come apart from the board; which was the cause of the dreaded RRoD issue. Now that the systems run cooler with the new chips, new heatsinks, a new epoxy solution that holds both the chips down, etc, that should no longer be a problem.

However, if you're referring to the PS3s "ten year product life cycle" that one is going to bite Sony on the ass in 3 or 4 years. It's a strong marketing plan, to wait out 10 years for the system to truly prosper. Unfortunately Microsoft isn't doing the same. By the time the PS3's lifespan is half over, Microsoft will have in-theory, released the next-generation of Xbox which will from a technical perspective put the PS3 to shame. So the "long haul" really depends on your perspective.

In 5-ish years the PS3 will be what the PS2 is currently to the "next gen systems", an odd "hanging on by a thread" hardware generation that isn't technically capable of doing what a lot of the new hardware can do, but still has a fantastic software library (I like to think that in 5 - 6 years the PS3 will have a software library that makes you proud you own one).

 

[cubin']

Both are great systems and you'll almost certainly be happy with either one in the long haul. So go for the cheaper one the 360.


In The long haul the 360 won't last nearly as long as the PS3.

Your logic fails. The PS1 and 2 outlasted all their competitors which shows graphics don't make consoles last longer

 

[test84]

i actually asked that which 360 version will you buy, Arcade, premium, Elite,etc.

 

[ZeWarrior]

Both are great systems and you'll almost certainly be happy with either one in the long haul. So go for the cheaper one the 360.


In The long haul the 360 won't last nearly as long as the PS3.

Your logic fails. The PS1 and 2 outlasted all their competitors which shows graphics don't make consoles last longer

How does it fail? I'm not talking about consoles breaking or Graphics. The 2 of you are obviously not paying attention to what I'm trying to get here. The Original Xbox lasted what? 3-4 years? What makes you think Microsoft won't do the same to the 360? It's been 2 years already for the console and another year or 2 is the max it will get IMHO./

EDIT:and Cubin according to that then Microsoft will reveal a 3rd Xbox and that will Fail since the PS3 will have inferior ( maybe ) graphics to the next Xbox. Just shows how much you pwned your self there.