Which one should i buy? Why?

[techforumz]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

 

[Prime]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

HD-DVD is useless now.

Yeah, maybe the tech support is bad but you get there in the end.

 

[Mangofett]

XBox Live is paid, sucks hard :\

You get what you pay for my friend. Sony's online network cannot even come close to how awesome Xbox Live is.

Not necessarily, my friend. XBL Gold is great, but your only paying to get Demos a few days earlier and to actually play online compared to Silver. While the PSN has pretty much what he needs.

Well, I think matchmaking is one of the best things about Live. Depending on the game, it takes about 5-10 seconds to plunk you into a full game.

 

[techforumz]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

HD-DVD is useless now.

Yeah, maybe the tech support is bad but you get there in the end.

Most of the new movies suck anyways, so who cares! It's like "hacking" CDs, nobody cares, because all the new music sucks. I am by no means a fanboy of either xbox or playstation; I have neither. I am merely pointing out that the ps3 has limited games, unlimited crap movies, and has not been hacked. The xbox has unlimited games + limited not-quite-so-crap movies, and has been hacked. Both are backwards compatible, although the ps3 has better ps2 support than 360 has xbox. However, most work fine. The hacked is probably the only determining factor, though.

Edit: IMHO the PC pwns both. I don't claim to not own one of these, but they have 1000x more games, and can play both blu-ray and hd-dvd, and have free online, (well except for EA) and is already "hacked".

 

[DarkAura]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

HD-DVD is useless now.

Yeah, maybe the tech support is bad but you get there in the end.

Most of the new movies suck anyways, so who cares! It's like "hacking" CDs, nobody cares, because all the new music sucks. I am by no means a fanboy of either xbox or playstation; I have neither. I am merely pointing out that the ps3 has limited games, unlimited crap movies, and has not been hacked. The xbox has unlimited games + limited not-quite-so-crap movies, and has been hacked. Both are backwards compatible, although the ps3 has better ps2 support than 360 has xbox. However, most work fine. The hacked is probably the only determining factor, though.

So buying a console that can be hacked is better? I say the games determine which one is better. I mean, if it had crap games and could be hacked, would you buy it?

 

[techforumz]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

HD-DVD is useless now.

Yeah, maybe the tech support is bad but you get there in the end.

Most of the new movies suck anyways, so who cares! It's like "hacking" CDs, nobody cares, because all the new music sucks. I am by no means a fanboy of either xbox or playstation; I have neither. I am merely pointing out that the ps3 has limited games, unlimited crap movies, and has not been hacked. The xbox has unlimited games + limited not-quite-so-crap movies, and has been hacked. Both are backwards compatible, although the ps3 has better ps2 support than 360 has xbox. However, most work fine. The hacked is probably the only determining factor, though.

So buying a console that can be hacked is better? I say the games determine which one is better. I mean, if it had crap games and could be hacked, would you buy it?

Depends on what the homebrew community can churn out. Like I said a PC is the way to go.

 

[jalaneme]

you are going to get overbiased replies here, most people are xbox 360 owners on gba temp.

 

[ZeWarrior]

360: Use the money you saved (200$) to buy Live.

The 360 has a media center, in my opinion one better than the PS3. You can play all the files from your PC(if you're running XP with Media Center or Vista), or you can play them from an external source such as a flash drive or a DVD. I've burned 720p HD movies onto 4.7GB dvd disks, from files I got from torrent sites. If you feel like being legal, you can download HD movies straight from the marketplace to your hard drive. You can also rip your CDs to your hard drive, and play music while playing in game.

Also modding will save a lot of money.

Other pros for the 360:
+Controller has rumble, at this very moment, with 55 hours of battery life on 2 AA batteries (vs 18 hours for ps3; reported by GamePro)
+Private chat, video chat, between two people, even if you're in different games.
+You can charge your controller while playing, and while this is possible on the PS3, you need to find a cable long enough to do that.
+Bigger marketplace

Also, IMO, the controller is better designed.

That was the sixaxis battery. The DS3 has a battery 10x stronger so it gets a better Battery Life.
BTW, You certainly do not need a long cable. If you have a laptop, computer, any device with USB can charge the Controller while playing the game.


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QUOTE(jalaneme @ May 9 2008, 04:59 PM) you are going to get overbiased replies here, most people are xbox 360 owners on gba temp.

This. Linkiboy is saying he thinks 360 Media Center is better than PS3 one, when he never used the PS3's media server.

 

[wiidsguy]

Really the 360, has one better games, and better contorls, but i would just get a wii if it was me.

 

[jalaneme]

This. Linkiboy is saying he thinks 360 Media Center is better than PS3 one, when he never used the PS3's media server.

i'm not going to get into any fanboy BS but i completely disagree with that post, reason? because you can stream wirelessly (which you have to pay extra for that feature on the xbox 360) to your ps3 for free using tversity, it works flawlessly and saves me gigs of space in the long run, i've used tversity since media streaming was enabled in the firmware and it's be very reliable.

also the ps3 is perfect for media entertainment as you can install up to 320gb hard drive space, have full divx capabilities, and have the luxury of a using a remote control instead of a controller.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yeah, like jalaneme said, this is not the place to ask.


-A PS3 40gb is cheaper than a 360 elite and has a blu-ray player.
-It will not RROD on you.
-It's game library is building and basically every game that has been released on the 360 for the past 6 months has also been released on the PS3.
-It has great exclusive games and despite what anyone says here it's media center is perfect and runs flawlessly. And like jalaneme said you can stream media wirelessly without paying EVEN more like you have to with the 360
-online is free


-The 360 has a lot of great games
-can be flashed!
-will crap out on you sooner or later (RROD)
-Live is not free but is the best online service available as of right now
-Doesn't have blu ray
-can be flashed!

 

[Prime]

Actually, the tech support is even worse than that of the 360. No tech support if it's "too dusty". Plus not hacked, plus price, plus enormous (think u-haul).
Edit: the xbox also has hd-dvd which has been cracked. (code in sig.)

HD-DVD is useless now.

Yeah, maybe the tech support is bad but you get there in the end.

Most of the new movies suck anyways, so who cares! It's like "hacking" CDs, nobody cares, because all the new music sucks. I am by no means a fanboy of either xbox or playstation; I have neither. I am merely pointing out that the ps3 has limited games, unlimited crap movies, and has not been hacked. The xbox has unlimited games + limited not-quite-so-crap movies, and has been hacked. Both are backwards compatible, although the ps3 has better ps2 support than 360 has xbox. However, most work fine. The hacked is probably the only determining factor, though.

Edit: IMHO the PC pwns both. I don't claim to not own one of these, but they have 1000x more games, and can play both blu-ray and hd-dvd, and have free online, (well except for EA) and is already "hacked".

PC can be expensive to keep up-to-date, it can set you back a lot of money if you want it to play blu ray, hd dvd and play the latest games.

 

[JKR Firefox]

XBox Live is paid, sucks hard :\

You get what you pay for my friend. Sony's online network cannot even come close to how awesome Xbox Live is.

Not necessarily, my friend. XBL Gold is great, but your only paying to get Demos a few days earlier and to actually play online compared to Silver. While the PSN has pretty much what he needs.

I should have specified which version of Live. You're right tho. Xbox Live Gold is the bomb.

 

[Prime]

Yeah, like jalaneme said, this is not the place to ask.


-A PS3 40gb is cheaper than a 360 elite and has a blu-ray player.
-It will not RROD on you.
-It's game library is building and basically every game that has been released on the 360 for the past 6 months has also been released on the PS3.
-It has great exclusive games and despite what anyone says here it's media center is perfect and runs flawlessly. And like jalaneme said you can stream media wirelessly without paying EVEN more like you have to with the 360
-online is free


-The 360 has a lot of great games
-can be flashed!
-will crap out on you sooner or later (RROD)
-Live is not free but is the best online service available as of right now
-Doesn't have blu ray
-can be flashed!

Proceed with the good points with the 360. There is much more than you listed

 

[JKR Firefox]

He specifically mentioned no fanboys. Please leave.

I'm not a fanboy. I don't have an Xbox or an Xbox 360. I'm simply a Ps3 hater.

How can you hate something you don't have?

I smell troll.

 

[Prime]

I also smell a flame war coming on.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yeah, like jalaneme said, this is not the place to ask.


-A PS3 40gb is cheaper than a 360 elite and has a blu-ray player.
-It will not RROD on you.
-It's game library is building and basically every game that has been released on the 360 for the past 6 months has also been released on the PS3.
-It has great exclusive games and despite what anyone says here it's media center is perfect and runs flawlessly. And like jalaneme said you can stream media wirelessly without paying EVEN more like you have to with the 360
-online is free


-The 360 has a lot of great games
-can be flashed!
-will crap out on you sooner or later (RROD)
-Live is not free but is the best online service available as of right now
-Doesn't have blu ray
-can be flashed!

Proceed with the good points with the 360. There is much more than you listed

Like what?

 

[Urza]

I'm not going to read any of the replies preceding mine.

The correct answer is:
The one with the games you want to play.

 

[martin88]

You can mod 360 and play games without paying for them. You can't do it on PS3.

And the 360 controller is more comfortable.

 

[deathfisaro]

For each console, see if you can name 5 exclusive games that came out or coming out within a month that you really can't get out of the head. Go with the console that you can.

Tekken, MGS, GT, GoW, and Halo 3 are all different genres (unless you think MGS is just a TPS) I think you won't fail either way.

I got both and I'm loving both (and my DS and my PSP and my girlfriend's Wii)