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XBOX VS PS3
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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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omgpwn666 beat me to the punch a bit, but whatever.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Wait but background music can play in some games on PS3.Thats a feature devs choose to enable or disable I am pretty sure.
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
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.
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.
