PS3 or Xbox 360

[wilsonx94]

Open debate. Pick your favorite. If you want to elaborate on your anwser, go ahead.

[Starfire]

PS3, enough said.

[Zaraki]

360, enough said. :P

[ricecake]

Xbox 360 all the way

[Koopaking]

Hah, nobody bothers to justify, sure smells like fanboy in this thread.

Between those two, I'm going to have to say Playstation 3.
Putting the games aside for a moment, the PS3 is simply a better machine than the 360. It plays Blu-ray discs, and always has an internal HDD (which you may have to buy separately if you get the cheap 360). The controllers have built in batteries, no need to buy AA batteries or separate charger packs. Also, the machine is reliable and doesn't have constant random errors that can cripple the system (Red ring of death). The interfaces of the systems themselves are pretty similar, and both do the job well.

As for the games, nowadays a console is defined by its exclusive games. Pretty much most of the games are released for both PS3 and Xbox 360. Pretty much every 360 exclusive game is also ported onto PC, which kind of makes it non-exclusive anymore, kind of lame but Microsoft likes money. Between exclusives, the games are pretty well balanced, but the future looks quite promising for Sony exclusives, Microsoft too. But when comparing the same games on both systems, the PS3 games have better graphics, less load times, and can have the potential for more content due to the Blu-Ray. Microsoft is struggling to fit 360 games on their dual layer DVDs which can hold about 9GB, while the Blu-Rays can hold 50GB. Also the PS3 can play any PS1 game and (sometimes) PS2 games. 360 can only play certain Xbox games and needs an annoying update to do so for each one.

And the aspect where I don't care too much about but seems to be a big factor is online playability. Playstation Network vs. Xbox Live. PSN has an advantage right off the bat with it being free and no subscription required. Other than that the services are pretty identical with online play, and downloading games. Xbox Live does have a more robust community with the voice chats and parties and stuff which a lot of people like. Taking that into account, Microsoft has better online playability. As for me I don't have interest in playing online, just downloading games on the service.

And this is why I prefer PS3. 360 is nice too and I was considering that over Playstation but then they had to go and have Twitter, Facebook, and casual crap at E3 and that changed my mind.




(People who fight over consoles are lame btw, we are all gamers.)

[wi_sam]

Originally Posted by Koopaking

(People who fight over consoles are lame btw, we are all gamers.)

Indeed, and reading what you just post, made me want a PS3 even more.

But some are bigger gamers than others. Nuff said'

I rather buy a PS3, probably because of experience and I hate the Microsoft "monopoly". As for the games, I wouldn't say Xbox 360 is any less "exclusive" than the PS3, but I agree with the rest, Koopa.

[Memorix]

I guess i'd have to go with the 360, seeing as to how i have never experienced the PS3 first hand.

Originally Posted by Memorix

.....i have never experienced the PS3 first hand....

That's the whole problem, isn't it?

[Zaraki]

Originally Posted by Koopaking

Hah, nobody bothers to justify, sure smells like fanboy in this thread.

heh i'm too lazy to post why and don't feel like going back to the other which is better console topic just to copy and paste my reasons. 360 games are more appealing to me, and i love LIVE. i wouldn't mind getting a ps3, but there are only so many game on it i would like to get and to me it'll feel like a waste of money if i bought a expensive console and only a few games. personally i really don't care if it has blue-ray or not, my dvd player is a hd boost and came with an hd cord and i can't see the difference from a blue-ray and the dvd player i have. only time i've gotten the red ring of doom would be if i'm playing during a thunderstorm and the power gets knocked out. so far only has happened twice and my 360 still works without a problem.