Kaiera said:Personally, I'd have to give my support to the 360. Yes, the PS3 can function as a blu-ray player, but it certainly is not the cheapest blu-ray player on the market. Also, at this point in time, any game out on both the 360 and PS3 has performed equally graphics wise, and if there is a difference, it is insignificant. The argument that the use of blu-ray discs is better than DVDs is ridiculous as well - how much trouble is it really to switch from Disc 1 to Disc 2? 30 seconds worth?
The 360 is much cheaper out of the gate and has a wide selection of games available. The 360 is also backwards compatible, so (if you didn't have an Xbox) you can enjoy any original Xbox games you might have missed. With the PS3, you must keep your PS2 unless you shell out 600 dollars for a backwards compatible model.
As for online play, Xbox Live (while you do have to pay for it) is completely run through Microsoft's own servers and, since customers do pay for it, there is much more motivation to keep it functional. Not to mention the significantly improved download speeds that come with Xbox Live. While PSN IS free, as they say, you get what you pay for (which, being about 80 dollars a year, is really only 7 dollars a month). Does that justify giving up the extra cash for a PS3?
On a side note: Sony's customer support is terrible. I had a problem with them myself in the past when we tried to get a replacement for a friend's PSP. I also dealt with Microsoft support when my 360 red-ringed. Sony does not track their systems and, since we did not have a store receipt, they refused to honor the 1 year warranty that this PSP was still under. (If you do buy a PS3, be sure to keep the receipt until the manufacturer's warranty expires!) They told us that we had to pay 80 dollars to fix a system that should have been covered by the warranty. Microsoft on the other hand looked up my system tracking number immediately, and sent me a brand new 360 and a Live subscription for my trouble. With no receipt.
All right. I'm finished.
Yakkov said:XxNinjaSworDDxX said:I think you should get a 360 there are more games
the ps3 can get the yellow wing of death
Xbox360 can get the red ring of death. So what is your point. The red ring of death (RROD) happens more on the XBOX360, then the yellow ring of death (YROD) on the PS3. So what if the XBOX360 has more games. It can't handle what the PS3 can.
Is the Wi-Fi for the XBOX360 free? No, its not. You have to pay a fee. Sony has a policy with every device they build. They always build it with a failure rate that is LOWER than the industry standard. Industry standard failure rate is 5%. Sony was able to get away with below 1%.
What even beats the XBOX360 is the PS3 has an already ready to go hard drive. You would have to pay more money out of your wallet to even get that. The PS3 has blue-ray, and the XBOX360 does not. The PS3 is so much of a superior system to the XBOX360, it makes it look like a system from 64 bit age of video game systems. This applies to the older models of the XBOX360.
The Pro model of the XBOX360 is like $349 and the Elite is $449. The Pro comes with a 60gig hard drive (used to be 20gig) and the Elite comes with a 120gig hard drive. But the PS3 is still less expensive.
Functionality:
1- PS3 80GB
2 - Xbox 360 Arcade
Out of the box console:
1 - $399
2 - $199
Wi-Fi:
1 - YES
2 - $100 add-on
Hard Drive:
1 - YES (80 GB)
2 - $100-$150 add-on (60GB-120GB)
Online Gaming Service:
1 - FREE
2 - $50 per person/per year
Blu-ray gaming/movies:
1 - YES
2 - Not Available
HDMI Output:
1 - YES
2 - Not available in earlier models
Total :
1 - $399
2 - $449-$499
the xbox 360 has the XBOX Live Marketplace, the PS3 only get Hi Def Graphics if you have a HD T.V., the xbox 360 doesn't need a HD T.V. Also we have more exclusive games then the PS3. People that makes games for the PS3 also make the same game for the XBOX too you know. Oh yeah the red ring of death is on the PS3 as the "Yellow line of doom". We can play original xbox games while Sony doesn't let you play PS2 games on the PS3 so they are ripping you off for your money. They want you to buy everything they have thats why Sony also makes HD T.Vs.DeathSharingan said:360 - If you encounter the RROD twice, you'll have 10% percent fix chance...
In Malaysia, people are duking it out with the $ony systems. But the main advantage for the 360 in M'sia is it can play the fake (pirated) games...
PS3 - NO RROD, hands down. Free multiplayer connectivity. SIXAXIS. More players around, Remote Play with the PSP... RESISTANCE FTW!1!1!! Cheapest Blu-ray player in the market...Hi Def graphics... Little Big Planet duking the market... PlayStation Store, PS Home... XMB as the menu...
The only drawback is it can't play pirated games...
Pokémon TCG said:Who cares if the X360 has more games there bad anyway PS3 is much better as I have one
Gamefreak734 said:ummm well I'm sorry to say xbox suporters, but well I got a PS3 yesterday.... sorry again 360ers but it still is a good console.
NyJonesy26 said:Well, Xbox Live has been around since the first Xbox, so Microsoft was already in good shape for the next generation in terms of online play. Sony had a weak implementation of online services on the PS2, so the Playstation Network was created so they could better compete with Xbox. I think both consoles are great machines, it's just Sony has made too many mistakes with the PS3, one major issue being the complete omission of PS2 backward compatibility as well as the still high price tag. A lot of people were counting on their PS3s being able to play all games that they had from the previous generations, and the 60GB was the only model besides the lowly 20GB to be able to truly do just that. If they had kept the Emotion Engine in all of the following SKUs and dropped the price to about $300-$350, I think the PS3 would be doing much better now.
Bubba235 said:PS3 takes down Xbox any day, at least in my opinion. But it depends on what games you like, really. PS3 = war, battle, fighting. But then again, there is LittleBigPlanet which is none of those. lol!
So what if the price is a bit much. If you have the money for it, you should have already bought it.
OH! Free internet too...I wouldn't stand paying for it...ugh...
Gamefreak734 said:Believe me people, I've almost had my PS3 for a week now and I'm loving having it Although if I had gotten the 360 I'm sure I would be saying the same thing.
And do you guys think this trade is fair? I recently traded with my friend. The trade was:
My: Motorstorm2 His: Ratchet and clank FTOD
Fair?