I have an Xbox 360, but I have only had it for one year and it has had the ring of death TWICE! can you believe that. as I am waiting for Microsoft to return it to me. I have decided to get rid of it as obviously it is not a good investment. I had my PS2 for 4 years without ANY problems. Now I don't know too much on PS3 or Wii but would like to know which one would make sense? Are there any hardware issue on either systems. Any future games (I'm into sport and FPS). Please let me know as I need to make up my mind soon.
2007-09-30 10:15:19 · 7 answers · asked by beipher 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear ➔ PlayStation
I have an Xbox 360, but I have only had it for one year and it has had the ring of death TWICE! can you believe that. as I am waiting for Microsoft to return it to me. I have decided to get rid of it as obviously it is not a good investment. I had my PS2 for 4 years without ANY problems. Now I don't know too much on PS3 or Wii but would like to know which one would make sense? Are there any hardware issue on either systems. Any future games (I'm into sport and FPS). Please let me know as I need to make up my mind soon. I have three coolers on the thing. I mean I hardly play it, I mean maybe in a week I'd say 15 hours. I work full time and go to school so my time is limited. When I had the PS2, I used to play like 30+ hours in a week! 5 or 6 hours mon-fri and more than 10 on the weekend.
2007-09-30 11:16:26 · update #1
I have three coolers on the thing. I mean I hardly play it, I mean maybe in a week I'd say 15 hours. I work full time and go to school so my time is limited. When I had the PS2, I used to play like 30+ hours in a week! 5 or 6 hours mon-fri and more than 10 on the weekend.
2007-09-30 11:16:50 · update #2
Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:
Almost a third of XBOX 360 are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%.
Let's compare them
PS3 has 7+1 kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3x2
PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual DVD (9.5 gb).
Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in card reader (except 20 gb version), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $
Graphics are stronger in PS3, due to RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. To estimate its power (roughly) - take 8600 nvidia graphics card, multiply it by 2 - get a result, still PS3 stronger, because 8600 Ultra runs on 400 Mhz and RSX runs on 550 Mhz.
PS3 has a chip from AGEIA company. It does to physics of the game same thing GPU (videocard processor) does to graphics. This card is on sale for PC. The price is around 350$.
Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 8 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it.
Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.
In 2008 we'll get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4 and other great exclusives. Here is the great link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......
PS3 online world will be free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.
In some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".
The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console.
Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years.
I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it.
2007-10-01 00:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bull Goose Loony 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the PS3 is highly overpriced. But if money is no object then fair play. I'd say go with the Wii.. Bit of Metroid Prime 3 In a few weeks. I'm sure you'd be able to get an offer on it if you buy them together aswell. That will be an awesome FPS. There will be more FPS coming onto Wii in 08. The Wii has had no major issues. Although it can burn out if you leave it on Standby for months and months. Turning the plug off occasionally doesn't do it any harm though. The PS3 also has much more dangerous over-heating problems with tons of units being sent back in Japan. To be honest, I think you should just get a new 360. That has the best FPS games out there. I mean GOW, Halo 3. Microsoft have had so many technical issues. But, (I'm not doubting you) try taking more care, as the ring of death can be caused by over-heating or simply the console falling off of a desk or being knocked over, whatever. I hope this helps! Happy gaming.
2007-09-30 10:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think of the PS3 is he better of the three! it is approximately $2 hundred better than the Xbox 360, yet interior the longrun PS3 will pop out triumphant. For the Xbox 360, ur might desire to pay $50 a year for Xbox stay, for the PS3 the internet gaming and the surely information superhighway is loose! Wii is cool with the numchuck controller, even yet it gets old and whilst ur ill u cant upward thrust up and play it very almost, cuz ur ill! PS3 is the SHIZZIT!!!
2016-10-20 09:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wii is geared towards a younger audience, so you won't be seeing any exclusive wii FPS's. The PS3 on the other hand is getting, (as far as shooters go) Haze, Killzone 2, Uncharted, etc.
Also, the ps3 has all the sports games that the 360 has.
Go for the ps3 if you want RPG's, Action Adventure, Platformers, Shooters, Miscellaneous, or sports games.
And you won't have to worry about the ps3 breaking down, it has a .2% failure rate, the 360 has a 33% failure rate.
2007-09-30 10:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by Shadowfyre 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a ps3
ps3 is BETTER FOR MANY MANY reasons
i'll list some of the reasons
- ps3 has a built-in blu-ray player
- ps3 has much more and better exclusives, most of them cant go to xbox 360 because it cant handle that many data(DVD- 8.5gb, blu-ray 50gb)
- online is free for ps3 not like 360
- ps3 will have over 300 games released by this spring
- when developers get used to the system, the graphics will be WAY better than 360. should take them a year to get used to it
- playstation home is coming out this spring, its a virtual community where you can hang out with friends and customize your own apartment which xbox doesnt have(FREE)
- ps3 is a true HD console. xbox 360 upscale games to 1080p and ps3 DISPLAY games up to 1080p
- built in Wi-Fi
- xbox 360: 33% hardware failure
ps3: 3% hardware failure
- rumble returns in spring 2008
- you can upgrade your harddrive without voiding warranties with any 2.5 HDD, which xbox cant because you have to buy a xbox HDD
(they actually have the step by step on how to upgrade it on playstation.com)
those are the ones that i know right off my mind but there are much more reason than this
Prices as of today:
ps3- 80gb: $599
60gb: $499
xbox 360(premium)- $399 (if you want the accessories that ps3 comes with, that would add up to over 700 dollars)
2007-09-30 10:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by BaSeBaLlKiD721 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ps3 becouse with the wii you wont get that many good fps's but the ps3 is getting alot of good games coming, alot of them are gonna be fps's
2007-09-30 10:22:33 · answer #6 · answered by OMNI G1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definately Ps3 in the long run
2007-09-30 10:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋