ok my husbands b day is on friday and i know he wants a xbox or a ps3. but i dont know which one is better! i want to get whichever one is funner and will not give us mechanical problems for the money ill be playing!! and i dont know anything about this stuff so please b honest and help!! thank u!
2007-10-03 00:32:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear ➔ PlayStation
x box 360 i mean
2007-10-03 00:35:05 · update #1
By "funner" I believe you mean more fun and that, in all honesty, is a matter of preference. Different people are interested in different games, but both do have a good library of games to keep everyone interested. As far as hardware goes, the 360 has a massive hardware failure rate and is the main reason that I would not reccomend the 360 to anyone at this point in time. For your situation, get the PS3, it will give you what you want without it being liable to break at any moment.
2007-10-03 08:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
alrighty
the ps3 is so much better than a xbox 360 because the xbox 360 has a very bad problem going around at the moment with the red ring of death which is when the 4 l.e.d. lights on the front stay red and dont go away. this problem is bad becuase there is simply no way they can repair this so you would have to buy a brand new one. also the xbox 360 controller is heavy and isnt rechargeable unlike the ps3 the controller is lite and rechargeable with a long battery life. the ps3 has a blueray disc which is 100 GB but the xbox is only about 8 GB which means the ps3 can fit alot more on the disc and a bigger game. becuase the ps3 is blueray it has much more better graphics than the xbox 360 which is a standard DVD.
and cant forget the very good feature!. the ps3 you can play games online for FREE! and can hook up to any wireless router. with the xbox 360 you have to pay xbox live to play online and it doesnt have wireless internet
also you can put pretty much any operating system on the ps3 but not on the xbox 360
and last but not least the ps3 controller is motion sensitive with some games
as you can see the ps3 is the way to go goodluck
2007-10-03 07:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by Tyza H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ps3 is WORTH THE BUY!!!!
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: .2% hardware failure(see the decimal? less than 1%!)
- 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)
2007-10-03 14:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by BaSeBaLlKiD721 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want mechanical problems, you DON'T want an X-box 360. They have a 33% failure rate. I've heard people talking about them failing right out of the box.
And if you don't want to pay a bunch of extra money to make the 360 do MOST of what the PS3 can do right out of the box, then just get the PS3.
2007-10-03 07:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by Comfy! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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 Ultra 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.
2007-10-03 08:45:00 · answer #5 · answered by Bull Goose Loony 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with the xbox 360 that way he wont have to leave the house to have fun with is buddys and you will know where he is at all times lol and make sure you get him some poker games , halo 3 and gears of war that should keep him busy for a while
2007-10-03 07:35:21 · answer #6 · answered by Loyc 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
PS3 for all your gaming needs. The PS3 has better games and awesome graphics. If your husband loves war games, he'd love this console. PS3 may be more expensive but for grown men it is perfect.
2007-10-03 08:38:36 · answer #7 · answered by I Pity You Fool!™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ps3 all the way man i mean 360?
it crud, i mean by x mas the ps3 (with 2 games) will be £200 ($400) then again can u be botherd buying a HD TV?....
well i got both and it freaking great!!!!
2007-10-03 07:36:45 · answer #8 · answered by vulcandude666 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both,y not i bet hed love it
2007-10-03 07:35:45 · answer #9 · answered by proffeser n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither get a chipped WII its fun ; )
2007-10-03 07:36:37 · answer #10 · answered by Scholeyman 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋