which should I get?

Question

the $279.99 xbox 360 arcade console or the new $349.99 ps3? don't tell me anything about wii, elite, 80 gb ps3, premium xbox 360, etc. just which of these two should I get? and will the ps3 be $349.99 or $399.99?

xbox 360 (arcade)-
+ good games
+ cheap
+ plays dvd's (in 720p)
+ memory card
+ free arcade games
- RROD

ps3-
+ blu-ray (or DVDs upscaled to HD).
+ Hard Drive
+ wireless controller that has usb (free charger)
- barely any games

I didn't mention anything about xbox live or whatever ps3 uses for internet because I won't use it for online play. I also will never use that blu-ray and HD DVD garbage. all I would use it is for gaming, not online or HD Disks. so that means the xbox 360 is the better buy for me. thx.

Answer 1

i would get the ps3 because it has a better hard drive and graphics also some pretty good games but they dont have very much games for it right now

Answer 2

Get the ps3. Built in HD with BlueRay - Xbox extra$$ for HD-DVD (capacity of hddvd is not near that of blueray). Hard drive can be updated with a regular notebook drive (bigger and cheaper) - not proprietary and expensive like xbox, has built in wifi - xbox is extra$$. Also, if you have a PC then it is likely that the Xbox game can be purchased for the PC at a lower cost. You can run Linux on PS3, you cannot add an os to xbox, without hacking it and voiding warranty. Speaking of warranty, 33% of xbox's fail - PS3 doesn't fail. And lastly, the technology built into the PS3 coupled with the 50gig bluerays disks = bigger badder games. As coders learn how to juice every ounce out of the PS3 things will only get better.
P.S. Xbox live = $$, PS3 online = free. Make a list for yourself and put in the pluses and minuses for yourself and let us know which way you decided to go.

Answer 3

ps3 or wii ,the 360 has only shooting games
ps3 is the cheapest and the most powerful and has the best graphics
360 is to expensive at;$400 and the ps3 has twice the hard drive space

Answer 4

PS3 will win the console war, no doubt. Xbox 360 and Wii are so weak from technological point of view, that in couple of years they won't be capable of dealing with serious graphics. GTA IV, for instance, isn't even announced for Wii - this toy won't be able to cope with the game's requirements. Xbox 360 is getting GTA IV, however, the game is going to be released on several DVDs - Xbox 360 owners will have to interrupt gaming process and switch discs (Rockstar complained about this issue). Only PS3 will have it on single BD-DVD.

Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:

A third of XBOX 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%.

PS3 has 8 (7+1) kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3.
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 layer DVD-9 (8.5GB). It's possible to get HD-DVD (max. - 30GB) for 360, but it'll cost you around 180$, in this case Xbox is going to be MUCH more expensive, than PS3.
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 6800 Ultra nvidia graphics card, multiply it by 2 - get a result, still PS3 stronger, because 6800 Ultra runs on 400 Mhz and RSX runs on 550 Mhz.

PS3 uses technology from AGEIA company. It does to physics of the game same thing GPU (videocard processor) does to graphics. This thing is on sale for PC(special card). The price is around 350$. There is no such thing in 360.

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 PS3 will get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4, The Agent and other great exclusives. Here is the good link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......

PS3 online is free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.

There were reports, that 360 scratches discs. No reports on that in PS3.

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.

On PS3 you can install other OS, such as Linux Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and others. Sony officially lets you do it. There is no such thing in 360.

PS3 HDD can be replaced easily with any 2.5" SATA 5400 RPM HDD (used in laptops). 250 GB will cost you around 170$. In 360 you have to buy exclusive HDD, where 20GB will cost you 100$.

Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. Also Sony reduces price now. Soon there is going to be cheaper 40GB version of PS3.

Sony constantly upgrades PS3 software (free updates for OS) - you get new functions and improvements.

PS3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. Wii has it, Xbox 360 - doesn't. PS3 controller is getting vibrocontroller soon (Dualshock 3).

I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it. Leave it for kindergarten and casual games.

Answer 5

dude wtf there no ps3 that costs 350 its 499 for the 60gb and 599 for the 80gb but if you can find it for that much go for it but good luck choosing from a crappy selection ps3 offers with the exceptions of fall of man & heavenly sword 360 offer more.. arcade ...live...and soon dmc4, gta4 & ninja gaiden 2 along with massefect,assasins creed, unrealtournament..i have both and graphics wise there the same cant tell a difference.

Answer 6

get the ps3, it has a bigger hardrive and more features like built in wifi.