is it worth buying both xbox 360 and playstation 3?

Question

or should i just buy one?
which one do you recommend?

Answer 1

I answered this question earlier and this is what I wrote. I hope this helps.

As a fan of all three systems I would say, at this point and time, get a PS3. I own all three new systems and and have really come to the conclusion that, in the long run, the PS3 is the overall best choice for two major reasons:

1) 33% of all Xbox 360 crash and get the Red Ring of Death. Microsoft is trying to fix this problem, but even the new 360's with the Falcon chipset actually still crash and burn. I have personally seen it as my brother bought one. Poor guy. PS3's on the other hand have a failure rate of less than one percent.

2) PS3 is a better value. The standard PS3 has built in Blu-ray, wi-fi, and free internet. On November 2nd the new 40 gig PS3 will be available for $399. To get an X-box 360 with roughly the same features as the PS3 you have to buy the Premium edition for $379, plus spend $179 for the HD-DVD add on, plus $100 for wi-fi. That's $658. Add in $50 dollars a year for Xbox live and you have a whopping $708 bill.
I don't know about you, but I am not made of money. My PS3 has turned out to be a much more valuable (and used) piece of equipment in my house.

The Xbox has better games right now, but not forever. Check out these new games exclusively for PS3:

Uncharted Drakes Fortune
Haze
Unreal Tournament 3 (Timed Exclusive)
Ratchet and Clank Future
Little Big Planet
Killzone 2
Eye of Judgement
Gran Tourismo 5
Folklore
Afrika

My 360 works fine, but I never bought all the add ons to make it equal to my PS3. It just wasn't worth it. Any system you buy you are going to enjoy, but I just thought I would let you know what i have realized for myself.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Answer 2

It is worth only buying one. Many games hit both platforms with only some being exclusive. If you had both the xbox and playstation, which one did you prefer? As of right now, XBox 360 definitely knocks out the PS3 but i'm sure there's going to be more games with the PS3 before long. Just based on the games: XBOX360. This is just my opinion, I think that the PS3 has a better system, but the 360 has the better games. In the end, the 360 would still be my choice. I base this on enjoyment of playing games, not just what the system can do.

Answer 3

I'm a loyal Sony console buyer. I own the Original Playstation, Playstation 2, and 60GB Playstation 3. I really couldn't buy games for both systems, and I don't like the Xbox 360 controller or most of the 360's games.

In my opinion, the Xbox 360 has to many hardware problems and isn't worth buying until Microsoft fixes the problem permanantly. I know that the warranty is extended for 3 years, but I wouldn't want to go through the trouble of sending in my console everytime it broke down.

Really, it all comes down to what type of games you like to play, the PS3 has more variety in it's exclusive titles, but so far, most of the 360's good exclusive titles have been shooters.

But I recommend buying just one console, the PS3, that's just my opinion.

Answer 4

just get one: ps3

PS3 IS WORTH THE BUY!!!!

- 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)

Answer 5

get the xbox 360 elite. great value for money. I have the ps3 and it kinda sucks. No of its games appeals to me. With the 360 having a great list of game halo3, gears of war etc. So what i'm trying to say is the 360 is more entertaining, i wasted alot of money purchasing the playstation 3.

Answer 6

This is my cut and paste answer. The reason for that is because a tech info is a tech info, you can't beat it.

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 4 slots card reader (except 20GB and 40GB versions), 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. That's why in some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".

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.

The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console. Biggest games weigh only 25 GB (Xbox 360 will need more than 3 discs even for those).

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).

On PS3 you can help sick people by running Folding Home project. Wii and Xbox 360 didn't even think about it.

New 40GB is coming with a lower prive between around 400$ and 400 euros (depends on the region).

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

Answer 7

Get a PS3...X-Box is nothing but trouble...read this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems