ps3 vrs other consols?

Question

in your valued opinion which long term would be best to buy?? and why??

Answer 1

Hey mate, well my answer is from my own experience, if you look at my previous answers and questions, you will see that I was an xbox 360 fan. But that changed, do you know why because I got one during summer 2006 and one month later it died on me with the red ring of death. So I returned it to Argos and I thought I'll get the Xbox Elite, and so I did, GUESS WHAT, that also died on me. Enough was enough. So until recently I researched into the PS3 and played on my mates one and decided I was going to get one.

Now you ask, why is the ps3 going to be best to buy for the longer term, look at the PS2 its been great for 7 years and still is running as people are still buying them. The Ps3 is going to have a lifespan of ten years, yes thats right TEN years. Can you see the 360 running for ten years, I think not. 33% of all 360's have a chance of dying, whereas the PS3 has a chance of 0.2%.

The PS3 also has blu-ray, wi-fi, recharger for controller and a Cell Processor which is ahead of its time. 360 has not get any of those, If you get a hd-dvd drive, wi-fi and recharger for your 360, then it is more expensive than the PS3, much more.

Theres also the fact that you have got to pay to play online for the 360, which costs around £40 quid a year. Add all of them together, your going to spend at least £100-200 more on your 360. The ps3 online is FREE and they are going to bring out an interactive social world called Home, where you can be a person, customise that person including hair, looks etc and talk and socialise with other people, and have your own house.

The PS3's blu-ray discs can hold 50gb of data and content, which means more quality graphics and longer gameplay. Now the 360 uses the ordinary DVD, which can hold only 9gb of data. See the difference, in the future for 360 games, they will be on multiple discs. Whereas on the PS3 it will be on ONE disc. With the ps3 you can watch blu-ray movies and ordinary dvds, but with the 360 you can only watch ordinary dvd, and have to buy an extra drive to watch HD-DVD.

Anyway thats my answer, pretty long, I know, but I had hopes for the 360 but it let me down. And guys on here that are saying theres no good games for the ps3, mate just look at Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, and the games about to come including Haze, Unreal Tournament, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Killzone and many more.

Merry Christmas.

Answer 2

PS3. The 360 will need a replacement soon because of it's failure rate, limiting power and DVD format. As with every Nintendo console the Wii's best exclusive games are first party ones and it's going to be a while before there's another Zelda or Mario. I think the fact that the Wii doesn't have big games like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4 and GTA IV will hurt sales and it will soon look dated. The PS3 is planned to last about 10 years, it has the most potential that will be taken advantage of over time and the Blu-ray format means that it will have bigger games than the other two.

EDIT In response to Callum S if you go to decalgirl.com you can buy vinyls for the PS3, there are ready-made designs as well as ones you can get made from your own designs.

Answer 3

I LOVE THE PS3 AND HERES MY ANSWERThe PS3 plays full 1080p hi-definition wheras the Xbox just upscales the image. The internet gaming is free for the PS3 so over 5 years that's £200/$270 saved compared to Xbox live. If you like online play there's Warhawk and Unreal Tournament 3 and Metal Gear Online are coming out. Also the Playstation Network has Little Big Planet and Home coming to it.

Blu-ray discs mean that more can be stored on PS3 games allowing them to be bigger. An Xbox DVD holds about 8GB but a single layer Blu-ray disc holds 25GB and a dual layer holds 50GB yet a 360 game costs the same as a PS3 game. Grand Theft Auto 4 may have to be put on multiple discs for the 360 because they're smaller and you might not like having to get up to change the disc. One level of Killzone 2 takes up 2GB so that shows the scale of games that are on the PS3. The PS3 is a very cheap Blu-ray player while you have to buy a £120/$200 add-on to play HD-DVD movies.

The PS3 has been out a year less than the 360 and it's graphics are already equalling or bettering those on the 360. As the developers become better at developing games for the PS3 the gap will only widen. As far as games go most of the better games for the Xbox are either multi-platform or going to come out for the PC at some point like Gears of War and Halo 1 & 2 already have.

Here's a list of what I think are or will be the best games for the PS3:

Well right now there's Resistance, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Ratchet and Clank, Virtua Fighter 5, Resistance Fall of Man, Heavenly Sword, Stranglehold, Assassin's Creed, Virtua Tennis 3, Folklore, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Guitar Hero 3, Singstar and Call of Duty 4.

Uncharted, Killzone 2, Haze, MGS4, Final Fantasy XIII, Gran Turismo 5, Afrika, Little Big Planet, Tekken 6 and God of War 3 will be coming out as PS3 exclusives. Also the maker of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus is making his next game exclusively on PS3. The makers of Fahrenheit are making their next game a PS3 exclusive.

As well as this there are ones that are multi-platform like Devil May Cry 4, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Lost Planet, Resident Evil 5, The Orange Box, Soul Calibur 4 and Rock Band. Also a new Jak and Daxter and Bioshock are rumoured to be coming out on the PS3.

The Xbox is cheaper (but I don't think it is in the long run) and Xbox live is probably better (but you have to pay). The original Xbox only had a lifespan of 4 years and with the 360's problems it may only last another 2-3. The PS2 had a lifespan of 6 years and the PS3 is planned to last 7-10 years. All PS3 controllers are rechargeable, you just connect them to the USB port to charge, but you have to buy a rechargeable battery pack if you don't want to use AA batteries for the 360 pad. The PS3 has much better hardware than the Xbox which has massive 30% failure rate. Also the 360 scratches discs if it's moved while on, this would be practically impossible for the PS3 to do because blu-ray discs are hard-coated anyway.

The PS3 is the most value for money as all models have a hard drive, a HDMI port, and Wi-fi built in but for the 360 you have to pay more in some way or another for these features. Also to play DVDs you have to buy a DVD remote for the 360 but you can just use the sixaxis if you want to play DVDs on the PS3. Only the PS3's games are all region free so you can import games from other countries before they come out or get an obscure Japanese game if you want.

The only game that's exclusively on the 360 that I really want is Mass Effect, but even it suffers because the 360 doesn't have a hard drive as standard and it's lack of power. So it has problems with texture loading and long times spent in lifts etc while the next area loads.

Hope some of that helps

Answer 4

I think that the PS3 is the future for gaming. The in my own opinion is just a fad that will eventually wear away. Games such as assassins creed will take destroy the Wii. The xbox 360 has no more cards left in it's hand, they just used it on halo 3. There isn't anything else major coming to the xbox 360. The PS3 still hasn't tapped its full potential, eventually the third party gaming manufacturers will see that the PS3 is the best so the games will suit that. I have a PS3, and I'm looking forward to haze and metal gear solid 4!

Answer 5

Well the XBOX360 has been out for longer than the PS3 and I cant think of any games on the PS3 that have caught my eye. XBOX LIVE is by far the best online game network. PS3 and the WII have not even touched on the massive success that Microsoft has had with it. I think that the XBOX360 is the console that has long term potential because of all the extra things you can do with it. It does need however an Internet browser! lol

Answer 6

PS3, it is more powerful. Microsoft admitted the screwed up the 360. So much so that they are remaking it. PS3 is a better long-term choice.

Though if you mean any console, a computer is the best choice because all the games are available on it and the graphics compare to the new Gen of consoles

Answer 7

Versatility..
Even if you are the only gamer in the house ., everyone can benifit from the ps3. People can do internet, check their email and research for term papers using the ps3's internet browser, That same person can even type and print that same paper or email on it. ( ps3 allows printers, keyboards , and amouse, ...)

Lets say someone sends you the link to a funny youtube video, you want to share it with the family, the ps3 will display it for everyone to see one your tv, without people having to bend over and crowd around a computer monitor.

Well timmy doesn't game, doesn't surf the net but he loves music, Well the ps3 is a full entertainment center accepting many forms of media input usb, sd, memory stick, compact flash, cds, dvds etc... and it's many choices of file types playback and ability to shuffle make it the perfect all in one music center.

Movies well it plays cds, dvds, blueray, home brew on media cards, home brew on dvds and cds etc... It upscales dvds to hd as well as upscales ps1 and ps2 games to hd.

Now for the gamer. Games are on 50gig blueray discs which offers enough space for huge hd graphics files without sacrificing gaming. The game exclusives are 26gig on the disc alone and games like ratchet FTOD take days to finish.

Halo 3 looked really "pretty" but it took 3.5 hours to finish and see the ending. WOW ...the only thing making the game worth the 60 bucks is the online when the servers are up and running.... That reminds me--Ps3 network online so far has been more reliable and rarely has Had even a hiccupp.

Answer 8

Well it depends..

Go for PS3 if you're looking for best graphics and best sounds with the cost of high price. Blue Ray I think still had a long time to wait to achieve massive popularity.

XBox360, well if you're in for online gaming. Considering Microsoft is new to this market, they did a great job.

Wii, well if family is the option and you consider gaming to be a next level "fun". And price is great with the cost of not that high end graphics and audio. It works fine with CRTs and non HD LCDs and HD LCD TVs of course though not using the HD functionality vigorously. It still a good console specially if you love playing classic games. I still love playing mario games.. hehe.. super mario brothers..

Answer 9

xbox 360 is better because its got xbox live and ps3 or wii havent even got a decent online game play and the 360 has halo 3 i havent noticed any eye catching games for the ps3 and the 360 has more games than the ps3 and on the 360 u can change the face plates. what can u change on the ps3 nothin and in the near future microsoft are releasing movie download and web browser so i would go for a xbox 360 its got more things comin out than the ps3

Answer 10

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 (sources below).

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:

1). A third of XBOX 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%. Despite some people say, that new 360 has no breakdown issues - just visit Xbox section of Yahoo answers and see for yourself an amount of complaints.
2). PS3 has 8 (7+1) kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3.
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.
4). Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
5). 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.
6). PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
7). PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $
8). Graphics are stronger in PS3, due to RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. RSX runs on 550 Mhz. It's difficult to compare their graphics chips, because 360 has a video chip with totally different structure and operating memory is divided differently in both consoles. However, PS3 exclusives look better than 360's exclusives.
9). 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$. There is no such thing in 360.
10). Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 15 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it. That's why in some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".
11). Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.
12). In 2008 PS3 will get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4, The Agent and other great exclusives. Here is the good link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......
13). PS3 online is free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.
14). There were reports, that 360 scratches discs. No reports on that in PS3.
15). The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console. Biggest games weigh only 25 GB (Xbox 360 will need more than 3 discs even for those).
16). On PS3 you can install other OS, such as Linux Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and others. Sony officially lets you do it. There is no such thing in 360.
17). PS3 HDD can be replaced easily with any 2.5" SATA 5400 RPM HDD (used in laptops). 250 GB will cost you around 170$. In 360 you have to buy exclusive HDD, where 20GB will cost you 100$.
18).Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. Also Sony reduces price now. There is a cheaper 40GB version of PS3.
19).Sony constantly upgrades PS3 software (free updates for OS) - you get new functions and improvements.
20). PS3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. Wii has it, Xbox 360 - doesn't. PS3 is getting rumble controller (Dualshock 3) in 1st quarter 2008, Japan already has it. On www.ebay.com I saw those controllers on sale 50$ and up (unofficial import)
21).On PS3 you can help sick people by running Folding Home project. Wii and Xbox 360 didn't even think about it.
22).New 40GB is 399$ or 399 euro (depends on the region) - it has no backwards compatibility with PS2 games, has 2 USBs instead of 4, no built-in card reader, but it's the same PS3, strong, reliable, less noisy, different cooling system. The price is friendly.

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

Sources:
www.teamxbox.com
www.kotaku.com
www.qj.net
www.ign.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.newegg.com
www.ps3fanboy.com
http://search.ebay.com/dualshock-3_W0QQ_...
and many other sources.