which is the better buy.....Xbox 360 ELITE or Playstation 3?

Question

me and my brother r deciding if we want our mom 2 buy us the xbox 360 elite or playstation 3 for chrismas and we cant decide.......so i would love 2 hear wat people think!!!!! Thanx

Answer 1

Short answer: Xbox 360.

Reasons for this in summary (read on for explanations and links):
More exclusive games on the Xbox (Crackdown, Halo series, Gears of War, Bioshock), and most games for PS3 will hit Xbox, too.

Hardware of the Xbox is more powerful in games than PS3.

Best online features you can get on a console.

Better multimedia features together with your home PC (you can watch pictures and movies from your PC on the TV and listen to MP3 music (you can even replace the game's music with your own MP3's).


Now let's go to the details:
More games - The PS3 is still suffering from poor sales. This makes it a risky console to put exclusive titles on (read the link on Metal Gear Solid 4 below for details).
Not a lot of people own a PS3. And of these PS3 owners, not all will be interested in this exclusive game (some even bought PS3 only as a cheap Blue Ray player).

The Xbox 360 however has a broader user base. Therefore the risk of releasing an exclusive is much lower on the Xbox 360.
This means: you will get games on the 360 that no other gaming console will get.
It is ture, that some games will also find their way on the PC. But my experience is: You will need a high end PC system for these games where the graphics card alone costs as much as the whole Xbox console to get the same graphics.


Speaking of Hardware:
Most PS3 Fans say, the PS3 is the most powerful platform because of the Cell Processor.
It's true for scientific calculations, where you have a static packet of data like the Folding@home client.
The PS3 is an excellent number cruncher for streaming floating point calculations.

Unfortunately, games don't work this way. Since the player is always doing unpredictable things, most calculations for games have to be done on the cells only single general purpose CPU.

The memory bandwith of the PS3 is capped at about 50 GB/second.
Even the most simple graphic calculation (finding out wich object is behind another and filling the objects with a shaded surfacce) will take about 60 GB/second.

The Xbox 360 however has almost 280 GB/sec of Memory bandwith.
With this bandwith it can perform High Dynamic Range rendering, shading objects that are translucent, and anti aliasing.

Basically, you could compare the PS3 with a tractor.
It has insane amouts of horsepower and torque, like a racing car has.
However, Sony is putting a tractor into a NASCAR race, and thus is being outperformed when it comes to games.

For more details read the link below for an in depth technical overview of both consoles.

This leads to some problems for game designers: even with the seemingly powerful PS3, even simple Sports games like Madden 08 and Pro Evolution Soccer suffer from slower framerates or stuttering.


When playing online, the Xbox features the Live service.
Even with your free silver membership you can talk to your friends anytime you want. No matter what you are doing on the console, just pull up your guide, choose your online friend and talk away.

On the PS3 you can only talk to your friends if they are playing the same game as you do.


Sometimes there is a copy and paste answer from a Yahoo user called Bull Goose Looney.
The last link below is a collection of his arguments and why his argumentation is incorrect.

Answer 2

PS3 is definitley the better buy. It comes with a high def player (blu-ray), the games are on higher capacity disks (bluray with 40gb vs 360's dvd9 with 9gb), rechargeable wireless controllers (no AA batteries like the Xbox), bluetooth, free online play (xbox costs $50 a year), and (in my opinion) better exclusives. You add all the xbox add-ons up, and it actually costs more than the PS3.

I keep seeing xbox "exclusives" like Halo 1 & 2 (and I'm sure eventually 3), Gears of War,and Bioshock go to the PC. I already own a PC so why should I drop $400 on a console when I can get all the good games on the PC? The PS3 has better exclusives like Drakes Fortune, Metal Gear Solid, Killzone, Final Fantasy, etc. The xbox has Halo...for like a year before it goes to PC.

Answer 3

The internet gaming is free for the PS3 and Xbox Live is £40 per year in UK/ $50 per year in America, so over 5 years that's £200/$250 saved compared to Xbox live. If you like online play there's Resistance, Motorstorm and Warhawk. And Unreal Tournament 3, Haze and Metal Gear Online are coming out. Also the Playstation Network has Little Big Planet and Home coming to it. The Playstation Store has some great things on it like classic Playstation games, as well as Wipeout HD, Calling All Cars and Everyday Shooter.

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 on Killzone 2 takes up 2GB which shows the scale of PS3 games. 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.

The 360 is backwards compatible with about 300 Xbox games but if you get a backwards compatible PS3 then there are thousands of PS1 and PS2 games you can play.

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, 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 also 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. So in my opinion the PS3 has a much stronger and more varied lineup then the 360.

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. The PS3's failure rate is 0.2%. 360's are known to scratch discs if they're moved while on, this would be practically impossible to happen on the PS3 anyway because blu-ray discs are hard-coated.

The PS3 is the most value for money as all models have a hard drive 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. Also the PS3 plays full 1080p hi-definition wheras the Xbox just upscales the image.

You should get the console that has the games that you want but I'd get the PS3 because of it's games, features and reliability.

Answer 4

360 has more variety of games, better multiplayer play, better controllers - oh god I hate Playstation controllers - but sometimes have some hardware problems if you don't have an intercooler.
If you're getting a 360 and intercooler, don't get the Nyko one. It overheats your xbox after long-term use. MadCatz intercooler is fantastic.

Playstation has a small variet of games, less multiplayer games, useless controllers and a fair bit of hardware problems - mainly because everything is in the wrong place.
I had to get my components inside the PS3 rearranged because it was so obscurely put together.

Xbox 360 ELITE looks fully sick, too.

Answer 5

get the elite, it has more storage, better games(halo 3,gears of war, call of duty 4), and better online play. The ps3 is much more expenisive by like $100-200$. So go with the 360 its much better. Xbox= triple the sales of ps3

Answer 6

A buddy of mine and I had been deciding the same thing. After about a month of research it was decided we'd get the PS3. We saw more features we wanted and and positives. Also look into what games you plan on buying. I personally have a PS3 to buy SOCOM: Confrontation and the new GTA. So take a look at what both products offer.

Answer 7

that depends on what, PS3 can play Blue ray disc and xbox doesn't, and also depending on the games you like to play, PS3 you can play drums and guitar, i don't think you can do that in xbox

Answer 8

xbox 360 is the best, seriously, it has way better games, and its better online, overall it kicks ***