Honest opinions...360 or PS3?

Question

Hey all...i'm having a real hard time deciding what to get...my brother is leaning towards the 360 and I am interested in it as well, but I still think that PS3 might be a better buy? I know at the end of the day its got to be my decision....but I would really appreciate all feedback...just to clear things up...im not really interested in the movie playback features of either system...i need a console to play games....and yes this question has been done again and again, but what to do? Im really torn between either system, and I want to be sure as it quite a bit a money will be spent...i have also heard that multi-platform games look and run beeter on the 360...thanks

Answer 1

PS3!!!
360 make you pay for online gaming Sony is free!
Sony is bluray games not just movies so they look a million times better
360s have a lot of hardware problems
PS3 you can swap the hard drive very easily if you want to upgrade...not so with the xbox

Answer 2

My answer may seem long, but please read it, it will help you.The Xbox 360 is probably the best right now, but i read in the gamepro magazine that ninga gaiden 2 for the 360 puts the 360 tech at its best. While the most advanced game for the ps3, "uncharted" only uses 33% of the ps3's tech. The 360 wont last. Multiplatform games may look better on the 360 because developers are used to it, and it's easy to make games for it, and it's a lot cheaper. The ps3 is harder to make games for because the tech is overwhelming, complicated, and expensive, according to a developer that gamepro interviewed, he worked on both systems and said that its definitely possible to make games look like that metal gear solid 4 trailer, it's just that developers need to learn the ps3 and it could do amazing things. Other than that, the 360 scratches games if you move the console even a millimetre, or it scratches games if you don't move it at all. It has a 33% failure rate, and at 399, it's overpriced, think about it, the 40gb ps3 offers a blu ray player thats provably better than the worlds first blu ray player, the $1000 samsung one, and has built in wireless internet for 399, if you buy the 360 with the separate wireless adapter and an hd dvd player, it would cost $700, plus, according to gamepro, the hd dvd player isn't good at all. If you compare the elite and the 80gb ps3, the 360 becomes more overpriced, the elite's extra features is just the 120gb hard drive, thats a huge plus, since they cost $200 separately, but the 360 cant do true high definition, it's complicated to explain it, but I think part of the reason is that the 360 stuck to dvd, and the ps3 stuck to blu ray, and blu ray put high defition to the max, for the same price as the elite, the 80gb ps3 offers around 80% backwards compatibility, memory card slots for your camera and camcorder, and memory stick pro duo, and 2 more usb ports, consider that and the Xbox 360 will look pathetic, Although I may seem like it, i am not a ps3 fanboy, Im completely honest on what I told you, and theyre all true facts I used to have an elite but I got worried, so I switched back to ps3, the 360 comes with a "protect your investment'' form, that got me worried, the ps3 didn't come with one, because you dont need one, so please get the ps3, you won't regret it.

Answer 3

I have all three systems. I am 16 years old and I'll tell you what I do and play the most on the systems: PS3 - This one is all mine! Not my sisters, not my parents, not my friends, mine! I am not risking having my little sister brake my girlfriend (PS3). I'll let my friends play it but under my supervision. You're probably thinking.. Wow, this guy loves his PS3. And the answer is YES! I do! Xbox 360 - I liked this console at first. After you get paying for the online It's okay I guess. But people are always saying that the online is better for the xbox 360. I don't get that. It's the same in my opinion. I think they only say that just because they have to pay $60 for online. Anyway.. I don't play it anymore because I got annoyed of all the little 10 year olds playing Live. Not only that..But I have gotten the RROD like twice. Wii - This is the one my sister ALWAYS plays. I personally don't like the Wii because It has no shooter games. The conduit looks gay, and all the others are stupid. If your young, and still like mario, then the Wii is for you. The Wii is not ment for shooters!

Answer 4

Honestly just type in Red ring of death in yahoo answers and read all the people on a daily basis that have had their 360s fry. We went through 3 premiums (pro) 360s and finally bought the elite which fried during a halo 3 party.

We own all three systems and to be honest the ps3 is much better and we have had ours running since march running the folding@home (find a cure for cancer) program when we are not gaming or using it to surf the net.

360 games are still on 8 gig dvds, because hd graphics files are huge, the 360 games are short, halo3 takes and afternoon to beat.

Ps3 games are on 50 gig bluray discs, and multiplatform games like Call of duty 4 and rainbow six, as well as Unreal tournement, for the ps3 have better graphics and physics. Many fanboys will say that multiplatform games for ps3 take longer because it's difficult coding, that is not true they take longer because the programmers have more room on the disc to work with to fine tune the graphics and physics.

The game dirt multiplatform as well on the 360 looks graphically like an upscaled dvd graphics. Whereas on the ps3 it looks crisp and awesome.

Ubisoft is even releasing their next game exclusively to ps3 it's called haze. it is huge like most ps3 exclusives it fills more than 25 gig of teh 50 gig blueray discs.

We've been testing all three system since release and the 360 when you play your 360 exclusives off line will slowly fry the componants inside and it has nothing to do with heat not being expelled it has to do with the currents running through the componants ...The 360 simply does not have the technology inside to handle the processing these next gen games need.

Although the 360 has hdmi now it is still locked into DX 9 and limited by an outdated Graphics processor and will never be able to acheive full 3d and 4d motion realism.

Answer 5

This is the end all argument for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Note that I am not a fanboy and have played both consoles and by far the Playstation 3 has longevity than the Xbox 360. These are facts and I have numerous sources. Why is this answer long? It refutes everything that Xbox 360 owners say about the Playstation 3. Also, if you're about to dish out $400-$600 for a system, you want to know all you can.

Company:
Microsoft is a company which experiences are mostly computers not games. Windows Vista is a disaster and 50% of people switch back to Windows XP. Microsoft never answered people's problems, this is why people turn to Mac. When Microsoft heard about their Red Ring of Death, they didn't fix it, instead updated the warranty.

Sony's first Playstation was a success, so they know their field with this. Their smart and reliable and always help their customers when they need too. When Playstation 2 had a lens error, it was Sony who provided how to clean your Playstation 2 with a cotton swab and alcohol, not someone else. They didn't ask you the send your system in so they can fix it, they admitted the problem and gave a simple do-it-yourself solution.

Price:
Look at the bigger picture. With the Playstation 3 you are getting a Blu-Ray DVD player which like $300 on the market for the cheapest one. Playstation 3 most expensive model cost $600 bucks. Xbox 360 most expensive model cost $450 bucks. Let's say Microsoft don't come out for another console for 5 years so lets add their $50 subscription fee to play Xbox Live. That's $250 dollars + $450 dollars for a Xbox 360 in 5 years minus the games. So you are paying more than the Playstation 3 just to use it's features. Features that should have been granted to you when you spent the $450 bucks for their console.

Problems:
Playstation 3 had a slight bug problem (3% in consoles worldwide) but was fixed right away with re-releases of the consoles. People complained about their Sixaxis controller not having rumble technology so Sony has worked on Dualshock 3, which will be coming out in Spring 2008. They actually listen when someone complains.

Xbox 360 currently has a major hardware malfunction called the Red Ring of Death (A play off the name Blue Screen of Death) that only Microsoft can fix. This is a problem in 33% of their consoles in the United States (1 out of 3). Even in their new consoles, these problems still occur. Microsoft has offered to fix it for free and extended their warranty. The problem is it takes 6 weeks to get your Xbox 360 back and it could get stolen in the mail and you won't get reimbursed. In fact Xbox 360 is number 1 in the top ten bad electronics in 2007. Everyone I know is on their second console. If only Microsoft would tell local Gamestops how to fix the problem, but they don't have the best interest in gamers in mind.

Games:
Xbox 360 has better games than the Ps3 now, but by the end of 2008, the Playstation 3 will have way more better games. How do I know? E3 2007 graded every console. Wii got a C- because they talked about their success. Xbox 360 got a C because they talk about their games in 2007 such as Halo and BioShock. The Ps3 got a B- because their longevity is noticed and their games in 2008 will be the best out of the 3 consoles.

Xbox 360 has had a head start for a year and their games are slightly better than Ps3. Their top 3 games: Halo 3, Gears of War, and Bioshock are all First Person Shooters. They don't have a mix array of games. Microsoft dishes a lot of cash to the developers to keep games exclusive.

The best games for the Xbox 360 has come and gone. So you tell me you're going to sit there and wait 2-3 years for Halo 4.

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, Uncharted, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Guitar Hero 3, Singstar and Call of Duty 4. Some games are for the Xbox 360 as well.

Upcoming exclusive games for the PS3 are Killzone 2, Haze, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Gran Turismo 5, Afrika, Motorstorm 2, Wipeout, Yakuza 3, LittleBigPlanet, Infamous, White Knight Chronicles, Disgaea 3, The Getaway 3, Heavy Rain, SOCOM: Confrontation, Wardevil, LA Noire, Tekken 6 and God of War 3 will all be coming out as PS3 exclusives. Also the maker of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus is making his next game exclusively on PS3.

Thats like 15 exclusives with high 9.0 reviews from Gamespot & GameInformer. Most of these games take over a month to complete so you won't be putting the Ps3 down for quite some time now.

Developers had 2 years to dish out games for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 is not far behind.

Accessories
The only accessory you need and should really buy is a new inter cooler fan for the Xbox 360. You should buy it before the Xbox 360 break on you. Why won't Microsoft give it you guys for free? Because they don't care about their gamers and see this as a lost.

Playstation 3 on the other hand has numerous accessories. They had bluetooth headsets, the new eyetoy which will make the Ps3 a lot similar to Wii with kid games, internet browser. Did you know that Sony is creating an application to allow users to record Live TV. So you're getting a TiVo with a Blu-Ray DVD Player.

Online:
Xbox 360 online is better because more people since it came out a year earlier than the Ps3. When Ps3 introduces Home, the online community will become more connected and better. In Home, you can play pool, billards, bowl, and jump right into games. You don't even need a ps3 game to have fun. Expect a major knockoff from Microsoft, it's in their character to do so.

In closing, you can't go wrong with the Playstation 3. Playstation 1 and 2 were major hits and the Playstation 3 will follow. Getting a Xbox 360 is like having a Daweoo, a pretty dumb idea.

Who are you going to choose? The 2 time back to back winner of the console wars or the sophomore that came back unprepared for a rematch (When I mean unprepared I mean buggy [like the ring of death])

The Ps3 is a end all hands down winner.

Answer 6

Both games nearly share each other's library. Each do have it's own exclusives, though, so these titles (Metal Gear Solid 4 for PS3, Halo 3 for 360, for example) might sway you to purchase one or the other.

Answer 7

i have an x box 360 and my friend has a ps3 and i can quite easily say the 360 is better. the ps3 was originally thought to have much advanced graphics than the 360 but this is not the case. the graphics on both are very similar. there are alos more games and better online capabilities with the 360.

Answer 8

The 360 is better for it's purpose: playing games

the ps3 is good for its purpose; being a blue ray player

(buy a 360 if ur buying a system to game, not watch movies)

Answer 9

It doesnt really matter wat u get as long as its in your price range.....But wat ever u do do not get the 40Gb ps3 because it doesnt play any ps2 or ps1 games and dont even bother with those xbox 360 cooling fans...i bought one thinking it would save my xbox and in return it fried my xbox....besides the newer 360 made in 2007 and up are less likey to overheat....i have one made in august of 2007 and it runs perfect....

Answer 10

360 it sucks unless you know what your doing, if it falls on its side your disk is screwed, PS3 has good graphics and can be on it's side or staning up. 360 does have Halo but is it worth it. I vote PS3 all the way.