PS3 or 360?

[Spunky]

Yeah this has come up before I know, but now I'm the one asking. My birthday is coming up and I want either a 360 or a PS3, but I can only have one. So I'm curious which I should go for. The 360 has way more titles, and some better ones too. But the PS3 is (potentially) a superior piece of hardware when developers begin taking advantage of it. I originally had my mind dead set on the PS3 until I read that it's no longer backwards compatible with PS2 games. Now I'm all confused.

I'm looking for completely unbiased views, preferably from people who own or have played both consoles. But any knowledgeable input is welcome and appreciated.

 

[Nuttzy]

i say 360, they do have a high failure rate, but getting a replacement is easy. (you can tell MS has had alot of practice XD).

main reason being XBL, but it also has a bigger library of games atm (and better ones IMO until MGS4 comes out)


ps3 has mgs4, i almost want to buy a ps3 just for that -_-

 

[Adaptus]

The 360 has the best library of games, for now, but PS3 is slowly picking up steam.

I personally foresee Home, MGS4 and LittleBigPlanet to bring a large influx of new PS3 owners into the fold, which should result in more games being put on the system.

I'm personally holding off so I can get a version that has PS2 compatibility, although I could be persuaded to buy one if I found a very nice bundle at a nice price point. My PS2 is still alive and kicking ass, and I expect it to last me at least a few more years if it keeps going like this. If it kicks the bucket, I should be able to still get a Slimline PS2 in a few years.

Sorry, was thinking aloud there.

Back on topic - The PS3 will have some awesome shizzle in the future, but if you want a sweet HD experience right now, with a very capable online system and a lot of cool downloadable games, then the 360 is the way to go for now. Just brace yourself for the fact that you might have to send in your console at least once.

Customer support for Microsoft's repair service is excellent and very efficient. They're also very friendly. So if your console dies, you'll probably be without your console for about a week, maybe two, and that sucks, but the way they handle it all is very good.

I even got a 1-month Live subscription card as an apology, when they sent me a refurbished system. :3

 

[Zeonix]

Every game that has come out on both the 360 and the PS3 has been nearly identical in quality. The PS3 may have better tech, but I haven't seen anything that's made me want to go out and buy one. MGS4 is great and all, but paying 400 dollars to play a 40-ish hour game just doesn't seem like good consumer sense.

360 all the way.

 

[MF29]

Depends what you are looking for really. The 360 has a bigger and much deeper game library. 90% of games are multi-platform nowadays, so most of the series you like will be available on either PS3 or 360.

It has massive overheating problems. The airflow design does not distribute heat evenly between the GPU and CPU. There are modifications that can be made to the console to provide for better cooling. They require dissembling the console and voiding the warranty.

If you purchase a 360, get it in a store that has two year in-store warranties and you know for sure does not check under the faceplate to see if the warranty sticker is still valid. Where I am none of them do. But that can vary depending on your location. If you game online Xbox Live has the market cornered. The fees are not that steep, I think around $50 a year or something. You may get lucky and get a console that does not die. However, it is a must to get a two year warranty, otherwise you are pissing $400 away in my opinion.

Liteon is rumored to have blu-ray drives in the works for 360, they could begin shipping in the second half of 08.

The PS3 has more sturdy hardware, no doubt about it. Blu-ray right out of the box is an excellent feature, since it has clearly won the current format war. You also have the ability to install Linux and use VLC or mplayer for media capabilities. Those two media players support most all standard definition media formats. Native High Def formats still struggle in Linux on PS3 however, as yet Linux can not make use of hardware acceleration essential for rendering HD files. So any attempt to play native HD files will likely result in lag. It can also provide a training ground to learn Linux.

The PS3 also has excellent USB and bluetooth compatibility. Most USB and bluetooth devices should work with the PS3. The 40GB model is known to have issues with the blu-ray hardware breaking down. It does not have backwards compatibility for PS2 games, only PSX games. A two year in-store warranty on the 40GB model is highly recommended. The PS3 supports the ability to swap out the stock HDD with a SATA 5400 RPM laptop HDD, in case you want to upgrade the HDD.

Online play for PS3 is free. That doesn't mean that individual games (MMORPG's for example) can not charge monthly fees, but accessing PSN and online play is free. There have been problems with the PSN game servers being able to handle online game traffic since the most recent PS3 firmware update, particularly with EA games.

Overall they both have serious drawbacks. The Xbox 360 has a bigger game library and the ability to use backups. It also has faulty hardware which Microsoft has done virtually nothing to correct in 3 years. The Cell processor is an amazing piece of technology. The PS3 hardware is sound, blu-ray right out of the box is great, and the support of OS installation is another added bonus. The game library is sorely lacking, which hopefully will change once games like MGS4 and Final Fantasy XIII are released.

My honest opinion... is get a PS3. Yeah you have to pay for games. But the hardware is less likely to breakdown and in time I believe there will a solid game library in place. The Cell has come nowhere close to reaching its potential. There are so few must-have games on next gen systems any way, that $60 here and there is not breaking the bank. Most games are dumbed down to appease the casual gamers. So hardcore games in most genres are on the endangered species list. The ability to install Linux and the media support for SD files is very good. Online play is free, it has excellent USB and bluetooth compatibility, the ability to upgrade the stock HDD without violating the warranty, and out of the box blu-ray. The only thing missing are the must-own games. In time, there will be some.

 

[wheres_]

PS3 tbh, coming from a nintendo fanboy >.>

 

[Vagabond]

this is coming from a pc fanboy but i bought a ps3 (40gb) last week for £300 came with GT 5 prologue and Rainbow 6 Vega 2 and i am enjoying it just need to get used to the controls :/ xD . bring on GTA IV and MGS 4. the 40GB model removed the PS2 hardware, removed the memory card reader and 2 of the usb ports. but it does have a built in Wifi card to connect to wifi routers, from what the manual said it still supports ps one game iirc

 

[DiebytheSword]

I'm not one bit sorry with my 360 purchase, and I suspect you wouldn't be either. I will end up picking up a PS3 at some point. But I will make damn sure that I don't have to work overtime to do it. Screw sony and their ego

I've also picked up a Wii, making the PS3 my dead last system, which was the Xbox last system war.

 

[Barney]

360 for the short-run PS3 for the long run. That's the real decision you have to make.

 

[Tenzo]

ehhh...... what the heck, buy them both

 

[SailorAlea]

On nearly every level, I'd recommend the 360--especially over the PS3. Why?

1) Games. First and foremost, it's a gaming console, right? The 360 has 11 games rated 9.0/10 or higher on metacritic or gamerankings. The PS3 has 3.

Of the 11 on the 360, 4 are exclusive. Of the PS3's 3, zero are exclusive. Of the PS3's 3, 2 are higher rated on the 360--and the third one is tied.

All of the highly anticipated PS3-exclusive games have fallen flat (Lair, Heavenly Sword). Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a good game, but like Heavenly Sword, it's less than 10 hours.

Whereas I absolutely love the 360 exclusives: Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo 3 is pretty fun, GTA4 is going to have exclusive episodic content, etc.

2) Overall, I prefer XBL to PSN--the digital download offerings are much better, I enjoy the achievement system and unified gaming network. Yes, you have to pay for XBL. However, my cell phone bill for a single month is more than XBL's subscription for an entire year..

The statement that "Blu-Ray won the format war" is misleading. It won the war against HD-DVD, yes. But DVD has a commanding presence in the market; and I really don't think the jump in quality will neccesitate DVD's replacement with Blu-Ray before digital downloads become the primary method of distribution.

3) Multiplatform games often favor the 360 for numerous reasons. A few developers have said that Sony's software-developer-kit is hard to use, and that the Cell processor's proprietary pseudo-thread coding is difficult and unwieldly. The 360 also has 512MB of flexible RAM that can be dedicated either to the CPU or GPU whereas the PS3 has 256MB of each that can't be moved. Also, the GPU in the 360 is (again, tech specs, like the Cell processor) superior to the PS3's. For whatever reason, more than a few multiplats have gotten superior ratings on the 360 side and there are a few (like the Orange Box and Lost Planet) that perform poorly on PS3.

The 360 RROD issue is highly, highly overexaggerated. Mine is a post-launch (1 year) console that has performed flawlessly. My roommate's 360 did get the RROD, but got it back within two weeks and like someone previously, got a free month of XBL and a leather game carrying case, and none of my other 360-owning friends have gotten one.

And we're more than a year after launch, and there have been no hugely successful games on the PS3; no must-haves. All the super-hyped games (MGS4, FFXIII, LittleBigPlanet) have been endlessly delayed and lots of exclusives (GTAIV, Devil May Cry 4, a few others) have made their way to the 360.

I think both systems are worth having, but if you HAVE to choose one over the other, I'd get a 360 unless you're an absolutely die-hard Final Fantasy or Metal Gear fan (and even previous MGS games have made their way onto GameCube/Xbox) and Square Enix is making games specifically for the 360 (Infinite Undiscovery).

 

[Spunky]

I've made my decision to go with the 360. I'll probably ask for Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed with it.

Thanks for the help guys. It's much appreciated.

 

[Kaination]

Actually, if I can step in, Don't get Assassin's creed.

Rent it. You'll play it once, it gets tedious and boring.

:yes:

 

[Deverz]

Added poll but now I see you don't need it

I should read things through first

 

[sub]

Actually, if I can step in, Don't get Assassin's creed.

Rent it. You'll play it once, it gets tedious and boring.

:yes:

I don't regret buying Assassins Creed. I thought it was a good game.

 

[Kaination]

I don't regret buying Assassins Creed. I thought it was a good game.

Personally, I thought it was a great game, it's just it got massively repetetive. Especially if you saved every civillian and got every quest thing done, like I did.

 

[sub]

Well, then don't do that

Personally, I took a 2 or three week break when I was in the middle of the game, and when I came back to it and it was like a new game again.

Btw, I just watched your we three kings expert video. It was awesome how you played with your elbow

 

[Kaination]

Well, then don't do that

Personally, I took a 2 or three week break when I was in the middle of the game, and when I came back to it and it was like a new game again.

Btw, I just watched your we three kings expert video. It was awesome how you played with your elbow

That's actually what I did, I put it away for about a week or two, then came back to it.

I have to say though, the end was pretty fun.

 

[Renyori]

Ps3 fpr tje fknal fantasy gsmes

 

[SailorAlea]

Ps3 fpr tje fknal fantasy gsmes

As I said above, Square is making games for other consoles. FFXI came to the 360; they're making Infinite Undiscovery for the 360 exclusively; they're making Final Fantasy: My Life as a King exclusively for the Wii..

Who knows if we'll see another "numbered" Final Fantasy on another system, but it could happen. Square's made the jump before.