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  • #17332
    RecoilUK
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    Hi guys

    Having a bit of a dilema as to which one to get. So if any of you that have them could post your opinions about them it may help me some.

    I have a list of pro,s of cons for both but wont post that until you have given your opinions.

    Cheers guys

    #60833
    sickofitall
    Participant

    360 is
    Cheaper
    Has more games
    Is probably the crappiest built console ever and is likely to die on you after a very short space of time.

    PS3 is
    More reliable
    Has next to no games at all except for Heavenly Sword which is a piss poor 2nd rate God of War rip off and FIFA which you can get on the 360 anyway.

    For me the 360 is the only choice you’ve got at the mo but the PS3 might come good when the price drops a bit more and someone releases something for it that worth playing and isn’t Metal Effing Gear, the most overrated game series ever (even more than HALO!!).

    #60834
    Lammie
    Participant

    Hello mate,

    To be honest there isnt that much between the two despite all the media hype from both camps but here I’ll try an highlight some of the pro’s can con’s for both.

    Xbox 360 been around longer more choice of titles and pretty aggressively priced. Even the new Xbox Elite which has full HDMI compatability is around the same price as the recently reduced PS3 60Gb model.

    PS3 has built in Blu-Ray whereas the Elite has 120GB HDD the HD-DVD is still £120 addition option.

    Xbox Live, and absolute must – £40 annual cost for gold membership, PS3 will have a similar portal call Home (although not launched yet) this is supposed to be free, but I’m sure the will be a similarly priced Anuual cost (Xbox Live Gold equivalent) announced soon to mirror Xbox Live.

    Even though they have reduced the price and also announced a cheaper entry model that does not have the PS2 backwards compatability the thing that has really killed PS3 really taking on Xbox 360 was there pricing points at launch. This in reality has forced their hand to reduce the cost because they are simply not shipping the units they expected and not the marketing crap they spout about having recouped some off their intial costs from the sucessful launch.

    I do expect the PS3 to regain some serious ground on Xbox360 once more titles come online which fully make use of the cell processors in the PS3 but for the time being there is not alot in it.

    If you can hold off another few weeks as all the major retailers start ramping up for xmas I would see you getting some bargains on the PS3 as they all try to sell an many units as possible.

    Hope that helps

    #60835
    XDCiNSANE
    Participant

    Skillz lammie.. What he and SOIA say.. although I do find MGS looks sexually … err sexual 🙂

    #60836
    RecoilUK
    Participant

    OK here goes

    360 Pro,s

    More games.
    XBox Live – Its cheap.
    Media Centre Extender.
    HD-DVD.
    Bourne Ultimatum on HD-DVD out soon.
    New hardware coming out now to overcome overheating.

    360 Cons

    Unreliable on the overheating side.
    Loud.

    PS3 Pro,s

    Sony Track record.
    Not loud.
    Games can only get better.
    Wipeout HD.

    PS3 Cons

    No games.
    No idea what the online play will be like, could be subscription based (per game)
    Bourne Ultimatum not out on BLU-RAY.
    Dont think BLU-RAY will survive.

    Who else has a 360 that I can play online with? and what do you play?

    Oh and thanks for the posts guys.

    L8rs

    #60837
    XDCiNSANE
    Participant

    loud.. you a bat or something??

    I have a 360 but live just ran out, will get it soon though.. COD4 is a priority for me at the mo when released on PC.. never had an issue with heat for over a year.. and i fixed my own when 3ROL happened.. saying that the elite has better cooling so i wouldnt worry about it anymore

    Myself, Madmax, ryzo, mcqueen, munkee, lammie, soia *although he aint got live* to name a few have a 360 🙂

    #60838
    sickofitall
    Participant

    WipeOut – bloody hell that takes me back – they still making them?

    Yeah, I remember zipping round them loop the loop type tracks at high speed. God it was rough! Used to make me vomit quite regularly. Of course, then I found out how to turn the “music” off and it was fine.

    I’ll sign up to Live when they bring something out I can play on it and they allow me to change my online name for free. That’s a point – don’t like to go on about it (and I might have mentioned it before) but the dirty f*ckers actually charge you to change your online name, as if making you pay to play online wasn’t enough of a piss take. Something to bear in mind when you hand over your cash to that bloke with the “Dick Turpin” nameplate in the shop to get your 360. Bastards.

    #60839
    XDCiNSANE
    Participant

    At least Dick Turpin wore a mask

    I like the sound of this Army of Two for online ness.. and I’d have thought you’d have live to play FIFA08.. FIFA is nothing with online play!

    #60840
    Lammie
    Participant

    @=XDC=iNSANE wrote:

    I like the sound of this Army of Two for online ness.. and I’d have thought you’d have live to play FIFA08.. FIFA is nothing with online play!

    Agreed although I need to purchase Fifa 2008 as PES 6 is the bigest pile and crap I have every played

    #60841
    RecoilUK
    Participant

    I have PES for the PC, your right, utter shite.

    L8rs

    #60842
    xdc magicker
    Participant

    let me help..

    console = gay
    pc = cool

    any more help needed just give me a shout

    #60843
    sickofitall
    Participant

    You’ll be safe with FIFA 08 on the 360 Lammie (not on the PC or PS2 though – different game altogether), got to say that despite it not being perfect it’s miles ahead of PES. I’m amazed at how good FIFA is on the 360. At long last my 360 is getting used again. Best game so far this year by some distance on any format by my reckoning.

    Mass Effect might beat it though in a months time.

    *edit* In fact, thinking about it all the best games I’ve played in the last few years have been on consoles – Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, God of War 2, FIFA 08, even Gears was good whilst it lasted.

    PC seems pretty shafted in comparison, can’t think of anything off the top of my head that stands out on the PC. Probably Jade Empire was the best and that was a conversion of an old Xbox game.

    #60844
    Lammie
    Participant

    Looks like I’ll be getting FIFA’08 then 😉

    #60845
    XDCiNSANE
    Participant

    woot!

    #60846
    XDCJuDgE-MenTaL
    Participant

    Don’t have either, rather sling money at my PC just because of the online greatness and I know a console with gather dust eventually..well rather quickly. All the games I’d want to play will be on the PC at some stage….Gears of War, GTA4, FIFA etc.

    I very nearly went for an XBox 360 so if you’re going to get one that would be my choice (maybe wait for the new version lower micron CPU) though for RROD avoidance or get the Elite.

    PS3 online will suck (because it’s free and it was a bollox system on the PS2) XBox live is great and is a much better service. Not many developers are going to ‘risk all’ by not covering both formats so any game the PS3 gets (apart from the usual suspects i.e Gran Turismo etc) is going to be a ported version of the XBox 360 one FACT. So you’re paying the extra for what????? Blu Ray??? HD/DVD must must beat Blu-Ray too, picture quality on HD is far superior and having Sony controlling the Media can only be bad thing.

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