XBOX or PSIII?

[Jack_Dawson]

Tell me XBOX, cuz that's what I bought. Plus a month ago I bought a standalone Blu-Ray player (I know, I know).

:beer:

[BulletproofLandshark]

1. I've got both.

I'd like to say XBox since it has a larger selection of games, but it just hasn't been very reliable for a lot of people. I don't know what the failure rate on those consoles is, but EVERYONE I know has had theirs' replaced at least once (I'm on my third in the last year) due to the Red Ring Of Death:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_ring_of_death

It's a shame they have been so unreliable, especially since it's just so fun to play. I want to get into Mass Effect, but my warranty expired, and I don't want to buy the game and have my 360 die on me again. And I refuse to buy a brand new one, at least for two or three years until MS decides to get the kinks out.

[Pierre.Suave]

2. me too

that way I don't have to make the choice.

[Fox Mulder]

8. I've never had that problem with my XBox 360.

I always turn it off when I'm not playing it and I keep it well ventilated.

[BulletproofLandshark]

10. I do the same thing.

So did a lot of people who had their consoles die. I've had my PS1 since 1998, and my PS2 since 2001, and neither has had any defects whatsoever. I treat them the same way I treat my 360, and yet the RROD has happened twice anyway. Clearly, it's a manufacturing error. I've been playing video games for about 25 years now, so I kinda know how to take care of my stuff.

[keroro gunsou]

3. PS3

end of line.

[theredpen]

4. I want to get a Blu-Ray player

If you buy a PS3, you get a Blu-Ray player with a free next-gen gaming system. No brainer.

[DarkTirade]

5. I used to be a Playstation fan

and a Microsoft hater... but lately my world has been turned upside-down. Sony's been screwing up left and right, and Microsoft's been doing more things right than wrong. I'm so confused.

[Jack_Dawson]

6. Can you elabourate?

as to what missteps PS3 is making?

JD

[DarkTirade]

7. Ridiculously expensive console, choosing the expensive format, really expensive games

and yet not really doing anything new or innovative to warrant the extra cost. Whereas the X-box 360 went with tried and true combined with reasonable costs, and the Wii went with something fun, interesting and different.

*edit* And on a personal note, as an amateur/indie gamemaker, the fact that Microsoft released free development software for the 360 so people like me can dabble is just frikkin' awesome. Now I just gotta work on my C#. :)

[BulletproofLandshark]

11. New PS3 and 360 games sell for the same price.

[DarkTirade]

17. Yeah, you're right.

I haven't been paying much attention lately because I can't afford either one at the moment. :P I was just remembering what they were saying when it was first coming out. They were expecting the games to cost more mostly because of the higher cost of blu-ray disks.

Still, the console itself is prohibitively expensive. I didn't even pay that much for my computer.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

19. They're only $400 now; that's hardly prohibitively expensive

Especially when you consider that you get a BluRay player included for your $400.

[DarkTirade]

20. As compared to about half that for a basic Xbox 360.

With the option to go for a higher-end one for a higher price for those who are willing and able to pay that much. For those of us who don't have money to hose around, that's prohibitively expensive.

*edit* Holy crap... I thought the Wii was cheaper than that too. I just looked online... guess not. When you don't have the money for it, you tend to stop window-shopping to avoid tormenting yourself. :P So I haven't been keeping up with console news that well.

Still, it has something interesting and new as I said before, whereas the PS3 is sticking with the same-old same-old.

[Fox Mulder]

9. XBox.

I've never cared for the Playstation consoles.

I bought the XBox just for Halo 3 (which turned out to be only an ok game). And I guess for Oblivion. That's the best game of all time, IMO.

[Forkboy]

12. I think I'm the last PC gamer left on earth.

:)

[BulletproofLandshark]

13. Yeah, I play on PC too.

Unfortunately, my rig's about 4 years old, so it's not exactly Crysis-ready. The upgrades I put in there (1.5 GB RAM, GeForce 6600GT 256 MB video card) are good enough to play most new games, but I've got a single-core 2.2 GHz CPU. Time to upgrade for sure.

[Forkboy]

14. LOL..your's is way better than mine.

But thankfully I'm into mostly strategy and wargames, so I don't need a ton of processing power. The odd RPG I play usually works (Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 sucked up about six months of my life).

I have a PS2 but use it only rarely, mostly for sports games. There's a total dearth of strategy games for any console (Front Mission 4 was ok), but when it comes to sports games it kicks ass over the PC versions.

And I play a lot of emulation stuff, so I guess that's taking consoles to the pc. :)

[TK421]

16. Nah...you're not...read post #15 I'm sick of the shit Sony produces

and X-Box doesn't impress me...but most games I enjoy have come off the PC....more variety, less stress

[TK421]

15. I will NEVER buy another Playstation...they are built like utter SHIT

they are definitely NOT built to last...cheap components and hardware....constant disc-freeze issues and loading issues...never EVER again! X-Box....ahhhh....they don't impress me, either...I'm thinking of going with a Wii

[DS1]

18. PC

:P