xBox or PS3
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xBox and Forza Motorsport :D
- Boz0
PS3 if you want to use the system as more of a home theater center. It has better codec support, it has PS3 Media Server software for transcoding on-fly allowing you to stream almost anything to it. HD audio (7.1 in both TrueHD and DTS-MA, plus uncompressed). None of these things work on Xbox 360. Especially audio and codec support. Xbox 360 is severely limited to mediocrity in this regard.
PS3 however is not a "social and gaming" machine as Xbox 360 is.
All fanboy rhetoric aside about paying for whatever.. Xbox 360 online experience and overall multiplayer stuff trumps anything from Sony. Sony just didn't pay attention to this and concentrated on creating better hardware instead of building up an awesome online service. They are playing catch up now but they are still so behind Microsoft it's not really even comparable.They just launched a new service Playstation Plus that's supposed to come closer to XBox Live and they will of course charge for it but I'm really hesitant to recommend anything from them at this point until it's proven and everyone uses it. No such issue with Xbox 360.
In short:
If your kid or you game, has friends online (they will most likely have Xbox 360 btw) and will play a lot of games as multiplayer and doesn't care so much for purist 50mbps 1080p video and 7.1 HD audio.. Xbox 360 will provide you with superior experience.
If this machine will be in the center of your living room, you just got that seriously awesome TV and speaker system where you want the sickest HD 1080p video and audio and mostly play games in single player or with very few friends online. PS3 is the best choice.
Considering that you have PSP, PS3 might be definitely a better choice.
One thing to note though is Kinect. I really think this thing will explode and everyone will want it. Just seeing Dance Central and boxing and all that physical stuff for kids and families, Kinect will destroy both Wii and PS3. It's seriously some revolutionary shit.
My 2 cents (btw, I have both PS3 and Xbox 360 and PSP and all that).. I hardly ever use PSP with PS3.. though I can definitely see an appeal to buy games from PSN Store and get it to your PSP.
- scarabin0
easy. ps3.
- better graphics, built-in blu-ray playerscarabin
- 80% of 360s break at least once within the first yearscarabin
- seriously, my friend works for MS and he has a graveyard of 360's in his basement. He's gone thought at least 6 of them.fooler2
- my first ps2, bought upon release burned out after 1 year. the second one lasted until today.dopepope
- my first 360 lasted 3 years. then died. my second is holding up ok so far. fingers crossed.dopepope
- my ps3 is still young, but doing fine.dopepope
- I lost my nintendo Wii in a divorce.dopepope
- my ps3 died, but it took six years to do it. i can't even keep pets alive that longscarabin
- I still have the original PS3 but I only use it a few times a week. Its not on everyday.fooler2
- obsolete0
buy a mac
- kinkyform0
xbox!
- dopepope0
The consoles themselves never get me excited to buy them. it's usually a game I want to play. And it's always an exclusive game that gets me to buy the console. I originally bought a 360 because I needed to play Oblivion. And I bought a PS3 for the God of Wars (Resident Evil games by this time had stopped being PS exclusives). And I know I'll always need any Nintendo system as long as they keep making Zelda games. Everything else just gets divvied up accordingly. PS3 bluRay is lovely to have tho. Shit... I bought a DreamCast to play Code Veronica! I'm a sucker.
- PIZZA0
just remember if you buy an xbox you'll be paying for xbox live
- only if you want to play online games. it's not mandatory.dopepope
- true. I've never went online once with my xbox.section_014
- and you are missing out on a world of racism, ignorance, and immaturity. You have no idea what you're missing!mg33
- does it top QBN in those categories?monospaced
- imakethepictures0
I bought an 80 GB launch PS3 in '06. Played it regularly for hours at a time. It finally got the YLOD about a month ago. I didn't want to try and fix it myself so I sent it to gophermods.com. $103 and 5 days later, it was back in my living room working fine. Sony charges more and takes much longer to fix PS3's.
I would recommend a PS3 (yes, BluRay is awesome) and Gophermods if it ever craps out.
- section_0140
Xbox360 all the way. Although, PS3 does have Mortal Kombat II.
- brodyR0
ps3 M.F.
- Creativa0
PS3
- MrT0
PS3. Simply because it's not Microsoft.
- plash0
my vote goes to the XBOX360;
better Netflix experience, XBOX Live, shit load of games/accessories, Much much cheaper and more multi play. i have one in the bedroom, living room attached to a media server for all my movies and i got one in my office but thats more for gaming during lunch et al.
- monospaced0
- "turbo grafx!!!!!..."prophet
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- NNNEEEEEEEERRDDS!monospaced