X-Box360 or PS3??????

[Ssom]

Originally Posted by blindside.AMG

A couple weeks ago I would've said 360 without hesitation. But then I saw clips of the F1 game they're coming out with for PS3. The game looks absolutely insane!!! But then I heard they might only bring that game out in Europe...if that happens then definitely the 360. Halo-Forza-Progject Gotham Racing pretty much sums up my decision.

Dammit John, are you high? PGR was horrible, don't make me fly to LA to smack you over the back of the head

I have both PS2 and XBox, though the Sony range of exclusive games is far better than XBox, the only game I really dig on my XBox is Forza and even then it's nowhere near as good as GT4.

So I'll get the PS3, a year or so of games that don't maximise the potential of the system will be worth the wait once the companies are able to crack it and take advantage of the PS3's technological superiority.

I'll be sure to take pics of me enjoying the F1 game and send them to John (Gotta love NZ and Europe both being PAL )

[publicenemy137]

Originally Posted by Whumbachumba

Everything I want on the 360 I'll be able to get for my PC. I've never liked the Playstation since the original either, so that's why I'm probably not going to get any of them. Also, the prices are outrageous.

that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. First up, a lot of games on the xbox are not found on the PC. Second of all, do you have a computer with 3 CPU cores, GDDR3 Ram, as well as a top of the line ATI chip? I think not. Those all would cost over 2 grand anyways, not to mention the GDDR3 ram is not supported by any motherboards yet.

also, major nelson is biased towards xbox 360 obviously. So don't take his word when u want to read up on a xbox 360 vs ps3 comparison. Here's a real comparison that's non-biased: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453

[jcsaleen]

PS3 all the way it comes with a better graphix proccessor....

[Whumbachumba]

Originally Posted by publicenemy137

that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. First up, a lot of games on the xbox are not found on the PC. Second of all, do you have a computer with 3 CPU cores, GDDR3 Ram, as well as a top of the line ATI chip? I think not. Those all would cost over 2 grand anyways, not to mention the GDDR3 ram is not supported by any motherboards yet.

also, major nelson is biased towards xbox 360 obviously. So don't take his word when u want to read up on a xbox 360 vs ps3 comparison. Here's a real comparison that's non-biased: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453

All I really want is The Eldar Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

[dirtydx]

owning a PS2 has been the biggest disappointment of my life. Never will I let the majority tell me whats "cool" again. Nor have I seen a compelling reason to go Xbox(but they do have Rare, Conker is one of my favourites). I'm going back to Nintendo. Zelda and Mario are the greatest series of videogames ever created.

[carnut04]

It doesnt matter if the PS3 has a better graphics processor. Look at the Xbox and how long it took them to take all the power out of it. If you look at the first xbox games compared halo 2, Forza, and Splinter Cell. And besides they said on most games you'll hardly see a difference. And PS3 is gonna cost like $100 more.

[carrrnuttt]

Here's a good, simple, unbiased comparison of the two.:http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-S...features_image


I already have a large collection of PS2 games that I still play. The backwards compatibility of the PS3 is something I'll want.

Also, to compare their predecessors, the PS2 was also supposedly "hard to develop for", as Sony has a habit of always coming up with something well ahead of its time. In comparison, the XBox is supposedly more developer-friendly, and has a better engine over-all. Yet, the PS2 and the XBox have comparable games currently, even with the X's apparent advantages, especially in graphics.

Why? Because I personally feel that Sony is more developer-friendly. Most multi-platform games nowadays are developed for the PS2 first, and then adapted to the XBox.

If the day could be summed up in a microcosm, it would be Square Enix' story that explained events best. Yoichi Wada, the firm's president, made two stops today. At the Sony conference, he was one of many developers presenting stunning tech demos - in his case, a truly stunning real-time recreation of the opening to Final Fantasy VII, using characters almost as high quality as those seen in the forthcoming Advent Children movie. Within a matter of hours, he had another stop to make - this time with a headline billing at the Microsoft conference, where he revealed that Square Enix will be supporting Xbox 360... With the release of a four year old massively multiplayer game that's already available on PS2 and PC.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59134

BTW, here's a preview of MGS4, exclusive to the PS3: http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1743

[PWRDbyUNCLEbens]

Originally Posted by publicenemy137

also, major nelson is biased towards xbox 360 obviously. So don't take his word when u want to read up on a xbox 360 vs ps3 comparison. Here's a real comparison that's non-biased: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453

I'm glad there are people that actually know enough to spot these things. I was hoping someone would call that one out. I thought I was going to have to be the loner calling it biased. Gotta love the green graphs!!

[91300zxtt]

XBOX 360, because i already have it on reserve

[Kamilpl3]

Originally Posted by Muscletang

Ok for all the nerds out there (yes this includes me) an in-depth comparison of the Xbox 360 vs. PS3.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Damn, 360 pretty much blew out the PS in almost all of the specs...

I might get the 360 when the price of it goes down... What is it going to be when in launches? Around 300$ for just the console with a controller... That's pretty high for my budget... I'll wait 'till it goes down to about 200$, then I might possibly get one.

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by Kamilpl3

Damn, 360 pretty much blew out the PS in almost all of the specs...

You DO realize how biased that "article" is, right? The blog is titled "Xbox Live's Major Nelson's unofficial blog" for chris'sakes.

[Kamilpl3]

Originally Posted by carrrnuttt

You DO realize how biased that "article" is, right? The blog is titled "Xbox Live's Major Nelson's unofficial blog" for chris'sakes.

Doesnt matter, I was going to say 360 anyways, I just love the Xbox Live, its way better than the PS's Online play... Unless they're trying to do something new on the PS3...

But yea, I get your point.

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by publicenemy137

that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. First up, a lot of games on the xbox are not found on the PC. Second of all, do you have a computer with 3 CPU cores, GDDR3 Ram, as well as a top of the line ATI chip? I think not. Those all would cost over 2 grand anyways, not to mention the GDDR3 ram is not supported by any motherboards yet.

also, major nelson is biased towards xbox 360 obviously. So don't take his word when u want to read up on a xbox 360 vs ps3 comparison. Here's a real comparison that's non-biased: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453

i recomed reading far more that that one basic article and focusing on the real world technical aspects instead of believing marketing hype.


Now to the technical aspects, the 3 general execution cores on the 360 are far more simle that any modern CPU core and far smaller in die size because of it. The 3 cores are basically a scaled down versions of a power pc procesor as found in apple PCs.

the PPE in the Cell is actually quite similar in design to any 1 core on the xbox cpu while the 7 SPEs backing it will be some very basic cores with limited suport.

Also FYI we used for quite a while GDDR3 in PCs as part of graphics memory. Even my lowly 6600GT has 128MB of it. The reason we dont use this as CPU memory is because it would be a waste of time. This is why AMD put up for so long with DDR1 mem. Barelly now AMD dual cores are starting to push the limits of DDR400 memory bandwith.

Oh and another thing that mighty RSX GPU is already available for PCs now in the 7800GTX cards. Of course it will receive upgrades by that time but its basic design wil be the same. And a few months after the PS3 will be released the next upgrade cycle for Pc video cards will be available.

So before i would start believing all the BS "supercomputer" stories about the consoles familiariase yourself more with the technology.


Oh and BTW this is a far better anantech article regarding the consoles:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453&p=4

[Fredrick_NP]

Lets not forget who has the better games. Xbox games are all very similar. In fact they are so similar, with the 360 microsoft is making all online games use the same exact online menus. But yah... if you dont like blowing crap up, or games with very little plot / meaning to them, you will HATE 360. But if those are the types of games you play (you are probobly an air head) then you will LOVE 360.

But yah... PS2 has 1/2 the Xbox's power (on paper) and yet it has sold ~80 million units compared to Xbox's 20 million. Sony makes kick ass games. Its how they were able to completely steal the home consol market from nintendo... And are possibly on their way to taking the handheld market too. (If they would make some better games for the PSP)



But yah... already PS3 games are looking just as good if not better as 360 games. And the games PS3 has planned to come out are better then those of 360.

[Zachp911]

Originally Posted by jcsaleen

PS3 all the way it comes with a better graphix proccessor....

PS3 for sure...