THE OFFICIAL PS3 vs. XBOX360 vs. Wii thread

Which do you like better: 360, PS3, Wii

  • 360

    Votes: 117 43.7%

  • PS3

    Votes: 89 33.2%

  • Wii

    Votes: 62 23.1%
  • Total voters
    268
haha a lot of my friends are halo lovers but IMO i just think that since they arn't really into pc gaming which has alot better shooters than halo I think that halo is so popular because everyone can jsut have in and unlike other shooters such as Battlefield 2 on pc people would have to upgrade there computers and everything else unlike halo where you just buy a xbox and boom right there and no insults to the Halo its a pretty good game just not the best
 
Nutter said:
is the ps3 any good
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Depends on who you ask. Personally I don't like mine because there are really no good games for it plus it's expensive. However you'll get different opinions from everyone. Try playing one first and see what you think.
 
Nutter said:
is the ps3 any good
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Great graphics, cool possiblities...
Huge price, games aren't so great yet...

It is up to you. I am personally a Wii and 360 fan, as i love the games for the Box and the Wii has me captivated, and the PS3 does neither for me. It is your choice.
 
looks like the ceo of sony entertainment just stepped down, seems the plunder of the PS3 finally caught up to him.

http://www.gamersreports.com/news/5532/ken-kutaragi-steps-down-from-his-position-at-sony/

If you don't know who this guy is, here are some awesome things he was quoted saying about the PS3, they are pretty funny:

http://www.ps3today.com/Blogs/JournalBlogView/hqs/blr_129.aspx

I think sony is falling apart.....I'm glad I got my Wii, still can't find them anywhere because they are still sold out everywhere.
 
XBOX
More games than PS3
Popular FPS type games ( which I'd rather play on PC, for easier controls and less dizziness)

PS3
Less Games than PS3 (hopefully they will have more when time comes)
Popular Fighting type games
Blue-ray disk player!
 
I don't know about everyone else with a PS3 but I'm actually glad I bought one early because I have been checking out all the games coming out for it this summer and fall. We have Heavenly Sword, Assassin's Creed, Lair, GTA4, MGS4, The Darkness, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Hot Shots Golf 5, Haze, Unreal Tourney 3, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Not a bad line up if you ask me. I hope they don't blow it.

Has anyone else played Ninja Gaiden Sigma on the PS Network? I thought it was pretty good.
 
i just traded in my ps2, my xbox, and my gamecube for a 360 premium and rainbow 6 vegas. been playing live with my neighbor all day. that game is so freaking awesome, and I have to say as a system microsoft did do a lot of things right. The only downside is that I may have to install some crappy software on my PC to get the xbox to see all my digital music, but I haven't looked into it yet.

kinda bummed I gotta pay for the benefits of live, but I am using my free month right now.

it looks like my face plate is a bit off also, but everything works

anyways, everything is awesome out of the box. rainbox six vegas is amazing, and the live play is awesome with 4 player terrorist hunts.

I gotta go out and buy gears of war too

I still like my wii though, no doubt they both are good systems. The wii is definitely more fun when I have friends over.
 
As for the PS3, look at the numbers for the sales in the first 3 months. They are actually higher than what the 360's sales were (by 50000 units) and they are also higher than the PS2 and PS1 during the same timeframe. While you can easily say that compared to the Wii it's not doing well, and it's true that the Wii has sold more units, Sony has also produced more units that Nintendo, which is why you can find PS3s and you can't find Wiis. So, don't be so quick to judge the PS3, and like Pck21 said, you gotta give the system some time to catch up with the games. By Christmas this year there should be plenty of great games out that may have a much higher level of graphics than the 360.

I am by no means saying that the PS3 is a better system, I'm just saying that there needs to be a little more time and thought put into the discussion before a winner is decided. Every system has a downside, the PS3 doesn't have a great library yet and is expensive, the 360 is prone to the "red circle of death", the Wii doesn't have very good 3rd party support (Rayman is one of the few games that is good made by Ubi, a 3rd party developer). So, it won't be probably another 2 or 3 years before a clear winner is declarable.

If anyone has the Game Informer magazine from Gamestop, it has a great set of small articles on a whole bunch of these type of articles. (June issue)
 
DCIScouts said:
As for the PS3, look at the numbers for the sales in the first 3 months. They are actually higher than what the 360's sales were (by 50000 units) and they are also higher than the PS2 and PS1 during the same timeframe. While you can easily say that compared to the Wii it's not doing well, and it's true that the Wii has sold more units, Sony has also produced more units that Nintendo, which is why you can find PS3s and you can't find Wiis. So, don't be so quick to judge the PS3, and like Pck21 said, you gotta give the system some time to catch up with the games. By Christmas this year there should be plenty of great games out that may have a much higher level of graphics than the 360.

I am by no means saying that the PS3 is a better system, I'm just saying that there needs to be a little more time and thought put into the discussion before a winner is decided. Every system has a downside, the PS3 doesn't have a great library yet and is expensive, the 360 is prone to the "red circle of death", the Wii doesn't have very good 3rd party support (Rayman is one of the few games that is good made by Ubi, a 3rd party developer). So, it won't be probably another 2 or 3 years before a clear winner is declarable.

If anyone has the Game Informer magazine from Gamestop, it has a great set of small articles on a whole bunch of these type of articles. (June issue)
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Well, yes of course there will be awesome games, but as for sales of the PS3, I think sony has BS'd a lot of what they are claiming. I mean the CEO stepped down recently, probably to the PS3's launch failure.

Don't get me wrong, I will want a PS3 when Metal Gear Solid comes out for it, that game looks freaking sweet. However, the 360, is a way better deal IMO. The PS3 won't be worth it until it drops in price down to like 400 dollar range.
 
I think sony has BS'd a lot of what they are claiming.
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True, but they're not the only ones. Microsoft, for instance, are still saying that the 'red circles of death' are all isolated incidents and in no way caused by a single fault...yeah right. They just can't admit that they've got a problem on their hands. But yeah...Sony have BS'd quite a bit. And not just about sales figures. Saying that the PS3 is three times more powerful than the 360 is plain ludicrous. Having said that, Sony have fulfilled a few of their promises. For instance, the PS Network is really rather good, from what i've heard, easilly on par with Live. A year ago I would have bet money that it would have crashed and burned like Sony's previous attempt at online play. I just hope that they can pull even more out of the hat between now and christmas. Because if they don't, I can't see how they will catch up with the other consoles.
 
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True, but they're not the only ones. Microsoft, for instance, are still saying that the 'red circles of death' are all isolated incidents and in no way caused by a single fault...yeah right. They just can't admit that they've got a problem on their hands.
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the thing thats causing the red ring of death has been fixed in the elite system, its basically because when the console overheats the interior heats up, causing some of the solder on the joints of the pins to heat up and so they come lose and fall out, and they've fixed this by covering the chips etc with epoxy resin, it was only really the first gen 360's that were affected the oens you cna buy now don't do it as much.
 
they've fixed this by covering the chips etc with epoxy resin
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Sounds like a quick fix to me. Why didn't they do that in the first place?

it was only really the first gen 360's that were affected the oens you cna buy now don't do it as much.
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Here's a comparison shot of the interals for a regular 360 and an elite:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360-elite/inside-the-xbox-360-elite-253983.php

Apart from the epoxy resin, they are nearly identical.

I hear what you're saying, but, at the end of the day, it's a hardware fault and they're still using the same hardware!

Out of all the reasons for not getting a 360, I would say that the biggest one is the failure rates. I mean, what good is a console which barely lasts a year or two (by which point the warranty has expired) before needing a replacement?
 
12-Gauge said:
Sounds like a quick fix to me. Why didn't they do that in the first place?



Here's a comparison shot of the interals for a regular 360 and an elite:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360-elite/inside-the-xbox-360-elite-253983.php

Apart from the epoxy resin, they are nearly identical.

I hear what you're saying, but, at the end of the day, it's a hardware fault and they're still using the same hardware!

Out of all the reasons for not getting a 360, I would say that the biggest one is the failure rates. I mean, what good is a console which barely lasts a year or two (by which point the warranty has expired) before needing a replacement?
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It seems like its a very small percentage of the users getting these problems. I have about 15-20 friends with Xbox 360s who have put them under some REALLY heavy loads and never had a problem.
 
It seems like its a very small percentage of the users getting these problems. I have about 15-20 friends with Xbox 360s who have put them under some REALLY heavy loads and never had a problem.
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Admittedly, I know many people with 360s and not one has mentioned a failure, but it still worries me none the less. It certainly put me off buying a 360 a few months back. Hopefully the problems are in the past.
 
12-Gauge said:
Admittedly, I know many people with 360s and not one has mentioned a failure, but it still worries me none the less. It certainly put me off buying a 360 a few months back. Hopefully the problems are in the past.
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I see what your saying, I had the same issue. My fix, I bought the 2 year product replacement plan from Best Buy. It might be an extra $50 dollars, but it was well worth it. My 360 was making a funny noise, brought it in, and I got a brand new 360 no questions asked.
 
Man I'm THIS close to buying an Elite and trading in my current 360.
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Do you really think it's worth the time, money and effort for such a minimal upgrade? Just go to your local B&Q or whatever and buy a 300ml can of black spray paint. Job done :D
 
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