360 Vs PS3 Vs Wii

[Stompy]

I personally think this console war was particularly interesting. The Wii won by making sure everyone of both genders and almost any age can play.

The 360 won me completely over by their move to listen and please their particular core audience and just continually build and continually listen to the demands of their userbase. Not to mention that nearly every developer is favouring this console and there's a heck of a lot more interesting exclusives on the 360 than the PS3.

The PS3 in my eyes is a sad state of affairs. Sony had the chance to have made a console that could dominate the market but failed to do so with a ridiculous pricepoint and forcing their propriety media player onto the market. Especially when they got rid of the backwards compatible model and resting on their laurels that thinking the Playstation brand will carry it to victory. The big games that was meant to sell the console failed to do so and the future is very fussy and perhaps grim for the machine. With plenty of previously labeled exclusives becoming available for the 360, the shift from developers jumping onto developing their games for the 360 as well proved a much more financially viable and would penetrate a greater share of the market.

That's just my own 3 cents though.

I'd say to investigate the games available for the consoles Paul and see what is available and most cost effective. I highly reccomend the 360 for the sheer cheap price and a tonne of games already available. I can give you some reccomendations if you need it. Just list the type of games you like

[TheDirtyDigger]

I could be wrong but I thought the Arcade edition had no online capability.

I have the PS3 and Wii.
Wii is good for family and friend group fun while the PS3 I mainly use for myself as a means to inflict virtual violence online against random strangers.

I can see the logic in Stompy's pro-Xbox argument about games availability but I also am a PS fan from way back.
And I love the Blueray player for movies.

[Stompy]

The bluray player really pushed up the price of the console and while the media can store a LOT more data the drive reading technology is still really slow, hence why most games on the PS3 have mandatory installs to optimize the game to run at all. I'm not really against the PS3 at all. I'm just waiting for more reasons to grab the console. Maybe when it drops its price to sub $500 and a few of its upcoming games turn out to be great (Heavy Rain & Team ICO's new game). Singstar is already a great reason to get a PS3 (*blush*) but I need more to justify the purchase.

The Arcade console can still go online as long as you have a memory unit plugged in (comes bundled) which you also need for saving data anyway. Might be better off investing in the Pro version with the 20GB hard-drive

[Borgeman]

Might be better off investing in the Pro version with the 20GB hard-drive

60gb these days

as i worker at EB, all i can say is dont buy 360 pros, the failure rate is embarrassing, elites are much more reliable, and there is a deal for $500 now (6 months ago it was $750 w/o games). the arcades go ok, but as said previously you will need a hard drive - the memory stick wont cut it.

id still stick with the ps3, simply because the machine wont let you down - my store has never had a fault ps3 return since ive been there. 360s overheat to the shit, and everything will cost extra (online play, wireless connection adapter etc).

George

[llamatron]

The 360's online service is pretty good (despite having to pay for it) but I'd still go with the PS3 over all. Not that expensive when you consider it has built in wireless, ample storage, better controllers, free online play and a bluray player.

Just don't become that guy that buys a Wii and after a month of use the novelty wears off and it gets packed away never to be touched again.

That happened to everyone I know who got one.

[Kyle]

Paul I think buying an Xbox 360 now is a very good decision. Look up "Jasper".

[turtle boy]

In all honesty, 360 are the way to go, (i have 3) simply because, there are more exclusives readily available, cheaper, and have many more options as to what kind of gamer you are..

IE the arcade, great for kids, comes with the arcade disk, no HDD, but arcade games, when could you go into intensity and save your game, then come back the next day and continue on for the save point. Never. 2 corded controls. AV cables. and that's about it. Last price I saw, $350.

Then there's the generic one, some say the arcade is the generic console.. but it's not. But 20GB hdd and a few games. 2 corded controls and AV/Component cables.. Release price $575.

The PRO now out with a 60GB hdd. Comes with I think mine was 1 cordless control, DVD remote, AV/Component cables, Ethernet cable and a headset. oh and 3 months Free Gold subscription. Release price $600 now down to about $450

And the mother of them all the Elite. HDMI or component, 120GB HDD, 4 Games, 1 cordless control, headset, a month of gold. ANNNND the console and control is black lol.. Release price $750 now down to about $650 to $590

The only thing PS3's have going for them in my mind, is how fast it takes to connect them to a wireless network (3 mins it took my mate to connect his to my network) the fact that playing online is completely free, unlike the 360. But the downloads for the PS are one to many, you have to download some virtual world thing and all this crap before you can even play..

The 360, though expensive for a 1 year subscription ($100). you only have to update games, and with a good connection takes a whole 2 1/2 mins. takes me about that, unless its a bigger update, like add ons. for a game.

you need to have a ps3 connected to the net to open up the WMA/V player. Unlike 360 where everything is just there and ready to go, from the moment you say let there be games...

External hdds, they are as easy to connect to a usb port as it is to transform G1 bumbles.. But I have never come across so much stuff a$$ing around to get one to work on a ps3.. download this.. reformat that, rename this, make these files. name them that... BAH! I sad good day to you sir..
The 360.. is sooooo damn easy. plug in, select files.. "And awaaay we go"

I don't know the prices on a ps3 stuff so i cant comment on that.

But the backwards compatible issue, 360 is there and ready to go, you can ever download OG xbox games if you can seem to find it in a store. just download from the market place or a torrent and install on your HDD. PS3 you cant do squat, unless you have the ye old my hdd will blow up in this paper weight version of the console, or you have to get some software, and it takes for ever to get downloads on a ps3(everything does). I don't know why, but I want my 35 mins of my life back. Eh I'd just waste them anyway..

So 360's win in my eyes..

Don't get me started on the Wii. Tell me I'm 75 years old..
*walks off slams door*

[King Atlas]

Ive had a 360 elite since the time it was released and I havn't had a single problem. My cousin owns the standard version and he is yet to encounter any problems either, though he did purchase his earlier last year. Avoid buying second hand at all cost in my opinion.

Also (not sure if ps3 has this option) during the last update, the 360 gained a huge upgrade, allowing games to be installed in the harddrive, allowing faster gameplay and significantly lowering load times, giving your disc a longer life span and getting rid of that horrible noise everytime your disc is running in the tray.

It has the greatest titles and also ,yeah, the exclusive are awesome
(msn messenger being exclusive to 360 may be a plus for all those addicts )

[Gutsman Heavy]

id still stick with the ps3, simply because the machine wont let you down

PS3 isn't indestructible. Mine wouldn't accept disks, just made a clunking noise as the disk was half hanging out the feeder

dead blu-ray lasers are quite common.

[Borgeman]

nah i didnt mean that it is - just that compared to the 360, it is much more reliable

George