I'm with cooks, ok maybe the PSN isn't the greatest but there are faults with both consoles. PSN Home should be good when it comes out.
Xbox 360 or PS3?
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got the memory card thing wrong, so fair point. I thought you meant for save games.
I fail to see how the PS3 online is better than live in ANY aspect.
tbh good debate. at least I am safe in the knowledge that I have owned both consoles and chose what I liked best. and I am a sony fanboy previously
I believe the revised 360's have a much more acceptable failure rate. Mine has been going strong since October.
I purchased the xbox because it was a lot cheaper at the time
I have heard however that there are big things coming in the near future for the ps3.
At the moment I do agree ish with you, but I think the PS3's good bits will be coming in a a few months, although the 360 has most/all its show pieces I personally thing the PS3's will be better.
I just had my mate ring me whos an adamant xbox360 fan, asking me if he can get a swap at a local shop for a ps3 His points for getting one earliy on were very similar to all the ones FOR xbox360 in this thread, he has had to upgrade from the standad one to an elite version, but now says that online is becoming increasingly hard to play as there seem to be loads of problems at the moment, and lagging (although that maybe down to his home internet access) also the fact he has to pay per month, wheres ps3 is free. Hes heard that HOME is coming around too which sounds intresting, and the last thing for him was that the HD dvd/Bluray thing seems to be going the Bluray way, and hes just got a HD DVD drive for his xbox - so again, not impressed.
I dont really have any problems with my PS3 browser, its not crap, and i occasionally stream you-tube music vids through it at the wkend, as it goes through my AV unit, better than listening to the radio. Yeah its fiddly with a controller, but thats because i havent got round to sticking a keyboard and mouse on it yet. Also popped a 250 gig hard drive in which took all of 20 mins if you include backing up the old drive on to my ipod first and then vice versa once the new drive was installed.
I dont really have any problems with my PS3 browser, its not crap, and i occasionally stream you-tube music vids through it at the wkend, as it goes through my AV unit, better than listening to the radio. Yeah its fiddly with a controller, but thats because i havent got round to sticking a keyboard and mouse on it yet. Also popped a 250 gig hard drive in which took all of 20 mins if you include backing up the old drive on to my ipod first and then vice versa once the new drive was installed.
360 IS THE ONLY WAY TO FLY.
Granted it been rubbish in terms of quality - but MS have held their hands up and increased the warranty.
Live had issues over Christmas, mostly due to the new movie download feature soaking up all the server space - but again MS held their hands up and provided a free arcade game. not great but better than nothing!
MS also deliberately didn't put a HD DVD player in the console to keep the cost reachable for the target demographic, (and avoid stuffing the machine with a liability - how many Sony fanboys would have been shouting Blu murder if the Blu-ray had lost the format war).
Sure PS3 has out sold the 360 - it was always bound to - but it's not the amount sold - remember that Sony have to sell 3x more to break even than Microsoft - it's the market share. By it's end of life the original 'box took 20% of the market from Sony, who'd until that time enjoyed a monopoly. I'd certainly be interested to know what that is now, 'cos judging by this thread s'gotta be near 50:50.
And that mean only a good thing as the competition will mean that the consumers all win - as it'll keep the prices down, and stimulate growth and innovation. IMO - At this point, MS simply offer better value and service for money -they do that better than Sony, who do not love you. they think your stupid and gullible!. PS has promised allot, but until they actually fulfill, I'll stick with the 360. CoD4 all the way baby!
Granted it been rubbish in terms of quality - but MS have held their hands up and increased the warranty.
Live had issues over Christmas, mostly due to the new movie download feature soaking up all the server space - but again MS held their hands up and provided a free arcade game. not great but better than nothing!
MS also deliberately didn't put a HD DVD player in the console to keep the cost reachable for the target demographic, (and avoid stuffing the machine with a liability - how many Sony fanboys would have been shouting Blu murder if the Blu-ray had lost the format war).
Sure PS3 has out sold the 360 - it was always bound to - but it's not the amount sold - remember that Sony have to sell 3x more to break even than Microsoft - it's the market share. By it's end of life the original 'box took 20% of the market from Sony, who'd until that time enjoyed a monopoly. I'd certainly be interested to know what that is now, 'cos judging by this thread s'gotta be near 50:50.
And that mean only a good thing as the competition will mean that the consumers all win - as it'll keep the prices down, and stimulate growth and innovation. IMO - At this point, MS simply offer better value and service for money -they do that better than Sony, who do not love you. they think your stupid and gullible!. PS has promised allot, but until they actually fulfill, I'll stick with the 360. CoD4 all the way baby!
Had both. Xbox wins despite having 4 due to ring of death (all replaced within 5-10 days). Only a casual gamer and don't use Live, but still didn't think the PS3 was a quality product for half a bag of sand. Granted will probably get better as "proper" controllers and games are released, but I sold it and bought a new putter. Now that was a frikkin good investment.
