Xbox 360 Or PS3
 

What's better xbox 360 or the ps3.

I'd make a poll for this. I prefer Xbox 360. I like the controls better, games more, and it's add-ons. It does have it's downsides though. Xbox Live costs $60.00, the router for the back costs $90.00, the headsets suck, and it can get the red ring of death. Other then those downs I love it.

Out of those two i choose ps3. Sega Genesis is by far better than both though. ;)

I choose Xbox because there are a lot more people with xbox's. The playstation network was hacked easily aswell so... <3 MW3

Whatever I can afford, and 360 it was. I need Last Guardian though...

PS3.

xbox 360 FTW!!!!!

Ps3!

I'ma go with xbox 360 because it had better online, more games, and the kinect is fun for the whole family.

I'm going to go with the Play Station 3 since I have never owned an xBox of any generation before and find the controls pretty chaotic to figure out and play with. It's a nice chunk of software though that has some pretty sweet games that, sadly, SONY can't seem to live up to.

Make a poll for it. Xbox is beast. The playstation was hacked easily a group. Also i think they are copying xbox -._. If the playstation get a advanced menu, they are copying

Btw who cares you pay for xbox live, at least it is safe from being hacked -._.

Nothing is safe from being hacked, they just weren't a target... and Sony made it easy.

Lol... And thats why you need to get a ps3 xD
In my opinion, i'd take PS3 over 360 anyday. Heres why:
First, you got to pay 60 bucks a year for Xbox Live.. Now, for the PS3 you get free internet all the time. Plus you need to purchase a modem/wireless adapter for the thing so..

If i had Xbox Live for 3 years:
Xbox 360 - $200
Modem/Adapter - $80
Xbox Live (3 years) - $180
Total - $460.00
With 1 year - $340
Thats more than the cost of a PS3 now. Even if you exclude the Modem, its still too much.

PS3 got hacked and thats a major problem!? Look at what 360 got:
-360's red ring of death (applies to all 360's)
-More bugs/errors than the PS3 in both menu and games
-Multiple discs for several games (LA Noire, FF13,etc.)

Don't forget that PS3 also got exclusive content:
-Battlefield 3 (Battlefield 1943 free)
-Dead Space 2 (Dead Space Extraction)
-Medal of Honor (Medal of Honor Frontline)

-Batman Arkham Asylum (Joker challenge exclusive DLC)
-Mortal Kombat 9 (Kratos Character Exclusive)
-The Last Guardian
-The Last of Us (An announced to be Playstation title)
-Twisted Metal
-God of War Franchise
-Jak, Ratchet & Clank, and Sly cooper
-and Even Uncharted 3 and Killzone 3!

And PSN only got hacked once.. So it doesn't make that big of a deal anyways...

PSN is copying off 360?!? HAHAHAH!
-The kinect plays as an expanded version of the original Playstation 2 Eyetoy

-Castle Crashers, Limbo, and Castlevania Harmony of Despair are not XBLA exclusive titles. These were supposed to be on the PSN but they took time to expand it to a whole new level and the Exclusive PSN additions are amazing!

-PSN Plus members will get amazing discounts and free games for just 50 bucks a year! Now what does the 360 have on that?

360 is supposed to be a friendly system now. Microsoft is clearly focusing on the casual games. The used to be hardcore games are now garbage... And unlike sony, Microsoft is squeezing their franchises dry (Like the upcoming Halo 4,5, and 6!). Other than the shooters and the dance kinect titles, the 360 is a downright disaster..

I understand that people like the Xbox 360 for shooters and kinect but seriously, idk where the "Ripping off" and "Exclusive" talk for the 360 overtops the amazing quality PS3 has to offer.

Seriously, they got hacked once but that was done in a month... They gave us 2 free Playstation 3 games (from a list of 4) and 2 free Playstation Portable games (from a list of 4) of our choice (I have them all) when it was turned back online so i don't know why you say 360 is superior just to one hack...

Imagine if 360 got hacked all of a sudden... Then im sure the PS3 would be extremely superior now..

Why would you need to buy a wireless adapter? Wired is the way to go anyways, and the new 360's support wireless out the box. Hell, I have an old 360 and I simply paid $5 for a long-ass ethernet cord.

I get Xbox Live for $45 a year, and before the price-raise it was even cheaper. You just need to know where to look and not buy the cards from a store. I don't have a PS3 obviously, so I can't say much about PSN, but I have heard from even PS3 owners that the connection can be iffy at time. However, that's just what I've heard so I won't really go and criticize the PSN when I don't have first-hand experience with it. Free is always cool, but if I knew paying would go towards a better experience, I'd do it(but also weep a little when I know I don't have the money for it). I also love my party chat/personal chat outside of games.

PS3 has had its share of hardware issues, please don't ignore them. Also, yes, their being hacked was a very major problem, a lot of personal information was compromised. Dunno what you're trying to say with the bugs/errors... O.o as far as I know, games tend to be coded for the 360 and then ported to the PS3, hence why PS3 versions usually look worse/have more bugs. I already addressed the bluray thing in the other thread. I don't mind swapping discs. Bluray loads way slower than a DVD, even after saving it to the HDD(which is forced for many large games because otherwise the loading would be unbearable).


They called off the free Battlefield 1943 the DAY BATTLEFIELD 3 WAS RELEASED LOL. They announced it on Twitter. Sucks for people who were expecting it. Google it if you want more details.

Um... ya every console has exclusive content. That's not really a selling point, it's what the exclusive content is that matters. Those don't interest me, but a few exclusives games do... but then again 360 also has some interesting exclusive content. Whether you like them or not though is up to you, but you should be objective about it. Console sellers for me for the PS3 would be the Last Guardian and Metal Gear Solid 4, and probably God of War 3. If it weren't for those games I don't think I'd bother as most games are multi-platform and I already own a 360. However, god dammit Last Guardian taunts me so.

Again, it was a very big ****ing deal. Don't understate it, it was big enough for them to compensate all PSN users with a year of identity theft(pretty expensive). That's not even counting how long the service itself was down, and the fact that they knew it was going on for a whole week and never let any of the users know. They know they ****ed up, why do PS3 owners have a hard time admitting it as well? If you want to look at how to properly handle personal info being hacked, Steam was recently targetted as well. They let users know almost immediately.

And Sony Move is...? TBH I don't care, I have no interest in the Kinect or Sony Move, and I consider my relationship with my Wii a tolerated one, though I have gotten much enjoyment out of it.

Are games considered free when you pay $50 a year for them?

Microsoft doesn't really deal much with first-party games, it comes down to the third party devs and what they feel like making. However, what games have recently came out on the PS3 that are exclusive and "hardcore?" Most of the recent big titles are multi-platform games. Also, I hate the whole "casual" vs "hardcore" bull****. Elitist attitude, imo.

All in all, it's quite clear that you're clearly in favor of Sony/PS3 and it's clouding any semblence of reasonable judgement. Your entire post is a lengthy rebuttal against... nothing. It's like your expecting people to attack the PS3.

Like I said, I got the 360 because it was cheaper(especially when I got it, and the PS3 was still $600). If I had the money I'd have a PS3 as well... I just don't get the point of how people are so quick to jump and defend a system, and to criticize another. Let people enjoy/play what they damn well feel like. So you like PS3, I'm happy for you! Why? Because you enjoy it, and in the end your own personal enjoyment is what matters, and I don't see the point of pushing your opinion onto someone else so forcibly.

care to explain what Sony was trying to do with the Playstation Move?
Sony's failed bandwagon peripheral, which they have abandoned because nobody likes it and nobody buys it or even knows about it.
It's a wii mote with a glowing ball tip..what a joke

If anything the Kinect is an expanded version of the wii but with no controller and can recognize entire body movements...hmm maybe that's why the Kinect has sold so well?

invalid garbage

are you stupid?
the PS3 was $600+ 3 years ago

Yellow light of death.
I bet its fun installing a new game before you get to play it?
More bugs and erros? wtf...
/invalid garbage
Sony: We have terrible security, lets try to cover it up by giving them some free downloads for a few crappy games.

BF 1943 isnt exclusive
Dead Space Extraction is on the Wii, the PS3 is a port...far from exclusive
$50 bucks for an overall better and secure online service?


and that one time exploited Sony's terrible security


I haven't seen this severe a case of fanboyism for a long time.

You all are fools. Clearly the Dreamcast and the Wii overpowers these two! You might be shouting "How can such a crappy system overpower these two wildebeests??!?!" well, my good sir, sit down and listen.
Sega had that octagon thingy (forget te name) and it could read the player's movement. OH GEE I WONDER WHAT THATS SIMILAR TO
Yay for Kinetic! Ripping Sega off since 2008!
PS3 Move? Wii anyone?
Xbox Live? Internet from your router.
Max Wii title price: $60
Max PS3/Xbox: $200
How to get sales on a PS3/Xbox: release a generic shooter.
How to get sales on Wii: actually create a GOOD game
Sony antipiracy: HURR DURR SUE EVERYONE HURR
Microsoft antipiracy: What piracy? Americans are too stupid to hack it!
Nintendo antipiracy: hey, let's make it so that it requires Wii Motion! We gain money and stop piracy at the same time!
PS3's bestsellers: Call of Duty
Xbox's: CoD, BF.
Wii: Zelda, Mario
See? So PS3 and Xbox can both kiss my ass.

Wii, definitely. What I am curious about is why did you have the audacity to not put "Xbox360 or Ps3 or Wii" In the title? Is it because it does not have up to par versions of your cherished Call of Dooty series? If it is, I have no respect for you and your lack of sense for gaming, sir.

You can't really compare a Wii to the Xbox/PS3.
The Wii is fundamentally different from the other two.

Even though the gap has closened over time with the addition of Kinect and the Move thing.

I didn't say the wii because many people like xbox 360 and ps3 more than it.

Do more people like the 360 and ps3 or do you like it more? I'd love to see the source of this little spec of opinion you're passing off as fact.

ps3

Hehe. Trolling is fun. But seriously, I DESPISE the PS3 or Xbox. Just go get a computer. It has more games on it. But then again, not everyone can afford to blow $900+ for a computer.

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of how wrong you are.

http://i.imgur.com/XgAMx.png

This is what I dont like about society. You literally made up this information off of pure insight, without any facts, or any coherent logic whatsoever. May I present you a graph of Wii sales versus Xbox360 and Ps3 straight from Vgcharts:

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/worldwide_totals.png#801

Hopefully you can tell what this graph is saying, and infer my argument with your own logic. But if you cant: The wii has sold almost as much as the Ps3 and Xbox360 combined. So no, Many more people like the wii than the xbox360 and ps3.

Think About This:

The last time Sony was hacked, it was hacked by the largest exploiting group in the world. They were also taking several security precautions while they were down to prevent the exploits from occurring again. If I remember correctly, last time I heard about XBL being hacked, it was by some....thirteen year old?
I believe Sony being hacked and taken down for nearly a month crucially depleted it's reputation, but I can't blame them, I would take extreme precautions if Lulzsec (Anonymous Division) hacked a company that I owned as well.

It doesn't matter this thread is about xbox and ps3 not the wii dude.

Doesn't matter though. Sony was hacked via SQL injection and had all the data unecrypted(including passwords and billing info). A 13 could have hacked them just as easily.

Did you read, or even remember, your past conversation with me? If not, please do, because I think you forgot the point of this argument.

Who said we were arguing all I asked was whats better xbox 360 or ps3 and u brought the wii into it.

I'd say PS3 cause you get free Internet. Xbox, you gotta pay.

They were hacked by a bunch of teenagers with nothing better to do.

It was via SQL injection on one of sony's websites....thats pretty pathetic.
And it wasn't just once. It was multiple times. Even after the sony network came back up, they were hacked...again.

Its not the fact of whether they were hacked or not. Everyone gets hacked eventually.
Its the fact that they were storing password, user data, billing info, all unencrypted.
It just shows how much they really value you as a customer. They don't even have the respect of the people paying them mounds of money to take some simple precautions against the easiest type of database hack.
They couldn't even do that.

In fact, Nintendo was hacked by lulsec. But they actually had security in place to stop them from doing any harm.

So you're gonna judge a console on who hacked it or how long it was hacked?
Wow... You suck when it comes to decision... No offence..

So it's okay for you to judge the 360 because of who hacked it, but not the PS3... lol. Seriously. LOL.

Im referring to all consoles...
You don't judge a console just because somebody hacked it

You seem to be making the same conclusions on your end, I don't see the problem?

Anyways, most of the hack is going towards Sony, not the PS3... but the PS3 is a product of Sony so of course it's gonna suffer as well.

Wtf??? At school every where thats going on -.-

internet isn't free unless you're leeching off your neighbor's wifi or something lol

LOL PS3. You have to pay to go online, PS3 controls are easier, better graphics etc.
Go suck on the red ring of death Xbox ;)

I don't understand this. I grew up on the PS1(still have my old PS1 dual shock controller because I like the weight of it, and the stiffness of the analog sticks) and then played the hell out of the PS2... I can play my 360 flawlessly without problems. Why do people have problems going from one controller to another so much? Button layout is virtually the same, the only difference is analog position, and I don't have a problem with that either.

This debate will never end will it? People have compared the hardware of the 360 and PS3 and they both accel at different things. If I recall correctly, the 360 was capable of more powerful cpu processing and AI and the such. I will give that the PS3 can pull off better graphics, especially in exclusive games developed for the PS3, but developers tend too be too lazy for the PS3 to really call that a benefit. Most multi-platform games tend to look better on the 360 than PS3(google comparisons if you want) because developers half-ass the PS3 version most of the time. It sucks for the PS3, but blame the developers. If developers actually took advantage of the more powerful graphics for the PS3 this would be different, but they don't.

This has been covered, but glad to see you'd like to relish in your own fanboyism a little more.

\Agreed who wants pay to go online? You already got Wi-Fi:\

neither, both are going to become obsolete soon enough (new consoles are in the pipelinez). both have outdated hardware (mostly the gfx department) and are currently the bottlenecks for just about every game

you're better off spending monies towards a new PC

I agree about the PC thing, but new xbox and playstation probably won't be anytime in the near future.
And if they are, then they'll be rushed, and probably be a terrible product.

The entire original team that created the xbox is gone from microsoft, so, they'll be starting with an inexperienced team.
Sony is too busy with the Vita (Which I havn't even heard anything about lately...is it out yet?)
Nintendo is going to launch WiiU late next year. So...until then, the choices for new generation consoles are 3DS, Vita, or PC games. :P

Red rings of death?
what is this 'Back to the Future' ?? lol
that might've been a valid point like 3-4 years ago

the consoles are "bottlenecks" for every game?
no...more money is made off games for the consoles, thus more of the dev budget goes toward the console version.
Why do you think Valve started putting their titles on consoles?
They got tired of people pirating the sh*t out of their games and losing money.

Firstly, I like the controllers for the PS3 better because of the shape and feel of it, compared to an Xbox controller.
Secondly, I know the Red Ring thing has been covered, I was just using it as a joke from the popular Youtube series called the 'Online Gamer' (I recommend it to those who want a good laugh and can handle a bit of swearing)
In conclusion, I believe the PS3 and Xbox 360 are very much alike (in terms of graphics, etc. Basically what Dusty just said. I think it just really depends which console you have. I think the only distinct difference between the 2, is that you don't have to pay to go online on PS3?
So which one do I buy?
If you are willing to pay to go online? Xbox
If you want to go online for free? Play Station

PS: John J Johnson, why the hell would you start a thread with this knowing there would be a flame war and you already have an Xbox 360?
/threadclose?

Its not that simple really.

Its more like...are you willing to sacrifice quality for a free service?
Or pay for a higher quality service.

And on that note, if your willing to pay for higher quality service, do you pay for live or PSN+? (Is psn+ even better quality? probably not...)

Then there are also console specific games...if you like the exclusives on xbox better, get an xbox.
But price is also a factor. PS3 is still expensive. So, I would probably never buy one...

to be honest, i don't really care if it comes with internet or not. I just look at what the console has to offer.. and what i meant by what the console has to offer is by the quality and the games... not the random stuff you don't need like football or Hulu in a console...

I buy a console to play games.. I buy a PC to use the internet, create games, and talk to my friends... Why do i need all this random garbage im never gonna use? They're completely 100% optional but they're not needed at all

That's really the only reason people like ps3. Just because u get free Internet and it has better graphics. Xbox 360 offers more content than the ps3 that's why we pay for our Xbox live every year.

Actually the PS3 offers the same amount as 360 in the gaming perspective. Just both have different exclusives and different plans

They're a bottleneck in the sense that devs are limiting the quality of games to what they can manage on a console. Consoles are selling better, and are more popular, thus developers only bother to make the games for the consoles and the PC gets a ****ty port of it. So even though PCs are years away from what the consoles can manage, PC gamers aren't getting to see it because they're still getting 360/PS3 graphics because that's what the games are made for.

Exclusives are becoming a thing of the past.
A new Metal Gear Solid title coming to Xbox is a testament to that and when Final Fantasy 13 was announced for Xbox 360 was huge.

Microsoft also has the money to expand their range of content within Xbox live whereas Sony does not.