Why do PS3 and 360 owners always fight?

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Soriku said:

First off, read the whole thing before commenting. I don't care if it's long. Read it or you'll just be ignored. And PLEASE, if you disagree, give reasons why, not "OMG you're so totally wrong because I said so!!!!! My platform is so much superior than that RRoD/DelayStation 3!!! OMG!!!"

OK, we see PS3 owners and 360 owners fighting...every day. Well, why?

In terms of games, they are getting (nearly) the same exact games. THE SAME EXACT GAMES. So many games are multiplatform and developers HAVE seen the potential in PS3/360 multiplatform games. Sure, there might be exclusives to each platform such as Gears of War or MGS, but those aren't many games. The majority of the games are multiplatform. I doubt we'll see many PS3 or 360 exclusives in the future - they are just WAY too similar and multiplatform PS3/360 games sell really well. Nearly every company has realized this so in terms of games, why fight? You're getting the same exact games, why do you care? Star Ocean 4 and Versus XIII may be exclusive...but like I said, more and more developers have realized PS3 and 360 multiplatform games are a lot better than exclusives. I mean why do you think Square Enix moved FF XIII to the 360? I'd expect the same to happen to Star Ocean 4 and Versus XIII. The only problem is whether these games will be timed exclusive or not. Still, you're getting the game. So many people have always said "Well, [X game] is worth the wait so who cares?" Actually try to mean it instead of using that as an excuse.

Second off, graphics. PS3 and 360 owners LOOOOOOOOOVE to compare graphics. Of course, all of these "comparisons" are fanboyish. There hasn't been one game on ANY of the HD systems that challenges the graphics of the other. None. Zip. Nada. Zero. Heck, not one developer has said "Our PS3 game cannot be done on the Xbox 360 due to inferior graphical capabilities." or vice versa. Most people are always saying the PS3 is more powerful than the 360...but do you have any specs? These people have absolutely proof yet they've convinced themselves that their system is graphically superior...again, with no proof whatsoever.

Online...eh...duke it out. Their online are pretty different but many games have gone to both XBL and PSN. Thankfully, not many people argue over the games. Instead, they argue over which one is superior. People argue that MS's you have to pay and PSN's free...but that seems to be the only difference. I haven't seen the online of any hinder any multiplatform games. Instead, people just argue that MS's you have to pay and PSN is free. Eh...whatever. This I'll let go. I made sure not to miss this though.

Another thing...360 will *SOMEHOW* gimp the PS3 version of the multiplatform games. How, might I ask? Like I said above, the graphical capabilities are similar or exactly the same. They can both do 1080p. How will the 360 somehow gimp the PS3 version? Besides the 360 using DVD-9 discs and the PS3 using Blu-ray...what's the difference exactly? Lost Odyssey uses 4 discs yet I've seen no one complain about it. That's...36 GBs. I highly doubt many PS3 games will use the total 50 GB discs so 3-4 discs won't matter. I mean it only takes...10 seconds to switch a disc. Wow, that was so long. Yet, I've seen people say the PS3 version will have to be gimped and shortened due to the 360 using less space in their discs. Listen guys...discs will not gimp a game. As I said, Lost Odyssey used 4 yet no one complained and nothing was "gimped" for that game. It never went to the PS3, but the developers haven't said they've cut out anything due to disc limitations. They aren't going to gimp the PS3 version because of that. I mean I've seen this argument used so many times for FF XIII...yet people don't realize that the PS3 version of FF XIII will be made first so obviously no gimps, THEN the 360 version.

Last thing. Sales. Who cares? Wow, [X game] on one platform outsold the same game on [Y platform]!! Big deal. You're still getting the same games and they're not going to be gimped (it seems less and less developers are gimping PS3 versions of the games that were on the 360 first such as Lost Planet or The Orange Box which is a plus. Used to be the problem before, but not anymore.) so basically the sales are nothing but fanboy fuel. The fanboys use it as fuel. They say their system's game outsold the same game on the other system. They also use it for HW. OK guys, it happened, big deal. You're getting the SAME EXACT things...who cares?

There might be an inevitable shitstorm that might happen due to this thread...but I had to try, right? :P Sure, I don't own a PS3 or 360, but seeing people argue over some stupid reasons every day (which are the same exact arguments...every day) is getting extremely tiring. EXTREMELY tiring. I know...it won't stop...but I can at least convince some people that they're acting pretty stupid.

 

eh, last gen they were promised the moon and Sony dominated them, this Gen Sony promised the moon and Microsoft has so far dominated on them.

Bad blood, about it. My question is why do some Wii owners feel the urge to point out how superior their systems games "Intuitive Nature" or "Amazing Fun Gameplay" is to the other consoles, all your points can be applied there as well.

Cant we all just play our games and find joy in our hobby? Become PSWii60 owners and find true joy.