Which would you get as a second console - PS3 or 360

[steven787]

frybread said:

steven787 said:

frybread said:
360 for the games.

Realistically, I'm more likely to get a HTPC, which has most of the big PS3/360 games anyway, works with 360 controllers, and I can put a cheap blu-ray drive in it.

 

 I had your thinking, built a great PC, but I almost never play demanding PC games and I miss playing console games.

Plus, no controller feels right (to me) with most games.  Except the 360 controller with Xbox360 ports, which I could have been playing on my couch eating Totino's Pizza Rolls... but I digress... :)

 

 Note that I said HTPC, not PC.  No need to move from the couch.

A HTPC can be used as a living-room console replacement.  Bust out the 7.1 surround sound, sit on your couch, grab a 360 controller, and play FFXIII, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, GTA IV on your plasma - all with better resolution, more options, and more detail than 360/PS3.

As for media, hard to beat a $120 blu-ray drive while you're downloading torrents of your favorite shows in the background.

Price isn't much of a concern either, $550 will get you better visual performance than any console.

 

 

But yeah, if you're feeling lazy, 360 works, maybe even a ps3.  Just not as well.

 

I could set my PC up for all that.  But, I'm lazy...  and my PC is in my office, because I also work off of it.  So the wires would suck. (I rent, so I can't do a ceiling drop.)