How Many 360 only owners will get the ps3

[EdGuila]

Onyxmeth said:

EdGuila said:

I really don't get people. A XBox 360, plus control chargers and XBox Live pushes the price of a 360 to the price of a PS3. Add WiFi and you've surpassed the price of the PS3 by almost $100. %70 of the games on the 360 are also on the PS3 and the exclusives(which aren't exclusive, MS fanboys just call it that) can be played on a PC. PS3 exclusives(which number more than the 360's) can't be played on PC. It's clearly obvious which is the better buy, in the end it's like the PS3 saves you the $100 and more or less throws BD in for free once you add the over priced accessories that the 360 lacks out of the box.

I could pay $499 for my PS3 with a whopping 80GB, BD, charger, WiFi, PSN membership, backwards compatibility to 2000 games and just play Gears, Viva Pinata, Mass Effect, BioShock and all the other fake-360 exclusives(sans Halo) on the thing I'm currently typing on, my PC without having to buy a second console and play for 9 years.

OR

I could of paid $399 for a 360, a tiny 20GB, with no BD, no charger, no WiFi, no gold Live membership, backwards compatibility that plays only a mere %40 of a library of just 500 games and then have to fork out another $225 for WiFi, Live and a charger and then to enjoy PS3 exclusives fork out another $499 because PS3 exclusives are more numerous and can't be played on PC. What are we at....$1125 and still no HD movies or motion sensing and in the end the tiny DVD format they settled with will leave my $625 investment obsolete in 4 years which seems to be a trend for Microsoft's consoles???

$1125 or $499??? I'd rather pay $499 plus save the headaches of having to send it in every 3 months for repairs and the 4 year obsolence that the Xbox brand is known for; PS3 just makes to much sense.  Pay $499 play for 10 years, rather than pay $600 for every 4 year generation that seem to plague XBoxes.  In 10 years I'd have to rebuy the same 4 year cycle for MS 3 times and I'll have to buy $200 worth of accessories.  Over 10 years that's 3 XBox consoles I'd have to buy putting me at $1800.  The PS3 covers me for those 10 years only having to cover $499 of hardware costs.

The problem with your argument is simple. You're creating the illusion that it's PS3 vs. 360 by comparing a PS3 and PC combo vs. the 360. If you need to maintain two different platforms to cancel out one platform then I do believe that one platform must be doing something right. So it isn't $499 for a PS3 in your argument. Why not add the costs of maintaining a PC for those that aren't able to play current games on it?

Basically what you did was help prove why the 360's gaming library is so adored. It's got a good majority of the PS3's games, it shares a good majority of the PC's best games(including those that are considered to be 360 games like Gears and Mass Effect) and it even shares a few Wii titles that don't seem to get ported to the PS3 for one reason or another.

 

The problem with you attempted refutal is that I already have a PC regardless.  I need a console and a PC to cancel out the 360?  No because my PC is here regardless, if I went 360 over PS3 solo I'd lose access to MGS4, Uncharted, RandC, Folklore, Resistance and I'd still have my PC.  I didn't go out and buy a PC to play 360(not really, they lie)exclusives.  The only way to get MGS4, Folklore, Resistance 1 and 2, Mass Effect, BioShock, Gears of War, Rachet and Clank, Viva Pinata and LBP would be for me to get a PS3 as opposed to a 360 with my PC(which already exists). 

Why not add the cost of maintaing my PC???

OKAY for shits and giggles.

PS3($499) plus PC ($999) = $1498 access to ALL the above games FREE BONUS - Access to BD

360 + essential accessories that PS3 comes with at no extra cost ($600) plus PC ($999) = $1598 access only to HALF the above games FREE BONUS - None

Okay added the cost of maintaining a PC.  The 360 costs more and gives less.  PS3, still the obvious way to go!

Not trying to be an ass but the $600 you'd save yourself by sticking to a PS3 and PC could go towards something, college tuition, redecorate your room.  Basically just rudimentary financial advice I'm giving you.  You're spending more and getting less.  I'm spending less and getting more.