Should I get a 360 or a PS3?

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Pete_Beast said:

NJ5 said:

You have 223 posts in a gaming sales website and you don't know the consoles' prices in your own country?

1 - I said I was buying the console in the states

2 - Me posting on a gaming site doesn't mean my posts have anything to do with the value of the console.

3 - Could you tell me where I say i don't know the price of the consoles here in Venezuela?

Anyways, thanks, think I'm going with the PS3 for 4 main reasons:

- Free Online
- Reliability
- Friend's have online aswell
- If my 360 were to break do to RROD or any other reason, I'd have to wait months for it to get fixed because I'd need to send it back to the States for the fix

Now, I need to know the prices on the PS3. How much is the 80 Gig version, what does it come with, what add-ons should I get for it, etc.

Thanks to everyone, you guys have me some great info.

Good choice. If your friends have PS3 online, that makes a big difference.

The 80GB PS3 is $399 in America. It comes with AV cables, a Dual Shock 3, Ethernet cable (although it has WLAN), and USB-Mini USB cable for charging your controller.

The controller has a full battery life (to begin with) of 30 hours, after this you will need to plug it in and charge. The battery level should remain very good for 5 years (at least that's what the guy at the store said)

You should definitely get HDMI cables- High Definition Multimedia Interface. This will greatly improve the picture quality, but make sure your TV has an HDMI port first. If not, you can

-Get an HDMI TV OR

-Get the slightly improved component cables.

You will want another controller if you want friends over; the Resistance games have some of the best offline multiplayer.

If you want voice chat, you might want to go with the official Bluetooth headset, $50 in America, but it's not vital if you want to keep things cheap.

As for games, it depends how many you want.

1) MGS4.

2) Resistance 2

3) BioShock

4) Little Big Planet (if it looks good to you, it's a love it/hate it thing)

5) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

6) Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction.

Are some of the best games on PS3. You might want to look at IGN to see a list of high rated games and see which ones are in the genre you like.

Have fun playing b3yond!