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realill said:
The reasons why you should consider buying PS3 version of multiplatform games even though I'm wrong on every account except the arguable one:
1) PS3 is quiet and XBox 360 DVD is very loud. You should consider keeping yourself and people around you away from this disturbing noise. Wrong, installing on the 360 makes it so quiet that it's equivilent of it not even being on at ALL. You don't even here the disk spin, because it doesn't. ...because the 360 fans are "stealth" fans, which never need to be on, except when it gets hot, which of course never happens.
2) BluRay is scratch resistant. You BluRay games collection will live longer then DVDs. Ouch, wrong again. Read above; disk doesn't spin, so cannot get scratched. Newer models don't scratch your disks like the launch ones did, anyway. ...which is an advantage many PS3 games have taken advantage of (HDD installs to reduce BD use) since day 1. Sure Sony could make it so that you can install the entire game, just like MS did, but they haven't because it was never really a problem. Lets pretend this kind of afterthought is a boon to the 360, rather than a late-coming crutch that makes your console cost as much or more than a PS3.
Oops, we never did address the fact that Blu-Ray discs are much more resistant to scratching than DVDs, did we? Gee, that might influence... oh lets see... the quality of used games available for the system over time, and thus the price of available good software. Nothing big... unless you're a gamer that buys used games. One of those "rare" gamers, maybe. One of those few gamer millionaires that give places like GameStop and Game Crazy most of their income.
Also, most DVDs get scratched out of the drive, not in. People store them badly.
3) PSN is free. Even if you are short on money you can play games online ;) Arguable, most people seem to prefer paying for quality. Unless you're a cheapskate, the price isn't an issue. Cannot say you're "wrong" here though, this is arguable, especially on THIS site. ...the fact that some people, oh sorry, actually a large number of people, prefer many features of PSN to XBL's equivalents doesn't factor into the MS awesomeness of XBL that you pay for, of course. Of course Sony can never improve their software, so XBL's everlasting superiority... confirmed.
4) PS3 average lifespan is longer then XBox 360 average lifespan, so maybe you should play multiplatform games on PS3 and keep your 360 for exclusive titles, before it gives you RROD. Third strike, you're out troll! RROD is a thing of the past with newer models. On top of that, installing games makes no heat emit from your 360. Heat = RROD. ...oops again lets just forget that those 10% failure after the first 3 months numbers on Falcons are straight from MS. 10%... 3 months... sure its probably double that by now, but hey probably most of the Xenons and Zephyrs ever produced are dead at this point, so that's pretty good in comparison. And hey, MS just did release the Jasper, so that, 3 years later, they are finally poised to approach the original PS3 models' level of quality. Luckily, as long as you foot some extra $ for an extra coffin or two, which we won't count against the X360's "cheap" costs of course, MS will always repair your unit for "free".
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