So up until a few weeks ago, I was a PS3/PC player. PS3 gets a lot of my time just because of the comfort factor. I recently picked up a Xbox 360 250 (used) for $200. After hearing about how things in Xbox land were so awesome, I was very curious to check some things out. First impressions are a bit disappointing. The Xbox UI is nice, but its very odd to me that you cant find everything in the normal dashboard that you can if you press the xbox button. Simple things like adding a digital code for a game can only be done in one place, and its NOT the Games Marketplace. Wireless is odd in that I have turn the box on, watch it not connect, then go into "test internet" only to have it work fine. Waste of time
After a month or so of using both, I will say that both systems are extremely similar. While maybe 3-4 years ago it was a different landscape, but it seems that the two camps have merged and borrowed things from eachother that kinda melt into the same general experience. Maybe its because Xbox is newer to me, or that I had high expectations, but there are more annoying things on Xbox. Click on a video ad and it makes you install Zune (their online video/music store) which takes a while to load. If I want to watch a video, Ihave to either go into Zune, or hit the xbox button to bring up the video player.
Hardware is a litle annoying too. Bought a controller, but that dosnt support recharability out of the box. You have to spend 20-30 bux for a charging kit, someting PS3 dosnt have to deal with. Thank goodness the new Xboxes have wireless built in. 100 bux for the wifi adapater is rediculous.
So in the end, I went looking for all the software that Ive missed out on. Bought a DLC code for Halo Reach (last halo I played was halo 2), and its cool, but hard to compare when you have games like Battlefield and the COD. No aiming down the iron sites? Online was silly deathmatch on small map (4 on 4 I think it was). First impression, not so great. But now Im playing Borderlands with a friend that lives 1000 miles away, so its serving its purpose now. Im happy with the Xbox, but I was just expecting it to be a bit more.
