gebx: Does your 360 like...give you handjobs or something at night or is your blind fanboyish pomposity just something that comes natural to you?
As for an actual contribution to the conversation: A lot of people have decided to chime in on a few areas that 1) are fucking no brainers and 2) just something they can use to keep/start a flame war going or whatever.
1) "The 360 has a more robust and diverse library!" - Well, no shit. When you've allowed developers to pump out an entire years worth of software before you competition I imagine that you'll have -more games- than your competitors. People who use this argument are awesome at the obvious.
2) "The 360 is way easier to develop for." - Well, again, no shit. I guess that since the 360 falls within the catagory of "older and more familiar" tech that it SHOULD be easier to develop for. However, thats the only real argument anyone can use when comparing the two.
3) "The PS3 has harder architecture to deal with!" - No, it just uses a type of architecture that developers don't like messing with. It's not that the devs dont know how to program using PBP it's just that they don't want to take the extra time to optimize. You can spin this however you want, but the fact of the matter is that PBP (Parallel Board Programming) is a more open ended and optimal choice than the 360's tired old ways but until developers are willing to sit down and practice their perfection (instead of shoveling out game after game of perpetual suck every 3 months) then your going to see crappy ports on the PS3. The gaming industry has to be the only ind. that actually makes excuses for developers when they complain and say "waah....my jobs too hard".
4) "360 games have way higher metacritic scores!" - Laa-dee-frickin-daa? I can't count how many times anymore how often I've seen or read reviews about certain titles only to 1) have them either suck out loud or 2) have them be absolutely awesome when everyone else said the opposite. I think that gamers today have put too much of their money in the hands of the reviewers who may or may not hold some type of agenda towards a certain console. Too be honest? Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw has a more unbiased reviewing record than all of the gaming websites combined, but I guess all those Bioshock and Halo 3 worshippers would disagree with that.
Oh, I'll take this moment to bring up a good example of biased reviewers: Lair. Yeah, it was a technical mess and it rubbed a lot of gamers the wrong way. However, when a largely respectable site such as say....oh I dont know...IGN puts a guy on the game to review it who spent most of his blog either pre-bashing the product or going on anti-SCE rants what did you expect right?
5) Your all freakin idiots. - That last quote was by me because I have quite frankly had it with the console wars and all of the constant bitching that goes back and forth. It's a giant pissing contest that I am, gladly, stepping out of now. I've said my peace and I'm sticking to my opinions and views and you can even rebuttal this to your very hearts content....not going to reply. However, if you feel the need to continue making an ass of yourself them by all means.
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