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Michael-5 on 14 September 2010
billy.amick said:

Yes the 360 attach rate is higher but consider that most 360's have been purchased with 1 or two games bundled, which inflates the attach rate. Not to mention that despite a significant increase in console sales the software stayed even or declined alluding to upgrades. 

So PS3 never comes with bundles?



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mundus6 on 14 September 2010
Michael-5 said:
billy.amick said:

Yes the 360 attach rate is higher but consider that most 360's have been purchased with 1 or two games bundled, which inflates the attach rate. Not to mention that despite a significant increase in console sales the software stayed even or declined alluding to upgrades. 

So PS3 never comes with bundles?


Exaclty, when i bough my 360 only game i got with the boxs was Hetrix HD :D. With my PS3 i got MGS4.



perpride on 14 September 2010
Jadedx said:
perpride said:

The obvious answer? It's Kinect ready.

 

 

lol.



You know that some people are really excited for kinect right? Kinect has more preorders per week than GT5

 

hallowedbeeddie said:

I would think that it is because mostly old user wanted to upgrade to a newer and better version. though there may be new users I think it is mostly old users. It makes sense at least to me. 


:facepalm:

of course I know there are people excited. I'm just saying I don't exactly understand how the console is any more kinect ready than the 360 I use.



Michael-5 on 15 September 2010
mundus6 said:
Michael-5 said:
billy.amick said:

Yes the 360 attach rate is higher but consider that most 360's have been purchased with 1 or two games bundled, which inflates the attach rate. Not to mention that despite a significant increase in console sales the software stayed even or declined alluding to upgrades. 

So PS3 never comes with bundles?


Exaclty, when i bough my 360 only game i got with the boxs was Hetrix HD :D. With my PS3 i got MGS4.

Hexic HD is an arcade game, not a 360 game. MGS4 is a PS3 game.



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Michael-5 on 15 September 2010
perpride said:

of course I know there are people excited. I'm just saying I don't exactly understand how the console is any more kinect ready than the 360 I use.

Kinect requires it's own power supply. The 360 Slim allows you to directly plug the Kinect peripheral into your 360 (thus only using one outlet). You may also not be required to do a full system update, but that only takes like under 5 minutes? (I know system updates on PS3 take forever).



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GuiltySpartan77 on 15 September 2010

yeah and when my ps3 broke of the YLOD sony asked for 150 so stop making the 99 price tag sound expensive buy a new model if you don't want to pay 99 every year it breaks. 



mundus6 on 15 September 2010
Michael-5 said:
mundus6 said:
Michael-5 said:
billy.amick said:

Yes the 360 attach rate is higher but consider that most 360's have been purchased with 1 or two games bundled, which inflates the attach rate. Not to mention that despite a significant increase in console sales the software stayed even or declined alluding to upgrades. 

So PS3 never comes with bundles?


Exaclty, when i bough my 360 only game i got with the boxs was Hetrix HD :D. With my PS3 i got MGS4.

Hexic HD is an arcade game, not a 360 game. MGS4 is a PS3 game.

Yeah i know, my point was that i didn't get a game with my 360, except i bough Gears and Dead Rising with it (both used). I got MGS4 with my PS3 though since i bough that bundle.



Badassbab on 15 September 2010

In my case it's upgrading to the new model from the jasper elite. I think it's a bit of everything. It's definately better built than previous models and the silence (when installed to HDD) is very much welcomed. 






themanwithnoname on 15 September 2010
CGI-Quality said:
Dallinor said:

Why did this thread turn into comparing the 360 to the PS3?

OT: It's selling to the existing base who are upgrading, and there's still a lot of buzz surrounding the machine, so new gamers are jumping on board. The momentum has swung again, like on a pendulum, in the direction of the 360. With the remodel, Kinect and Halo pushing it.

Michael-5 said:

Why are people buying the PS3? Both the 360 and PS3 look cool, offer sick games, and the only real difference between the two is blu-ray. Also Arcade 360's are $199, and HD gaming that cheap is pretty appealing.

It began with this. Mostly flamebait and off-topic.

Saying the 360 and PS3 look cool, offer sick games, and the only real difference is blu-ray is flamebait?



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themanwithnoname on 15 September 2010
CGI-Quality said:
themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:
Dallinor said:

Why did this thread turn into comparing the 360 to the PS3?

OT: It's selling to the existing base who are upgrading, and there's still a lot of buzz surrounding the machine, so new gamers are jumping on board. The momentum has swung again, like on a pendulum, in the direction of the 360. With the remodel, Kinect and Halo pushing it.

Michael-5 said:

Why are people buying the PS3? Both the 360 and PS3 look cool, offer sick games, and the only real difference between the two is blu-ray. Also Arcade 360's are $199, and HD gaming that cheap is pretty appealing.

It began with this. Mostly flamebait and off-topic.

Saying the 360 and PS3 look cool, offer sick games, and the only real difference is blu-ray is flamebait?

"Why are people buying the PS3"? - off-topic.

"The only real difference between the two is Blu-ray" - flamebait.

Now what exactly did the PS3 have to do with the thread? In that same breath, would it be OK to do something similar regarding the 360 in a PS3 thread?

Besides, he asked how the thread got so derailed. It began with that post.

I think you're overreacting. Calm down. It's pretty clear what his intention was.



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