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ministaff on 19 February 2008

my birthday is coming up early march and i still can't decide whether or not to get a 360 or a ps3. i already have a wii and i want to get another console. i still play my wii everyday but i want to play sports games like fifa 08 and nhl 08 and other types of games that the wii doesnt have. so i need your opinions on which console i should get, and please back up your reasons. 



the nintendo wii will outsell the ps3 and the 360 combined by the end of 2008.                           

        PS3 will out sell the 360 june 2010.                                                                      

  GOTY of 2008 is super smash brothers brawl.... hopefully.

END OF 08 PREDICTIONS:

Wii: 45 million         xbox360: 26 million       PS3: 19 million (made beginning of 08)

wii: 44 million         xbox 360: 24 million      PS3: 21 million (made june 08)

wii code: 8094-5344-2140-1400

brawl code: 5412-9565-3232   

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DMeisterJ on 19 February 2008

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Fanatical111 on 19 February 2008

I own both PS3 and the 360. Of the two I prefer the 360 for a variety of reasons including:

1. Live - If you like online gaming and are willing to shell out $50 bucks a year, it is the way to go. Everything is integrated and no matter what you have heard about Home, Live is and will the standard for online gaming on consoles. Also there is a huge amount of downloadable content including videos, demos, arcade games, skins etc that you can get for yourself.

2. Library - Debatable but for me I prefer 360 exclusives to PS3's line up. Resistance and Warhawk are amazing games but I feel that the 360 gives a breathe of fresh air into the console industry. Gears, BioShock, Mass Effect, Lost Oddessy etc, new IPs that are very very good.

3. Future - Again debatable but I would take Too Human, Fable 2, Alan Wake and Ninja Gaiden over Killzone and MGS4. Again that is just me so if you like those franchises go PS3.

4. Blu Ray - If you like to watch HD Movies and have a 1080p TV you cant shake a stick at Blu Ray. If you dont have a HDTV there is no point cause you cant tell the difference between Blu Ray and normal DVD without a HDTV. (I have a Samsung 61" and the movies do look amazing:).

All and all I spend the majority of my time playing my 360 for games. That may change given the games that come out this year but in the end I think I will be playing my 360 more.



akuma587 on 19 February 2008

I vote for the PS3 for several reasons:

1. The cost of Live really adds up (over $200 by the end of the generation) while the PSN is free.

2. The functionality of a Blu-Ray player is a BIG addition, especially after HD-DVD formally died yesterday.

3. IMO, The PSN has better and more unique games than the Xbox Live marketplace.

4. The game libraries are more or less comparable as time goes on, and the PS3 will actually have more FPS's this year than the 360, as well as two very big third-party exclusives, MGS4 and FFXIII.

5. The PS3 is an INCREDIBLE media server. At least 70-80% of your videos (weird encode formats make it less than 100%), and all of your music, and photos, you can easily put on the PS3 and watch them. This is one of my all time favorite features of the PS3. The 360 cannot even connect to an external hard drive and has to go through Media Center, and still has less playback ability for videos.

There are other reasons, but those are off the top of my head.



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wareagle372 on 19 February 2008

Xbox 360 because:

1. Live (yes it cost money but it is only $5 and they are much more stable and reliable than PSN is)

2. Library- Halo 3, Gears of War (2 later), Bioshock, Mass Effect, the fun goes on and on...

3. Future- PS3 has some awesome releases in the future, but 360 has Fable 2, Alan Wake, Too Human, and Banjo Threeie(can't wait for that)

4. AND BIGGEST REASON: it has everything that the Wii doesn't have. While Wii has enjoyable platformers, motion sensors, and just plain old fun games, Xbox 360 has amazing library of shooters, RPG, etc. Wii60 is one of the best combos I have seen.(trust me i have Wii60)

Mainly you do what you want to do. I hope this will influence your final decision.



 

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rocketpig on 19 February 2008

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xenophon13 on 19 February 2008

1. Live is more stable and reliable than PSN? Since when? I think i remember live falling apart in Dec and Jan. Never had a problem with PSN
2. Library: If you have a PC most 360 exclusive are on that
3. The future is arguably brighter on PS3, especially with EA saying that they think PS3 will out sell 360 in the near future and they make most sports games
4. Awesome games are coming out for PS3...2 different articles about what to look forward to on PS3 and 360: Ps3 was filled with exclusives, 360 filled with multiplats
5. Everything is included accept a hdmi cable (very cheap online)
6. I agree that the media server stuff is awesome
7. Blu ray
8. Do you really want to switch disks for future games?
9. Reliability of the console, MS could not even stop the RROD from attacking GDC