Rock_on_2008 said: Hey just wondering if you own either a Wii and or PS3. Would you consider a 360 console which has a huge library of games and many on the way. Which 360 model would be best to get? Elite or Pro 360 models? I know the non Hard drive Arcade model is quite useless. XBox Live, online gaming with shooters, I heard is good fun with Gears of War and Halo 3, etc. BTW: This is created in response to the other thread but reverses the scenario. |
Why do I feel like this is a trap or sorts?
Regardless, when the summer of 2005 hit, a good friend and I were talking about the upcoming console fight and he was like 'I think the 360 is gonna bring it to the PS fam.' I laughed and really thought the PS3 would win it all, hands down. At the time, it offered the most value (Full BC, HD movie playback) and had the PS brand. However, with the delay, I was really thinking about what he said.
After the 360 launch, I thought about getting one but couldn't find one and really didn't make a real effort to snag one. Until I played COD2. I was blown away. I played other demos, but I was completely sold. I also know GRAW1, Oblivion and a few others were coming out too, so the first one I found, I bought it. That was in March, April of 2006.
I was inches away from buying a PS3 on launch, but just to flip. In the end, I used some wisdom and didn't do it. I am glad I didn't get one back then.
As I stated in the other post, I bought it to review video games - but the newspaper closed, I'm in the PR world now and it gets fired up like never. It's not that I don't like it, but right now, it's a glorified dust magnet. Granted, I have many more 360 games than PS3, but the lack of rumble, the featherweight controller and the Blu Ray experience isn't exciting me one bit. And it seems like every game that I wanted to play on the PS3 has been done or is coming to the 360.
Some folks are scared off by the RROD, which I find laughable seeming most PS2s suffered from Disk Read Errors and the like. I really, really believe deep down folks really, really want to buy a 360, yet keep coming up with reasons to justify their staunch position against the Xbox, Microsoft and the like.
OT - the Arcade is at a fine price point - buy an HD off eBay and you're fine.