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starcraft on 07 June 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
Oh, and Hawkeye, a Warning about Starcraft....

If you came here and said "I want a console, and the only thing it MUST have, is the letters o, s, y, and n in it's name, he would find a way to promote the 360 as a better fit for your needs.

While he as said very little wrong in this thread, take what he says with a grain of salt. He is more interested in pushing the 360 then he is in making sure you have the best platform for your needs.

Not a troll or a slam, just wanted to let you know, so you have that additional information when weighing all the options put forth here.

pushing the PS3 or 360 is something Starcraft and I go back and forth on all the time, doing it when someone is about to drop 500 bucks is a different story all together.

Ahh I see.  So a warning about me, but nothing about Tombi or Darth (or hell, yourself)?

I have no desire to "push the 360."  It wouldnt be worth all this effort to move 1 360.  Whats important is that I am enjoying a far greater gaming experience than my friends with PS3's.

Lets look at whats been said by the OP: 

"does the benfit of blu ray and remote play and PS3 games outweigh the benifit of Xbox 360 games and Xbox 360's multiplayer capabilites (as it has better though expensive online and most of my friends have a 360)"

Mate.  You have essentially just said you know the 360 has the better games.  If you really need Blu-Ray, buy a PS3 (which I might add Mafoo, I'd already said earlier).  But as for games?  The 360 has the PS3 beat in every genre your interested in.  I'm glad to see you weren't swayed by Darth's misleading statements about Banjo.

The PS2 will see a price cut later this year.  There is a very good chance the PS3 price wont come down this year at all.  If it does, it will be a token drop.  Future titles for the 360 look just as good as the PS3's.  FFXIII wont come to the USA for at least 18 months (minimum) by which time the PS3's price might have dropped substantially.

BAsed on what your saying:

- IF you must have Blu-Ray, go PS3.

- If you want to play games, go 360. 



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tombi123 on 07 June 2008
Hawkeye said:
tombi123 said:
Well going by your PS2 games list, I would get a PS3. FF, GoW, J&D, R&C etc will all be appearing on the PS3. Also if you got the 80GB, you could play all those PS2 games.

Going by your avatar, I would wait until reviews of Banjo 3 come in. If it turns out to be awesome you might want to pick up a 360 :).

Hope I helped :D

 I'm thinking LBP will be better than BK3, but I am sure I will like BK3 much more. Heck, even if its a bad game, I will have fun exploring those big, beautful worlds and enjoying Banjo Kazooie great music and humor...


 Yeah I am thinking LBP will be better than BK3 too :D 

Well if you are a big Banjo fan I would get a 360. But I would wait until reviews for BK3 come in. Rare are changing the formula and you might not like it.  



starcraft on 07 June 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@starcraft

yes but he seems to like JRPG's.....XBOX was terrible for JRPG's

and most PS2 JRPG's destroy the 360 ones....

also as I said PS2 connected to a HD TV outputs horrible grfx,.....this is known everywhere by now.....its only through the PS3 upscaling that I was able to replay MGS2..

Lol. 

Hawkeye, you know they are arguing for a lost cause when they start telling you the PS3 beats 360's JRPG's because of the PS2. 

 



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darthdevidem01 on 07 June 2008

@Hawkeye

no idea about that.....all I know is that if you want to just hook up a PS2 to a HD TV it will give you headaches

but cus the PS3 upscales the,....dunno exactly to what again that problem gets solved big time..

not just me but many people & PS3 owners agree with me here..



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Hawkeye on 07 June 2008
starcraft said:
Hawkeye said:
Blacksaber said:
I would say this go for the 360 now and a get a PS2 after the price cut.

But isn't 360 getting an $100 price cut this fall?

No chance. A small cut maybe, but if you look at MS's latest quarter, they dont have the margin for a cut that big. Yes they are starting to introduce cheaper models, but they still dont want to slip back into the red.

 


 That sucks. Is the$280 arcade version online and HD cabable? Or are those features stipped to make it $70 cheaper?



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starcraft on 07 June 2008
Hawkeye said:
 

As far as I know, 360 is only compatible with halo 1 and halo 2.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

The list as it stands.  

Literally hundreds of titles.  

I just finished Fable 1 and Jade Empire on my 360. 

 



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Slimebeast on 07 June 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@slimebeast

why are you calling people unfair

I mean look at your console predictions man

Huh? What has console sales predictions to do with this?



darthdevidem01 on 07 June 2008

@starcraft

wow way to spin.....

yes because 80GB PS3 is BC & he wants a PS2 it is completely correct to clup them together.



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starcraft on 07 June 2008
tombi123 said:
starcraft said:
tombi123 said:
starcraft said:
Oh, and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts will be the only platformer out this generation to rival SMG's brilliance.

Ummm no. That would be LittleBigPlanet. Is Banjo even a platformer anymore? Its 80% racing.

Lol. So established franchise with its original team vs new IP without notable team?

 

 


I wasn't doubting whether Banjo will be quality or not. I was doubting whether it was actually a platformer anymore. 80% racing doesn't sound like a platformer.

As for LittleBigPlanet, the previews from the media are all very positive. They love its style, originality and idea. You cant deny that it has the potential to be up there with SMG can you?

I agree that LBP looks very good.  But your wording "Umm no, that would be" made it sound like LBP will be good to the exclusion of the other platformer, Banjo Kazooie.

 



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Hawkeye on 07 June 2008
Aj_habfan said:
It seems like you prefer 360 but want to like PS3 more. You should probaly just get a 360, should make you happy and I can see you possible regretting buying a PS3.

 lol yeah thats probably true, it hadn't occured to me that I would want a PS3 until today... but PS3 does ahve alot going for it, but so does the 360. Too bad there is almost no way I could afford both.