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nightsurge said:
Lolcislaw said:
Lovely Analysis, dude just forgot about one small white box that is kicking 360's ass.

Please see the initial post of page 2.  Thanks =D

What does that have to do with his point?  Point is, Bruce on games is a known idiot and this is further proof.

 



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lanjiaona said:

Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360:

  • Elegant design enabling it to be sold at the lowest price point.
  • The biggest and best catalogue of games. More than the other two machines put together.
  • Xbox Live, by far the biggest and best online gaming portal.
  • Rampant piracy makes games free for those who are happy to steal.

And of course the market responds to these USPs. Sony convincingly won the last round of the game console war with PS2. This generation, with PS3, they are coming convincingly third and last. Despite all the analysts predicting otherwise. Obviously the analysts weren’t looking at the USPs.

So now we are in the biggest selling season at the critical mid cycle phase when the meat of all console sales are made. And Microsoft are making hay with the 360.

  • In Italy and the UK (both big Sony strongholds), the 360 now outsells the PS3 two for one.
  • In America too the 360 is selling twice as fast as the PS3.
  • Some weeks the 360 is even outselling the PS3 in Japan.
  • 7 million 360s sold in European territory. 2 million since June as sales ramped up.
  • 360 sales to date now ahead of lifetime sales of the original Xbox. Well before 360 sales reach their peak.

I love when morons state opinion as fact.  I would argue that for me, either the Wii or PS3 each has better games than the 360.  But I wouldn't state it as a fact.

 



Reasonable said:
Sorry, but no console with that power brick, noise level and (at least initially) a critical design flaw can claim to have an elegant design.

And even if RROD is really a thing of the past the power brick alone kills the 360 as a triumph of design.

 

Lrn2troll. Installing games on the HDD makes no noise come from the 360 whatsoever, it's like it's not even on. Critical flaws are erased with newer models and especially, again, installing games so no hot air comes out from the 360 (which leads to no RROD on top of a better model) and the disk doesn't even spin.



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250gig FFXIII SE Xbox 360, 250gig Xbox 360 S, black Wii, 120gig PS3 Slim, soon to be 3DS *___*


whatever said:
lanjiaona said:

Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360:

  • Elegant design enabling it to be sold at the lowest price point.
  • The biggest and best catalogue of games. More than the other two machines put together.
  • Xbox Live, by far the biggest and best online gaming portal.
  • Rampant piracy makes games free for those who are happy to steal.

And of course the market responds to these USPs. Sony convincingly won the last round of the game console war with PS2. This generation, with PS3, they are coming convincingly third and last. Despite all the analysts predicting otherwise. Obviously the analysts weren’t looking at the USPs.

So now we are in the biggest selling season at the critical mid cycle phase when the meat of all console sales are made. And Microsoft are making hay with the 360.

  • In Italy and the UK (both big Sony strongholds), the 360 now outsells the PS3 two for one.
  • In America too the 360 is selling twice as fast as the PS3.
  • Some weeks the 360 is even outselling the PS3 in Japan.
  • 7 million 360s sold in European territory. 2 million since June as sales ramped up.
  • 360 sales to date now ahead of lifetime sales of the original Xbox. Well before 360 sales reach their peak.

I love when morons state opinion as fact.  I would argue that for me, either the Wii or PS3 each has better games than the 360.  But I wouldn't state it as a fact.

 

 

Ironic that the majority of PS3 fanbots here state their favorite PS3 games as factually the best best games ever, ALL the time. -cough-

 

In terms of variety, yes the 360 has the best catalouge of games. It defenitely has the biggest library, too, without a doubt. But I'm sure you already know that.



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250gig FFXIII SE Xbox 360, 250gig Xbox 360 S, black Wii, 120gig PS3 Slim, soon to be 3DS *___*


whatever said:
nightsurge said:
Lolcislaw said:
Lovely Analysis, dude just forgot about one small white box that is kicking 360's ass.

Please see the initial post of page 2.  Thanks =D

What does that have to do with his point?  Point is, Bruce on games is a known idiot and this is further proof.

 

Merely that he again assumes what the post on page 2 said.  He thinks we are all just forgetting the Wii, when in reality we count it as mostly in a different category, thus the comparison for the most part is between 360 and PS3.

@Reasonable "Also, not that I care, but isn't it ironic that after years of bashing PS3 installs 360 owners are now estatic they can install to reduce noise and disk scratching?"

The PS3 installs are required, take half an hour or more, and just plain inconvenience us.  The 360 installs are optional, take only 10 minutes for copying the entire game and makes reasonable benefits.  The game can be installed or deleted with ease.

 



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for wireless, just buy wireless bridge it is only



"Elegant design ..."

LOL.  It was this line that made me realize that this was a fake post.  Nice one Bruce!

 



Machina-AX said:
nightsurge said:
KLucifer said:
did u hear that lowest price point cuz of the elegant design??...now all i need is some cable....hard drive...wireless internet connection..WTF...this costs more than the wii...costs the same as ps3...omg i've been ripped off...

WAT online fees???...OMG that's another controller....HSDIOFHOHFOWEHFL:SDHFLKJh

What?!  You don't "need" a hard drive to enjoy most games?  WHAT!? Barely anyone uses wireless internet for a stationary gaming console and wired suits more people with PS3's than Wireless does?!  What?!  PS3's don't come with HD cables out of the box, and the 360 supports 1080p out of the box with the HD component cables!?!?  What, if I want a hard drive, I can get one for $20!?!?!  What!?  This costs less than the Wii and half that of the PS3!!!!  OMG the PS3 is a rip off!!!

 

What?!  I pay a measely $40 a year for a great service rather than get a free, but very laggy and unreliable PSN?!?!?!!  I don't "have" to buy an HDMI cable to enjoy HD on the 360!?!?  Wow, that saves me enough for another controller!!

 

I mean seriously, if you're gonna subdue your urge of rampant fanboyism, at least try to spell correctly.  I mean give me a CHSLKHTOWKDJTSOKJ!!!!!!!!

 

1. 'very laggy and unreliable PSN' - Online gameplay is identical bteween the two in my experience. This is wishful thinking on your part.
2. 'if I want a hard drive, I can get one for $20' - You can? I don't live in America, but I seriously doubt this. Those new 'Live starter packs' that are aimed at Arcade owners wanting a hard drive sell at £50 on Amazon UK. That was the cheapest I could find on Amazon.
3. 'Wired suits more people with PS3's than Wireless does' - Well people can make up their own minds, internet cables are in the box as well, just like with the 360.


You have some valid points, but your 'rampant fanboyism' does the 360 no favours.

 

1.  Perhaps I exaggerated a bit, but my experience with the two showed much more lag and disconnects with PSN than with the 360.  With COD4 and Socom, I was so angered by the lag that I returned both games.  Mind you, I have 20mbps, which is not as much as many in the UK have, but is far greater than the average PSN or XBL user in the US.

2.  It has been posted many times that Arcade owners can now purchase a 20GB hard drive from MS for $20.  Perhaps this is a US only deal?

3.  People can make up their own minds.  You are very right.  Which is why the PS3 should have saved some cost and not included WiFi, then offered it as an add-on.

Mostly I was trying to sound like a fanboy just to mock the guy, not because I aspire to be one.  You, being in the UK, may have different experiences or different options, thus my points are valid for those of us in the US and may not be valid when compared to elsewhere.



Lolcislaw said:
Lovely Analysis, dude just forgot about one small white box that is kicking 360's ass.

   A few of us argued with Bruce on his prophecy that the Wii will stop selling at any moment ( and that was what, a year and a half ago? ).  I guess because his arguement holds not validity anymore, he's had to turn to ignoring that the non HD system even exists.  I guess it's better to go "Oh, it doesn't count" than to say "Yeah, I was wrong".

 



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why do you fake owning a console?