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Zizzla_Rachet said:
Jeronimo66 said:
BanjoSKennedy said:
The d-pad

Leaving in constant fear of it randomly failing

The Noise (this isn't much of a problem for me)

Largest console this gen

Other than that, it's definitely a solid console

 

 The ps3 is bigger than the 360.

 

Word...Way bigger...and that install everything before you play it is annoying

what install? killzone 2 didn't have install and game installs also cut load times to nothing.

 



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It's annoying for game demos....



 



I find the hard drive installs a con...

First, they are large... Second, they only work on the console that you did the install on. If you take your hard drive to another console you have to reinstall before using the HD install...

For people who use more then one console the HD installs stink.

Also, I find the DRM for Arcade games annoying... First, you can only reassign the DR to one console per year. Second, you have to be connected to Live to play the Arcade games.



nice. thanks for the comments guys, you really helped me out :)



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PS3 Trophies

terrible customer service btw from xbox



"I don't have time to play video games anymore, but if I did, I would definitely choose the PlayStation 3 instead of the 360" - President Barack Obama

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Zizzla_Rachet said:
It's annoying for game demos....

all demos have to be installed even the 360 ones, though if u download them on background while playing other game.

the ps3 don't install it until you tell it so.

 



Region locked.



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I lol'd
what kind of question is this?



infamous8 said:
terrible customer service btw from xbox

 

You're kidding me right?

Aside from the terribly outsourced indian call centre (all companies do this btw).

They extended warranty to 3 years because of RROD (when did Sony do that when the PS2's dvd lense failed?)

My Console turnaround was 7 days after I posted it, at no cost to me. Sony you pay for postage AND repair if it's outside of the 1 year warranty.


OT: Bad parts about the 360

Pay for online

RROD (obviously)

HDD is costly

No inbuilt wifi (bad for me when I owned a 360)

Multiple discs in certain games.

DLC - an issue with the PS3 as well, but developers intentionally removing content on the disc to sell as DLC later

 

I think multi discs and no inbuilt wifi is the only thing I contributed to this thread.



Couldn't you say that one disadvantage of the X360 is that it's made by Microsoft, since many people dislike Microsoft?

Or am I finking rong?