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jedians said:
PS3 fans will say ps3 games,360 fans will say 360 games

but i will say both consoles have great games in their own prespective.

Well, there's a third option too.

What's your pick for which one has the best games?



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cura said:
So, 360 + ps3 neck and neck. And the wii is trailing behind, WAY behind. It's certainly got better this year with 3rd parties offering up more (quality) support but the wii still suffers a deficiency in top games - just look at metacritic for evidence.

Metracritic isn't really "evidence" in the context of this thread.

Rainbird said:
I realized that I didn't mention downloadable games at all in my original post at all. On reflection however, all I can say is that I think the PSN has some great games and I don't really know what XBLA and WW/VC offer of interest (though I am very happy to see Braid making its way to PSN).
Do you think that an awareness of what's offered by the XBLA and WW/VC would matter, or are downloadable games just not that big a deal?



In my opinion the ps3 has better games. One ps3 game is enough to beat every 360 game: Metal Gear Solid 4. But i want to add Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Infamous, Valkyria Chronicles, Uncharted 2,... Games which are coming 2010 or later like God of War 3, Yakuza 3, White Knight Chronicles, Last Guardian, Gran Turismo 5... Of coure 360 has excellent games too like dead rising, lost odyssey, etc but most of the 360 best games are american orientated shooting games were you don't need to think and shoot everything you see. i don't say that games like halo or gow are bad but like i said only i-kill-everything-without-thinking shooters...

PS3 is FUTURE!



Favourite Games:

PS: Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy VII. PS2: Resident Evil 4, Shadow Hearts Covenant, Final Fantasy X, Silent Hill 4, Soul Calibur III. PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4, Heavy Rain, Valkyria Chronicles, Uncharted 2, Mototstorm PR, God of War III, Modern Warfare 2. Xbox: Suteki, Fatal Frame II DC, Jade Empire. 360: Dead Rising, Lost Odyssey, Dead or Alive 4.

forest-spirit said:
If that's what video games are for you then that's one thing, but for some one else a video game may just be about having fun.

And why should I play a game were I travel to a fantasy world and run around killing aliens when I can lay in my bed and just imagine it all for free.

So you just contradicted your original argument to even have Wii or even a console at that matter. So lets say you buy a console to have fun, which obviously is one of the main factors. I'm assuming you want that fun to last more than 5 minutes. Thats where the Wii fails. Swinging my arms back and forth is fun for about 5 minutes. I'll go outside and play the real life Wii as I stated before.



tuscaniman said:
forest-spirit said:
If that's what video games are for you then that's one thing, but for some one else a video game may just be about having fun.

And why should I play a game were I travel to a fantasy world and run around killing aliens when I can lay in my bed and just imagine it all for free.

So you just contradicted your original argument to even have Wii or even a console at that matter. So lets say you buy a console to have fun, which obviously is one of the main factors. I'm assuming you want that fun to last more than 5 minutes. Thats where the Wii fails. Swinging my arms back and forth is fun for about 5 minutes. I'll go outside and play the real life Wii as I stated before.

Would you two kindly take this argument somewhere the hell else



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Khuutra said:

Rainbird said:
I realized that I didn't mention downloadable games at all in my original post at all. On reflection however, all I can say is that I think the PSN has some great games and I don't really know what XBLA and WW/VC offer of interest (though I am very happy to see Braid making its way to PSN).
Do you think that an awareness of what's offered by the XBLA and WW/VC would matter, or are downloadable games just not that big a deal?

Yes and no. The best way of describing it that I can think of is using twesterm's method of deciding when to buy a console. If the price of all the games you want for a console is greater than the price of the console itself, then it's worth getting. A game going for $60 will obviously feel like it adds more value then your average $10 downloadable game (not saying that it's proportional or anything, simply that 60 > 10).

So yes, a downloadable title could definitely help in making me (or someone else who realize that downloadservices as the PSN/XBLA/WW/VC have worthwhile games) want a console more.

For me personally, I can say that Braid being announced for the PSN immediatly gave me one reason less to get a 360. And the only service I really have no interest in, is the VC. I'm just not into the oldschool stuff. Not to say that I might browse it and find a game I'd buy, but in no way does it sway me more towards the Wii. I can however say that the DSiWare is one of the reasons I chose a DSi over a DSL. Because I knew that download services such as these can hold great games, and I don't want to miss out.

But I don't really know what's on offer on WW and XBLA that I might be interested in apart from a few recent titles (Trials HD and Shadow Complex namely).

This is also where awareness comes into it. I don't know what potentially great games these services hold, that I might be missing out on (though this holds true much more for WW than XBLA), and I would love for Nintendo to take a little more activity in the titles released on WW, such as both Microsoft and Sony do. I don't distinguish between retail and downloadable games when searching for interesting games, a good game is a good game, and I think Sony and Microsoft are much better at showcasing what their services have in store of quality games than Nintendo. Unless of course, WW doesn't have any games worth noting in the first place (in which case Nintendo should encourage more developers to develop games for WW, or make some themselves. Again something both Microsoft and Sony have done a great job with.).

I know for sure that the PSN has a few games I'd count as games that would convince me to buy a PS3, had I not already done so (although not all titles are apparent before I play a demo or try it some way). Flower, PixelJunk Monsters, (the upcoming) PixelJunk Shooter and Critter Crunch are but some titles I feel I'd be missing out on.
Ultimately though, some games are just not attractive until you already own the console, which in my own case, I think goes for the majority of quality downloadable games.

So as I said, yes and no. It's not just black and white though, so I think it comes down to the individual in many ways.



I've played the MLB Power Pros series way more then i've played actual 360 or PS3 games. (Probably more then the rest of my Wii games as well.)

So i'd have to go Wii...

and I don't even like Baseball games usually.  It's just so much fun making Success Mode characters.

Aiming for the Majors, dating girls, helping run hot dog stands, catching thieves and talking to ghosts?  What more can you want?



Thank you Rainbird, I feel like I have learned a lot about you during this topic.



Zer0John said:
In my opinion the ps3 has better games. One ps3 game is enough to beat every 360 game: Metal Gear Solid 4. But i want to add Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Infamous, Valkyria Chronicles, Uncharted 2,... Games which are coming 2010 or later like God of War 3, Yakuza 3, White Knight Chronicles, Last Guardian, Gran Turismo 5... Of coure 360 has excellent games too like dead rising, lost odyssey, etc but most of the 360 best games are american orientated shooting games were you don't need to think and shoot everything you see. i don't say that games like halo or gow are bad but like i said only i-kill-everything-without-thinking shooters...

PS3 is FUTURE!

It might be my imagination but there are guns in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots right? Or did they just put that in the title to trick people? So don't say shooter games are mindless. Yes 360 does have more shooters and it does them better. If you are an FPS fan the 360 is the no brainer choice but I would  argue FPS's take the most strategy of all games. Play a professional gamer in a FPS and let me know how much of a gap there is in skill level. I should know I played Quake III on a pro level. 

I could make an argument that for each PS3 game there is a counterpart on the 360 that is done just as well. Each console does have its few select games but as a whole PS3 and 360 are very close. It just comes down to personal preference on a few games and some other factors. Controller and online service make the 360 better in my opinion.



Oh no Khuutra, what have you done......PS3



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