It is perfectly fine to play games on both systems without console bashing. Each console has their own good and bad games. Defending your favorite console really won’t matter when you think back on the energy wasted to spout endless arguments.

Every console has it’s strong points. there is no need to get all mad and knock a console that you do not have. but, I am really not one to talk, I own both the 360 and the PS3.

P.S.
When I say “every console” the Wii is not included
in that statement. I think that the Wii is more aligned to the Leapfrog or Vtec gaming systems than the 360 and PS3.

Do you for some reason think that Blu-ray discs are the only source for High Def movies?

The Xbox marketplace has HD movies available, plus the new Netflix service that came with the NXE update provides streaming HD movies (Not in UK/Europe though…GRRR)

And even if you did buy the now redundant HD-DVD Drive, it still supports Full HD movies.

So please refrain from calling me a “dumb ass” while the shoe is clearly on the other foot my dear friend.

1)You can’t count.
2)Both consoles produce full HD output for games and movies.

So you admitt you were wrong about it not being to play Divx?

(it does work through a usb pen drive or dvd-r/rw aswell, been doing it for years to watch movies)

Being online won’t be a big deal for most people because you can still have a silver membership to get on most xbox live services, and if you don’t go online at all with a 360 then there’s no point having one, and you should get a PS3.

Also ALL Versions of the 360 have HDMI as of a considerable amount of time ago, NOT just the Elite.

@John Landis
Thats typical Microsoft (just look at “Windows Genuine Advantage”)

Honestly, and by this I mean no offence to our stars and stripes friends, but it seems to be the American way to put a restriction on things like this. I’m actually suprised they haven’t put a sensor on the Message system with the NXE update (which I’m quite enjoying right now)

Not taking sides here, just trying to get the facts straight on that one.

The problem is that it is like to go play a “treasure hunt”, because you don’t know what CPU/GPU pair you are getting until you are at home and you can check the SKU, the PSU sticker and so on.

With the PS3? You just go into a shop and buy any non-bundled 80GB console and you can be sure that you have the cpu/gpu of the smallest size and with the lowest power consumption/heat generation.

True, so far the best games are on the 360 but my first xbox360 already died and I had an elite for a while that died too… So I’m planning to have it replaced, sell everything and buy a PS3 with the same games.

Painful but probably safer in the long run.

HDMI = 1080p
Component = 1080p

Did you ever tryed it?

Or you just dont have TV Full HD compatible?

1)You made two different sections about the same point, you fool. The browser is a pathetic afterthought. Unless its given full functionality for plugins and extensions, then it isn’t a real browser, its nothing but a under-developed beskpoke application aimed at being able to add more bullsh*t to paper for advertising.

I dont see how anyone could think that reducing the functionality of what something is meant to be, then adding it to a platform is it not suited towards, can possibly be added fuctionality.

Its adding two lesser parts together, to get something less than the idea that it began with.

It’s like changing 0.5 + 0.5
to
0.5 x 0.5

2)The reason Xbox didnt originally have HDMI is because at the time of development HDMI was not a standardised technology, and if you are old enough to remember all the way back to 2005 there wasn’t alot of televisions or monitors that supported HDMI making it a risky technology to invest in. It was also the same for 1080p (which was available in a dashboard update long before HDMI was encorporated into the newer console batches).

Plus just check out any comparisions of 360 screenshots and PS3 screenshots (without television adjustment), it’s funny which consoles contrast and colour are more asthetically pleasing (xbox 360). So where does your magnificent HDMI 1.3a “deep Colour” come into play there? No point having that “extra” technology if ends up laying dormant in the machine.

3)PS3 + Blu-ray. BOTH SONY products. Do you honestly think that Sony wouldnt have used the new PS3 as a marketing tool for their new technology: Blu-Ray?

Why do you think blu-ray was even this successful?

P.S. The PS3 IS Blu-ray future proof (Only for as far as firmware goes).

It is NOT HDMI future proof.

What happens when HDMI 1.4 requires a hardware update? Then your pathetic claim to “future proof” means absolutely Jack sh*t.

4)”Again I know you will try to think of something to defend against this but dont waste yout time telling ppl you dont need it and stuffs like that, you dont doesnt mean others are the same. And its always good to have more than less. With all these stuffs its just means that the system is indeed build with future proof in mine”

Honestly, that shows how mature you are and by saying that you only enouraged my response. If your that afraid of someone proving you wrong (I don’t claim I have seeing as most of this is opinion) then feel free to remove yourself from whichever browser/under-developed beskpoke application you are viewing this website from.

There might be a problem with knowledge by the employees. I see that as very possible because the average retail employee does not make enough money to own more than one console, and if they are a “hardcore” gamer then the obvious choice is the 360 because you can get all the best games (which are multi-platform) at a lower price, plus the microsoft exclusives that their mutually poor friends will be playing.

Please John, don’t bother ranting in your unedited fashion just because you feel attacked for owning an expensive piece of equipment. It’s great that you shelled out the extra bucks for the console you wanted, but don’t be “blind” to the fact that you are in the minority in this generation, and if you really want to pick a winner, you should buy a wii.

And plus lets all keep in mind that the PS3 is the only conbsole this generation that hasnt been hacked thanks to that niftly optical disc they have.

Being a 360 fan myself i love my console but being a 360 owner is an expensive hobby buying the accesories is where MS profits the most.. does the HDD ring any bells?

And what sucks the most i have a full HD 1080p console but i have the 1st genration xbox 360 which we all know didnt come with the hdmi output now isnt that grand lol just stick to 1080i for now

But all and all still a good … wait GREAT console. I would love to own a PS3 but just dont see why i should at this moment

So yeah guess you could say I’m going for the under dog.

AMEN!!! I am sorry, but I do own all 3 next gen systems, plus a PSP, a DS and my 3rd PS2. I am also from New Castle, PA. The claims I read on here, this person has never picked up a circuit city, best buy or wal-mart ad. Sorry, learn what Sony’s whole deal was. They rushed the system (I know, I have a f*^&%ing 20G, you $499 realease price, plus tax, plus buying a spot in a BB line on Nov 19th had that totaling near $700) only to get the competition out for HD-DVD. No? It took them two years to get BD up to the special features that HD-DVD had, but they could at least brag about pricing. The studios supported BD due to region coding, and to all those foreign who think Sony are saints, make sure you never move here, cause our companies buy up films with remake intentions, and then just leave them buried, Sony being one of the biggest culprits. Retailers, in an attempt to spurt stagnate sales put the final nail in the coffin of HD-DVD. Retailers also have every bit of interest in getting something to spurt stagnate sales, and have advertised the crap out the PS3. Look at the last 6 months of Best Buy ads, 3-4 PS3 pics, normally one on the front, one on the back, one in the games section and one in the BD section. (back is normally a bundle, and the front is normally advertising some of the interior contents, or low priced BDs). They also have bigger fish to fry this holiday season than the 360. If BD does not take off this holiday, look for studios to start dropping the format. Too costly to produce for both. I know, thousands of articles saying it’s selling way more than DVD did, but the movies aren’t, and that’s what the studios are watching. BD dies, and the PS3 may become the next dreamcast. Better hardware than the competitor, but no third party support.

Can someone explain to me why people choose the 360 over the ps3.

Price:
Elite and ps3 are the same price, you’ll end up paying more for 360 because of live. Arcade maybe half the price, but seriously cant compare in features with the ps3.

Games:
Using programs like streammygame.com, the ps3 can play high end pc games which a lot of 360 games are turned into. Can you play crysis on a 360? Plus reality check, the only good exclusives on a 360 are shooters. Ps3 has a wide variety which appeals to many audiences(Rachet and Clank to MGS4 and resistance) The 360 has more games, but how many games will you actually buy.

Graphics:
Both consoles look amazing, you can argue that one looks better, but each have advantages the other doesn’t. And multiplatform games, the differences in graphics can only be seen when put side by side.

Sound:
PS3 wins here hands down.

Entertainment:
Ps3 wins here. Argue that the 360 has in game music, but smart people would get their ipods, etc and listen, or not listen at all.

Online:(Big controversy)
All 360 fanboys still like to live 2 years back, when the ps3 had not that good online features. But ps3 caught up soon including features that the 360 had. I’d say in game xmb was the biggest. But everyone has to agree with me on this, ps3 online servers are much much better than live servers. Resistance 2 goes 60 players 0% lag(and thats not only because of good broadband connection, anyone who plays resistance will understand) . No 360 game will ever achieve that. I know so many people that go live is sooo much better cause no one plays on psn,(seriously when’s the last time you played on psn)?

Finally:
Is it because Americans are idiots that make decisions hastily? Is it because the 360 is made in america? What is it about the 360 that gets many americans to buy it?

Back to the article, i couldn’t agree anymore. You see a 5ftx5ft gears of war poster, and a corner nothing for resistance 2!?

they are there to sell games NO MATTER WHICH SYSTEM they should be glad theyre selling ps3 and xbox games that means more money, but if you tell consumers that ps3 isnt worth it or any thing in that form of relation then your losing business all in all

these employees need to keep they’re personal gaming experience out of the consumers and think about the business if some one came to me and asked what they should get i would tell them the expensive system because that makes me a good employee towards my job

both systems are good and leaving at the fact that everyone will not give up fanboy’ism it just shows we are the problem not the company’s,

i am no fanboy but i only own ps3 and soon wish to get a 360 aswell, but i do know if they pass advertisements on killzone 2, then all we be failed