Can't decide..360 or PS3?

[weringo]

I currently own 1 PS3 game and 12 360 games, says it all.

 

[rp2000]

I currently own 1 PS3 game and 12 360 games, says it all.

How is this relevant? He wants to buy 1 console, not 2. If he wanted to buy both then this implies you prefer games on your 360, but then someone will come along who has more PS3 games than 360.

Thing is though they very fact that they are both as good as each other means the 360 is the one to buy as it's literally half the price of the PS3.

+1

The PS3 offers more value as it has many more features, as standard, but price should be the overriding factor, tbh, especially as your kids haven't stated a preference (I assume they don't care which one you get them, and are not really likely to use the media functions much), so based on price it is by far a better xmas present, as many parents will learn this xmas.


rp2000

 

[weringo]

How is this relevant? He wants to buy 1 console, not 2. If he wanted to buy both then this implies you prefer games on your 360, but then someone will come along who has more PS3 games than 360.

It's relevant because it implies the 360 has a better selection of games in it's catalogue, on top of that 90% of the games released on both platforms get better reviews for the 360 version.

 

[Sumanji]

the 360 in general does everything better.

Justify or face an auto-fail.

 

[rp2000]

It's relevant because it implies the 360 has a better selection of games in it's catalogue, on top of that 90% of the games released on both platforms get better reviews for the 360 version.

For you it does, not for anyone else. My collection is probably opposite of yours, and I don't buy crap games tbh.

All it does is show yours or my individual tastes (doesn't even show that without a list )

Anyway just saying.


rp2000

 

[Jonners]

360

Thankyou and goodnight.

 

[Abooie]

It would help if people actually took notice of the fact, that the guy wants it for his 8 & 12 years old kids. Instead they spout crap about loads of back catalogue games which are more suited to the older audience...

To the OP, you need to look at the games available and then decide, price or features mean nothing if they don't have anything to play.

I personally would recommend a PS3 for the likes of Little Big Planet, Everybodys Golf, Motorstorm PR, Ratchet & Clank and the Pixeljunk series, all of which are suitable and in most of those your kids can play together. I'm not sure what games there are on the 360 for the youngsters, but if a sensible someone here can give some advice in that respect, I'm sure you'll get a better overrall picture.

My 4 year old daughter loves Banjo Kazooie, Viva Pinata Party Animals, Castle Crashers and Cloning Clyde; but the LBP videos I have shown her have gone down a storm.

Her favourite game of the whole generation has been Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey on the Wii but we digress and anyway we traded the Wii in for a 2nd 360 for the lounge where Lips, Dancing Revolution Universe 2 and Scene It! have fulfilled our family needs.

Talking to my best friend who has two sons in all honesty anything that plays all the Lego games will be a win. So I really would suggest a 360.

The said Arcade I got for the lounge came for £129.99 with Fallout 3. I sold the game for £35 so all in all it cost me £95. I hate to call out the fan boys but anyone suggesting a £300 multimedia machine as a gaming solution for these two kids are exactly that.

 

[JBeck]

the 360 has the most games and in general does everything better.

Actually the PS3 does media better, as for the most games argument, have you not read the thread?

I currently own 1 PS3 game and 12 360 games, says it all.

Again, have you read the thread? His kids are aged 6 and 12, are you aged 6 or 12? If so, then great, name your games and that will help the OP in his decision. If not, then having 1 PS3 game and 12 360 games says nothing.

 

[JBeck]

My 4 year old daughter loves Banjo Kazooie, Viva Pinata Party Animals, Castle Crashers and Cloning Clyde; but the LBP videos I have shown her have gone down a storm.

Her favourite game of the whole generation has been Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey on the Wii but we digress and anyway we traded the Wii in for a 2nd 360 for the lounge where Lips, Dancing Revolution Universe 2 and Scene It! have fulfilled our family needs.

It looks like the 360 may well be ok for the the youngsters then, gives the OP a much better idea of what to expect on both platforms, at last...

 

[Surfer]

am i ps3 fanboi?

whilst i will lay into the 360.... uhh i prefer it.

just so you know - and if you were confuzzled by the whole situation and wanted clarification.

rest easy now kay!

 

[londonbairn]

My obligatory 1p on this never ending question. I had a Xbox 360 in addition to the PS3 a while back, I barely used it. I saw the Xbox 360 as a low end PC and having a decent PC rendered it redundant.

One thing that bothered me about the Xbox 360 was that Sony kind of got the PS3 right first time (HDMI, Optical etc etc) without having to bring out newer versions (Elite, 60gb etc) to bring it in line.

In the grand scheme of things for me, the PC won

 

[i-bert]

My obligatory 1p on this never ending question. I had a Xbox 360 in addition to the PS3 a while back, I barely used it. I saw the Xbox 360 as a low end PC and having a decent PC rendered it redundant.

One thing that bothered me about the Xbox 360 was that Sony kind of got the PS3 right first time (HDMI, Optical etc etc) without having to bring out newer versions (Elite, 60gb etc) to bring it in line.

In the grand scheme of things for me, the PC won

So there you have it. End the thread now.

Buy your kids a £1000 PC instead.

 

[steveo]

One thing that bothered me about the Xbox 360 was that Sony kind of got the PS3 right first time (HDMI, Optical etc etc) without having to bring out newer versions (Elite, 60gb etc) to bring it in line.

In the grand scheme of things for me, the PC won

sorry but i LOL at this how many different types of ps3 are there now with sony either adding a bigger/smaller hard drive and adding/removing the backwards ps2 part of it and pretty much whacking a hefty amount on the price for not much added feature to it

 

[dangerstat]

just my 2p too. I bought my 360 when GTA IV came out. I got it over the PS3 totally on cost grounds, and I hardly ever use it (in fact it's packed up and I'm moving in a MONTH). That said all the games I have bought for it have looked great and any online integration was really easy (a few clicks can I was chasing people with uzi's in GTA). IMO just get whats cheapest and does the job.

 

[Streeteh]

sorry but i LOL at this how many different types of ps3 are there now with sony either adding a bigger/smaller hard drive and adding/removing the backwards ps2 part of it and pretty much whacking a hefty amount on the price for not much added feature to it

In the UK there's been 3 revisions. The only difference between the 40 and the 80gig is the harddrive size and a DS3, the 60gig was the only 'different' one as that had the ps2 compatibility. As far as playing PS3 games themselves goes, every unit is identical, it's just other extra features that are affected.

The fact there's more 360 revisions/models doesn't bother me however as 5 mins of product research will get me the information needed to make an informed purchase. With that said, the guys point wasn't incorrect, chill out with the hostilities, it is true that there are more revisions and different model types of the 360 and if that bothers him then it's a fair point to make.

 

[kkelly]

For kids DS is the win, they all have them around here

 

[Chronictank]

How to decide between a PS3 and a XBOX, a step by step guide


1) Ignore the majority of plebs who infect these thread and try and turn it into a fanboi war,
a) Go here for the major releases on PS3:
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/index/reviews.html
b) then go here for the major releases on xbox:
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/index/reviews.html
c) note which platform has the most games you want to play

2) Compare the major points between the consoles
PS3:
- Has the ability to play dtv if you buy the addon
- Free online play
- Many features you may want come as standard (wifi, bluray etc...)
- Sony have a history of supporting consoles long after they are into their next itteration (psp, ps2 etc..)
- Reliable and quiet console
- arguable inferior controller (the analogue sticks are a bit more cumbersome to use for example doing diagonals on PES 2008 after running in a straight line seemed to be less accurate, but the dpad is far superior to the xbox. It has the sixaxis jobby but to be honest so far i have only seen it utilised as a gimmick)
- Streams most types of media from a pc or nas
- Supports 7.1 LPCM sound
- Supports linux extending its capabilities
- You can add a bigger hdd without voiding your warranty
- No customization in terms of hacking afaik, but i may be wrong someone will probably correct me
- Older versions have backward compatibility, newer ones i am not sure they do

Xbox:
- Arguably better controller (analogue sticks are better and bigger feel make it more comfortable for people with larger hands but the dpad is god awful and i personally feel some of the arcade games suffer because of it. That said you can use the analogue sticks for most games but the deadspot irritates me immensly personally)
- larger game library with more "exclusives", bear in mind a lot of the 300+ they quote are complete rubbish and most of the main releases come to PC so essentially are only timed exclusives (Halo, GoW etc..) but there are some gems in the rough which may take your fancy so back to the game list above
- You can stream media over the network to the 360 simply using a media player plugin (no need to install anything on vista) and you can now play divx through a download plugin however it only seems to support wmv (and avi?) files for the major formats.
- Only does 5.1 DD
- I will probably be burned for this but it is far easier to hack a 360 so you can load your own drives, firmwares, ui's, backup discs and goodies if you are into customization. Obviously voids your warranty
- HDTV recording out of the box if it streamed to the xbox from a pc
- More complete online experience, xbox live is very much so integrated into the web so you can have a "better" community experience if you are into that sort of thing. Bear in mind though some games force you to use friends lists to play against other people
- There is backward compatibility but it is pretty awful, however you can buy a lot of the better games on re-release via xbox live
- Unreliable hardware

I'm sure i forgot some things but they are the main things for me

 

[Raymond Lin]

My obligatory 1p on this never ending question. I had a Xbox 360 in addition to the PS3 a while back, I barely used it. I saw the Xbox 360 as a low end PC and having a decent PC rendered it redundant.

That is the most absurd argument ever.

 

[londonbairn]

That is the most absurd argument ever.

Not really, considering most the Xbox 360 catalogue is on the PC, and looks better, especially at a real HD resolution on my TV (1920x1080).

Wether you want to believe it or not, that is what happened, it gathered dust whilst I played the PC instead.

For me regardless of PS3 vs Xbox 360, the PC wins for me, the PS3 is barely being played at the moment to be honest. The one (bad thing) this generation has brought is lazy developers directly porting PS3 and Xbox games to the PC with no optimisation (I saw a GTA IV PC review saying it "lacked respect for the PC"). The PS3 stayed because I liked its interface, its exclusive games and the Xbox 360 is not as cheap as it looks (Live for one). I just could not justify going to buy a Xbox 360 game when I could get it for the PC for a lot less.

(all of the above is my opinion, please do not get upset )

 

[FrankJH]

Well to my mind the back catalogue is irrelevant really

New purchasers are going to buy 3 or four games at most for the kids, and both consoles have more than enough to chose from this christmas which can give all round entertainment

By the time more games are going to be bought - there will be more new titles to chose from as well as cheaper 2nd hand titles /back catalogue on both systems

And yes there is an arguement - my mates have got x, so can I have the same , but its just as equally "correct" to say - my mate has x but I want something different (excuse for him to come round to yours , or you to go round to them)