Thinking about getting a PS3, Trade in 360?

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Firstly, i have a 360, i like it, although i havent played it for over a month. There are not really any games i like atm out, the only game im looking forward to is Mass Effect and thats about it. Im thinking about getting a PS3, by trading in my xbox 360 and the few games i have to get a Ps3 for about £250 with resistance and motorstorm. And now that MS have just announced the 360 Elite, im even more angry with them, the fact that i cant get HDMI and would have to spend loads of a 120gb hardrive etc as i would like these things.

Some things that are appealing to me about the ps3 are:

Blu Ray - not the films but the fact that they can hold more, i no that the game Mass Effect really struggled to fit onto the Disc and they have had to cut some things out, this makes me think that the PS3 is more futureproof, being able to have much bigger games.

HDMI: Well i no its got a slight better picture of componment, but the fact i would have to spend another 300+ on a 360 elite to get it on my 360 annoys me.

Games: I no the 360 and Ps3 are both getting GTA:IV, but theres nothing else good on the 360 that i want, Halo 3 dosent appeal to me as i found halo 1/2 boring and overated (dont start flaming me please) Other than that there should be some interesting games coming out on the Ps3, Killzone 2 for example and a few others. I no the 360 has a slight 10-20% advantage in the GPU department but the Ps3 makes up for it elsewhere, all 360 games suffer from slowdown, sometimes quite severely and the PS3 games i played round my mates none of them had any!


Anyway do you think judging from the points ive made, i should just go ahead and trade it in? Or Stick with it and not get a PS3 (i cant get both btw).
 
Don't bother spending a fortune on a new machine if you're not certain, it sounds like you're trying to persuade yourself its a good idea because you know its probably a waste of money. If you have doubts then i'd say don't bother.

I always say go with the games you like, if you think the PS3 has the games you really want then go for it 100%, just don't sit there and debate which one has the slightly better GPU or the odd case of slowdown, thats just not enough to warrant the extra hundreds of pounds you'd be spending.

Have a look through the online games sites and see what games are coming out for each machine over the next year, and decide which one you think would be more suited to you.
 
Well i was like you, i never did like the halo games i found them boring and most of the other games i could play on the pc anyway.

Iv allways liked for 1st party sony games and there are some good once coming out, 8 days looks stuning! and im also looking forward to the getaway:)

I have F1 MotorStorm and R-FOM on the ps3 and tbh just these 3 launch games are the best games iv played in a long while!
 
Firstly they didn't cut anything from Mass Effect to fit on a DVD9, they just had to compress things, besides, that was more marketing talk than anything else.

Secondly, HDMI will not give you a better picture than Component, unless your TV has a flaw. The picture quality has been tested and found to be the same (thats striaght from Major Nelson).

But if you want a PS3, get one. You don't need others to agree with you or help you justify it. After all, the only person who knows is you.
 
Personally i would say if you want a PS3 and the games on it, get it, trade your 360 NOW while you can.

Wait until christmas and you will probably be able to pick up a cheap 360 with the elite out etc, if you want games that is on the system.
 
also one more point, is that some games like Bioshock etc are all coming to PC, as the 360 is closely linked with PC gaming, but i can run these games on PC fine enough and get them cheaper, the PS3 on the other hand will most probably have lots of Console only games, DMC4, MGS4 etc.
 
tomanders91 said:
also one more point, is that some games like Bioshock etc are all coming to PC, as the 360 is closely linked with PC gaming, but i can run these games on PC fine enough and get them cheaper, the PS3 on the other hand will most probably have lots of Console only games, DMC4, MGS4 etc.
dmc4 = 360 too :)
 
Stick with the 360, Not many people are getting PS3's yet and personally I dont think the games for it are very good atm. And with a lot of games like gears of war most designers would probobally release more games on the 360. Plus xbox live is much better than the PS3's online feature. Well thats what I herd.
 
BloodWolf said:
dmc4 = 360 too :)

Yeah but not PC, yet.

He makes a valid point a lot of the only on xbox titles are coming to the PC, but the PS3 exclusives tend to stay on the PS3.
 
JUMPURS said:
Yeah but not PC, yet.

He makes a valid point a lot of the only on xbox titles are coming to the PC, but the PS3 exclusives tend to stay on the PS3.
well microsodt basically owns pc too anyway :D
 
thats pretty much what i ment, arrrgg i dont know what to do, ill go round my mates tommorow to play resistance and motorstorm again, see if i can make my mind up.
 
Bit pointless asking the question in these forums as the majority of them are Xbox Fanboys :)

If you want a PS3 - get one!
 
If I had a choice of one or the other, it'd definately be the 360 for the choice of games available at the moment and at least for the next few months.

If you get a PS3, you play through Motorstorm and Restistance, and then what do you do? Twiddle your thumbs until some other premium releases come out.

Are you a fan of Killzone? I thought the original was crap to be honest, but ho hum.
 
I traded in my 360 + 5 games because I felt the same way!

Paid 7 quid for PS3 + 2 games + BD Remote, haven't regretted it one bit :D
 
I got a PS3 yesterday and have a 360. Now that I have the PS3 I am just going to sell the 360 because everything I want is coming out on the PS3 too. The PS3 is just better IMO, silent. The noise the 360 made got on my nerves :D
 
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