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I had both and recently sold my 360 as i barely used it in comparison to the PS3 once the games started arriving.

It's just much nicer to play on in my opinion, and i hate microsoft with a passion.

If you have the slightest 'geek' tendancies, go for the PS3 - it has much more to offer thanb just games.
 
I agree with the others, as of now the 360 is the better proposition. PS3 will be looking more attractive next year than it currently does, and I may pick one up myself it if gets some decent exclusives, trouble is I just can't stand the PS controller compared to the 360's, it makes my hands hurt :(
 
Another vote for 360, have 2 in our house and 1 ps3. In my true non fan boi eyes, the ps3 just isnt even anywhere near close yet.

I thought till reading nokkonwud's comments that the ps3 would improve as its the more 'powerful' of the machines, but the fact is its a lot more expensive for little gain. And the most important issue is the fact developers hate the ps3, there is clearly something wrong at the root if people making games for it want a new console.

360 has a great catalogue of games out now and coming. The ps3 has a handful of games i consider even just good. With mates round or a bash over xboxlive, there really is no competition. Hopefully sony will step up their game, next gen.
 
Read the rest of my post.

I did read it but I can't be bothered arguing, but you asked.

Sony cannot allow Microsoft to launch 12 months earlier again, it's financial suicide. Microsofts console WILL be more reliable, so it could spell the end for the PS4, so they have to release side by side.

People are starting to finally get behind the PS3. Of course they can allow them because I think it's been proven that the majority of the market doesn't care enough about high end pieces of tech for ridiculous prices.

Some people like Valve have already mentioned that Sony should be focusing on the development of the Playstation 4, so I know developers would welcome it.

But there is no way the Xbox3 will release without competition.

This is ridiculous, there won't be a PS4 anytime soon. The PS3 isn't going to suddenly fail like Dreamcast.

Like I said it's starting to pickup pace, people are interested and to me (and not just me) the games coming out next year for the PS3 are more appealing. Yes there is Fable 2, Alan Wake, Halo Wars, Too Human etc. but I think Microsoft will find it hard to have a better year next year than they already have.

Also, most of 360 owners owned an Xbox. There are still millions of PS2 owners waiting to make the jump. It's far from being over to start calling out PS4.
 
People are starting to finally get behind the PS3. Of course they can allow them because I think it's been proven that the majority of the market doesn't care enough about high end pieces of tech for ridiculous prices.
Sony lost millions on waiting. Probably over a billion at a guess.



This is ridiculous, there won't be a PS4 anytime soon. The PS3 isn't going to suddenly fail like Dreamcast.
There wont be an Xbox3 anytime soon either. Which is my point. What is my point is that Sony will not allow Microsoft 12-18 months headstart again. They lost a fortune because of it.
 
There wont be an Xbox3 anytime soon either. Which is my point. What is my point is that Sony will not allow Microsoft 12-18 months headstart again. They lost a fortune because of it.

I still dont think there will be at all. Which is why I reckon sony has the better future.
 
The PS3 isn't going to suddenly fail like Dreamcast.

This is very true, nothing with the name 'Playstation' in it's title is ever going to fail, the brand is just so powerfull to the average clueless Joe in the street.

Perfect examle, a guy I work with is about to buy a PS3. He's never owned a games console and is completely clueless, when I suggested he looked at a 360 aswell he basically said stuff along the lines of the PS3 being 'twice as powerfull' as the 360, it can 'think for itself', and refering to the Drake's Fortune ad he said 'there's no way the 360 has graphics as good as that', and no matter how much I told him that there's nothing in it between the consoles with regards to 'power', he just wouldn't have it.


Sucked right in by Sony's marketing BS :rolleyes:
 
All 120 million of them, I don't think so somehow.

well i dont know numbers im afraid but im sure a large percentage, own or have access to one of the new generation of consoles. The guy who 'LOVES' his ps2 (i.e. his collection of games scares me) is always on one of our 360s. There are also some of those happy with their ps2 for the time being, i know a large bundle of people who picked up one or a gamecube in the last 12months due to price on ebay or shops
 
This is very true, nothing with the name 'Playstation' in it's title is ever going to fail, the brand is just so powerfull to the average clueless Joe in the street.

Well this thread was testament to the power of the Playstation brand. The OP referenced GTA as a deciding factor for getting a PS3 yet we all know that MS have spend a great deal of money getting exclusive content.

Despite the huge amount of Playstation advertising at the moment I do think the 360 really has picked up momentum. I was in ********* yesterday (picking up COD4 for £25... damn I couldn't say no) and saw a 12 yo with his mum looking at the 360s and overheard him say 'definately a 360 because all his mates had/were getting one'. That's why the PS2 ultimately took off despite the Xbox's on paper more powerful specs.

To the OP. If you get a 360 this christmas grab Saints Row and Crackdown if you like the GTA style; both are excellent experiences (both are exclusive) and you won't be disappointed.
 
Sony lost millions on waiting. Probably over a billion at a guess.

There wont be an Xbox3 anytime soon either. Which is my point. What is my point is that Sony will not allow Microsoft 12-18 months headstart again. They lost a fortune because of it.

Your forgetting the PS2 is still selling remarkably well. Most of the reason they lost profits was because Kutaragi wanted to make a crazy expensive piece of hardware with features that the majority of gamers did not need at the time. Something like only 20% of people in the whole of the USA owns an HDTV, it was worse when the PS3 launched and trying to justify the cost was too hard a task. Including Blu-Ray was probably a mistake as it raised the price far too much, but in the end I don't think it will hurt them as much as everyone thought.

Even if the Xbox 360 didn't exist and the PS3 was the only option in the market it still wouldn't have sold that much better. Obviously MS put pressure on Sony and MS they did extremely well launching early but Sony made a hash of it.

well i dont know numbers im afraid but im sure a large percentage, own or have access to one of the new generation of consoles. The guy who 'LOVES' his ps2 (i.e. his collection of games scares me) is always on one of our 360s. There are also some of those happy with their ps2 for the time being, i know a large bundle of people who picked up one or a gamecube in the last 12months due to price on ebay or shops

It's not really a large percentage, I don't have recent figures but it is still less than 50%. People are still making the jump, and people who already own a Wii who bought it for "hardcore" games are probably going to get a little bored and buy another console.

So there is still a massive amount of PS2 and Wii owners who want to buy a next gen console. In the next 2-3 years HDTV sales are going to go up so it's going to be even more likely for people to want a PS3 or 360. Now that the PS3 is picking up pace, and Microsoft are trying to reach out to that PS2 audience it makes things interesting.

As PSN becomes even more like Live while MS continues to charge £30-40, as Blu-Ray continues to beat HD DVD 2:1 in most sales and as more AAA games appear on the PS3 that PS2 owners are waiting for of course it looks more appealing in the long term.

Also, the Wii reaching out to the wider demographic. Are they really reaching to all these different people who didn't buy PS2s for Buzz, Singstar, Guitar Hero etc. The reason the PS2 sells so well at the end of its cycle is because its cheap, the Wii started cheap so it reached out to the same audience. Maybe it reaches out to more soccermoms, I don't know.

How well it does when the PS3 and 360 drop in price will be interesting because their third party support isn't there. Average Joe wants to play Madden or FIFA on a next gen console than the Wii because it's more fun.

The main reason I posted was to justify say that the PS3 is more appealing long term, but then that's just my opinion :)

I hate these posts, I always get caught in them with crazy long answers :p
 
Go for the xbox 360, Xbox will be getting games like GTA etc

and it already has a better games line up such as Gears of war, Halo 3, Forza 2, COD4 etc

I also prefer the online setup of xbox and some games look better on the 360 than the PS3


Unless your bothered about Blu ray then the xbox is the better choice
 
PS3 when they get bundled with DualShock 3's as standard. 360 is good though and i love mine to bits, if it was quieter maybe even more.

That is all.

Josh
 
Xbox 360 is the way to go. PS3 made huge strides in recent months, but frankly, I don't think it will ever catch up to the strength of the 360 gaming library.
 
Sony lost millions on waiting. Probably over a billion at a guess.

However much they lost by waiting, they took a gamble by releasing it later to ensure it had a "Blu-Ray" drive. This way they may have lost a lot of potential revenue early on but when a lot of people own a PS3 they will get so much money from "Blu-Ray" sales.

Basically they're using the Playstation brand to sell the "Blu-Ray" standard and it probably will work. A format wont die with that many players in people's homes.

As for which console to get, at the minute the catalogue of 360 games is brilliant. However if you mainly want to play GTA4 then look at the future releases of both consoles and go with the exclusives. I dont think the downloadable content for GTA4 will be all that good, plus you will have to pay for it. Also, if you've played a game for around 40 hours will you really want to play the extra content or will you be bored of the game.
 
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