As I previously posted, we chose to get our family the Xbox 360 last year for Christmas. First of all, I am not disappointed and actually a bit surprised at how much I actually do like it so far! But that's not why I decided to post this. This is about my being a big Sony console fan for years and years, but in spite of that turning to the competitor for my newest console.
To begin with, I don't believe that the Xbox 360 is better than the PS3 in every or most ways or vice versa. I pretty much have figured out that there are pros and cons for both. By a small amount, XBox has the edge though and I'll tell you why it won my heart.
When we went out shopping to get our newest console (I already have a Wii at home and love that one) before Christmas, we were talking about the PS3, and my heart was set on it TBH. Why? 1. I've loved the systems that Sony has made up to now, including the psp although I don't own one anymore (this is only due to the fact that my hands cramp up trying to play games on any hand held, but less so on the DS actually). 2. Since Blue Ray is the new format for movies we figured getting a player was in order. Why not a console at the same time? 3. The graphics for PS3 are better, albeit ever so slightly but nonetheless better. of course that's just my opinion. I don't claim to be the graphics critic, just what I've seen I liked. 4. I am interested in many of the exclusives for PS3. I'm sure there are a couple more things. So why the change in spite of that?
The PS3 is "effing" expensive! Ridiculously so, too! For a system, that, in my mind is only slightly better in graphics, has only a few exclusives this time around and whose library isn't nearly as large as the competitors, I ask why? Why Sony? Seems to me that Sony's dark elitist nature has reared its ugly head. I'm sorry but its a great looking system and I honestly know that when the price comes down, I'll be reconsidering but for now, its just too much. We evaluated getting the PS3 with an 80 GB hard drive and compared it with the xbox 360 pro with a 60 GB hard drive + 2 games (more stuff with it but really the deciding factor was the games that my kids by the way, love) First off, the Xbox was already $100 cheaper with only a slightly smaller HDD. But you have to consider that the games that came with it could be anywhere from $100 to $120 sold separately. So the deciding factors were that 1. We saved about $200+ on the console. 2. We decided that the number of great exclusives for PS3 is not big enough to make a differnce. 3. The console itself wasn't outrageously better in any way. 4. the library still isn't up to par with xbox. 5. Finally, a large number of the games that are out there are now coming out on both systems anyway, so a lot of the library isn't being missed at all.
so that's just my take. Honestly I hope Sony makes some changes to its marketing. NOT to beat out the others but to really fully stay in the game. Sony's been good to me so far... so I am rooting for them!..
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Personally, I chose the PS3 because the PS3 actually functions.
Also, as far as price go, you get a ton more for your money with the PS3, especially if you have a 60gb or a backwards-compatible 80gb, like I do.
But it is your opinion, and I won't knock you for it. I've just been so impressed with the PS3 that there are only like 2 games I want to play for the 360, and one of those I can run on the PC. I don't see a reason to buy one again.
"so a lot of the library isn't being missed at all."
LittleBigPlanet
MetalGearSolid4
Ratchet and Clank
Motorstorm
Resistance 2
Killzone 2
No dude, you don't miss a thing...
But seriously, I wouldn't want to play on a console with such a bad reputation as the 360. I would shit myself every time I played a game. Did you take that in consideration?
There is one thing I don't get, why are people always blaming Sony's marketing choices? You don't buy a particular console because of the bad marketing? Let's turn it around. Would you buy a crappy console if the marketing was great?
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You just did.
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Nice post meng. Sounds like you made an educated decision based on what you viewed at the time. Don't let them PS3 fans give you no shit on the "but in the long run" argument either.
Get an av, and welcome to Destructoid. Don't suck. :)
Where will you be when God of War 3 comes out?
Staring at your RROD.
ZING!
PS3 is more expensive, but it was their exclusives that convinced me to buy one. But to each their own, I am sad I have never been able to play Braid or Gear of War 2.
You got good reasons...my reasons for a 360 was Gears of War, Dead Rising, and L4D. I won't say I 100% regret it, but it has been given me more trouble than it is worth honestly.
Let's hope you don't suffer from the present problems or take it online.
Hey both Systems are great and worth owning. but if you are a gamer then you made a wise choice. The 360 has the larger library of games, and a better online community. The ps3 is worth the price though because not only is it a cheap bluray player, but it is one of the best. Now if you would have picked the Wii over the ps3 and 360 we would have to ask for your keys to the internet and have you escorted out.
PS3 is expensive, but when you figure you don't have to shell out the cost of XBOX LIVE gold account fees, and RROD repair costs, it all evens out in the long run. See what I did there BLEHMAN!?
I personally couldn't see the merit in the money issue when you are buying something that is suppose to last upwards of 8 years. Is an extra $150 worth the Bluray and (in the case of the 60 or 80gb) BC with my giant library of PS2/PS1 games? Is it worth a RELIABLE system? Is it worth exclusives that fit the game genres I actually like to play: Uncharted, Valkryie Chronicles, MGS4, ect?(I can't get into any FPSs) For me it has been a fantastic purchase, especially looking towards the 2009 lineup.
But that doesn't mean it's all ponies and rainbows. I do wish I could play Dead Rising and Lost Odyssey!
quality over quantity the ps3 wins. i have still to get kicked out of a warhawk server, their servers and online play is perhaps flawless. i have never been glitched out or even saw one. glad your happy but when that 360 breaks and it will, you will have reconsidered your choice. and as far as i can see, microsoft hasn't announced anything near as good this year, as sony's lineup for this year is massive and great.
I eventually plan on getting a PSTriple of my own.
Because it's backed by Chad Warden, baby.
Ok, I know its just YOUR idea, but are just trying to start a flamewar by posting this on a multi-console site?
I have all 3 consoles and I like them equally, they each serve their own purpose... The money-issue has been raised about a million times before in the clogs, so your not really adding anything for us there... You also seem to handily forget at that stage that with the PS3 you not only get a console but also a HD-movieplayer, so you're actually saving the amount a bluray player costs by getting a PS3 iso a 360...
The exclusives are just a matter of choice and as the Romans used to say "De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est" so saying anything about that is once again just a personal opinion, so stating it as fact is a kind of a trolling action to do...
The title to this blog just feels to me like you're just trying to score a massive amount of replies in the hopes of rising in the rankings, while you haven't even taken the time out to decently introduce yourself to us, you didn't even post anything in your profile-space...
Now I understand that it might not have been your idea to do all this the way I'm saying it comes over, but that simply doesn't matter in the end, because all that counts is the way it comes over to your readers, and reading this blog its just screaming "attentionwhore" to me... I could write books about why the 360 is better then the PS3, but I could do the same about why the PS3 is better then the 360...
As it has been said before about a million times, fanboys are just sucking the dicks of companies that just want to suck your wallet dry... Congratulations on getting a 360, but why did you feel it was so important to justify your choice to us? Are you so insecure about it that you need the approval of the other 360-fanboys in here?
By the way, its funny that one of the games you actually bougt for your 360 ( and wrote a blog about no less ) is a game that is also available on the PS3, better yet, on the PS3 it supports the absolutely awesome G25-steering wheel, a wheel that is about a million times better then the MS-racing wheel ( though I loved that wheel until I got my G25 ), that wheel is the single reason I haven't played Forza2 ( in my eyes the best simracer around except for GTR-Evolution ) since I got it, I'm playing GT5Prologue, GTR-Evolution (PC) and now also MC:LA... I'll prolly keep playing on this wheel for years to come, but sadly MS is refusing its usage on its system in favor of a "fisher price"-steering wheel ( I know this sounds harsh, but if you've ever raced using a G25, you'll know that I'm right )
Luckily the PS3 is a way more open system, where you get the choice if you want to race with a 50$ racing wheel or a 250$ racing wheel in stead of forcing you to buy a wheel for 100$ that's easily beaten why wheels that are way cheaper...
I love my 360 and my PS3 ( Wii is great for when non-gaming-friends are visiting ) so I don't understand why people like you continually try to claim one is better then the other... they both have their advantages and disadvantages, but its all a matter of taste...
a blog like this doesn't start good and clear discussions, its just plain flamebait, as the responsecount on this blog will most definitely prove...
I'd say welcome to dtoid, but I'm severely dissapointed in your first 2 blogs :-) I hope you'll get better soon :-)
damn! mistic got all up in yo shit! watcha gonna do about it?
your argument about the ps3 costing more is not really valid. The PS3 cost a shitload of money because it costs a ten shitload of money to produce.
LOL QRaze. I just erased my response which was similarly long. rotflmao. Nothing at all. I wish it mattered to me. I posted my thoughts and not everyone will agree.
I'm gonna say what I wanna say. Why should I candy-coat my posts? come on. Nothing here is a personal attack on anyone jeez. Not even on either of the consoles. oy vei.
I forgot to add another thought. Did everyone that commented on my post how I am wrong miss the fact that i mention that "SONY HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME SO FAR" and that "I'm rooting for them"?