360 or PS3?

[Kamui]

It's a good question, certainly with merit.

Honestly, it will boil down to which one appeals to you personally. There is no "right" or "wrong" console.

The reason I bought my PS3 was because it can damn near do anything I want to do with it. Music Cd's, dvd's, blu-ray (which is astounding!), can play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games. I can surf online with the web browser (DSA website is my homepage), and the amount of free stuff you can download continues to grow, even though at a slightly slow pace, but what the Hell, it's free. :DAnd there are extremely low cost games and maps that you can download. It is indeed a powerhouse, with a helluva lot of potential for the future. The games keep getting better and better, absolutely NO lag ever online. With the last update, it even upscales PS2 games to damn near HDMI. My PS2 games look SOOOO much better on my PS3. And the already installed WiFi makes my wireless keyboard and headset so nice to use. No wires, and instantly worked with no problems.

The downside is, that I can't interact with my DSA brethren more, as they mostly went 360. I look forward to the day when we have more DSA on the PS3. The price drop has certainly helped. We're selling them like crazy now, even more now than before.:) But the fact that I can pop in SWBF2, or Socom, or BFMC2 makes it easier, since I'm not alienated from my old PS2 games that we still play together.

If you decided to go with the 360, at least in God's name get the "Elite". That way you can jam with the majority of your fellow DSA players, without fear of the dreaded "Ring of Death". The Elite seems to be a much improved system. Not up to the PS3, but damn near. M$ does have damn good online interface, and more games to offer than the PS3 for right now. But ya gotta pay for it. Like I said before, you get what ya pay for. Sony is good and it's free. M$ is excellent, but ya gotta open your wallet, but a great number of people say that it's worth it in the long run.

As Ratix said, as time goes on, the decision is going to be harder for you. There are awesome great games for each system out now, including the Wii.

Follow RaTix's advice and try out each system, and the different games. Then go for which appeals to you most as an individual, and which one meets your needs.

It's Chevy vs Ford, Apples vs oranges. In the end, it matters to which one you like more.

Des.

Wow thanks for including Wii :).The little system that could.

[RaTix]

I think hell just froze over. A 360 vs PS3 thread where me and Deslock are actually agreeing with each other.

[TriPP]

nah, deslock is just married now, his balls are safe in a glass jar until his wife finds a need for them, there's little fight left in deslock with his balls missing, ha.

[norm]

LOL @ Ratix and Des agreeing.:D



Des, don't know if you know this, but the Premium version of the 360 that includes the HDMI has the upgraded motherboard, heat sink and the better disk drive. Basically it has the same guts of the Elite just not the 120 Gb hard drive.

[Zabka]

LOL @ Ratix and Des agreeing.:D



Des, don't know if you know this, but the Premium version of the 360 that includes the HDMI has the upgraded motherboard, heat sink and the better disk drive. Basically it has the same guts of the Elite just not the 120 Gb hard drive.

I just did a search to see if I could find a clip of the old SNL skit when Tom Hanks hosted (pre Oscars, I believe) Sabra Price is Right where he is trying to sell old equipment as a Sony Walkman--"Eets got Sony guts!"

[SHOOTORDIE]

Zabka if you buy the cards you can get a 12+1 month card as its called, and you get the price said above. I personally enjoy the 360 more, but the ps3s don't break down as much...as i've been seeing lately...lol. Really you just have to look at what games you want the most. Each system has good titles and awesome looking future titles, I would agree with playing them all at friends houses before you come to a conclusion on which to pick.

[Deslock]

I personally enjoy the 360 more, but the ps3s don't break down as much...

And that is, and remains still, my major contention with the "regular" 360.
It's a great machine, great online interface, and the games do look damn good on it. But after seeing soo many unhappy pissed off consumers, and after I was requested to "fix" our 360 since it wouldn't boot up, and seeing those wonderful red rings, as a consumer rights advocate, I can't help but think that ya'll were ripped off. You shouldn't have to wrap your gaming systems in a towel to get them to work as they were designed to in the first place.

Every single gaming system I own, even that clunky original gameboy, still work as if I bought them yesterday. My original NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, and PS3 work just fine.

I was asked to try and see if there was any way I could get our 360 back to operating status. So I did my homework, and went online to see what I might be able to do to "fix" it. After seeing the rather large amount of pissed off 360 owners, mind you, that weren't "fanboys", they just wanted their **** to work. And I was more than dismayed. Especially after seeing so many DSA members saying that their 360 took a **** on them, and it royally pissed me off.

Not that they bought a 360 over the PS3, but that they'd been royally ripped off, and now have to wait, after spending their hard earned money on something, that should've worked right from the get go.

Selling substandard machines so M$ can get a lead on the gaming industry is distasteful at best to me. Yes, they can now state that they're #1 in sales is great. Just ask their customers about it, and the one billion dollar hit they're going to take in repair bills. That's right one billion.

Offering extended warranties is not only fair, it is more than justified.
It is my humble opinion that they should not have ripped off their customers in the first place.

Micro$oft isn't filled with stupid people.

They knew what problems they were going to have in the first place. They were just willing to do whatever means neccessary to wrest the lead from Sony in sales, at the consumers expense.

They first betrayed the original X-Box owners by not making any games anymore, thereby "forcing" their customers to "upgrade" to the 360, the same tactic that pissed me off about Nintendo, that Nintendo used again and again.

Then to knowingly sell their customers "substandard" machines, that originally caused fires due to overheating, was indeed stunning.

Can anyone honestly answer me that Micro$oft engineers and designers were so ignorant, that they didn't know that the original machines had heatsink problems?. Can people that smart, be so stupid?.

I'm very glad that they stepped up to the plate and were willing to fix the problems with it. Even at a one billion dollar loss to them.

But I cannot help but think that overall, it was corporate manipulation. And that overall in the long run, the losses were expected.

[Zabka]

Nobody would do a launch with an expected billion dollar write-off.

Des--why didn't your store just send the 360 back to msft?

[Deslock]

Zabka, I will answer that question in PM. I will explain why to you.

Guys, please don't misunderstand me. I'm not dissing the 360, just that it is my opinion that ya'll got ripped off.

Is there an ultimate game console?.

No.

As I said before, it depends on what the individual gamer wants for their personal experience. Some want a great online interface. Some want a great new next gen system. Some just want fun games, and don't give a rat's ass about online stuff.

Am I ultimately concerned?. Nope.

Because the truth will always be the truth. And the truth of it all is that ya'll are hardcore, disciplined gamers. When the PS2 first came out, I went years before getting one because it was so expensive, and I just couldn't justify the cost. But as years went on, and the price dropped, I finally broke down and got one. And I was pleased.

So it will be with the PS3. You all will say how great the Dreamcast is over the PS2, and the SNES. But in the end, when all is said and done.......

You will own a PS3. It may take years of battle, but in the end, you will all get one.

So, I can be patient. In the end, you all know deep down inside that you want one. And you will get one. It may take years of feuding, but you will eventually.......

You will play b3yond. ;)

Des.

[ZEZEEMAYO]

How do you get the first month of xbox live free?

[TriPP]

the 1st month free comes with ur xbox, it's a trial membership deal.

[ZEZEEMAYO]

Well this sucks. I put my x box online and go through all this crap and now im at a screen asking for a subscription code. So i go to there website and find there number and call in. I get hold of some Mexican guy who sounds like he had a fun night playing twister with his guy friends. Well I ask him about getting that free month trial and he says that I cant get a free month any more thats only for xbox 360 now unless I buy a game with a 2 month card in it or go buy it sepratly.

Any one got an extra 2 month card from a game case?

[TriPP]

yeah, it's for the 360, not idea about the old xbox, it's not a topic in this thread (360 or ps3).

[TriPP]

so have u made ur decision forest, ps3 or 360?

[MajinTony]

It's of my understanding that 360 has already tapped all of its power and it's games won't get too much better from here on out. Where as, I hear ps3 hasn't even come close to it's potential. RFOM did not impressme what so ever, but unreal tournament looks amazing. So that point seems to be coming to fruition for me.

The mass's have a great deal to do with it also. You're going to get to play with a lot more DSA on 360, along with r/l friends. I for one will eventually be one of the very proud few to help spearhead the ps3 division next year and beyond, and that's exciting to me.

If you're still having a huge dilema with it, just be patient. I'm sure things will be different after the holiday season. Huge titles and price drops all around after X-mas, is what I anticipate. You're talking about dropping a lot of money here, so I'm sure you want to make the right decision. Don't rush yourself.