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Should I buy a PS3 or XBox360?

Global_Stoner said:
I can't see much advantage of MS moving to blue ray. BR players are going to get cheaper if you want to watch films and I think people will be happy to buy a seperate box. If they moved games to bluray then they would risk alienating all those who have a 360 but no BR drive.
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The drive (if it emerges) would surely simply replace the existing HD DVD drive. i.e.- it would be for films but not games.
Global_Stoner said:
Remember mega cd anyone?
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Ouch! That was the first (and so far last) time I got completely burnt on hardware. :D
 
Jambooboo said:
It's not gonna happen. Maybe MS will release a cheap Blu-Ray add-on, but I very much doubt it will ever release games on the format. They firmly stated they had no plans to do it with HD-DVD, and I can't see it changing - principally because it's not in their financial interests to release games that can only be played on a (likely) small minority of consoles.
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They aint daft then. TBH I cant see much advantage of a seperate add on, the price of dedicated players will fall soon enough.
 
alsoknownas said:
The drive (if it emerges) would surely simply replace the existing HD DVD drive. i.e.- it would be for films but not games.

Ouch! That was the first (and so far last) time I got completely burnt on hardware. :D
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Lol, did you buy a 32x as well? What were sega thinking?

I almost bought a sam coupe instead of my amiga, thank god I made the right choice.
 
I have both and if forced to give one up, I would choose to lose the PS3 without hesitation.

Not saying it ain't a good console, but when you review the current back catalogue of games and the next 18 months of releases there are very few PS3 exclusive system-sellers in my view.
 
Actually thinking about it, given that the Xbox already has a high def movie download service, a console with a huge hard drive maybe it doesn't matter that HD DVD has died to them. We all know the real battle is between disc and download not two different types of discs...
 
I know its been done before, but I think Hi Def downloads are while of yet, requires a subsantial upgrade in a lot of infastruture.

Can't remember this was posted on this forum or another, so applogies if it was here, but think its quite relevent, even though its talking about iplayer.

After 15 years of utopian gibberish about the "internet as a platform" that (of course) "changes everything", the pigeons are finally flying home to roost. In 2008, IP networks look less like the future of media, and more like tarpits that promise to bankrupt anyone who tries to run one. Especially the middlemen - as the distributors look like going to the wall first.

These brutal economics are highlighted by a new bulletin from Telco 2.0 today. The analyst outfit has looked at the early impact of the BBC's iPlayer streaming service, and has been modelling data costs derived from the UK ISP Plusnet. The analysis makes grim reading for anyone who doesn't own and operate a major network.


In only its first month of service, iPlayer pushed up ISP costs by 200 per cent, from 6.1p per user to 18.3p per user. This obliges ISPs who are simply BT resellers - and most are - to order more pipes; yet there's no extra income. Remember that this is the low-bandwidth version of iPlayer, not the high resolution, high traffic P2P service, which uses much more bandwidth. And of course, it's early days - we're at the beginning of the iPlayer adoption curve. January's figures involve just 19 minutes of TV per viewer for the month.

(The BBC estimates 17 million programs have been streamed or downloaded with up to 500,000 a day).

In other words, viewing iPlayer today costs your ISP a penny a minute - but the ISP isn't gaining any additional revenue from you. Nor is it being subsidised by the content provider, the BBC, to carry those streams.
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Full artical here
 
For me, it is all about the games.

Multimedia functionality, movies, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD blah blah blah is just a bonus and would never effect my buying decision in an either/or situation unless all was equal on the gaming front - I have the most fun with the console with the best games.

The clue is in the name "Games Console"
 
Global_Stoner said:
I know its been done before, but I think Hi Def downloads are while of yet, requires a subsantial upgrade in a lot of infastruture.

Can't remember this was posted on this forum or another, so applogies if it was here, but think its quite relevent, even though its talking about iplayer.



Full artical here
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There are a lot of good points to be made about the viability of hi-def downloads, but not with regard to the Xbox 360. It's one of the very few existing platforms for viable legal hd downloads. The interface is simple (through Xbox Live), the pricing policy is right (£3 for a two week rental), and the hard drive takes care of storage.
 
Swarfega said:
For me, it is all about the games.

Multimedia functionality, movies, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD blah blah blah is just a bonus and would never effect my buying decision in an either/or situation unless all was equal on the gaming front - I have the most fun with the console with the best games.

The clue is in the name "Games Console"
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Well then for somebody like you the 360 is currently the best choice. But many others (myself included) gain a great deal of entertainment from streaming media, high def movies, blah blah blah ;). These additional factors *almost* made me choose the PS3.
 
alsoknownas said:
Well then for somebody like you the 360 is currently the best choice. But many others (myself included) gain a great deal of entertainment from streaming media, high def movies, blah blah blah ;). These additional factors *almost* made me choose the PS3.
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I still have a PS3 and Wii as well - just in case.


Can't bear the thought I might be missing out on something....
 
alsoknownas said:
There are a lot of good points to be made about the viability of hi-def downloads, but not with regard to the Xbox 360. It's one of the very few existing platforms for viable legal hd downloads.
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The point was I was making was about bandwidth, so unless MS are paying some of that £3 to ISPs the point stands. The current all you can eat model stops working when everyone wants to eat lot. That and there are still many parts of the country where internet is just not quick enough.
 
Global_Stoner said:
The point was I was making was about bandwidth, so unless MS are paying some of that £3 to ISPs the point stands. The current all you can eat model stops working when everyone wants to eat lot. That and there are still many parts of the country where internet is just not quick enough.
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Fair point.
 
SO i bought a pre-owned 360 from BlockbusterGame the other week. The didn't have any pre-owned copies of CoD4 though so had to buy a new copy - got a month free on Live though :)

However, got home, set up the 360 and just after downloading my gamerprofile from Live got the RRoD :rolleyes: Took it back the same afternoon and all is fine. Except the fact that a week after buying it, they lopped £50 off the price of pre-owned 360s :mad::mad:
 
bouncer_the_dog said:
Planning to get a Ps3 for:

Blu-Ray
MSG4
GTA4

Just wouldn't be the same playing them on X-Box...
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Blu-Ray- Hope you have a 1080HD television, or Blu-Ray is pretty useless.
MGS4- A great reason for a PS3, although isn't the online sold as a different version or something?
GTA4- The 360 has more features compared to the PS3 version, including plans for future downloadable content.


X360 is the clear choice at this moment in time, its cheaper, has a wider selection of exclusive titles, better online functions and offers the option of 120GB HDD.

PS3 has some great upcoming titles, also has 'Home' which is going to be pretty awesome.

If anybody wants a PS3, I'd advise to wait a bit as a price cut must be around sometime.

Also, Japanese and North American consoles are region free, you can buy them cheaper if you have the contact and can play your PAL games on them.
 
Daniel.x3h said:
Also, Japanese and North American consoles are region free, you can buy them cheaper if you have the contact and can play your PAL games on them.
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Nope.

All PS3 games are region free and any game from any region can be played on any console from any region, though in some instances there are still region-based restrictions on some multiplayer games.

DVD/Blu-Ray releases are still region locked and an American NTSC console will only play region 1 DVDs/BLu-Ray disks and a European console will only play region 2 disks etc.
 
Swarfega said:
Nope.

All PS3 games are region free and any game from any region can be played on any console from any region, though in some instances there are still region-based restrictions on some multiplayer games.

DVD/Blu-Ray releases are still region locked and an American NTSC console will only play region 1 DVDs/BLu-Ray disks and a European console will only play region 2 disks etc.
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Bah, mis-read something earlier, lol thanks for the correction ;)

I haven't been able to get a PS3 yet, only recently started looking into get one since they should get cheaper pretty soon.
 
Drain Bamage said:
I'd like a PS3 as the online service is free, it has a net browser and a blue ray player. It's also, by all accounts, reliable which the 360 certainly is not although all recent units are sposed to have been fitted with a better cooling system. How to identify the new, cooler and reliable, zephyr chipset here: http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3152&p=3

The problem is that everyone has the 360 and the PS3 is too expensive. Everyone you bump into down the pub will have a 360 and it's easy to build up a good friends list, the scene is very accessible and non techy. I imagine if I had a PS3 I'd not know anyone IRL to play with. Oh and the games are a tenner more for some reason?

Paying for live really sucks thou as does paying for extra maps on certain games.
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I thought the new chipsets/coolers/hardware was on the Elites?
 
The Boy said:
SO i bought a pre-owned 360 from BlockbusterGame the other week. The didn't have any pre-owned copies of CoD4 though so had to buy a new copy - got a month free on Live though :)

However, got home, set up the 360 and just after downloading my gamerprofile from Live got the RRoD :rolleyes: Took it back the same afternoon and all is fine. Except the fact that a week after buying it, they lopped £50 off the price of pre-owned 360s :mad::mad:
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which breed of 360 was it?
 
For what it's worth my brother works as a games programmer in the industry. As a result he has all the consoles and his choice, by a good head is an XBox360. Buy it with the large hard drive, link it via wireless to your PC and use the media station. Great peace of kit.
 
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