Greatest post of the year. Wait... It's on ign.com????

[victorvondoom88]

- Currently the XBOX Live implementation is well ahead of Sony's offering.

- The achievements on the 360 are something I miss on the PS3.

- The headsets to chat with you fellow gamers is also a plus for xbox360 (this functionality maybe out there for the PS3 but if so, I don't know about it. Hopefully it will come eventually).

These are my biggest complaints with my ps3 and why I keep powering up my crapbox while wishing I enjoyed my ps3 as much.

Say whatever you want but the interface on xbox live is awesome.I can access almost everything on my dashboard while in game. It lets me know how often a "friend" gets on with its "last seen" doing whatever. A message pops up whenever someone on my friends list powers up.
I can chat with anyone on my friends list regardless of what game them and myself are playing. While playing games I don't have to push a button to talk to my team! I cant stress how much this sucks when you are used to a open mic which is a must for team based online communication is key.
Voice messaging is great because texting sucks with a controller.
Achievements isn't something I thought I would like or care about but it is cool and I do miss it. RB6 has all of the trophies and medals and ribbons as the 360 but no points. It was a step in the right direction.
I have RB6 vegas on both systems and had high hopes for the ps3 version but I keep playing my 360 version because while the ps3 version touches on some of the above things it falls short by comparison. The thermal vision works poorly on the ps3 version and there isn't a brightness option, which may be the real reason I don't play because having to throw my projector out of calibration just to play sucks big time. I play late then forget pop in a blu ray and think what the hell is wrong, oh yeah I played rb6 last night...

I love warhawk but not having open mics blows cause you can't talk to your team while on the move easily. Also getting disconnected every hour or so totally pisses me off.

The cheap wired headsets on the 360 are better than the bluetooth ones for the ps3, its true. I can go to the 2nd floor of my house and still talk to my buds, no static or anything its like being on a phone. I cant even go into my kitchen 15 feet away without having to rebond my headset. My razor also seems to screw up my ps3 's bluetooth. I have to keep my headset for my phone on and connected to my phone or I have to take it to another room and rebond it with my phone.

Don't label me as a 360 fanboy either, halo3 is lame and I want nothing more than have the ps3 dominate the world not just with games but bluray as well but sony better get it's online right. You know what if they can give me the type of performance online that I get on the 360 I would pay for it

I sure hope HOME brings the ps3 to where it needs to be in the online world.

[Blu Blur]

Originally Posted by statikcat

Lol. I shipped a regular Xbox at the local UPS I sold on ebay.. and the guy goes "is this a new 360?" and I said "no". He said they get at least one a day being shipped as RMA. This was awhile ago but it was funny.

I had 11 360's before the PS3 came out and I was on a first name basis with the central control officer from DHL and later UPS I had their direct line and cell phone numbers because of all the crap MS was pulling on early adopters. I did not want to sell my 360 but everytime I got one back from MS it was broken cosmetically (had one that had a hole in it right next to the power plug) or it froze, or overheated on me. The ones I had to switch out at the store worked longer then the ones from MS but everytime I replaced one I had to plunk down $60 for another warranty, I did that 6 times. Thats $360+tax over a period of 3 months, Im sorry but **** you MS.

[Palanthian]

Originally Posted by Luis_A51

PC is capable of a lot more if you assume everyone has a high end gaming console. But designing games for high-end PC users isnt economically viable, so they have to tone it down to run on more machines.

The PS3's power is barely being tapped so I dont see PC games having the edge for quite some time.

I disagree. Games are not normally chopped down to be put on PC, usually the PC version has to be cut down when put on a Console.

PC games have always had the edge. If you have a low end PC, then yeah the console has the edge, if you have a halfwaydecent-highend PC then those same games outdo any console.

Like Oblivion for example, the console version couldn't compare with the PC version. Graphically/framerate/etc. It looked good for a console, but nothing like the PC.

I don't have some freaking monster computer, but I know it at the least can beat out a 360 graphically and with a far lesser death rate and it is on par with the games I've seen on PS3.

I love my PS3, but I can't give it the edge right now. We'll see when more of its potential is hit whether I feel the same, but currently the PS3 is still second best to me. :P

[Tyler Durden]

Originally Posted by Zotar

I've just sold my 360 and bought a PS3.

I will say after owning both that :-

- Currently the XBOX Live implementation is well ahead of Sony's offering.

- The achievements on the 360 are something I miss on the PS3.

- The headsets to chat with you fellow gamers is also a plus for xbox360 (this functionality maybe out there for the PS3 but if so, I don't know about it. Hopefully it will come eventually).

- Also the games line up is better for the 360.

"So why did this Microsoft Fanboi sell his 360 for a PS3?" I hear you cry...

- The PS3 has far more potential as software developers get to grips with programming for an 8 core cell chip.

-The balance of power in the games lineup will shift to the PS3 at somepoint in 2008.

- The PS3 has far better build quality and hence sees nothing like the level of hardware failures that the 360 sees.

- Most importantly, the PS3 supports Blu-ray. Xbox360 doesn't. (360 games even come on DVD-9 only).

I own both and would just like to add:

When you play the PS3 at least it doesn't sound like you've been transported to the inside of a jet engine.

[Maxell]

360 is almost at it's peak of graphics power where as PS3 hasn't even touched on its massive opportunities.