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Old 01-26-2008, 11:01 PM   #81
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I actually had my PS2 break down around May 2003 and I got mine at the end of 2001. The problem revolved around the infamous DRE (Disc Read Error) and I was pissed that my GTA Vice City and NHL 2002 disc was damaged but after I got the system fixed, I haven't had a problem since. Unfortantly, I had to throw out those two games that were damaged.

I've seen alot of Youtube videos about the 360 and it's not pretty. If it's not the red ring of death, it's a disc read error or the drive damaging the cds but not to sound like a broken record, it's not the main reason what scares me away from the 360. I just don't trust Microsoft in taking over the gaming market like they tried with the orginal xbox.

Also, what the OP failed to mention is the xbox isn't just a gaming console. This is the 21st century and microsofts intentions of not making it a multimedia machine is irrelevant. It's the same as sonys and last time I checked, didn't they try to turn it into a set top box to replace your DVR now? What's next? I don't think their Xbox elites with a 120GB hard drive just sits there to look pretty but it's the center peice for those that believe digital downloads is the future.

Why don't I go ahead and add what point did Microsoft even had to add the HD-DVD add-on other then to slow down Blu-Rays progress? What about that Wifi adapter that should've been included into the console to begin with? And the sad thing is, many people actually bought it over a Toshibia player.

Of course that doesn't matter just like I told Jet that no matter how many features a system has, It's irrelvant if it doesn't have the games witch Jet failed to actually read after making a reply to inform us that we have to realise that when it comes to a console, the games come first witch we are currently arguing about. It's pointless however since the games I like are on the exclusives on the PS3 are better then the Xbox and he thinks the Xbox has better exclusives then the PS3.

So who is winning in this debate?

Nobody....
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Old 01-26-2008, 11:25 PM   #82
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You are not serious are you? The Xbox 360 defective rates were over 30%!!
i never said said they weren't. assumption is fun!
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Old 01-27-2008, 12:21 AM   #83
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Yes, I believe that those games are Highly Anticipated for Xbox 360.

Highly Anticipated for Xbox 360?
Too Human: Yes
Fable 2: Yes
Lost Odyssey: Yes
Alan Wake: Yes
Halo Wars: Yes
Ninja Gaiden 2: Yes
Halo: Chronicles: Not Sure, but it's Halo so most likely
Infinite Undiscovery: Not sure
Splinter Cell: Conviction: Yes
um wasn't Alan wake announced as a multiple platform game? The only thing better in the 360 os Achievements IMO. that makes the final descision on what system I buy the game for.
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Old 01-27-2008, 01:26 AM   #84
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I can't play GT5 on the 360, that made the decision for me.

Plus of course the PS3 doubles as a Blu-ray player, allowing me to sell my old standalone.
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Old 01-27-2008, 02:25 AM   #85
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um wasn't Alan wake announced as a multiple platform game? The only thing better in the 360 os Achievements IMO. that makes the final descision on what system I buy the game for.
Alan Wake's Publisher is Microsoft Game Studios so it's not going to be a multiple platform game.
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:11 AM   #86
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ps3 struggles in console war? you do know that the ps3 is kicking the crap out of 360 in every other country but the USA right?? the ps3 is barely getting into its 2nd year of life....and lets look at what will be coming out this year the the 360 has YET to match...

first off GT5....a true graphical powerhouse that will do what no other games has done before and will do what the 360 CAN NEVER do:
NATIVE 1080p running at 60 fps.....nuff said

next title Resistance 2 coming Q3 of this year:
8 player co-op with 60!!!!!!!player battles....yea...suck on that one 360

next title...God of war 3....um...360 is so caught up on shooters that it doesnt have a action/adventure first party developer...

rachet and clank...again...no first party developers making platformers...ps3 wins again

MGS4....exclusive 3rd party TRIPLE A title coming to ps3 this year

final fantasy...also 3rd party TRIPLE A title exclusive to ps3

Little big planet....is there even a 360 title that can express the creative mind of the gamer like this game will do?

playstation HOME....its gonna rival if not surpass XBL in user content...and its FREE!!!

if the ps3 isnt a gaming console...then i really dont know what is...if these arent valid points that the ps3 is better then the 360 in EVERY aspect...then show me proof what is...oh.. and lets not forget a .02% failure rate
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:47 AM   #87
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First of all where are the games for the PS3 and as for graphics between the two are very similar... on multi-platform games that is. Games like Assassins Creed and Burnout Paradise do look better on the 360... Side by Side comparisons have been made to prove. But the true potential of exclusives to the PS3 DO LOOK AMAZING! I am incredibly psyched for games like MGS4, FFXIII, GT, and Killzone 2.
and the truth comes out:

http://digg.com/playstation/GT_CAUGH...PARISON_VIDEOS

it looks the same IF NOT better on the ps3....also gameplay and graphics is dependent on how much time the developer takes to make full use of a console....developers like EA and valve dont know how to fully use the untapped power of the ps3 yet...but developers like epic seems to do just fine on it.
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Old 01-27-2008, 04:03 AM   #88
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I read a lot on this web site and I read that a lot of you asking "Why buy and Pro Xbox 360 for $349.99 instead of a PS3 w/ Blu_Ray for an extra $50?" And it's very simple easy answer... They are game consoles! One has more games and the other does not! If you want a better explanation...

*NOTE & Credibility* THIS IS NOT BASHING THE PS3! This thread is strictly dedicated to an OPINION of one person asking for more games for Everyone and His own PS3 to get better use out of a GAME CONSOLE. Coming from a person that has dedicated most of his life to gaming and entertainment. A person who has worked in electronic retail for years reading Cnet.com and other reliable sources for Gaming and Entertainment purposes. Also a person that sees an AMAZING game console with so much potential go in the wrong direction. ***From here on this is an OPINION coming from a Dedicated Hardcore Gamer/Collector and Entertainment Specialist***

I have had my 360 since the release day and i have never been so satisfied with games than what Microsoft has brought to gamers. Being a 360 fanboy I had to get a PS3 because first of all I know that blu-ray is better for a fact! Second Sony has some of my favorite exclusives like the Ratchet and Clank series and MGS and Final Fantasy's. I will admit that I WAS a heavy basher when the PS3 came out but ever since I got mine I will have to say that I am Impressed! Perfectly laid out and well thought out *EXCITED FOR PS HOME!*

First of all where are the games for the PS3 and as for graphics between the two are very similar... on multi-platform games that is. Games like Assassins Creed and Burnout Paradise do look better on the 360... Side by Side comparisons have been made to prove. But the true potential of exclusives to the PS3 DO LOOK AMAZING! I am incredibly psyched for games like MGS4, FFXIII, GT, and Killzone 2.

To be honest the only reason that the PS3 is still alive is because of the integrated Blu-Ray player... i don't mean that in a bad way but I say kudos because that means they can keep going to do what they do best. A few things they need to do to pick up the slack and ketch up is to come out with PS HOME, release some more exclusives with other companies and push out from themselves, come up with a feature to play non-1080p games in 1080p like the 360, and finally release the Dualshock 2 controllers in America! I am truly cheering that the PS3 does make a comeback with some kick-ass games instead of relying on the Blu-Ray to keep them in the game.

I already own 4 PS3 games and 20+ Blu-rays... this outcome is like this for almost everyone that owns a PS3. So does that make the PS3 a blu-ray player or game console? I can say that my 360 will never be lonely due to the vast amount of exclusives/muli-port games and arcade games. I presently own over +100 tiles for the 360, 52 of them being 360 exclusives, and another +50 arcade games. Now I will admit not everyone of those games deserve to be in A collection but are meant to be in a library or games. But the fact is that the 360 will always have more games played than movies watched in it.

I just hope that Sony decides to take a step away from the fact that it is a Blu-Ray player and focus more on the gaming aspect because that what the PS3 was made for. They know they have already won the format war, that's been decided for a while since WB became BD exclusive, CONGRATS BY THE WAY!!! BUT I WANT MORE GAMES FOR MY PS3!!! Look at how many games came out for the PS2 in the first year and a half... And look how successful it was! I have +250 PS2 games and I would not get rid of one! I consider each one to be a GREAT TITLE! So I ask for Sony to please come out with more games and soon! We need online multi-player that is exclusively PS3!

*FACT* ~Sony decided not to invest any money into other companies for exclusives... LOOSING Exclusivity to DMC4, GTA IV, and to possibly fallow in there tracks MGS and Final Fantasy.
~Most games that you can find for the PS3 and be found on the 360. *The 360 has some of the highest rated Exclusives to come out*


*Final Though*
These are a couple of statements I want everyone to think about before they go bashing the 360 again...

First of all buying a 360 or PS3 is based on games to spend an extra $50 more on a Blu-Ray played is cool but not everyone cares about the Blu-Ray. ~By the way the proves the inferiority of the PS3, as a game console, to buy it soulfully on the fact that it is a BD player~

Second as a reminder that everyone is entitled to an opinion and the my opinion is being said to help people hopefully understand that the 360 is a better GAME CONSOLE than the PS3 UNLESS Sony decides to fix their errors.

FOR ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK FOR OPINIONS PLEASES POST!
What a bunch of B.S.

I own an Xbox 360 Elite, an Xbox 360 Premium, a 60G PS3, a 40G PS3, and a gaming computer that cost more than all of the above put together. (think 8800 ULTRA SLI )

Each appeals to a different demographic.

XBOX 360 is targeted at the jock moron Halo fanboy type.

PS3 is more of a thinking man's console.


To each their own.
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Old 01-27-2008, 04:24 AM   #89
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Since November 2007, the PS3 has been outselling the 360 worldwide.
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Old 01-27-2008, 04:38 AM   #90
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Each appeals to a different demographic.

XBOX 360 is targeted at the jock moron Halo fanboy type.

PS3 is more of a thinking man's console.


To each their own.
everything about your post was going ok until then. that makes no sense. i suppose the wii is for 12 year old children too then huh?

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Old 01-27-2008, 03:02 PM   #91
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and the truth comes out:

http://digg.com/playstation/GT_CAUGH...PARISON_VIDEOS

it looks the same IF NOT better on the ps3....also gameplay and graphics is dependent on how much time the developer takes to make full use of a console....developers like EA and valve dont know how to fully use the untapped power of the ps3 yet...but developers like epic seems to do just fine on it.
Part of that comes from the rules of porting.

The 360 was out first, development procedure started on that console first.

Developing on a 3 core environment instead of an 8 core environment is also a bit different, hence why I suspect most of the ports do worse on the PS3.

But, conversely, developing on the PS3 first then going 'down' to 3 cores, you can bundle the thread packages together to balance [it's still work, but not adding new thread layers].

It's an interesting proposition. However, the big point remains, the 360 came first, so alot of game development was done for the 360 initially.

For game development, the 360 benefits heavily from the PC studios [Look at the origins of the various studios, realize that until MGS invested so heavily in Bungie, that Halo was a PC only (RTS) title].

And Fable 2... Maybe, just maybe people will catch on that Molyneux always promises more than he can deliver [unless it's Populous]. But that's just my grumble with him .

The PS3 a thinking man's console? Sorry, not really no. It's a game console, and any pretention from elitism you use to justify it not selling as well in one market is just offensive . There's a different game focus with the 360 than the PS3, which is a big reason for the dictotomy in the market saturations.
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Old 01-27-2008, 05:39 PM   #92
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krinkle,

I think you went a little overboard.

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XBOX 360 is targeted at the jock moron Halo fanboy type.
Sounds like normal PS3 fanboy trash talking Xbox 360.

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PS3 is more of a thinking man's console.
So how is i more of a thinking man's console?

I would say Resistance: Fall of Man is the Halo of the PS3
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Old 01-27-2008, 06:29 PM   #93
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first off GT5....a true graphical powerhouse that will do what no other games has done before and will do what the 360 CAN NEVER do:
NATIVE 1080p running at 60 fps.....nuff said
Ture, but if you don't like racing games does it matter?
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next title Resistance 2 coming Q3 of this year:
8 player co-op with 60!!!!!!!player battles....yea...suck on that one 360
I say the Resistance is the Halo of PS3. But it's true So far Xbox 360 does not have 8 player co-op with 60 multiplayer matches.

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next title...God of war 3....um...360 is so caught up on shooters that it doesnt have a action/adventure first party developer...
God of War 3 is far off, PS3 is seeing it's fair share of Shooters too (Resistance, Call of Duty 4, Time Crisis 4, Haze, Killzone 2, SOCOM: Confrontation)
PS3 has 19 first part developers, 360 only has 9. Upcoming game Too Human is an action/adventure game only on 360 (I'm not sure if it's being develop by a first party developer though)

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MGS4....exclusive 3rd party TRIPLE A title coming to ps3 this year

final fantasy...also 3rd party TRIPLE A title exclusive to ps3
We can easily name off exclusive titles for both system, in the end it doesn't matter both systems are going to have some great games, it all depends on what you like to play.

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playstation HOME....its gonna rival if not surpass XBL in user content...and its FREE!!!
Maybe someday will see HOME, can't wait to build up my house.
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Old 01-27-2008, 06:59 PM   #94
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Ture, but if you don't like racing games does it matter?


I say the Resistance is the Halo of PS3. But it's true So far Xbox 360 does not have 8 player co-op with 60 multiplayer matches.



God of War 3 is far off, PS3 is seeing it's fair share of Shooters too (Resistance, Call of Duty 4, Time Crisis 4, Haze, Killzone 2, SOCOM: Confrontation)
PS3 has 19 first part developers, 360 only has 9. Upcoming game Too Human is an action/adventure game only on 360 (I'm not sure if it's being develop by a first party developer though)



We can easily name off exclusive titles for both system, in the end it doesn't matter both systems are going to have some great games, it all depends on what you like to play.



Maybe someday will see HOME, can't wait to build up my house.
The PS3 uses mostly standard cables, doesnt require a dongle for optical output, doesnt need an expensive power brick, doesnt have the terrible reliability problems of the 360. For $50 more than a Pro 360, the 40GB PS3 includes Wifi, 2x the hard disc space, a blu ray player, lossles audio and has Free access to the PSN.

The argument that the PS3 is a better gaming console because it has more old games is weak at best. The "PS3 doesnt have any games" is less true every day. GOing forward, the games are equal... or better on the PS3.
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The PS3 uses mostly standard cables, doesnt require a dongle for optical output, doesnt need an expensive power brick, doesnt have the terrible reliability problems of the 360. For $50 more than a Pro 360, the 40GB PS3 includes Wifi, 2x the hard disc space, a blu ray player, lossles audio and has Free access to the PSN.

The argument that the PS3 is a better gaming console because it has more old games is weak at best. The "PS3 doesnt have any games" is less true every day. GOing forward, the games are equal... or better on the PS3.
Ok, so why did you quote me? Everything you just stated had nothing to do with what I said.
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Ture, but if you don't like racing games does it matter?


I say the Resistance is the Halo of PS3. But it's true So far Xbox 360 does not have 8 player co-op with 60 multiplayer matches.



God of War 3 is far off, PS3 is seeing it's fair share of Shooters too (Resistance, Call of Duty 4, Time Crisis 4, Haze, Killzone 2, SOCOM: Confrontation)
PS3 has 19 first part developers, 360 only has 9. Upcoming game Too Human is an action/adventure game only on 360 (I'm not sure if it's being develop by a first party developer though)



We can easily name off exclusive titles for both system, in the end it doesn't matter both systems are going to have some great games, it all depends on what you like to play.



Maybe someday will see HOME, can't wait to build up my house.
ok so you pretty much just agreed with everything i said...thanks?
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Old 01-28-2008, 05:13 AM   #97
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ok so you pretty much just agreed with everything i said...thanks?
What am I not allow to agree with you or something?
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