Breakdown of Sony PS3 vs Xbox 360 peripherals: Chris tries to sway opinions
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: July 31, 2007 | 69 Comments
This comment was made by Chris on a post that was just a question from someone who loves their Xbox 360 but just had one problem.
What started off as a little question to solve a problem, ended up turning more into a debate again on the Sony PS3 vs the Xbox 360 as always.
We saw one comment from Chris that highlighted the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 peripherals, in this comment Chris tries to sway opinions (not likely).
Here is the comment by Chris:
Mark, your first comment adressed to Ricky didn’t make much sense at all. No offense, but the failure rate doesn’t necessarily increase with how recently the console launched. To tell you the truth, the Xbox 360 has a much higher chance of breaking down than the Playstation 3, and even Microsoft acknowledges that. Now, I’m not going to get into mindless, non-intellectual talk like “Teh Xb0x 360 pwns!” or “Da SuxB0x 36o suxorz!!1!”, but when you actually take some time to look into the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 peripherals, the PS3 is an amazing console.
First off, a comment like “If you only looking for gaming, graphics, great choice of games and online gaming then there is no way anything will beat the Xbox 360.” is completely ludicrous. Let’s compare the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 first, then the Elite to be fair.
Graphics:
The Playstation 3 is a powerhouse, and focuses greatly on graphics. It’s highest resolution is 1080p, ready since launch, whereas the Xbox 360 was only capable of 1080i until a recent update. Next, the Playstation 3 has an HDMI output, while you can only get that otherwise by buying an Xbox 360 Elite. The PS3’s HDMI out port is v 1.3, a significantly higher quality than the Elite’s v 1.2, although the .1 difference may seem insignificant at a glance. Right there, the Playstation 3 beat both Xbox 360s.
Cost:
Right now, the premium Playstation 3 costs $499. The premium Xbox 360 costs $399. Let’s make the characteristics even, by comparing the features.
Standard Hard Drive. Playstation 3: 60GB Xbox 360: 20GB
The Playstation 3 has an upgradeable internal hard drive, allowing the user to add any compatible hard drive, such as the 200GB I upgraded to recently. For the Xbox 360, you need a Microsoft-made hard drive that only comes in 20 or 120GB.
Controller:
The Playstation 3 can use up to 7 wireless controllers, while the Xbox 360 can use only 4 wireless controllers. The PS3 has motion-sensitive Sixaxis controllers, yet the Xbox 360 was confined to wired controllers at launch.
Headset:
The Playstation 3 can use any Bluetooth or USB headset. The Xbox 360 uses the provided Microsoft headset, but other headsets are possible if you can try to get them to work hard enough.
Cost:
Playstation 3: $499. Let’s make the two even.
Xbox 360: $399.99
120GB Hard Drive: $179.99
Xbox Live Gold: $49.99 annually
Wireless Adapter: $99.99
High Definition DVD Player: $179.99 with the price drop.
All of this comes to $909.95. You could have gotten all of this in a Playstation 3 for $499, but the extra $410 to an Xbox 360 doesn’t hurt, right?
There’s lots of other aspects to add, as well. Playstation 3 users enjoy their consoles more, and use them more than the average Xbox 360 user. Studies show that the average Playstation 3 session is 83 minutes long, while the average session for the Xbox 360 is only 61 minutes. Like others have said, the 360 failure rate is between 30-50%, the PS3’s is 1-2%, etc.
So, have any opinions been swayed with the truth?
Read the post by Mark that started this comment.
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Just so you know, Oblivion and Madden are also on the 360 and came out first on the 360 just like 90% of PS3 games. and when compared to the 2 systems, xbox 360 was shown to have the superior version always even though it came out first. Just look at the recent review for PS3’s Rainbow 6 Vegas. Sony betted too high on brand recognition and over promise and has yet to deliver anything remotely innovative.
As for the games just look at this list and tell me what side you want to be on.
August 1, 2007 Marathon: Durandal Microsoft Game Studios Shooter
August 1, 2007 Spyglass Board Games Freeverse Software Board
August 14, 2007 Madden NFL 08 Electronic Arts Sports
August 14, 2007 Two Worlds SouthPeak Interactive RPG
August 14, 2007 Two Worlds: Collector’s Edition SouthPeak Interactive RPG
August 21, 2007 BioShock 2K Games Action
RPG
August 27, 2007 John Woo Presents Stranglehold Midway Games Action
Adventure
August 27, 2007 John Woo Presents Stranglehold: Collector’s Edition Midway Games Action
Adventure
August 27, 2007 MotoGP ‘07 THQ Racing
August 28, 2007 Blue Dragon Microsoft Game Studios RPG
August 28, 2007 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Namco Bandai Action
August 28, 2007 Medal of Honor: Airborne Electronic Arts Shooter
August 28, 2007 Stuntman: Ignition THQ Racing
Action
August 28, 2007 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Electronic Arts Sports
September 3, 2007 BlackSite: Area 51 Midway Games Action
September 3, 2007 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, The Bethesda Softworks RPG
September 3, 2007 NHL 2K8 2K Sports Sports
September 4, 2007 FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Warner Bros. Interactive Racing
September 4, 2007 Project Gotham Racing 4 Microsoft Racing
September 11, 2007 Fatal Inertia KOEI Racing
Action
September 11, 2007 Kengo: Legend of the 9 Majesco Fighting
Adventure
September 11, 2007 NHL 08 Electronic Arts Sports
September 12, 2007 skate Electronic Arts Sports
September 13, 2007 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Capcom Puzzle
September 17, 2007 Eternal Sonata Namco Bandai RPG
September 18, 2007 Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions Ubisoft Flight
Action
September 18, 2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence Ubisoft Adventure
September 18, 2007 Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights THQ Racing
September 18, 2007 Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal Warner Bros. Interactive Action
Adventure
September 18, 2007 Warriors Orochi KOEI Action
September 25, 2007 America’s Army: True Soldiers Ubisoft Shooter
September 25, 2007 Cabela’s Trophy Bucks Activision Value Hunting
September 25, 2007 Halo 3 Microsoft Shooter
September 25, 2007 Halo 3 Collector’s Edition Microsoft Shooter
September 25, 2007 Halo 3 Legendary Edition Microsoft Shooter
September 25, 2007 Hot Wheels: Beat That Activision Racing
September 25, 2007 World Series of Poker 2008 Activision Card
October 1, 2007 Clive Barker’s Jericho Codemasters Action
October 1, 2007 Mobile Ops: The One Year War Bandai Shooter
October 2, 2007 Crash of the Titans Sierra Action
October 2, 2007 NBA 2K8 2K Sports Sports
October 2, 2007 NBA Live 08 Electronic Arts Sports
October 2, 2007 Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Activision Action
October 9, 2007 FIFA Soccer 08 Electronic Arts Sports
October 9, 2007 Orange Box, The Electronic Arts Shooter
October 9, 2007 SEGA Rally Revo SEGA Racing
October 9, 2007 Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground Activision Sports
October 16, 2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Burning Earth THQ Action
October 16, 2007 Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess Square Enix RPG
October 16, 2007 Grand Theft Auto IV Rockstar Games Action
October 16, 2007 Grand Theft Auto IV — Special Edition Rockstar Games Action
October 16, 2007 Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Ubisoft Adventure
October 23, 2007 Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick Bundle Namco Flight
Action
October 23, 2007 Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Namco Flight
Action
October 23, 2007 Cars Mater-National THQ Racing
October 23, 2007 Conan THQ Action
October 23, 2007 Viva Pinata: Party Animals Microsoft Party
October 29, 2007 Guitar Hero II (Game Only) RedOctane Music
October 29, 2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock RedOctane Music
October 28, 2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Game Only) RedOctane Music
October 30, 2007 Beautiful Katamari Namco Bandai Action
October 30, 2007 Bee Movie Game, The Activision Action
October 30, 2007 Need for Speed ProStreet Electronic Arts Racing
October 30, 2007 Simpsons Game, The Electronic Arts Action
October 30, 2007 Thrillville: Off the Rails LucasArts Simulation
October 30, 2007 TimeShift Vivendi Games Shooter
October 30, 2007 Virtua Fighter 5 SEGA Fighting
November 2007 Army of Two Electronic Arts Action
November 2007 Assassin’s Creed Ubisoft Action
November 2007 Assassin’s Creed (Limited Edition) Ubisoft Action
November 2007 Beowulf Ubisoft Action
November 2007 Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War KOEI Strategy
November 2007 Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Ubisoft Shooter
November 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision Shooter
November 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Collector’s Edition) Activision Shooter
November 2007 College Hoops 2K8 2K Sports Sports
November 2007 F.E.A.R. Files Sierra Shooter
November 2007 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Eidos Interactive Action
November 2007 Left 4 Dead Action
November 2007 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga LucasArts Action
Compilation
November 2007 Mass Effect Microsoft RPG
November 2007 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Electronic Arts Shooter
November 2007 Need for Speed ProStreet: Collector’s Edition Electronic Arts Racing
November 2007 Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus SEGA RPG
November 2007 Rock Band MTV Games Music
November 2007 Rocketmen: Axis of Evil Capcom Shooter
November 2007 Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back Activision Shooter
November 2007 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction Ubisoft Action
November 2007 Turning Point: Fall of Liberty Codemasters Shooter
November 2007 World in Conflict Sierra Strategy
November 2007 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2008 THQ Wrestling
November 11, 2007 Monster Jam 07 Activision Racing
November 21, 2007 History Channel: Battle For the Pacific Activision Action
December 2007 Golden Compass, The SEGA Action
December 2007 Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm SEGA Puzzle
Action
December 2007 MX Vs. ATV Untamed THQ Racing
Q4 2007 Lost Odyssey Microsoft RPG
Q4 2007 Strike Force Red Cell Graffiti Shooter
Q4 2007 Talisman Capcom RPG
Q4 2007 White Gold: War in Paradise Play Ten Interactive (PTI) Shooter
TBA 2007 X Quest RPG
TBA 2007 Age of Pirates: Captain Blood Playlogic Action
Adventure
TBA 2007 Alliance: The Silent War *TBA Shooter
TBA 2007 APB Webzen Action
TBA 2007 Boku Sudoku Puzzle
TBA 2007 Bully: Scholarship Edition Rockstar Games Action
TBA 2007 Chrome 2 Shooter
TBA 2007 Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Vivendi Games Shooter
TBA 2007 Codename: Panzers Next-Gen [untitled] 10TACLE Studios Action
TBA 2007 Crossfire Eidos Interactive Shooter
TBA 2007 CRUSADERS, Invasion of Constantinople *TBA Action
Adventure
TBA 2007 Cryptic Studios MMO Project [untitled] *TBA RPG
TBA 2007 Dawn of Fantasy *TBA Strategy
TBA 2007 Destineer Spy Project [untitled] *TBA Action
TBA 2007 Dirty Harry Warner Bros. Interactive Action
TBA 2007 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Activision Shooter
TBA 2007 Every Extend Extra Extreme Shooter
TBA 2007 Feeding Frenzy 2 PopCap Games Puzzle
Action
TBA 2007 Galactrix *TBA Puzzle
TBA 2007 GTR THQ Racing
Simulation
TBA 2007 Guillermo Del Toro’s Sundown *TBA Action
TBA 2007 Heat *TBA Action
TBA 2007 Hexic 2 Puzzle
TBA 2007 Highlander SCi Entertainment Group Action
TBA 2007 Huxley Webzen Shooter
TBA 2007 Incredible Machine (2007), The Vivendi Games Puzzle
Action
TBA 2007 Indiana Jones (2008) LucasArts Action
TBA 2007 Interstellar Marines *TBA Shooter
TBA 2007 James Bond 007 (2008) [untitled] Activision Action
TBA 2007 Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom Microsoft Action
RPG
TBA 2007 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary Eidos Interactive Adventure
TBA 2007 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary Episodes 3 & 4 Eidos Interactive Adventure
TBA 2007 Megaforce Vivendi Games Action
TBA 2007 Mutant Storm 2 Microsoft Action
TBA 2007 N+ Slick Entertainment Platformer
TBA 2007 Obsidian RPG Project [untitled] SEGA Action
RPG
TBA 2007 Omikron KARMA *TBA Adventure
TBA 2007 Oneechanbara: vorteX D3 Publisher Action
TBA 2007 Penny Arcade Adventures [TBA] *TBA Adventure
TBA 2007 Poker Smash Card
TBA 2007 Project Delta Playlogic Shooter
TBA 2007 Project Offset *TBA Shooter
TBA 2007 Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords D3 Publisher Puzzle
TBA 2007 Red Baron (2007) Sierra Flight
TBA 2007 RocketBowl D3 Publisher Sports
TBA 2007 Scene It? Trivia
TBA 2007 Schizoid Action
TBA 2007 Severity Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Shooter
TBA 2007 Shadow of Aten, The *TBA Adventure
TBA 2007 Shaun White Snowboarding [untitled] Ubisoft Sports
TBA 2007 Soulcalibur IV Namco Bandai Fighting
TBA 2007 Spectral Diario Idea Factory RPG
TBA 2007 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Capcom Fighting
TBA 2007 Terra: Formations *TBA Action
TBA 2007 Tetris Splash Puzzle
TBA 2007 Track & Field Konami Sports
TBA 2007 Undertow Chair Entertainment Shooter
TBA 2007 Voodoo Nights Action
TBA 2007 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Konami Sports
TBA 2007 Word Puzzle Puzzle
TBA 2007 Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 SEGA Sports
Simulation
January 2008 Alone in the Dark Atari Adventure
January 2008 Club, The SEGA Action
January 2008 Devil May Cry 4 Capcom Action
January 2008 Frontlines: Fuel of War THQ Shooter
January 2008 Hei$t Codemasters Action
January 2008 NCAA March Madness 08 Electronic Arts Sports
January 2008 NFL Tour Electronic Arts Sports
Action
February 2007 Wheelman, The Midway Games Action
March 2008 Fallout 3 Bethesda Softworks RPG
Q1 2008 Battlefield: Bad Company Electronic Arts Shooter
Q1 2008 Burnout Paradise Electronic Arts Racing
Q1 2008 Condemned 2: Bloodshot SEGA Action
Q1 2008 Culdcept Saga Namco Bandai Strategy
Q1 2008 Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Elements Ubisoft Action
RPG
Q1 2008 Dark Sector D3 Publisher Shooter
Q1 2008 Legendary: The Box Gamecock Media Group Shooter
Q1 2008 Lost: The Videogame Ubisoft Adventure
Q1 2008 Major League Baseball 2K8 2K Games Sports
Q1 2008 Midnight Club: Los Angeles Rockstar Games Racing
Q1 2008 Turok Touchstone Shooter
Q1 2008 Universe at War: Earth Assault SEGA Strategy
April 2008 Rogue Warrior Bethesda Softworks Shooter
April 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts Action
May 2008 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Buena Vista Games Action
Adventure
May 2008 Iron Man SEGA Action
Adventure
June 2008 Hellboy: The Science of Evil Konami Action
June 2008 Incredible Hulk (2008), The SEGA Action
Q2 2008 Bourne Conspiracy, The Vivendi Games Action
Adventure
Q2 2008 Civilization Revolution 2K Games Strategy
Q2 2008 Fracture LucasArts Action
Q2 2008 Hail to the Chimp Gamecock Media Group Action
Q2 2008 Kung Fu Panda Activision Action
Adventure
Q2 2008 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Videogame LucasArts Adventure
Q3 2008 Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Eidos Interactive Action
RPG
Q3 2008 Beijing 2008 SEGA Sports
Q3 2008 Top Spin 3 Take-Two Interactive Sports
Q4 2008 Mortal Kombat Next-Gen [untitled] Midway Games Fighting
TBA 2008 2 Days to Vegas *TBA Action
TBA 2008 Afro Samurai Namco Bandai Action
TBA 2008 Alan Wake Microsoft Game Studios Action
TBA 2008 Alive Ubisoft Action
TBA 2008 Beowulf (4HEAD Studios) *TBA Action
Adventure
TBA 2008 Black [next-gen] Electronic Arts Shooter
TBA 2008 Castle Crashers Action
TBA 2008 Commanders: Attack! Sierra Strategy
TBA 2008 Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 Konami Music
TBA 2008 Darksiders THQ Action
TBA 2008 Daybreakers *TBA Shooter
TBA 2008 Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon THQ Adventure
TBA 2008 DogTag Digital Jesters Action
TBA 2008 Elveon 10TACLE Studios Action
RPG
TBA 2008 Fable 2 Microsoft Action
RPG
TBA 2008 Galactic Command: Excalibur - Episode 1 *TBA Action
TBA 2008 Golden Axe SEGA Action
TBA 2008 Gothic IV JoWood Productions Action
RPG
TBA 2008 Harker *TBA Action
Adventure
TBA 2008 Haze Ubisoft Shooter
TBA 2008 House of the Dead 4, The SEGA Shooter
TBA 2008 LEGO Batman: The Videogame Warner Bros. Interactive Action
TBA 2008 Luxoflux Multiplayer Project [untitled] Activision Action
TBA 2008 Madagascar 2 Activision Action
TBA 2008 Marvel Fighting Game [untitled] Electronic Arts Fighting
Action
TBA 2008 Marvel Universe Online Microsoft Adventure
TBA 2008 Mirror’s Edge Electronic Arts Action
Adventure
TBA 2008 Operation Flashpoint 2 Codemasters Shooter
TBA 2007 Outsider, The *TBA Action
TBA 2008 Postal III Akella Shooter
TBA 2008 Prince of Persia Next-Gen [untitled] Ubisoft Adventure
TBA 2008 Project Witches *TBA Adventure
TBA 2008 Prototype Sierra Action
TBA 2008 Race Driver One Codemasters Racing
TBA 2008 Rise of the Argonauts Codemasters Action
RPG
TBA 2008 Saints Row 2 THQ Action
TBA 2008 Scourge Project, The *TBA Shooter
TBA 2008 Sensible World of Soccer Microsoft Sports
TBA 2008 ShadowClan *TBA Action
TBA 2008 Silent Hill 5 Konami Adventure
TBA 2008 Smash Court Tennis 3 Namco Bandai Sports
TBA 2008 Space Giraffe Llamasoft Shooter
TBA 2008 Theseis *TBA Adventure
TBA 2008 TNA iMPACT! Midway Games Wrestling
TBA 2008 Tom Clancy’s EndWar Ubisoft Strategy
TBA 2008 Too Human Microsoft Adventure
TBA 2008 Total Overdose 2 SCi Entertainment Group Action
TBA 2008 Ultimate Fighting Championship 2009 [untitled] THQ Fighting
Simulation
TBA 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Midway Games Shooter
TBA 2008 War World Ubisoft Shooter
TBA 2008 Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Electronic Arts RPG
TBA 2008 Warhound *TBA Shooter
TBA 2008 Zammo Action
Q2 2009 Avatar, The Ubisoft Action
TBA 2009 Alien — FPS Project [untitled] SEGA Shooter
TBA 2009 Alien — RPG Project [untitled] SEGA RPG
TBA 2009 Big Huge Games RPG [untitled] THQ RPG
TBA 2009 Cipher Complex *TBA Action
Adventure
TBA 2009 Croteam Project [untitled] Gamecock Media Group Action
TBA 2009 Dungeon Hero Gamecock Media Group Action
RPG
TBA 2009 Galactic Command: KnightBlade *TBA Action
TBA 2009 Resident Evil 5 Capcom Action
TBA 2009 Section 8 Gamecock Media Group Shooter
@Stephen
Man…you need to get some friends (I don’t mean this in a “mean spirited way”)
Rainbow six Vegas is waaaay too much fun with co-op play. You’re missing out (really)
Bleem is right, 3 of those games are on the 360…and was released a LONG time before the PS3. Oblivion had an additional year of development time before appearing on the PS3…and there’s still plenty of debate if it’s better than the 360 counter-part.
btw, Command and Conquer is better than Battle for middle Earth (IMO). The controls just feel more natural.
You’re paying for GOLD, but not playing multiplayer…well it still has its advantages. (early access to some content)
Have you ever loved a product or service and thought to youself “man, I’d pay a little extra $$ if they would include (or do) ”
That’s WHY XBL is so good. We’re all chippin’ in about $4 a month. Just follow all of the TONS of stuff that gets added EVERYDAY
http://www.majornelson.com
You’re helping pay for all the bandwidth of all the Demos…trailers, and other free stuff that gets added all the time. (not to mention the robust dashboard updates)
This is why Sony has openly remarked that charging for PSN is a possibility.
@Bleem
Yea, I think you’re right about no one buying sonic. I bought Oblivion for the PS3 before I had a 360. I put off buying a 360 for a while because of the hardware reliability issues.
@Greeter
I used to play halo 2 online alot, and then I started playing something else I don’t remember and I haven’t played online since. I know I’ll play online with Halo 3 and Fable 2, and $50/year isn’t that bad, but free is better. I think sony could still charge money for online and even though Playstation network is not as robust as live, it could become more comparable.
If sony stepped up and said starting January 1, 2008 the playstation network will no longer be free, it will be $20-$25 a year and each game you buy will give you an additional 2-3 months of service (depending on licensing fees and things of that nature) that is added on to the end of your service. So to alot of gamers would still get the service for free if they bought 4-6 games a year.
Now I don’t think sony would do anything like that, but since sony isn’t hosting the online games they don’t need as much bandwidth and server space.
I haven’t really seen a robust dashboard update. I had my 360 before the spring update this year, but I didn’t really notice much that changed. I do with I could get to the dashboard to see if friends are online while playing an orginal xbox game.
I have noticed updates to the XMB, while they have been huge, there has been some additions. A couple updates ago streaming media from a pc has become an obvious addition. Background downloading was something else that has been added.
I know the 360 can do these things but these are noticable additions, and there are some people out there that would look at these features and say that they are way late with them and copying microsoft. But if you want to go with copying the d-pad was invented a long time ago and I see it on my controllers, as were the joysticks. In this day and age parity is key. That is a detriment to releasing early. You will get a head start on sales, but you may lose some competitive advantage because competitors see what people do/don’t like and change change accordingly.
Ok I think I can clear it up a little more. First of I have both systems and plan on buying the Wii. I also own every other console from all three companies. I prefer my PS3 over my 360, and I’ll tell you why. First of all the Blu-Ray Drive isn’t just for watching movies, which no one has bothered to mention, it gives developers much more to work with. They won’t admit it but Rockstar could’ve sone a lot more for GTA IV with the PS3’s Blu-Ray drive if they hadn’t gone multiplatform.
Second, also something no one has mentioned is the PSP PS3 interconnectivity. I love being able to acces all the content in my PS3 from anywhere in my house or any wi-fi hotspot in the world for that matter, and now that you can also stream content from the PC with my PS3 it also means that I can Access it with my PSP from any hotspot in the world. To me that’s a big deal.
The other thing is Home, I’m in the closed beta right now and I gotta say that I love it, I was acctually a little skeptic at first but it is a great addition to the PS3 functionality. I had zero pople on my friends list before I got home and now I have close to fourty. In home I can interact with people that I might’ve never met otherwise. These are just points that no one else touched on.
As far as games go, yeah the 360 has more games but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are better games. I only have to games for my 360 and plan on buying two more before the end of the year. Halo 3 and Bioshock. I plan on buying several games for my PS3 Heavenly Sword, Haze, Unreal Tournament 3, Lair and Uncharted all of which are top notch titles plus Assassins Creed which is multiplatform. That’s another thing any game that ships multiplatform I’m buying for the PS3 because I’m not paying MS to play on-line. Someone who posted before me talked about getting titles way after the 360 got them well I just listed some multiplatform titles that you will have to wait for while I enjoy them on my PS# Haze and Unreal Tournament 3, and even when you do get UT3 you will not have access to user created content like the PS3 and PC users will. Take all that and the ability to store content on my PS3 and being able to put in any compatible HDD and the PS3 comes out on top every time. Oh and keep dreaming about getting MGS4 and Final Fantasy XIII.
@Stephen
Yeah, your right. “Robust” isn’t exactly the word to use.
Although I can still surf the internet through my 360 - and stream avi/divx video…it needs to be tightly integrated with the Dashboard.
>>…and $50/year isn’t that bad, but free is better
I completely disagree with that. I’ve been burned by too many “free” services. 99/100 - you get what you pay for.
As far as major services “copying” one another…I have NO problem with that. Make these corporate giants innovate! I want them to try to stand out…and then…I want them to copy each other on what works! (we all win that way).
The PSN doesn’t get near the demos and trailers as the Marketplace. They need to charge - this funds their division, and creates a focus group accountable for progressive content.
to the person that felt it prudent to list that erroneous list, 90 percent of that list is multiplatform or false(ie: umm 360 does not get a collectors edition of stranglehold)
and wow, you actually list a collection of board games? lol, seriouly, all the 360 has THAT IS EXCLUSIVE, is halo 3, mass effect and bioshock, thats all, oh wait i forgot scene it, lolo lololololol
my ps3 has lair, heavenly sword, uncharted, ratchet, killzone 2, mgs4, final fantasy, plus all the games you mentioned, moron oh and how could i forget: LITTLEBIGPLANET
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FOR ALL YOU HATERS OUT THERE, ITS TIME TO PUT YOUR LEVELS UP OR SHUT UP!
WHAT, YOU CANT SURF THE NET ON THE 360, UNLESS YOU MOD IT AND VOID THE WARRANTY
HEY CHARLES, MAYBE IF YOU ASK A QUESTION LIKE “look at this list and tell me what side you want to be on” YOU SHOULD MAKE IT A 2 SIDED LIST, NOT ONE SIDED, GOD, YOU BLITHERING MORON, THE AUTHOR IS LESS BIAS THAN YOU
@hoser
Yes, you can surf the internet. Like I said before, it’s not integrated in the 360. You can install an add-on for Windows Multimedia 2005 (or higher).
There isn’t any “modding” involved. Why would I void a 3 year warrantee?
My first response to this article pretty much covers any responses that people like you make. You’re too predictable.
Halo 3, Mass Effect, BioShock…
What!? You didn’t mention Gears of War?? OH….because it’s not coming to the PC.
What!? You didn’t mention Viva Pinata?? OH…because it’s coming to the DS.
You can thank MS for that.
I have ABSOLUTELY no problem with the hottest XBOX 360 games going to the PC.
AND
…the hottest PC games coming over to the XBOX 360.
That is a positive FEATURE of the 360…not a negative.