Own an Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii: Do I buy a Sony PS3 for Blu-ray
August 21, 2007 | Filed under Gaming, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360
I brought an Xbox 360 as soon as they came out a long time ago and although it’s a known fact that they have overheating problems mine has never broke down, but it does get hot and is very noisy.
As I have a nice big collection of Xbox 360 games I will not change console now, but I did buy a Nintendo Wii to see what all the fuss was about…I know why now.
While the Nintendo Wii is not my main games system for games that I play on my own, it does take over the gaming when we have people over.
The Nintendo Wii is amazing for groups of people and I have never known another gaming system so good at getting everyone involved at all ages, although the graphics are a bit rubbish it is the games console of choice when I have people over.
Now here is my problem:
If you were in my situation and owned the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, would you buy a Sony PS3 for just Blu-ray and Playstation 3 games that are not on the Xbox 360?
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I am in the same situation and I’ve decided to wait until the PS3 is cheaper if I’m ever going to get one. I’ve never liked Metal Gear(story is rubbish along with the retarded guards and cardboard box nonsense) and I don’t see any other exclusive games on the horizone to warrant the PS3 purchase. As far as the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray debate, I owned an HD-DVD player for the 360 but ultimately returned it because DVD’s played through the 360 and upconverted through the VGA cable looked pretty good. When the format wars are over I’ll just buy a dedicated player for about 100 bucks and at that time I’ll be able to get any movie on the “winning” format… if there is a winner.
NO!
Paramount has just switched sides to HD-DVD.
(Personally) I refuse to buy Blu-Ray or HD-DVD media or hardware, until one of the two format wins.
Besides, the PS3 is going down in flames… You’re investment on the PS3 has twice the risk; You risk the PS3 selling very little and there for game developers abandoning it… AND you risk Blu-Ray failing and being stuck with an obsolete format, (as the prophecies have foretold)
Wait. But I definitely think it will be worth it to get one. As soon as the big titles start to come out like MGS4 and FF13, amoung others, the ps3 will start to sell like crazy in japan and even in the americas. Games like Littlebigplanet, littlebigplanet, littlebigplanet are going to be absolutely amazing if you have any imagination, or curiosity about what people in a creative community can create.
Blu-ray seems to be selling better than hd-dvd the moment. I’d say that if you are prepared to go into HD video right now, the PS3 is your best choice in terms of players, if only because you get SO MUCH MORE from it than you would from a standard HD-player. If worst comes to worst and blu-ray fails, at least you’ll be able to play some exclusive games.
The PS3 is NOT going down in flames. If anything it’s doing better now than it was three months ago, and there have only been a few new releases. With the holiday season and the release of a bunch of exclusives you can be sure that the PS3 is going to broaden it userbase quite considerably.
But like I said, just wait, unless you want it now.
But don’t go HD-DVD now.
Simply buy the HD-DVD attachment for the Xbxo 360… $200 versus $550(CAD), and you get Hi-Def disc support either way.
The Wii is a simplistic device meaning it’s got very problems
what more would you expect for something that’s ORIGINALLY shipped with a price tag o’ US$250?
The other two consoles are mean machines
bugs are inevitable but then again why spend so much on something so predictable? Cars and PCs get faster each year, cellphones get smarter quite hackeneyed isn’t it?
The Wii’s different
simplicity is the key isn’t it?
Its hard for people to imagine pressing A everytime they wanna throw something now do they?
imitating a throw is way simple….
Talking about buying the PS3 I’d say wait for a while
let the prices go down because you really wouldn’t be able to find much blu-ray media…….
Yeah get a PS3. Plenty of titles to choose from now (Motorstorm, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Resistance,etc) plus plenty more blockbusters hitting this year (Unreal 3, Haze, Lair, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, etc) plus plenty more coming next year that I don’t even have to name.
PS3 is going down in flames…both now and for the forseeable future.To dismiss it altogether would be foolish as it carries the playstation brand, however to put my opinion onto this sensitive topic I will say this; The 360 is the big winner as far as triple A titles are concerned.To disagree would be arrogant and wrong and maybe even fanboy-ish.HD-DVD is actually goin reasonably stronger than first anticipated but whether it can sustain its momentum when things between the two formats really kick off is another question.The PS3 has little going for it in terms of exclusivity anymore and seems to be relying on futer promises such as Home and Blu-ray.Ps3 has alot of ground to make up and in the end it might not be a case of blu ray making the ps3 but a case of the ps3 being the downfall of the format altogether!We shall see as it all pans out but for me, a hardcore gamer who doesn’t give a rats what console im playing the next great game on, things couldnt look brighter
Dont worry to much men!!!
Life its very easy.
If you are not sure, dont buy one, period.
But take my words, in one year, you will want to buy one.
And bet that if you really love playing great games, you will have one by 2010.
The xbox 360 has just stop selling, every month microsoft sell a lot less xbox 360 that they did the last year, they are at 10-11 millions consoles sold the full 2007 (when they forecast more than 15 millions by june) add that many have to buy more than 1 console and you see the small market they have.
The xbox 360 is still in the market just because microsoft have a lot of money and they dont care if they dont make any dime (cause they havent make a dime you know), better for them kill the video console industry that give it to sony and nintendo (that they refuse use Direct X the last generation was the only reason microsoft created the xbox ).
If the company life depended of their console they already have pull it off (ask SEGA), huge decreased sales, only sell in US, since this month the xbox 360 sell less than any other console in almost any country.
All this will make the developer support switch almost exclusive to sony and nintendo, microsoft could sell the xbox at almost 99 dollars, but who buy crap no matter the price, nobody want garbage even for free.
Microsoft will learn again that millions of dollars in PR, Ad and FUD, dont make what you sale a good product, when in fact is crap, like zune, like vista, like well everything they sale.
Instead all this PR,Ad and FUD, come back in the form of costumer angry, disapointment, product insatisfaction, loyalty lost, law suits, etc.
I strongly suggest purchasing a Playstation 3. Please ignore Tony’s comments of pure ignorance. Purchasing a PS3 as a Blu Ray player isn’t a bad move, but I hope you aren’t under the impression that it’s all it can do.
On the topic of the high definition format “wars”, Blu Ray has been outselling HD DVD 3 to 1 for several months, with peaks as high as 6 to 1. Paramount’s defensive move with HD DVD is its last stand, which won’t lasy very long at all. For the past 4 months, HD DVD has been flailing amongst a battle that it can’t win. Blu Ray has much, much more support than HD DVD, and you can obtain a Blu Ray player internally with the Playstation 3 for only $499.
In my opinion, the Playstation 3 is an amazing console, and from a factual point of view, it has incredible features. Many of these aspects are completely necessary for this generation, and the Xbox 360 and Wii lack several of said features.
The Playstation 3 offers:
-An HDMI output
-Built in Blu Ray player
-Support for 7 controllers
-4 USB ports
-Bluetooth
-An upgradeable hard drive (I am currently using a 200 GB hard drive on my PS3)
-Resolutions of up to 1080p
and an SD/Memory card input
This is adressed to whomever else needs to comment: There is absolutely no need to criticize the Playstation 3 in this article. Saying that the Playstation 3 is “going down in flames” is absolutely ludicrous, and should be considered as Nintendo or Microsoft propaganda. Either that, or Tony has an extremely biased point of view.
If games are your main priority, then buying a Playstation 3 today is a very smart move. Current exclusives such as Resistance, Motorstorm, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma E are absolutely beautiful on the PS3, and the gameplay is wonderful. To be honest, Resistance is so fun that I’ve been playing it online every week since November.
One of the most important reasons to buy a Playstation 3 now is because of its upcoming exclusives. Warhawk is coming out in only one week! Come August 28th, I will be blasting my friends out of the air during online dogfights, and hijacking tanks during Capture the Flag. Heavenly Sword and Lair are also coming within 2 weeks, and exclusives like:
Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Haze, Echochrome, Unreal Tournament 3, and Hot Shots Golf 5 are all arriving this year.
If you decide against buying a PS3 now, you should definitely purchase one for the following games of early next year:
LittleBigPlanet
Killzone 2
Metal Gear Solid 4
and God of War III
Those four games will be some of the greatest of all time. You should definitely watch some trailers and look into the games.
I’m also in the “Waiting for the PS3″ crowd. I own a Wii and I love it, the gameplay makes up for the graphics (which still are pretty good anyway). But yes, the Wii is a great party game that can get everybody involved quicky without having to do much explaining on which buttons to press when. Overall the Wii just makes already fun game concepts/styles even more fun. Your’e not just sitting and touching buttons, you actually have to move which helps draw you into the game. As for the 360, after hearing they break so much, I won’t be buying one. For the PS3 it won’t die, it is too good of a system. I think Sony just went all out and did a really good job but the price makes people think twice. You can do so much more with $600 than spend it on one game console. Overall it isn’t all about money, for many people $600 is allot but they can come up with it by saving for a while. I just think people don’t want to spend that much on a gaming device, even if it is uber cool.
@bluntman
You must be smoking to say the PS3 is going down in flames and anyone that disagrees is arogant and fanboyish.
First it’s too early to say if anyone is going down in flames.
Second. I would like to point out that “Jules” is in the waiting for the PS3 crowd. There is this crowd of people waiting for the titles to come out and then they will get the system. For some it’s this Christmas, for others its next year for MGS4, for others it’s just price.
The thing is the Xbox360 doesn’t have this crowd. There is no crowd waiting to see what the 360 has. They put there stuff out there. That is why the console isn’t selling as much from month to month. MS is hoping that most people that want Halo 3 don’t have a system so they can go buy one.
Sony other the other hand has the PS2 crowd. If they can get just 10% more of that crowd over to PS3 thats 12 million more units right there.
Bottom line is PS3 is really hampered by the price. Once it dropped to $500 people started buying them like crazy. If they drop it to $400 you will see PS3’s being bought insane like.
So don’t say the PS3 is going down in flames when only two things are giving people the wait and see, Price and games which are coming this christmas so it will just be price.
360 already has games and a decent price so why are they not selling as much as they use to?
I would definately buy one. All of the analysts agree that it is the best value out there for any consumer electronics. Sony will never get out of the video game industry, unless they have like 5 consoles go down. Plain and simple it is a great entertainment system. The games will come. The system will be around for 10 years. With less than one percent failure rate it is indeed a great investment with great value. Blue ray looks way better than DVDS. Paramount just went to HD, however all of this summers blockbusters are exclusive to blue ray. If you want to see them, you have to go blue ray. I own the 360 and the PS3. I barely play the 360 (that will change after the next couple games). I use the PS3 for all of my entertainment. I also just switched the hard drive to a bigger one (200 gigs). In no way can buying a PS3 be a bad investment.
You can buy a stand alone player for less than a PS3 or HD add on for you 360.
But even with blue ray out selling HD it hasn’t won yet and if you invest you might find yourself with dead hardware.
I would not buy a ps3 yet. I am from the UK and it is about twice as muchas americans pay. I got it and i dont have a high def TV and the games were crap i decided to sell it and get a 360 and i have not stoped playing on it. The menu on the ps3 is shitt and there is no ingame interface. You can also not listen to music. Blu Ray is pretty good but just save your money and get a HD DVD add on. My 360 gets hot a littl bit but on the top side of the ps3 it gets very hot and that makes my console to rash but i have heard others are ok but it might be my look. Jus wait untill the price gets slashed in half then buy one but i think the 360 is a much better console
I would wait until Blu-ray went down in price and get a really good Blu-ray player as the Blu-Ray Drive in the PS3 is poor and only runs at 2x speed… Also Blu-Ray hasn’t won the format war yet. Also the PS3 is bad for software at the moment. Everybody says this and that is coming out… blah… blah… but none of these ‘Killer Apps’ have been released yet so your better off waiting until it’s cheaper and it has the games you want on it. Overall I would say No, because the 360 and Wii will keep you busy enough as it is, especially this Xmas with Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock for the 360 and for Wii there is Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Mario Galaxy, Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario and Sonic At the Olympic Games, Night: Journey of Dreams, Zack and Wiki, Dewy’s Adventure and Resident Evil to name but a few…
So in short… NO.
By the way go to http://www.vgchartz.com to see upto date sales on the 360, Wii, PS3, DS and PSP
That’s a great question and exactly the same position I’m in. I’d have to say no, why waste your money? I can’t think of one game on the PS3 I want and with Blu-Ray I just look at it as “well it’s a shame that film it’s not out on HD DVD” and I buy it on DVD instead and trade in for an Elite so you can get 1080p upscaling on standard DVDs.
Like a lot of people I may consider getting a PS3 but only when it’s dirt cheap and has the games to justify a purchase and certainly not to help Sony force their file format on the public.
interestingly for those who are saying that Blu-ray outselling HD-DVD by so much means that its won the format war are ignoring the fact that the Wii and X360 are outselling the PS3 to a similer extent, now im not saying that the PS3 is a rubbish console coz lets face it, it has a LOT of power there, but lets not forget that the N64 was more powerful than the PS1 and the Xbox was more powerful than the PS2, power dousnt mean victory, and it doesnt matter how powerful something is, ppl wont buy into it if its too expensive, i personally own a Wii and have admitidly been a nintendo fanboy all my life, but i also have a ps2 and think its a fantastic console, i wish the ps3 would work but i really do think sony have been wayyy too aregont with it, as for exclusives MGS3 may end up on X360 if the ps3 doesnt sell more, just not for about 12 months after, and while FFXIII isnt confirmed for anything other than PS3 they have confirmed it ISNT exclusive to PS3.
sorry my basic point is that for the price it would cost me to get a HDTV that can output 1080p and a ps3 i could afford a PC with 2 Radeon X2900’s or Geforce 8800’s and a quad core processor, and probably a blu ray and hd-dvd drive as well
The proof is in the pudding. http://www.nexgenwars.com . You already have the two consoles you need sir. BTW, paramount and dreamworks have gone HD-DVD exclusive. It’s shaping up to be a rough night for everyone who has taken the hd-dvd plunge so far, But I look at it like this: I am gaming in High-def 1080P and I have NOT taken the HD plunge yet. I can sit back and wait for the winner to emerge. How many PS3 owners can say that?
I love people who quote vgcharts and nextgenwars like they are correct. Both of these sites use estimates to assume how many consoles have been sold. They are always wrong. The only thing that is right is when the company says how many consoles have been shipped and sold. It is usually a month or two behind since it takes time to gather the numbers.
Xbox 360:Next gen has about 11.1 million sold and VG has about 10.4 million sold. Who is right? Neither. Micorsoft reports only 12 million SHIPPED so to it’s more likely they sold 10.5 million about before the price drop.
Anything Nintendo ships it sells. Sony states they shipped 6 millions units with about 4.48 million sold before the price drop. Only listen to numbers from the companies not to inaccurate sites like VG and Nextgen that take numbers from a few retailers and assume this is what it is for the world. It’s not accurate. period so don’t quote it.
Nintendo is doing fine. Sony is not crazy worried because they have some cool games out with more awesome games coming out next this September. They aren’t done because if they were nervous they would just lower the price to $400 and PS3’s would sale so fast it wouldn’t be funny.
Microsft has the lead but will lose it to Nintendo before the end of the year but they don’t care about Nintendo. They have a good price and awesome games so but a crappy unrealiable system. Why would anyone buy a 360 that doesn’t have one now? 360 has shown their cards. They are like we have Halo 3 but how systems will that sell? I know the game will sell like hotcakes but if it only sells like a million systems more there is a problem.
Sony knows there are going to sell a lot of systems this Christmas and a lot more for MGS4 and even more for FFXIII. These games are different genres so Someone might not buy the system for MGS4 might be waiting for FFXIII.
Microsoft has tons of FPS with Gears being so damn awesome. Now how many people who want Halo 3 did not like Gears enough to buy a 360? or BioShock enough to buy a 360?
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PS3 and Xbox 360 are not good. Hard drive will get problems. Xbox 360 and PS3 have a lot of problems are overheat! But Nintendo Wii have solid hard drive(No move parts with no disk). I play Nintendo Wii over 11 hours on Paper Mario game never get hot! Nintendo is best than PS3 and Xbox 360 that I tested it! Nintendo Wii’s exam is passed! I heard new Nintendo Wii 2 come out after year 2014 before Nintendo Wii deadline. I saw Alienware computer(www.alienware.com) laptop have first Solid Hard Drive out now! Wow!!! Nintendo Wii 2 will have built in 3GHz or higher with fans to keep cool! - Dual or Quad Core processors, 1GB RAM DDR3(or higher), HD DVD or Blu-ray, CD/DVD, and Powerful 768 MB(or higher) Nvidia Video Card(8800 GTX or above), and 60 GB(or higher) - Solid Hard drive. Nintendo Wii 2 will allow you to upgrade largest space of solid hard drive, fastest processors, fastest video card, and fastest memory RAM like as computer! Nintendo Wii 2 will allow you play some all PC games and previous all Nintendo games. Sega, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Color/Regular, Nintendo DS, NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Nintendo Wii. All Games can be copy on hard drive without need change CD/DVD many, many times. You can play games on hard drive much better than running CD/DVD. Save more time by use too many times change disc you did before. I will wait until end of 2014 and I will be ready get Nintendo Wii 2! Nintendo is 100% powerful than PS3 and Xbox 360 that I heard of that! I guess price range are: $500 to $1200. Nintendo Wii 2 can allow you to add USB hard drives, USB flash drives, USB CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu Ray, mouse, keyboard, camera, any USB controllers like PS2 or Xbox will work on Nintendo Wii 2, any print machines, Gamecube memory slots, SD slot, and many more!!! Nintendo Wii 2 will have powerful speed for interent! 10/100/1000/10,000!!! Nintendo Wii 2 will built in powerful anti-virus(unlimit monthes! Lifetime!), powerful anti-spyware(unlimit monthes! Lifetime!), powerful firewalls,and newest powerful operating system without crash or destroy! I hope Nintendo Wii 2 will have no debugger like Windows XP and Vista have! Unlimited warranty! If hardware get problems and can be replace new hardware without problems! Wait and see.
PS3 and Xbox 360 need Solid Hard drives! It can not get overheat! Save more electric power use on video system. I don’t need Xbox 360 and PS3!
I can’t wait to see Nintendo Wii 2 in end of 2014 or early 2015! I hope Starcraft II will approve to play on Nintendo Wii 2!!!
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Ok, Guest, I spent about 2 hours trying to decipher your horrible English, and you make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Guest, please leave this website and never come back. Nearly every single thing you said was false, and your ignornace towards hard drives was astounding. The Wii 2 hasn’t even been announounced, and it won’t be confirmed for several more years. I really hope that you speak English and you are just joking.
Ismail, I have a bad feeling that you’re some person from vgchartz paid to advertise on other sites like this. Have you even watched Blu Ray movies on a Playstation 3 and a Blu Ray player? They run at framerates where you can’t even tell the difference -.-
“Everybody says this and that is coming out… blah… blah…”?
Yes, because they are right. Lair, Heavenly Sword, and Warhawk are coming out extremely soon, and Uncharted as well as Ratchet and Clank are coming out this year as well.
Okay, the Xbox 360 is getting Halo 3. Extremely overrated and overhyped, but ‘ll give you that one. Mass Effect doesn’t look like a bad game, either. Bioshock isn’t and Xbox 360 exclusive, though.
Hmmm… more Mario-related games on a Nintendo system? Congratulations, you are giving in to the most milked franchise in the history of video games. Do you know how many Mario-related games there are? Over 200!
So, those are the mentionable exclusives for the Wii and Xbox 360. Here’s what the Playstation 3 is getting:
Afrika, The Agency, Brave Arms, Coded Arms: Assault, Driver 5, Dynasty Warriors 6, Eight Days, The Eye of Judgment, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy XIII, Folklore, The Getaway 3, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, Haze, Heavenly Sword, Hot Shots Golf 5, Infamous, Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, Killzone 2, Lair, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Online, Metal Gear Solid 4, Monster Hunter 3, NBA 08, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Singstar, Socom: Confrontation, Tekken 6, Time Crisis 4, Timesplitters 4, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Warhawk, and many others that I don’t remember of the top of my head.
Hey Chris don’t waste your time naming PS3 games. People that hate on the PS3 just will continue to say it has nothing and ignore your list. The trendy thing to do is hate on the PS3 cuz 360 owners are afraid of maybe making the wrong purchase.
I give the Wii credit and I hope it last as I really like Nintendo as a company. I’m afraid it will be like Gamecube though. Awesome first party titles and subpar third party titles which is what it is right now.
At that “Guest” yeah everything you say is just false. PS3 has a .02% failure rate which is lower than the Wii at .05% which is still amazinly low as well too. I don’t even want to bring up the 360…..
You’re exactly right, One. I’m glad there are sensible people viewing this article like yourself.
A while ago, it seemed like everyone wanted to jump onto the “Hate the Playstation 3″ bandwagon. Nowadays, that number is lessening when gamers actually appreciate the console. From my experience with many Xbox 360 fanboys and owners, I’ve found out that too many of them deny the facts and ignorantly stick with their console. It’s like some of them are deaf to the truth.
Lol, let’s bring up the Xbox 360. The failure rate was 30-50%, correct?
i dont think its quite 30% i think the real figure is “under 10%” which still means a million consoles so far have failed, i have very little opinion of the ps3 so far, as my only exp on it is with some tennis game, where the graphics were excellent but the controller just felt too light to me, also it really wansnt a patch on Wii sports version of tennis.
i agree that there are a lot of ignorant x360 fanboys out there, but id also argue there are many on the ps3 side whjo are even worse, i mean for all its merits it is being outsold by everything, with many analysts commenting that the only real battle in the entire charts was for last but one spot and was between the PS3 and a Game boy adance!
that is an impressive list there, but i cant say id look forward to many of them, quite a few are just sequeals to games that wernt that fantastic or groundbreaking to begin with, but saying that so is halo 3 so meh
little point to all who hate the Wii/X360/Ps3 tho, without competition there would be no inovatation, we would all just be playing generic shooter 284:you might die before reading all the subtitles.
you want evidance look at EA, they produce solid titles but they were are all so uninspired until recently and bland until recently, it seems activision hammering them last year thanks to Guitar Hero 2 has woken them up and there are now quite a few titles that look to be a little more innovative and fun.
imagine nothing on the shelves but EA titles!!!!
Hey “Chris” You need shut up now! Do not bother people without permission! Just ignore all people. Nothing important what you talk about.
Guest will win. Companies will plan make more powerful video system like as computer in the future. You must not worry about these!
Hey Chris. You better stop bother people like that. Nothing important. Don’t doing any stupid talk no more. Companies have plan for new powerful video system in the future. We do not need worry about these.
I heard Xbox 360 have fire from Breaking NEWS yesterday. That very horrible! Like laptop have fire we known on news many times.
pah, just buy both!
sorry chris guess u were rite, its 33% failure rate for xbox 360…well bugger me, thats gotta be litrally 3.3+ million consoles fialed
William, do you dislike EA as much as I do? They used to make decent games, but now the company has focused so much less on the consumer and more on profit. Electronic Arts would gladly disappoint the minority of gamers while pick pocketing from the rest. Plus, they also make lame excuses about development issues, whereas other developers say developing for a certain console is fine.
I personally don’t like EA. They are all about profit and Madden proves it. They know Madden will sell so basically they add a few things and update the roster and shovel it out. There has yet to be a real next gen Madden it’s sad.
I admit there are fanboys for both sides. I think the PS3 is not dead since they still have a market of people that want it “if” I mean if as like if they lower it to $400 if they add more games, When MGS4 comes out, Gran Turismo. They are so many people waiting on the sideline for PS3.
The 360 doesn’t have that many people waiting on the sideline. The last thing left they have is Halo 3 and Like I said before. How many people are going to buy a 360 for Halo 3 when Gears and Bioshock is not good enough reasons?
Yeah provide a great point, One.