Xbox 360 Damage Control: Sony PS3’s name good from start
Filed under: Gaming, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: January 11, 2008 | 51 Comments
Following on from Marks post about Bill Gates wanting to make the Xbox 360 the most reliable console, I do not doubt he will make it much better but as I have had the RROD, many of my friends and family and even a blogger in the Joystiq network recently got the Red Ring of Death on a replacement 360…there is a long way to go.
So with replacements getting the RROD, would you not say the 360 has had its named damaged too much?
Many gamers have left the 360 for the Sony PS3, a games console that has had a great name from the start for its hardware (although the 360 chat options and dashboard are better).
With most companies heading the Blu-ray route and people buying the Sony PS3 for home entertainment and for gaming…its win win for the Playstation 3.
I would say a safe bet is that the PS3 is way ahead on odds for a long term win, the 360 would have to bring out its hardware all over again with maybe the rumored “Ultimate 360” to win…but what about the poor current 360 owners who have to have the old one.
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I think the 360 has the best games (right now) and online service(you do have to pay though) The hardware does suck. I have returned a refurb myself and just got another. I would love to see an American Company do well in a area where the Japanese have dominated. They need to start ( by Aug 07 they have not) fixing the return systems properly. The window for the 360 will begin to close in the next 12-18 months as the PS3 begins to get alot more AAA titles and if MS does get there hardware issues under control (not just say they are) they will lose alot of gamers to PS3
I actually do not mind having both PS3 and Xbox 360. However, after being stung with RRoD issues within several days of a new xbox 360, I decided to stay away until when MS made more improvement and reduce the failure rate. I got a PS3 when I rtn my Xbox 360, it has served me well, although I think it is expensive. I used it primarily to watch movies with limited gaming utilization.
SONY have extensive testing in Production and in development that most Reliabilty and latent quality issues are dealt with promptly. MS have some learning curve in this Consumer Electronics area….
Another desperate PS3 fanboy attempt to bring the top console, 360, down to its level. What a pathetic article that has no regard for FACTS. “Many gamers have left the 360 for the PS3.” Uhuh, sure. This is the advent of the internet, anyone can type up anything and make anything up. Listen, the PS3 as a gaming console, has been a complete an utter failure. Everybody knows that it was just a Trojan Horse for Blu Ray, and it looks like that’s working. So what? Should Blu Ray prevail, I don’t care what Microsoft says right now, but Microsoft WILL release its own line of add-on Blu Ray players at roughly the same price as its HD-DVD. “The Window for the 360 gbegin to lose in the next 12-18 months…” I don’t know how hard I’m suppose to laugh at that. With 17 million consoles sold to date, I don’t think developers are going to “close the window” on the 360 anytime soon. Hardware issues and all, I personally have never had problems with my 360 since I got it at launch. #1 reason it breaks is because players can’t stop playing. How can the PS3 break if there’s not even any games to play??? And even if I get this mythical “red ring of death,” I’m getting another 360. I’ll keep doing it because the 360 has the best games. BTW, in the next 12-18 months, the next Xbox will be announced. Hopefully, the PS3 will be viewed as a credible machine by that point. But I doubt it ever will.
lets do some basic math.. 17.7 SHIPPED, NOT SOLD, 33% failure means one out of 3 have had a 1st, 2nd or even 3rd replacement, so thats about 11 million sold in over 2 years. Sony has sold 8.9 in just over a year.. I pity the xbox fanboys who just cannot accept defeat
Attention, Sony Fanboys.
Let’s take a look at your famous statements from last year:
“When the PS3 comes out, it will blow away the 360 out of the water.”
When the PS3 was released, the story changed:
“Just wait until the developers learn how to develop for the PS3!”
About 6 months later, the story was modified:
“In a couple of years, the PS3 will take over the market and it will be the dominant console.”
Impressive. I can’t wait what song you guys will be singing in a couple of months!
FACTS, not rants from PS3 children who had their mommies buy the console for them.
99% of games that have come out for both the 360 and the PS3 look and play better on the 360.
The PS3 continues to lose exclusives left and right.
Sony is known for lying, and has even recently admitted that the screens for Killzone 2 were touched up.
One word: “LAIR.” LOL
@ the saint I’d rather let my mom buy me a machine that works than wasting my own money on something that doesn’t.. look at the future, that was the case in the beginning, but things are, and will continue to change!!!
Why is it that every article that allows comments rapidly dumbs down into xbox360-v- PS3 fanboy rants? These infantile black/white arguments give all gamers a really bad press. We’re not doing ourselves any favours people. Lets all be a bit more honest with ourselves and each other.
Now I don’t know whether it’s 15 million shipped or sold, but does that really matter to the fact that some of us prefer one console over another. whether games look better on the 360 or the PS3 is a matter of opinion and the quality of the TV \ screen cable you use. Lets keep clear of personal insults based on ill-informed opinion.
Just because you have had one experience (of a good xbox) does not take away the fact that one in three machines have been sent back one or more times. The PS3 is a better built machine, the 360 has more games and a better online experience. But for the last year industry experts have been saying the PS3 will win the console wars but not by so large a margin as the PS2 did. Recent indications seem to be prooving this true. But so what?
If the 360 gets better built, then good luck to it, If the PS3 builds up a good library of games (I don’t give a gnats fart about exclusives) then wahey to Sony. In the end we the punters will decide what we like and Microsoft and Sony will milk us for every cent or penny they can get. So we are all in the same boat.
most of these xbox vs PS3 remarks are really childish. i cant say that i am a fan of the 360 although it is a good console. i do however agree that the PS3 has the potential to be the better console, to some it already is. seriously though after every article like this there is always suckers to start an argument. you should read your own comments and realise how much of a prat you are.
Let drop 360’s first year performance to begin with because the only People that bought it in the first year were the die hard dedicated original xbox owners. Lets start with the first xbox. What made the xbox a name was the mere fact the the graphics were better then the PS2. Even with the games that were shared it showed off the fact the xbox was superior graphically. On top of that was the next fact that the xbox let you play online and they did a good job of that. Now with the 360 you have the same thing happenig all over again. The laughable part about this is that 360 had a whole year start and the PS3 still does not do the graphics better. Devil may Cry 4 will have a 5 Gig download to stop downloading during the game is a pretty lame fact about your PS3. No rumble from the get go. They totally ignored the gamers just to push bluray. PS3 owners are pimped by Sony just like Bush pimps the USA. 360, Wii and the PS3 are suppose to be about games. Not the extra Bullshit. If your a gamer then the only two companies that care about that fact is Microsoft and Nintendo. That is why PS3 games are not better and that is why there is a lack of good games and and wanabe PNS Network. All of Sony ideas are copies of what Microsoft and Nindendo have already done. I’ll go for the Games any day over a PS3 Bluray Bulshit. I really only wished that Microsoft had included the HD-DVD in the 360 it would show that the real problem with Bluray is rediculous download time. One more thing that people need to understand is that WI-FI is not include because 360 strives on Online Gameplay. Hard wire beats Wi-Fi any day for online paly. Also you can’t connect to your computer with a Wi-Fi.