I've had four Xbox 360 consoles and two originals since their release. I had the first one, and admittedly the PS2 was all-around the better console. But only because it was the more standardised platform, where there was no competitor.
Now the Xbox has had a chance to show it can do bigger and better than Sony. If you want to play blu-ray, or you want to play a few unique games that generally get average reviews, pick the PS3. If you want a games console, that has a brilliant networking interface and unique game collection, grab an 360/Kinect.
They are your options, because the PS3 has always been about showing off Sony's hardware (ie shoving a Blu-Ray in the PS3 and selling it for less than a stand-alone player), rather than actually creating something that is of all-around good value.
I mean, their 'new' front line of advertising? The 'Move'. I mean, where could they of possibly came up with that idea? Oh, it's just the Wii in different packaging with even more unimaginitive game names. Oh and the name is just the same thing as 'Kinect', using a less fancy word. Why bother releasing something as copy-cat and just plain stupid as that, just for the sake of it? It bemuses me.
oh the hypocrisy. critisize sony for being so copy cat...yet the kinect??? oh puh-lease
As for an 'all rounder...the ps3 was one of THE BEST blu players on the market. And the cheapest. Now its not the cheapest, but still one of the better options, just for a blu-ray player (and thats all the upscaling and quality crap)
Aside from the technicalities, BOTH are good games machines (gamewise they are the same, duh. Whos getting the magnifying glass out??.
but i'll say why the PS3 is my choice
You want it to play games only (not online) get Xbox. Im confident their failure rates are no longer an inhibiting issue.
Ive played on both, my friends have 360s, and theyve been through a lot (of consoles i mean). But f*** are they noisy (with their necessary cooling packs), and thats with the transformer on the outside! Serious fail there. BUT, apparently the newer models are quieter, so not so much of an issue..
If you want to play online...like i do 95% of the time, then it depends what you need!
APPARENTLY Xbox has better online stuff...(imo, i doesnt matter cause i only use online for gaming). However, the concentration of annoying little 12 year olds playing MA rated games is alot higher on the Xbox (thats a VERY BAD thing)
However, you gotta pay to play online with xbox, playstation is FREE.
For me, playstation does a lot more than Xbox (inbuilt wifi, quieter, slimmer (looks cooler), free online play, Blu-ray)
The only thing xbox does that i want my ps3 to is be able to play music off the HDD while playing a game.
Also, i can use wifi and create a media centre on my laptop to play music/movies off my laptop, although i wouldnt be surprised if you could do similar on the Xbox
i note twigley claims xbox menu is more community friendly, lucky for me, i dont give a damn about a playstaion community. The Xross media bar does the job for me.
Also, i notice that Xbox players prefer the xbox controller! Its interesting, because i prefer the PS3 controller over the xbox. I play many hours at a time and have never IN MY LIFE had a problem with the PS3 controller. However, i play a few hours on the xbox and i get sore points on the palm of my hand...I must just have to get use to it
I like the xbox controllers in that you have replacable battery packs, but then that contributes to making it bulky, in which case i prefer the PS3 controller.
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And lets not kid ourselves, blu-ray is vastly superior to DVD quality wise. Whenever i watch a blu-ray i think, wow is that clear! (at points) Thats not to say you cant enjoy a DVD as much! I completely understand when people dont give a hoot about bluray
Also Twigley, have you seen the price of Blu-rays lately?! They are often as cheap as normal DVDs! Sure, the new releases might be $10 more expensive cause they can be, but they drop soon enough
