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Topic #64514 47 posts Started by jcaron9gt4
Well, I have a 360 right now but am thinking about getting a PS3 instead. I like my xbox, but I have a refurbished one and it is extremely loud. I can't even bring myself to watch movies on it because the sound of the 360 being on overpowers the sound of the movie. I'm also looking into a PS3 for the blue ray player. I know I could buy a cheap player for less than a ps3 but I was looking to get rid of my xbox anyways. So i'm here just asking your opinion on the two. Just some pro's and cons of each system, mainly the ps3, since I have had my 360 for quite some time now. Hows the online, support, things like that.
Support is fine.

Online is not as good as XBox live, but it is free....

When you add up all the extra things that you need to buy to make the 360 do the same as the PS3, they cost about the same.

The PS3 is MASSIVELY better in terms of quality, it looks and feels like a quality piece of hardware, and runs near silently...

If you play a LOT of online games, you might miss xbox live, but PS3 wins in every other area for me. Some good exclusives out now, and Killzone 2 out in the new year looks AMAZING!

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PS3 all day long. I can plug my Ipod into it biggrin.gif plus the controlers are bluetooth, so you can use it from another room (great when listing to music) plus there are so many titles that are only avalible on the ps3. If you've got internet, then it's free to get online, no paying for subscriptions. biggrin.gif

X360 is FTL. laugh.gif i tell my bro in law all the time... He's so jellous of me tongue.gif

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My oldest son hasn't even thought of touching their 360 since they got the PS3.
x2 On it looking and feeling like a much more quality made system.
For me it's the gimick Microsoft work into their system that makes me mad - you have to buy a new add-on for every stupid little thing you want it to do beyond playing games. That's just BS IMO. PS3 comes ready to go [Of course I bought the top of the line one so I may not know WTF I'm talking about laugh.gif ]

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QUOTE (DEATH @ Dec 31, 2008 - 10:35 AM) *
>My oldest son hasn't even thought of touching their 360 since they got the PS3.
x2 On it looking and feeling like a much more quality made system.
For me it's the gimick Microsoft work into their system that makes me mad - you have to buy a new add-on for every stupid little thing you want it to do beyond playing games. That's just BS IMO. PS3 comes ready to go [Of course I bought the top of the line one so I may not know WTF I'm talking about laugh.gif ]


no, you're right. Other than the PS2 backwards compatability, the PS3 has the best of all worlds. Plus, if you need more, software upgrades are free in the event that you wanna play another type of format. Like for example, i need to get my butt online so i can upgrade my WMA ability; but it's all free and stuff.

X2 on microsofts gimick. mad.gif Damn... Bill Gates has enough money. mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

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i don't touch my 360 unless i'm gonna play halo or uno or something, other than that it doesn't get turned on. ps3 FTW! poor thing hardly gets turned off.

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QUOTE (stetsonaw @ Dec 31, 2008 - 11:21 AM) *
>i don't touch my 360 unless i'm gonna play halo or >>uno>> or something, other than that it doesn't get turned on. ps3 FTW! poor thing hardly gets turned off.


Uno? Isn't that played with cards? Do you lay your 360 on it's side and use it for a table? laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif Yup, that sounds about like all a 360 is good for. Or maybe it'd make a good door stop... or eh... paperweight... tongue.gif

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PS3 for sure. The only thing that the 360 has on PS3 is the online gaming, but I don't even care for that. Maybe it also has a better overall "gaming" base. But as an all-around kind of multimedia platform, PS3 all the way.
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yea, I didnt think it would be this one sided. Online gameplay isn't a huge deal for me, i mostly just play with my friends, so if 360 is better at that, no biggie. As long as I am able to play online, it works for me.
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>^ I think you're a bit outnumbered guy. biggrin.gif


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QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Dec 31, 2008 - 11:47 AM) *
>PS3 for sure. The only thing that the 360 has on PS3 is the online gaming, but I don't even care for that. Maybe it also has a better overall "gaming" base. But as an all-around kind of multimedia platform, PS3 all the way.
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QUOTE (jcaron9gt4 @ Dec 31, 2008 - 12:41 PM) *
>yea, I didnt think it would be this one sided. Online gameplay isn't a huge deal for me, i mostly just play with my friends, so if 360 is better at that, no biggie. As long as I am able to play online, it works for me.
No, the PS3 does have online gameing, with all the same capabilities (keyboards, headsets, friends lists, chatting, crap talking while ingame tongue.gif ) the only difference is that PS3 has FREE online gaming, whereas x360 requires you to pay a monthly fee mad.gif Plus the 360 requires you to buy more stuff for every expansion past plain ole gaming. Like if you wanna watch movies, gotta buy stuff. Just like the regular x-box required you to buy a special remote to play movies; It's total BS. the ps3 will play DVD/B-ray right out of the box. biggrin.gif remote is Optional


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QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Dec 31, 2008 - 2:31 PM) *
>^ I think you're a bit outnumbered guy. biggrin.gif

i know this kindasad.gif

LOL!!

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What exactly comes with the $399 bundle. Are HDMI cables separate?
HDMI is separate, just buy a cheap one, they're all the same thumbsup.gif

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I like my fiance's PS3 purely because it's a blu-ray player. There's my input. =)

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Base your decision on what games you like to play.
If your a Gears of War fan, a ps3 wont do you any good, the same way that if you like metal gear, the 360 wont do you any good either.

Both are great systems. The 360 has the almost perfect xbox live, while the ps3 has a blue ray player. Figure out whats more important to you.

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I love my ps3..I have said it b4 and ill repeat myself It think its the best $400 or w/e dollars I have spent in a long time.

I keep hearing about xbox live and I really have no idea all the details about it but to me the playstation online seems just fine but I can't compare it to an xbox since I have never used one.

I <3 Blu Ray

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I think i differ from everyone i agree with sever lol someone on the 360 side. If you like more multimedia stuff like Blu-ray then maybe PS3 is for you but if you actually play games alot and get into it especially first person shooters xbox is for you because x box live is so competitive and you can expand your gaming more. And x box live you can get alot of things like movies and videos and game demos downloaded straight to your hardrive. So you just need to figure out where you fit more.
And if you want to fix that loud sound your x box is refurbed so probably has early generation x box problems get that 20 $ intercooler from walmart that attaches to the back and ull be good to go if you keep it smile.gif
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QUOTE (bringindaheat573 @ Dec 31, 2008 - 10:25 PM) *
>I think i differ from everyone i agree with sever lol someone on the 360 side. If you like more multimedia stuff like Blu-ray then maybe PS3 is for you but if you actually play games alot and get into it especially first person shooters xbox is for you because x box live is so competitive and you can expand your gaming more. And x box live you can get alot of things like movies and videos and game demos downloaded straight to your hardrive. So you just need to figure out where you fit more.
And if you want to fix that loud sound your x box is refurbed so probably has early generation x box problems get that 20 $ intercooler from walmart that attaches to the back and ull be good to go if you keep it smile.gif




hmmmm. I think you haven't used a PS3..... You think you can't download demos, movies and videos to the HDD on the PS3? lol


and yeah, lets fix the loud fan noise by ADDING an EXTRA FAN!!! Are you for real?

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360 is cheaper and has more exclusive games... but they're all shooters. i love gears and halo and what-not, but they're all pretty much the same and that's about all 360 has over the ps3. and if you're into online shooters, ps3 also has resistance (which i think is an under-rated below the radar awesome shooter). my other favorite ps3 exclusives are mgs4 (still pretty addicted to mgo), uncharted, and time crisis 4.

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im all for the 360 as far as online gaming, price, and games only offered for it. I also really hate the ps3 controllers, kinda blocky and dont really seem to fit my hands well,
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>No, the PS3 does have online gameing, with all the same capabilities (keyboards, headsets, friends lists, chatting, crap talking while ingame ) the only difference is that PS3 has FREE online gaming, whereas x360 requires you to pay a monthly fee Plus the 360 requires you to buy more stuff for every expansion past plain ole gaming. Like if you wanna watch movies, gotta buy stuff. Just like the regular x-box required you to buy a special remote to play movies; It's total BS. the ps3 will play DVD/B-ray right out of the box. remote is Optional


False, you do not need to buy anything seperate to watch movies on a 360. You can buy another remote if you want to just like the ps3.

If you buy the cheap ps3 it will only come with Red White Yellow cables. RWY cables will not make blu-ray movies look good. My roommate has a ps3 and before when we would watch movies through his cables on my 1080p LCD tv they looked ok... Watching them through my HDMI cable they look AMAZING. If you buy a PS3 buy the more expensive with the bigger hard drive, and HDMI cables so you can play ps2 games.

PS3 has free online gaming. because it is free very few people actually use it. Because you have to pay for xbox live(6$ a month!!!) you use it more, which is why their online community is so much stronger. Hope that makes since...

Both systems have awesome games, first person shooters, RPG's, or whatever...

If you are just looking for a blu-ray player, get a blu-ray player. If you are looking forward to playing specfic PS3 exclusive games then buy a PS3.

I hope you have a tv worthy of blu-ray.

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Littlebigplanet and PAIN FTW! (PS3) oh, and BuzzTV. Most of the Downloadable games are pretty awesome. buy the 40gb, then turn around in the store and buy a 320 or 500gb SATA laptop drive. the instructions for this are IN THE MANUAL!! another 1up for PS3, 360 you HAVE to (unless you're a supersmartnerdyguy) buy the 360 one with the cable. and that's $170 for a 120gb hard drive, when you can get a 320 external for like $135, and just take it apart.

another one... you can download movies/trailers/demos on PS3. i don't pay for anything unless i want to buy it.

even though HDDVD is dead, even with the new ELITE systems they came with, you still had to buy the HDDVD drive for it. why didn't they just make the drive inside an HDDVD drive? all of these can read regular DVD's, thus read 360 games. i mean, comon MS, my laptop has an hddvd drive and it didn't markup the price! ps3, hidef is already there. i'll prolly think of more later, but wanted to get this in before it gets closed biggrin.gif

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okay...so I buy the 399 system....I will still need an HDMI cable as well? Is that all? I am not sure what come with the system, it isnt too clear on sites like circuit city and best buy. Does the blueray go through the hdmi cables or are there separate cables needed for Blueray?



This post has been edited by jcaron9gt4: Jan 1, 2009 - 12:49 PM
bluray plays across whatever's hooked up to it. it's the resolution that matters. you can put 1080i across RGB Component cables, but only 480 across the cables that come with it, which are the red/white/yellow. if you want 1080p, get the HDMI, you can get one for like $5 from newegg. depending on your audio setup, you may also need a fiberoptic "Toslink" cable. those are cheap from newegg also. see the following thread from when we helped out RJB.

PS3 HDMI Connectivity

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have any of u played time crisis 4? that would be the only reason id by the ps3 haha

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I'm waiting for Uncharted 2, should be sick...wonder if they'll do online this time?