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I always bought Playstations up until this one, I'm not sure why I bought ther 360, I think it was because it came out first but I'm glad I did I love the thing, one of my mates bought a PS3 cause he fancied giving it a try, and he said the gameplays and online CoD etc. isn't as good as the 360.

 
This is the never-ending discussion.

To be honest both work in the same manner, each with their advantages and disadvantages:

- If you want a console for pure online gaming, or mostly online gaming, Xbox. However, the downside of it is that you have to pay for a membership yearly. The PS3 has got free online but as it's free it can be more buggy (I haven't had a problem as of yet with it but I know people have had issues).

- If you want a console for offline games like Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, etc, go for the PS3. This might be a bit biased, because essentialy, both consoles work in the same manner and the same game in both consoles looks 99.9999% the same. I just recommend you get one of the better built Xbox consoles like an Elite, because some games need more memory (games with big cities and a lot of people, trees, etc). The normal 360 tends to get loading screens whereas the PS3 doesn't. Though I'm not sure what happens on the Elite, but I'd think it's the same as with the PS3.

- If you want an entertainment console in which you can watch films and play a game or two and maybe go on the web, go for the PS3. Bluray films look amazing, given you own a plasma TV. Getting the PS3 also saves you from buying a Bluray player on top of the console. Also, you can use your PS3 literally as a computer and browse the web. There's also a mod for it which installs a different OS (never tried it).

One thing you must look out for though is the type of games you want to play. Each console has exclusive games as well as the multiplatform ones. So make a list of the games you'd like to play and see which console can play most of them.

Just as an example: The Xbox has Halo, Forza Motorsport, Left 4 Dead. The PS3 has Gran Turismo, God Of War, Metal Gear.

That's all I can say really

 
The-Exploited said:
One thing you must look out for though is the type of games you want to play. Each console has exclusive games as well as the multiplatform ones. So make a list of the games you'd like to play and see which console can play most of them.

Just as an example: The Xbox has Halo, Forza Motorsport, Left 4 Dead. The PS3 has Gran Turismo, God Of War, Metal Gear.
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Add Uncharted to that and its a very impressive lineup of exclusives for the PS3. As much as I like Forza its just Halo that could possibly give the PS3 exclusive a run for their money. So if the topic is about the battle of exclusives then there is only one winner for me.

 
Maverick said:
Add Uncharted to that and its a very impressive lineup of exclusives for the PS3. As much as I like Forza its just Halo that could possibly give the PS3 exclusive a run for their money. So if the topic is about the battle of exclusives then there is only one winner for me.
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I think your forgetting about such games as....

Gears of war

Fable

Saints Row

To name but a few :JC_doubleup:

 
Plus mass effect (though i think it eventually got to the ps3), pgr, kotor, forza, left4dead, alan wake and of course the dozens of xbox live arcade games. Plus live being sh*t loads better than the ps3 equivelent.

 
For £40 a year, it bloody should be! Disgusting they charge Xbox owners for that.

 
Who pays that much? I paid £28 this time round which i dont think is too bad.

 
£28 worse off than with a PS3 though.

 
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£28 worse off than with a PS3 though.
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Depends if you want a good service or not. You get what you pay for, and the ps3 online is still overcharged even when free, its terrible.

 
xbox all the way. Online gameplay is alot smoother on the first person shooters such as CoD and Homefront.

Although the red ring of death is a problem it rarely comes about anymore.

To be honest i dont need to justify why i like xbox better i just do.

 
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Plus mass effect (though i think it eventually got to the ps3), pgr, kotor, forza, left4dead, alan wake and of course the dozens of xbox live arcade games. Plus live being sh*t loads better than the ps3 equivelent.
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Do any of them sell even half the number of either God of War or Uncharted? I have my doubts and to be honest Xbox can have its average exclusive titles like PGR because no one is going to buy an Xbox to play it.

 
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Do any of them sell even half the number of either God of War or Uncharted? I have my doubts and to be honest Xbox can have its average exclusive titles like PGR because no one is going to buy an Xbox to play it.
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Yes, yes they did. Though I wouldnt base much on that, some of the biggest selling games have been utter sh*te and some of the best games have sold next to sod all. Halo Reach was the biggest selling console exclusive last year if you take out the twee little Wii. As mod says though, theres not really a lot between them. The only reason I got an Xbox was it had a few more games I fancied, and Ive only stuck by them because its what I know. Incidentally, I got Kinect for my wife on the weekend (I know, good swap eh... :laugh2: ) and its bloody amazing. Simple to set up and a belting laugh to play. The tech behind it is massively impressive.

 
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Hardly play my Xbox anymore but I bought it back in the day because it has solid online play and loads of exclusives that I like, Halo and Gears of War etc.

Gears of War 3 should be good and that is probably the next game I will buy, out sometime this autumn.

 
Coming time to buy my own console, likely getting a PS3 just because I've bought like 8 or more games for my roommate's PS3 and I won't get much if I sell those.

A lot of my friends are on XBox Live, but oh well, I'll have to just get by on not playing much online!

 
If there was ever a week where Sony were shown up, this would be it!

 
Got to borrow my friends ps3 today and wanted to play some FIFA online against some of you ps3 users, but oh wait - online has been down for over a week and apparently they stole my information as well.

Guess im back to FIFAing on my xbox!

Joke aside though, I would be well pissed off.

 
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