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Playstation 3 Vs XBox360
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15-01-2008 9:42am#1
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if you had bought a HD-DVD player last week, you would be one of only 7% of people purchasing a HD disc player that went for one. the other 93% went out and bought a Blu-Ray player. Do you have a betamax video player at home by any chance?well im not really a console person, but i like games i dont care about the latest bluray/hddvd war (although if pushed i would go for HDdvd)
I've never had any problems playing PS3 games online, it works just fine.but i would go for the 360 because i like my games and being able to play online simple as
There is very little price difference between the 2 consoles (see previous posts).i will not invest in a piece of hardware by what it will be like in 1 or 2 years time, that would be a waste of money since it will be cheaper in 1 or 2 years time.
Following hardware developments? I'm sorry, but no you don't. not at all. Or you'd be aware of the contribution the Cell has made to the most powerful distributed computing project in the world or how it is being used for heavy duty processing tasks in hospitals and research centres that require more processing power than is available from regular PC's. Or that IBM has started using them in it's mainframes. And I could go on.Also i like to follow hardware developments, and reading about this "cell processor" i can see that the console is mostly based on hype and clever marketing and it really makes a difference people will by into that stuff.
last weeks HD player sales showed 93% Blu-Ray against 7% HD-DVD after the Warner decision (it was approx. 60/40 the previous week apparently) so the HD format war seems to be effectively over now. If you want something that's a HD video player as well as a console then your choice is pretty much already made in favour of the PS3. Add DivX6 certification (as opposed to MS's DivX5 compatability) and you have another win for the PS3.
2007 was the year of the 360, there's no denying that, but it had an extra year of release over the PS3 and nothing much in the way of direct competition.
2008 on the other hand is without any doubt going to be the year of the PS3. The year that Sony brings it in a big way and I really don't think M$ will have seen it coming in time to do anything about it.
When it works, Live! is the hub of the best online gaming experience going, but it's not free, and there have been a lot of problems with it recently.
Unfortunately for Live!, there are a lot of things going on at Sony HQ to redress the balance and within the next 6-9 months Sony's XMB (plus Home) will be pushing for the lead and by the end of this year will have left Live! far behind*.
You only have to spend 30 minutes reading one of the big PS3 news sites to see all the things that are coming in 2008 and appreciate that Sony was playing the long game from the start.
There are now more than enough top notch games on the PS3 to keep you busy while you wait for the many excellent PS3 exclusives to arrive, you really won't be left wanting at all.
There have also been some news stories pointing at previous statements from developers that the PS3 was difficult to code for were a tad short sighted. Some have indicated that the difficulty seems to be with porting a 360 or PC version of a game to PS3, whereas porting a PS3 game the other way makes for a better game on all platforms. We should see some good timed PS3 exclusives over the coming years if this is the case.
Add to that that Naughty Dog have said that Drakes fortune would simply not have been possible to make to the same standard on the 360 and that Crytek have shunned the 360 in favour of the PS3 for the only console release of Crysis and things are starting to look a lot better on the Sony side of the fence.
One thing I would say though is if you're 'thinking' of buying a PS3 but aren't gagging to get one right this second, then wait for a month or so as it looks like there might be another price cut. Production costs for the console have dropped dramatically recently with the newer model and it seems that Sony really want to meet their projected targets for units sold but it doesn't look like they're going to make it without another price cut and rumours ar rife that the US will have a $299 PS3 as soon as the end of Jan, so expect that to make it's way to Europe shortly afterwards.
wow, that was a big post. I guess that's a fanboy alert then.
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I thought it was one of the best (definitely top 8 ). I bought a PS3 because I really wanted a new console for games, that would also be a HD media player, that would also let me put linux on it. But I think if someone has to post here asking which they should get and which is better, then they probably don't really want either and there's a good chance they'll be happier spending their money on something else. 0
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Crytek have also hinted that they are doing a PS3 port of Crysis, which is arguably one of (if not THE) the most graphics and physics intensive games available for the PC that needs both a top end DX10 capable graphics card and a Physx card to do it justice. And all that is going to be coming to the PS3, but they will not be doing a 360 port of it because of "technical reasons".
Actually, that is incorrect, Crytek haven't said they won't be doing a 360 version because of "technical reasons". The closest they came to saying that was "next generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 do not offer the sufficient power", which was a good while ago. Since then they have said they could do versions for both, with "optimizations", but haven't said whether they will, just that's it's possible. I wouldn't take a rumour on a PS fansite as fact Since that Surfergirl has said they're releasing it on both, but again that's just another rumour. I expect we will see it on consoles after it's poor PC sales.
If the 360 couldn't handle Crysis because of the graphics, then the PS3 wouldn't fare better, the 360 has the stronger graphics chip. The PS3 is then stronger in the CPU department.
As far as developers go and which platform they think is better, we don't usually hear much from them (they prefer to remain "agnostic" and not comment). I would take what a Sony-only dev says (Naughty Dog, second-party) with a grain of salt.
I think this is the year to own both, tbh. If you like the games already out for 360 that'll tip the scales in it's favour, but if you're interested in blu-ray it tips the scales in the other direction. Let the games catalogues and upcoming exclusives decide it for you personally.0 -
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hmm, thanks for the update koneko. I assumed they were independent from the way I've heard them talking. I can imagine they might well just be saying what they're told to if they're owned by Sony. schneaky indeed.
They used to be a second-party dev, meaning they had a contract with Sony to exclusively make games for them. I guess at some point Sony figured they might as well go the whole hog and just buy themI'm sure I've read that Crysis story elsewhere in the last week though, not just on PSU (which does seem to be a bit of a fanboy site), that was just the first link I found that wasn't from months ago in the older story when someone spotted the "PS3 dev wanted" advert on the crytek site.
I think it was linked on other sites but may have originated on that one. There were a whole bunch of rumours about Crysis at one point. Last I'd heard EA said they weren't doing either, but Crytek said they could do it for both. It's all a bit messy really because last year they said neither would be handle the game.0 -
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I Meant i would prefer HD DVD it makes more sense, not bluray becausemof varios reasons such as extreme copyright measures that limits the scope of the media, and as a consumer i would be more pissed of about this and the ability to do as i wishh with my purchase than sales.
I never said i wouldent want a plasma/LCD if i came across that way im sorry, infact i would love one but i dont have a grand or two to spare on big hi def tv for my over priced console when i have hidef on my computer moniter and have enjoyed it for years before ps2/3, and were do you live? dublin 4? because i sure as hell dont know anyone with huge tvs like this, maybe my manager at work... but i never thought to ask him.
for the suposed "cell power" crap they were hyping yes there is a serios lack of gaming power when you factor in this,and i have yet to see or read anything that being vastly suprior as claimed by hype from sony, that article you qouted is rubish as well so many things that have been half arsed claimed/not telling the full story, please how the hell is a ps3 with "cell processor" with inefiecient architecture and its RSX GPU which is just a fancy 7800 is going to compare to a DX10 machine that "needs both a top end DX10 capable graphics card and a Physx card to do it justice", wow if you think that you are going to get the same expirience as a pc that has this please show me a link were it says that, not a link that is written by someone talking out of their arse, i dont have dx10 and a physics card yet i can play high spec minus dx10 and it looks amazing im sure they can dumb it sown for the ps3...
and i will not provide you with links i dont have to prove anything, i dont make stuff up, you can pull the finger out and google something other than "omfg ps3 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
feckin fanboys.
Christ I'm out of breath after reading that! If only I knew what it meant
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I Meant i would prefer HD DVD it makes more sense, not bluray becausemof varios reasons such as extreme copyright measures that limits the scope of the media, and as a consumer i would be more pissed of about this and the ability to do as i wishh with my purchase than sales.
So the greater storage capacity and the fact that more movie studios will be releasing movies on Blu-Ray doesn't sway you in the slightest no? As for region locking, it didn't stop you from buying DVDs did it?I never said i wouldent want a plasma/LCD if i came across that way im sorry, infact i would love one but i dont have a grand or two to spare on big hi def tv for my over priced console when i have hidef on my computer moniter and have enjoyed it for years before ps2/3, and were do you live? dublin 4? because i sure as hell dont know anyone with huge tvs like this, maybe my manager at work... but i never thought to ask him.
HD TVs are getting cheaper all the time. There are countless options out there. If you don't want to pay much, you could get a HD Ready TV a lot cheaper.please how the hell is a ps3 with "cell processor" with inefiecient architecture and its RSX GPU which is just a fancy 7800 is going to compare to a DX10 machine that "needs both a top end DX10 capable graphics card and a Physx card to do it justice"i dont have dx10 and a physics card yet i can play high spec minus dx10 and it looks amazing im sure they can dumb it sown for the ps3...and i will not provide you with links i dont have to prove anything, i dont make stuff up, you can pull the finger out and google something other than "omfg ps3 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
lolfeckin fanboys.
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I can tell you now in one word what it means.whiterebel wrote: »Christ I'm out of breath after reading that! If only I knew what it meant
"nothing"
he's got so little idea of what he's on about he's convinced he knows what he's saying despite spitting out a random jumble of incoherent (and badly mis-spelled) gibberish.
And he doesn't have a grand or two to spare for his overpriced console, yet he blew good money on aforementioned console despite the fact he obviously hate it, the company that makes it and anything to do with them.
Oh and Cato, you could buy a 32" LCD tomorrow for less than €600, you don't need to drop 2k to join the modern world. You could even have got a cheap Aldi 40" LCD for €850 in October last year, they're actually very good.
You also might want to check out the poll I have in my sig, non-HDTV owners seem to be scandalously short of representation just now, they need you in there to make up the numbers.
BTW, I live 40 mins outside the M50 with thousands of other people who can't afford to live in Dublin, so that's not quite D4 I'm afraid. We're so poor out here in the bog that we can't even afford postcodes.
BTW2, I have a PS3 and a first gen Xbox sitting side by side under my TV, that's hardly a fanboyish thing to do IMHO.0 -
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