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[Hamma]

Actually end up with a PS3? Did ya sell it?

[Lonehunter]

I broke mine


Edit: On Purpose


Edit2: With a sledgehammer

[Ghryphen]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280050635902

[Hamma]

wtf?

[Heavygain]

Well, I had the pleasure of walking past the people waiting outside my best buy and purchasing dead rising and another 360 controller right in front of them. I think I'm gonna pass on the ps3 all together, even after it drops in price.

[Kikinchikin]

I feel like a hypocrit after what I said in the other thread about not wanting to get a new system. I think I'm going to get the 360 after all. Can't think of anything better to get for Christmas.

[Heavygain]

I am more than satisfied with my 360, I thought it would be another discarded console after a month that I only dusted off when friends came over or I needed a break from my PC, but it seems the tables have turned on my PC. Might have something to do with the lack of games that appeal to me being out right now.

[Kikinchikin]

What are some of the best games out for 360? I'm trying to gauge whether there is enough out for me to be interested in.

[Giovanni]

Kikin... ask for some cash instead. Put it into a bank account and then think real hard about what you want... then spend the money. Best thing you could do. Have to think about the future and not do like me.

BTW: The guy who sold the PS3 for 9$ got fucking owned :lol:

[Biohazzard56]

Martyr, sold two of them on ebay and is using them to finance an FS-2000.

Basically a civilian version of the BF2 Special Forces Assault Unlock.

[Heavygain]

What are some of the best games out for 360? I'm trying to gauge whether there is enough out for me to be interested in.

Gears of War, Dead rising, Chromehounds, The halo games (Halo 3 next year, just something to look forward to), Army of two to look forward to as well, those are a few that pop into my head. As well as every good game the ps3 will have, hopefully even MGS 4 eventually (MGS 2 came out, maybe 4 evetually). The 360 is also amazing for its pc compatability, streaming movies, music, pictures, all that good stuff, can you say HD Porn?

[Mag-Mower]

I heard the PS3's media functions whooped the 360's. And so what if MGS4 goes to 360? Resistence, Killzone, Warhawk, Lair, etc/, are still all exclusive to PS3. That Will not change.

[Electrofreak]

I want a PS3 because I have a PSP, and the 2 can integrate and communicate seamlessly.

For example. You can fire up a DVD or Blu-Ray movie on your PS3, then turn on your PSP, wirelessly link it to the PS3, and the movie begins to play on the PSP. Who says you need to pause the movie while you go get a drink?

It's stuff like that what gets me pulled in. :D

[Heavygain]

I heard the PS3's media functions whooped the 360's. And so what if MGS4 goes to 360? Resistence, Killzone, Warhawk, Lair, etc/, are still all exclusive to PS3. That Will not change.

Resistance, from what I hear isn't that great, I haven't even heard of Lair or Warhawk, and Killzone wasn't very special. And there is no way the PS3's media functions top the 360's. The ps3 runs on Linux.

The PSP is quite compatible with the 360, not wirelessly (yet, homebrew, maybe even officially.) Blu Ray isn't really that great, just another thing like that UMD crap, or beta. Look how much good those did. HD DVD my friends.

[Mag-Mower]

Resistence gets a 9.1 on IGN, last I heard, thats an Editors Choice. I cant help that you havent heard of Lair or Warhawk. And your comment on Killzone can be reversed onto Halo.

More Studios are backing Blu Ray than HD-DVD. Much more money and support is in BD, than UMD and Beta. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/

[Heavygain]

Gears of War > Resistance. Xbox Live is another thing that PS3 is trying to compete with, but atm its not a match, it will catch up eventually (Least I hope for sony's sake) XBL has too much going for it right now, too much to duplicate. Each console has its strengths, everyone keeps rooting for their team, I am an avid Microsoft and Xbox fan.

Even if Blu Ray has more studios backing it than HD DVD (just for the sake of seeing it for myself, where did you hear that? Link?) HD DVD and Blu Ray are both going to catch on, or neither of them are catching on. Xbox's HD DVD addon is impossible to miss, and so is the PS3's Blu Ray capabilities.

[Giovanni]

Indeed. Two companies support HD dvd that I know of... Toshiba and Microsoft.

On the other side... Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, etc. etc.

[Heavygain]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-8900_7-5600201-1.html

Hmm.

[Kikinchikin]

OK, semi off topic question, but is the 360 backwards compatible with regular xbox games? I'm hearing two different reports from my friends, and this will have a major impact on whether I go for it or not.

[Derfud]

I would only consider getting a Wii, and only when SSBB is released.

[Hamma]

Martyr, sold two of them on ebay

Yea I heard :lol: Made me wish I took 2 days off from work.

[Giovanni]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-8900_7-5600201-1.html

Hmm.

Might want to get sources that aren't from 2004...

[Electrofreak]

Blu-Ray isn't just proprietary to Sony you know... it has become an industry standard format.

[Rbstr]

I would only consider getting a Wii, and only when SSBB is released.

Supreme Truth. Except Zelda looks awesome, and Wii sports will probably be one of the best dormroom party games ever.

I can't wait for SSBB, Solid Snake! HINTS OF SONIC THE HEDGEMOTHERFUCKINGHOG!

[Heavygain]

Might want to get sources that aren't from 2004...

Good point, however I just googled while watching tenacious D. Instead of just pointing out a fuck up, why not make it constructive and find something more recent? Damn ;)

On top of that, whats wrong with 2004? PSU hit its peak that year :) (imo). (I fully understand that whats wrong with it, was that its almost 3 years ago.)

[Setari]

OK, semi off topic question, but is the 360 backwards compatible with regular xbox games? I'm hearing two different reports from my friends, and this will have a major impact on whether I go for it or not.

Most of them. Microsoft adds more compatibility every day though, and most of the non-shitty games are supported so you shouldn't have much to worry about.

[Giovanni]

The games supported are the most populars ones... whilst Ps3 is supposed to be entirely backwards comp. but then again they encountered problems. Good old sony and microsoft and their problem releases.

Edit: Also the technology changed in the past 3 years and so did the endorsers of the tech if I do recall properly... maybe I'm mistaken but I do beleive that blue ray will win this "VHS vs. Beta"-like war.

[Ghryphen]

By my read, HD-DVD will win the war. Google Trends shows HD DVD is searched more (I know, means little, but it is one form of consumer interest) I believe cost and name will win it, my grandma isn't going to look for something called Blu-ray for her HD tv.

[Hamma]

mmhmm agreed. Sony created beta and we all know how well that went. :D

[Heavygain]

Picking up my HD DVD player for my 360 tommorrow afternoon. Woot Woot.

However, I would like to add that the ps3 blu ray is built into the PS3, and the 360's HD DVD is an addon, but the way I see it its optional and you aren't forced into paying the extra 200$ like you are with the ps3.

Pretty much every game you would want to play from the xbox is compatible with the 360. Just busted out the halo 1 actually, as well as Conker Reloaded for the simply classic single player. As I've stated before, conker's bad fur day is the best game ever. Period. I really wish I had a copy of it for my n64 but I must have pawned it off years ago :(

[I Hate Pants]

Im still confused as to what exactly the HD DVD does for the 360? Is it simply something used to play movies in HD on your xbox 360? Or does it make your game look better or something?

Im probably not gonna get any of these consoles. But if I had to choose one. Than i'd get the 360 becuase of it's great line up of game and online support.

The PS3 is pretty unimpressive for it's price tag. Plus the 360 games look just as amazing! The wii is just more stupid crap released by nintendo. SSBB is all that system has going for it. I have a wireless mouse I use to play games with. So how is this any different.

[Heavygain]

Im still confused as to what exactly the HD DVD does for the 360? Is it simply something used to play movies in HD on your xbox 360? Or does it make your game look better or something?

Im probably not gonna get any of these consoles. But if I had to choose one. Than i'd get the 360 becuase of it's great line up of game and online support.

The PS3 is pretty unimpressive for it's price tag. Plus the 360 games look just as amazing! The wii is just more stupid crap released by nintendo. SSBB is all that system has going for it. I have a wireless mouse I use to play games with. So how is this any different.

It is an entire extra drive that plugs into the 360. Doesn't do anything for your games as far as I'm aware, just allows you to play HD DVDs. Oh and it comes with a universal 360 remote, woot?.

[Mag-Mower]

My source for the studios backing Blu Ray : http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/

Now, blu ray, games, and you. It isnt about image quality, its size. The 360 launched with a DVD9 reader, and now available is the HD-DVD Add on. DVD9 is for games and movies, The HD-DVD Add on is only for movies. This means 360 games will be limited to 9gb games (ofcourse you can have multiple discs, but do you really want to be swapping discs in and out all the time?). PS3 has Standard Blu-Ray, which can be used for games, and movies. This means PS3 games will support up to 54gb of content. That alone is huge. The strenght of HD-DVD is the name, and thats it. People recognize "DVD", and that makes them trust HD-DVD over Blu-Ray, just for names sake.

As far as games that interest you go, thats up to you. To be honest, I never really liked Halo, and GeoW only looks mildly interesting (my opinion, not yours). The PS3 has more titles that interest me than the 360. Sure, they arent out now, but they are coming, I like the looks of Killzone, Motorstorm, Lair, GT5, MGS4, DMC4, and Afrika piques my interest (Again, thats my opinion, not yours).

Lastly, I have used XBL, and must say it is very user friendly, and very full featured. I have heard that Sony's online isnt awful, but it isnt excellent. I think in time, Sony will become more competitive online, but this is their first attempt, really (PS2 online, from what I heard, Was awful), at an online network, while this is MS' second time.

[Heavygain]

My source for the studios backing Blu Ray : http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/

Now, blu ray, games, and you. It isnt about image quality, its size. The 360 launched with a DVD9 reader, and now available is the HD-DVD Add on. DVD9 is for games and movies, The HD-DVD Add on is only for movies. This means 360 games will be limited to 9gb games (ofcourse you can have multiple discs, but do you really want to be swapping discs in and out all the time?). PS3 has Standard Blu-Ray, which can be used for games, and movies. This means PS3 games will support up to 54gb of content. That alone is huge. The strenght of HD-DVD is the name, and thats it. People recognize "DVD", and that makes them trust HD-DVD over Blu-Ray, just for names sake.

As far as games that interest you go, thats up to you. To be honest, I never really liked Halo, and GeoW only looks mildly interesting (my opinion, not yours). The PS3 has more titles that interest me than the 360. Sure, they arent out now, but they are coming, I like the looks of Killzone, Motorstorm, Lair, GT5, MGS4, DMC4, and Afrika piques my interest (Again, thats my opinion, not yours).

Lastly, I have used XBL, and must say it is very user friendly, and very full featured. I have heard that Sony's online isnt awful, but it isnt excellent. I think in time, Sony will become more competitive online, but this is their first attempt, really (PS2 online, from what I heard, Was awful), at an online network, while this is MS' second time.

On your previous comment of Halo being a generic FPS to mine on killzone's, I want to point out that Killzone, did not achieve half the success Halo 2 did, and Killzone didn't have the incredible online play halo 2 does. Halo 2 is basically the keystone to all online console gaming, nothing has been able to be played competitively like Halo 2 on console yet, least that I can fathom.

You realize that as soon as the first game that surpasses the limit substantially and it shows, probably sooner, Microsoft will release an update for games to be played in the HD DVD player, you know they HAD to have planned ahead, right? There is no way they would let themselves be left behind like that, thats the whole point of them releasing the addon in the first place is, to avoid getting left behind in any area.

Just my take, both are fine systems, and I made my choice.

[Hamma]

Mars was saying the 360 HD DVD player has been haxored and is running through PC's now with a special driver. I guess its just a USB interface.

Which means, if you have a computer and an HD TV you can watch HD DVD movies for a $200 dollar player. Sure as heck beats 1000$ for a stand alone player :lol:

[Ghryphen]

I think in time, Sony will become more competitive online

I believe even Live Anywhere will be here long before Sony has anything comparative to even the current XBL. I haven't heard of Sony offering cross-platform gaming, are they?

[Giovanni]

Ok, let's stop this fanboy'ism every console has their own advantages... wether you like it or not is your own damn choice. Let's be civil about it. I for one beleive blu-ray will take over, but that doesn't mean Xbox360 sucks... there are some good titles and good feature with the Xbox dead rising and XBL are two...

The ps3 has other things that other consoles don't have. It's hefty price has a reason and it's mainly the blu-ray player. You can't deny the weight of the final fantasy franchise or even Metal gear solid. Two out of so many classics. Also, whilst it may not have halo and a fantastic online system like microsoft does, sony can fetch the best resolution possible (1080p) with the blu-ray player. Full compatibility with old titles also has it's appeal vs. only selected games. I know for sure that there are some titles that won't work on the Xbox that I would of loved to play again.

As for nintendo... well as usual nintendo is nintendo. They have a couple of good titles that are coming or are already released and the controllers are a nifty feature.

As for any console war there will be no winner because each console targets a different audience. Even if the 360 and ps3 have almost the same demographic, they have a differences that will go fetch different people.

[Heavygain]

Ok, let's stop this fanboy'ism every console has their own advantages... wether you like it or not is your own damn choice. Let's be civil about it. I for one beleive blu-ray will take over, but that doesn't mean Xbox360 sucks... there are some good titles and good feature with the Xbox dead rising and XBL are two...

The ps3 has other things that other consoles don't have. It's hefty price has a reason and it's mainly the blu-ray player. You can't deny the weight of the final fantasy franchise or even Metal gear solid. Two out of so many classics. Also, whilst it may not have halo and a fantastic online system like microsoft does, sony can fetch the best resolution possible (1080p) with the blu-ray player. Full compatibility with old titles also has it's appeal vs. only selected games. I know for sure that there are some titles that won't work on the Xbox that I would of loved to play again.

As for nintendo... well as usual nintendo is nintendo. They have a couple of good titles that are coming or are already released and the controllers are a nifty feature.

As for any console war there will be no winner because each console targets a different audience. Even if the 360 and ps3 have almost the same demographic, they have a differences that will go fetch different people.

Indeed. Has sony done something about the 720p HD limit it had at release? or is that permanent? HD DVD and Blu ray both have 1080 possibility.

[Giovanni]

I don't think the 360 will ever hit 1080p sadly. If microsoft figures a way to do it... more power to them. But as far as graphics go, the PS3 will have the lead soon (we need to let the developpers get used to the console first, like any release)

[Heavygain]

I don't think the 360 will ever hit 1080p sadly. If microsoft figures a way to do it... more power to them. But as far as graphics go, the PS3 will have the lead soon (we need to let the developpers get used to the console first, like any release)

... dude... you know... that... the 360 already has 1080...

A good closure on system comparisons, would be this. http://dpad.gotfrag.com/xbox360/story/35372/?spage=4

What I find most curious is that the 360's gpu has SIX TIMES the power that the ps3's has. Thats quite amazing. There is definitely a difference in processing power, however the difference was there last generation too and its not as large as it was last time.

[Giovanni]

/insert foot in mouth

[Mag-Mower]

Just to clarify on HD-DVD for gaming: It wont happen. Firstly, a MS executive guy said that the addon will only be used for Movies. Second, I dont know if the 360 has the power to run games, and decode HD format. Last, I doubt the USB cable thats used for the HD addon will be as fast as the standard reader (not that sure though). Also, I misstpyed the title of one of the games im looking forward to, though im not sure on its real name. Ill just say The Next Killzone. Sure, Halo 2 is statitically better than other games, that doesnt change the fact that I find the Halo series boring. Sorry.

[Ghryphen]

I don't think the 360 will ever hit 1080p sadly.

I know you now know, but here is the article http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/1030-novemberupdate-completelist.htm

Can't say stop the fanboy'ism AND continue it! :p

I think Blu-ray will succeed in data storage, but HD-DVD will succeed in home theaters.