By: Tom Mac

Tom Mac — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:01:05 +0000

I own a xbox 360 and soon a ps3. Please any of you out there trying
to make a decision on what to buy go with the ps3!!! I did the math
out and I have spent MUCH more on my xbox in just under two years
than I would have on a ps3.(not including games, mostly gadgets
that COME WITH THE PS3) Around 850 us dollars on my xbox. You just
have to play more up front for the ps3. Yet you pay less in the
long run. Trust me if you buy an xbox you WILL be kicking your self
in the long run... i surely did. Plz take this into
consideration.PLZ

By: hey all

hey all — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:53:23 +0000

Ps3 is indeed made with higher quality materials, way higher
graphics capability, and more power output than the xbox 360. But
the thing is, no game on the market will be able to output max
potential on the ps3 because of the SPU compared the the 360's 3
cpu's. In reality the ps3 is somewhat inferior because of utlizing
the SPU.The Xbox's GPU is more powerful. It has more powerful
fillrate, and far more pixel and vertex processing horsepower. The
reason many porst on ps3 seems 'brighter'' than on the 360 version
is because of their vertex shader is quite inferior to that of the
360's, so in order to make up for it, the brightness is toned up in
order to hide that little fault. Failure rate and durability is
probably enough of ar eason for one to p urchase a ps3 instead of a
360. Bottom line is, choose the console with the games you think
you'll enjoy playing.

By: Daren

Daren — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:06:21 +0000

In your article you mentioned Price and reflected on the fact that
the PS3 is a BluRay player, which is part of why I sold my 360 and
got a PS3, but what you didn't mention is from my personal argument
library. 1. PS3 vs Xbox "arcade" isn't fair, because a hard drive
on the Xbox will cost the extra $120 (unless the price has
dropped). so now we're already putting the Xbox 360 at $319 vs $399
for PS3. 2. Online game play and Patching requires a network
connection. The PS3 includes wireless while the Xbox 360 requires
you to spend another $99.00 on a proprietary Wireless stick that
will use one of 3 or 4 USB ports, not good in my opinion.. Now
we're at $418 for the Xbox360 vs $399 for the PS3. 3. The PS3 has
better graphics capability (1080p vs 1080i) while that is not as
important right now it might be one day in the future. 4. Speaking
of future, the PS3 has a more robust CPU with 8 threads vs 6 on the
Xbox 360, making it more of a long term gaming machine. 5. Falure
rates. regardless of what MS has done to fix the failures on the
Xboy 360 they still produced and released a system with a 32%
failure rate. That's not what I call good marketing, but the way
they hide those truths is... 6. The PS3 can replace your Primary
DVD setup, as it did in my house, and while streaming video over
the air (using wireless) isn't great, it still works and doesn't
have the extra cost. The Xbox doesn't quite cut the mustard there,
as you can't use it as your primary HD Video source unless you
opted to pay another $100+ for the add on HD DVD player. The point?
The PS3 was well thought out and all of the cost associated with
owning one and getting the most out of it was presented up front,
whereas the Xbox 360 will slowly bleed your wallet dry for what I
see as a total of $518++ just to be on the same playing field as
the PS3.. But wait.. there's more. When I said same playing field I
guess I failed to mention things that the Xbox wont have on the
same playing field. like the graphics engine. While developers
haven't been very good at porting games to the PS3 the box has way
more potential than the 360. there's also the GyroMotion on the
controllers that allow you to use the controller as an actual
steering wheel (much in the fashion of the Wii). While not as
"good" as the Wii yet I feel the PS3 has the potential to actually
make use of the GyroMotion to allow the PS3 the perform Wii like
functions as well as or better than the Wii itself. Consider the
fact that it doesn't require an infrared bar to figure out what the
controller is doing. It simply uses the gyro, the software, and the
bluetooth as a fully integrated motion based controller. I find the
lack of feedback on games like F1 Championship a little difficult
to compensate for, but that's no different than how I feel about
the Wii.. (not saying the PS3 is better than the Wii. The wii is
great all on it's own and isn't in the same gaming realm as the PS3
and Xbox).. So, while the PS3 is "more expensive" if consumers were
educated on the systems a little better and biased employees didn't
work at the stores trying to push and Xbox360 then perhaps the Xbox
wouldn't sell as well as it does. While both are good systems I
kept my Wii, sold my Xbox and purchased a PS3 because it has all
the bang for less of the buck. .. In Conclusion... The main
advantage the Xbox 360 has over the PS3 isn't the price. It's the
marketing department... PS - if you go to the sony site and buy a
PS3 while you apply for a sony card and get approved you get
credited $150.00 which will bring the price of the PS3 down to
$249.. Where's Xbox's price advantage now?

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