This is the official Battle of the Game Systems thread. Which system do you think is top quality? Which system should never have been made? State your opinion and provide the reasons why your console is top dog!
I say Xbox 360. I have always been a Nintendo fan and I hardly ever played Xbox or PS2. But once I got an Xbox 360 and Xbox Live I hardly ever went back to Nintendo. Nintendo still made some of my all-time favourite video game characters that I will never truly forget. But now that the Kinect is out, the Wii just doesn't have any big advantages. The PS3's only advantage is that it has slightly better graphics, which isn't as important as everyone says.
They're both pretty much the same in graphics and gameplay so that is out of the question. What matters is price for features, and PS3 wins. Plus, Sony works really hard to keep COD hacker free. They are suing Geohot for jailbreaking it.
i say xbox 360 because ive played the wii, it is true the wii has some good games but face it once you play one game on the wii they are all the same. I cant say anything bad about ps3 because i dont have one. But i think the xbox is good, because it has good graphics and a wide variety of games
Okay, let me try to settle this once and for all. *takes deep breath* I think it's all about personal preference. The Xbox is more secure since you have to pay for it, as in, less broken games like Cod4 and mw2 are on the ps3. If you get Xbox Live, since you have to pay, people kinda make it their goal to be good at xbox. But hey, the Ps3 is free. So if that's enough for you, go ahead. I'm not stopping you from buying either. Oh, and the Wii. The Wii, well, it's kinda the reject out of the 3 consoles. The graphics aren't as good and there arent as many good games in my opinion. But, again, if you want to buy any of these, it's up to you. As in, I think it's better for you (and ONLY you) to decide.
Wii has too bad graphics but classics that i love,like mario ^^,but I prefer my PS3 because of Little big Planet 1 and 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4,and I also think the PS3 is better because u don't have to pay just to play online and it doesnt break so ofter (not mine) ,soo,thats it,leave a comment on my page if u think I'm wrong and I'll talk to u,bye,going to play PS3 =3
Overall I'm going with Xbox 360. It's got the best line up of games and the best online play. A close second is the PS3 though. It has Blu-Ray and free online access. Plus it has Grand Turismo Last is the Wii. It's the little kid's system. Way to colorful, animated games for me
really... name one. Please. I see this written all the time by every xbox fan boy out there but still have yet to see one example that actually holds water... The only online feature i see is when your playing nazi zombies and it constantly kicks you out because there are apparently no available hosts.. Other than that its exactly the same as ps3, with an added bonus of paying 50 dollars a year. Sure you get the people that pay for online, doesn't mean there better at all. They could be paying for a different game altogether, or even just paying so they can every now and then play online with buds. Don't give the 50 dollars makes the online so much better... It doesn't. Ps3 offers the exact same servers that the game companies provide. The only advantage xbox 360 has online at this very moment is getting cod maps a month earlier.. Good way to waste 50 bucks, so you can spend 15 extra bucks a month earlier =). Ps3 when you pay for online you get exlusives. Free games, cheaper map packs, free add ons to other games... As for graphics, its fact that ps3's is better. Its not some fantasy thing every ps3 fanboy makes up. All italics sourced from IGNs comparison. The two CPU chips run at the same GHz speed, but the PS3's seven individual cores beat out the Xbox's three dual-threaded cores. And in terms of performance measured in gigaflops, the PS3 tops out at nearly three times that of the Xbox.
So yeah its not something made up. Its nearly 3 times superior..
As for Ram: Once again, the Xbox's total amount of RAM is slightly misleading, as the system RAM and video RAM are shared. The PS3's XDR RAM is also far more fast and efficient than the Xbox's GDDR3 RAM, running at a speed of 3.2 GHz compared to 700 MHz.
Final bandwidth numbers prove PS3 is the victor in this category.
Hard drives: However, the PS3's true advantage is its support of standard 2.5" SATA notebook hard drives. Users can upgrade the PS3's hard drive with drives that have higher capacities and faster rpm speeds, while the Xbox only supports Microsoft's proprietary HDD model.
Disc drive, and disc speed: While the PS3's disc drive runs somewhat slower than the Xbox's, it does offer the significantly higher storage capacity that comes with Blu-ray. Current PS3 discs have 25 GB to offer, and a new dual layer format is in the works that may increase this number to 33.4 GB. For most gamers, this storage boost will be far more important than read speed.
Video Support: With both the current models of both consoles now including standard HDMI ports, the Xbox and PS3 are largely comparable when it comes to video connections. The PS3 outclasses the Xbox in terms of maximum resolution.
While the Xbox's menu screens support 1080p display, Microsoft only requires its games to support 720p. The PS3 features a significant number of games that support 1080p. That's to say nothing of the PS3's support for Blu-ray movies and the growing focus on 3D gaming.
Sound quality: For gamers relaying on analog sound connections, the Xbox has the advantage of offering Dolby Pro-Logic II in addition to standard stereo. But for those with digital connections, the PS3 wins the day by offering both 5.1 Dolby Digital surround and 7.1 LPCM surround.
Connectivity: The current PS3 Slim has two USB ports compared to the Xbox's three. Additionally, Sony has removed the Compact Flash and SD card support seen in older models while the Xbox offers support for memory units that can transfer game data and saves.
Despite these advantages on the Xbox, the PS3 still emerges victorious in this category thanks to its support for Bluetooth 2.0.
Xbox of course has backwards capability... But i have all three sony systems, and found no real need for this...
Sooo there you go, thats why ps3 owns xbox, in more ways then one.
