What console should I get?

[Blaze09]

Do tell Johnny lol

oh and it really depends on which console exclusives you want and choose from there

[livid]

By crapped out I mean that it wouldn't read any discs. And at the time, my roommate and I were told that only the red ring would be covered and it didn't happen so we didn't know what to do. He moved out and took the 360 with him since we split and then he had another one after that anyways so whatever.

Either way, it wasn't cool.

And yeah as far as games, sports and shooters mostly with some fighting games thrown in, etc. Either way, they seem to be fairly even as far the games are concerned which is one of the reasons why I asked.

[zero]

The one thing I will argue is that Live is worth the $50 a year. Cross-game chats, cross-game invites, and most importantly, Netflix streaming. I can understand not wanting to pay for Live a year ago, but the Netflix streaming is such an amazing feature. I think once they get more HD content on there, it will be the best possible way to watch movies or TV shows that you wouldn't rush out to buy on DVD.

The rest comes down to what games you play. If you're a heavy PC gamer and looking for an eclectic bag of exclusives, I'd say go PS3. Many of the 360's biggest exclusives are (or probably will be on) the PC in the future and Sony's got some great exclusives thanks to MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, and (hopefully) the upcoming Heavy Rain. But if you're not a big PC gamer and you're looking for multiplatform titles, shooters and the heavy-hitters like Fable 2, Halo, Gears of War and Left 4 Dead, the 360 is the obvious choice.

Edited February 20, 2009 by Zero

[RoyWill Rumble]

Honestly, if there's any way you can play both for a bit more than a few hours (thanks to friends or something like that maybe) then try that and see which you like more. If you're down for sports and shooters, the sports games aren't going to be exclusive at all. It'll come down to which exclusives you like more - stuff like Killzone 2 or GoW2.

Oh, and hating on the 360 because it's loud? Come on now.

[livid]

He's German though.

Clearly he's just experiencing war flashbacks.

Either way, yeah I'm definitely a bit torn.

[EddieRuckus]

The newer consoles, especially if you can find a Jasper one, don't RROD and are much quieter consoles. I have a Falcon Elite, and when it was new(before I dragged it around in my backpack), it was a lot more quiet than the first 360 I had.

I actually own both, and in my own experience I slightly prefer the 360 over the PS3. Blu-Ray is glorious though, and if you have an HDTV it might be worth picking up the PS3. I can see how it's a hard decision though, as both have their strong points.

[oldskool]

Newer 360s are a ton quieter. I shipped in my old one for a new one at the end of the warranty (hooray lies to customer support) and it's a world of difference. Old one sounded like a power drill, and the new one constantly gives me "oh shit disc read error" flashbacks because it's so quiet (DRE makes the disc not spin, which is very noticeable on old 360s).

That said, nowadays either console is a good bet. You can usually snag a Live subscription for ~$30 instead of the ~$50 retail price, if that cost is a big issue to you. You can also buy shorter subscriptions to see how much you use it...like I should, instead of buying year-long ones to use for 2 weeks and then get bored of.

[livid]

By the way, I'm not sure how relevant it is but I had my 360 a hear and a half ago. So is it the even more recent ones that have reduced the problems or around the time that I had mine?

[EddieRuckus]

The more recent ones are way better than the Elite I have now, and I've only had it for a year. The new ones require less power as the power brick is smaller, and have newer chips that allow the console to be quieter and have less chance of overheating/RROD.

[alldaws1]

May not be the biggest factor in your decision but I think the 360 has a more user friendly interface as well. Really easy to see which of your friends are online, to send messages/invites, compare games, pretty much easier to use in general really and it looks a whole lot better too. Oh and achievements are far cooler than trophies

Edited February 20, 2009 by AD

[Herr Matzat]

How do the consoles handle states updates... like for PES for example. Can you stream it, use an usb stick or something like that. Or do you still need to buy something extra like you had to for the PS2.

[KoA]

You can update the PS3 via the Internet, or you can download the update file from the Internet and put it on a USB Flash Drive, and then you can update it from that.

I can't speak for the 360, though.

[King Ellis]

He means like save files and stuff.

There technically is a way with the 360 but it's fairly conviluted. As I understand with the PS3 it's just a case of using any standard USB drive to copy stuff to and from the console.

[TCO]

Yeah with PS3 it's any USB device, the PS3 recognises anything as long as it's in hte right correspondding folder on the stick. THe 360 is a cunt like that though and requires an extra piece of softwre for PES updates to work.

[Herr Matzat]

That great, i remember with PS2 you had an USB Drive (or even 2?) and pritty much the only game you could use it with was Gran Tourismo 4... and that to save pictures you took of your cars....

Edited February 22, 2009 by Michael Matzat on a Plane