ninja gaiden isn't an exclusive any more hasn't been for a while
Which games console?
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ninja gaiden isn't an exclusive any more hasn't been for a while
I own a Wii and a 360. I play my 360 more - I only play with my Wii when my friends are over or a new game just came out.
360 - it's great system in all areas. Great games for all ages. My nephew is always playing Skate 2 haha. Weekly online updates. Amazing online package/support. The controller still needs work.
Wii - There hasn't been many new 'must have games' for the Wii. I mostly play party games and Brawl with a few of my friends.
PS3 - There is no difference in graphics between PS3 and 360. Bluray is a plus. Crazy Price. Only a few PS3 exclusives - never buy a system just for 1-2 exclusive games.
I pick 360. Until PS3 drops it price and comes out with alot more GOOD games then I might pick it up. I'm still playing with my PS2 haha.
360 - it's great system in all areas. Great games for all ages. My nephew is always playing Skate 2 haha. Weekly online updates. Amazing online package/support. The controller still needs work.
Wii - There hasn't been many new 'must have games' for the Wii. I mostly play party games and Brawl with a few of my friends.
PS3 - There is no difference in graphics between PS3 and 360. Bluray is a plus. Crazy Price. Only a few PS3 exclusives - never buy a system just for 1-2 exclusive games.
I pick 360. Until PS3 drops it price and comes out with alot more GOOD games then I might pick it up. I'm still playing with my PS2 haha.
Ps3,if u have a high def tv,also upscales dvds to 1080p and has a lot more features than the 360.Did i mention a sd card slot and the capability to download all your music?
Its true the graphics are the same as 360 and the 360 has better online play,but other than this the ps3 wins hands down!!!
Its true the graphics are the same as 360 and the 360 has better online play,but other than this the ps3 wins hands down!!!
Newer models of the PS3 don't have the sd card slot anymore. And another feature gone from recent models is the backward compatibility with PS2 games.
Doesn't really matter that much which one you pick for the consoles sake imho, look at the games and controls etc. Those are whats important, but alright a Blu-Ray player is nice. Then again I'd probably pick the PS3 myself (again) if I had the chance.
Xbox, eeeh I don't know I tend to shun Micro$oft on principle, having dealt with different versions of Windows etc, all failing miserably at every turn possible. :1orglaugh
As per actual advice and not just rambling, I'd say go to a store and try a bunch of games for a few different consoles. So you get a feel for what you like and/or dislike about them etc. The storeguys would probably be practically climbing over each other to get a chance to help you anyway I'd suppose. I probably would :nanner:
Xbox, eeeh I don't know I tend to shun Micro$oft on principle, having dealt with different versions of Windows etc, all failing miserably at every turn possible. :1orglaugh
As per actual advice and not just rambling, I'd say go to a store and try a bunch of games for a few different consoles. So you get a feel for what you like and/or dislike about them etc. The storeguys would probably be practically climbing over each other to get a chance to help you anyway I'd suppose. I probably would :nanner:
PS3 FTW.
Free online play.
Japanese quality machine.
Game are nearly as good on all systems.
NOOOOO Wii...
To be honest. You get what you pay for.
The Xbox is cheaper than the PS3.
But the Xbox is also prone to breaking down a lot more than the PS3 is. I have had my 60Gb PS3 model for ages. It is bullet proof almost. Where as I am sitting on my third Xbox 360 at the moment [and I have a fourth one - the basic arcade model - sitting at the side waiting as a backup for when the one I am currently using goes boom].
On the Xbox your console is useless for movies such as AVI files and some camera compatibility as well. In order to get the latest video and audio codecs to play music and video files, you NEED to connect to Xbox LIVE as the fucking bastards will not give you the things you need anyother way. So if you dont connect to the internet then the Xbox will be a basic games machine and little else. Oh yes and now they are forcing you to create a fucking little gay character [avatar] before you can use the console. He [or she] just stands there in the main menu serving no purpose. It's an online thing for you to use them online. Other than that it's useless. Kind of like some of Microsoft's other ideas.
The PS3 however gives you latest updates on game discs as soon as you stick the game in the drive. The PS3 DOES NOT force you to go online to get updates, it brings them to you on the game disc if your console has an earlier version of the update than the one on the disc in the drive. As soon as you stick a game in the drive, it will know if you have the latest firmware version. And if not it will ask to update. It doesn't take long. Couple of minutes and it's done. This way you get ALL the latest video and audio codecs and lots more features for the dashboard of the console. Without going out of your way to go online. Sony look after their cutomers.
That's console wise.
Now game wise, it's slightly different here. As both consoles have a good amount of games on them. You can't really go wrong with either the 360's game catalogue or the PS3's game catalogue. They are both pretty good and have games in them for just about every taste.
So it's all down to how you feel about the quality of the hardware [the consoles lifespan]. I just do not understand how Microsoft can make a console like the 360 when they made a great console in the form of the original Xbox. The first Xbox was great and could be played all day every day without fear of breaking down [or the RROD happening].
All in all the PS3 is the winner. Because game wise it is a draw. But hardware and hardware support [firmware and codec updates] Sony wins hands down. So that's 2-1 to Sony.
The Xbox is cheaper than the PS3.
But the Xbox is also prone to breaking down a lot more than the PS3 is. I have had my 60Gb PS3 model for ages. It is bullet proof almost. Where as I am sitting on my third Xbox 360 at the moment [and I have a fourth one - the basic arcade model - sitting at the side waiting as a backup for when the one I am currently using goes boom].
On the Xbox your console is useless for movies such as AVI files and some camera compatibility as well. In order to get the latest video and audio codecs to play music and video files, you NEED to connect to Xbox LIVE as the fucking bastards will not give you the things you need anyother way. So if you dont connect to the internet then the Xbox will be a basic games machine and little else. Oh yes and now they are forcing you to create a fucking little gay character [avatar] before you can use the console. He [or she] just stands there in the main menu serving no purpose. It's an online thing for you to use them online. Other than that it's useless. Kind of like some of Microsoft's other ideas.
The PS3 however gives you latest updates on game discs as soon as you stick the game in the drive. The PS3 DOES NOT force you to go online to get updates, it brings them to you on the game disc if your console has an earlier version of the update than the one on the disc in the drive. As soon as you stick a game in the drive, it will know if you have the latest firmware version. And if not it will ask to update. It doesn't take long. Couple of minutes and it's done. This way you get ALL the latest video and audio codecs and lots more features for the dashboard of the console. Without going out of your way to go online. Sony look after their cutomers.
That's console wise.
Now game wise, it's slightly different here. As both consoles have a good amount of games on them. You can't really go wrong with either the 360's game catalogue or the PS3's game catalogue. They are both pretty good and have games in them for just about every taste.
So it's all down to how you feel about the quality of the hardware [the consoles lifespan]. I just do not understand how Microsoft can make a console like the 360 when they made a great console in the form of the original Xbox. The first Xbox was great and could be played all day every day without fear of breaking down [or the RROD happening].
All in all the PS3 is the winner. Because game wise it is a draw. But hardware and hardware support [firmware and codec updates] Sony wins hands down. So that's 2-1 to Sony.
Nintendo Wii, I do not think you will be too happy with this system. The only reasons for having one are for the virtual console games you can download and play again. They were games that used to be on Nintendo - Nintendo 64 plus Sega and their consoles. The Legend of Zelda series is another reason to get a Wii but thats pretty much it in my opinion.
XBox 360, You need to do some research on this system. The console has some problems with an error known as The Red Rings of Death. Microsoft has been working on this problem and have come out with the Jasper chip to greatly reduce the Red Ring of Death. Just do some research on it through google. Other then that the XBox 360 has some pretty great games. Xbox Live is alot of fun from where I messed with it when I got it for a month free. I downloaded some arcade classics such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon.
Playstation 3, This is a great system in my opinion. You can play Blueray movies on it as well and comes with some great exclusives as well such as, Uncharted, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Infamous. However it is not backwards compatable anymore so it can't play Playstation 2 and 1 games unless you buy one of the earlier systems that was released back at launch.
I have all 3 systems. Have not had any problems out of either of them yet. I had the Wii and the Playstation 3 since launch. I got the XBox 360 last April. I did some research and made sure I got the jasper one though.
XBox 360, You need to do some research on this system. The console has some problems with an error known as The Red Rings of Death. Microsoft has been working on this problem and have come out with the Jasper chip to greatly reduce the Red Ring of Death. Just do some research on it through google. Other then that the XBox 360 has some pretty great games. Xbox Live is alot of fun from where I messed with it when I got it for a month free. I downloaded some arcade classics such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon.
Playstation 3, This is a great system in my opinion. You can play Blueray movies on it as well and comes with some great exclusives as well such as, Uncharted, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Infamous. However it is not backwards compatable anymore so it can't play Playstation 2 and 1 games unless you buy one of the earlier systems that was released back at launch.
I have all 3 systems. Have not had any problems out of either of them yet. I had the Wii and the Playstation 3 since launch. I got the XBox 360 last April. I did some research and made sure I got the jasper one though.
With regard to the codecs, while it may be a pain to have to get them online, all X-Box 360s ship with an X-Box Live Silver account, so everyone's got access to the codecs that plans to use the online functionality at all.
One of the areas I think you overlooked a bit here was online play. PS3 has it for free, 360 doesn't, but 360 games typically play much more smoothly than all but the most popular titles on PS3, so if that's a category in voting for one of the two systems, the 360 should win.
Not so much anymore. Since about June of 2007, the architecture changes to the system itself have drastically reduced the incidences of the RRoD. The 360 has had problems in the past, but those are by in large behind the system, so if you buy a 360 now, you won't really have to worry about it.
That is my whole point I made above my friend. You NEED to go online to get codecs. You are being forced to go out of your way to get what you need. Where as with the PS you just need to sit back and let the update on the disc do it all for you. No fuss what so ever and no need to go anywhere near the internet.
And speaking as one of many people that do not use the online side of their consoles, it is annoying to see that this side of the market isn't being looked after by MS. The fucking cunt bastards at MS seem to think everyone should be online with the console. This is why there is a lack of support for those that do not go online with their consoles. Ignorance is what that is
Just because around twenty million or so of the thirty million Xbox 360's out there are online, that doesn't mean MS should ignore the 10 million or so that are not online.
Sony support both sides of the fence [online and offline]. That is why in my eyes Sony get a gold star and a lollypop for their service to their customers. Where as Microsoft get a half eaten Mars Bar as a rewards for their lack of support to those who buy their console. If it wasn't for the good game selection on the Xbox I wouldn't have one. That's the only reason for me keeping a MS console - the good games. It's not the support or the quality of the hardware.
No my friend I never over looked online gaming. I only discuss what is a part of my gaming needs :thumbsup:
And as it stands, online gaming is not a part of my gaming needs, and never will be.
So your saying the 360 should win the online gaming side of things? fair enough sir. I have no interest in online gaming anyway. So it can dominate the online gaming side of the fence all it wants to, it is no big loss for me. Everything else though I'd have to say that the PS3 does dominate in. Especially support for updates to those who do not go online as that is a big issue if your playing movie files a lot on the consoles. The PS3 I have stays up to date and isn't just a basic out of the box game console [like my 360].
All I am doing is I am giving my view on the + and - points to both consoles so as it can hopefully help the OP to make a better choice in console purchase based on MY experiances with both machines. I am not a fanboy of one console as I own both consoles and like games on both consoles. But that doesn't mean I will sit in silence when it comes to giving my views on what I think of both consoles.
At the end of the day OP buy either the PS3 or the XB360 based on what everone in here has said.
But DO NOT buy the Wii as it is not money well spent. You will not get your money's worth from a Wii purchase. Not unless you have like three or four kids at home.
That is my whole point I made above my friend. You NEED to go online to get codecs. You are being forced to go out of your way to get what you need. Where as with the PS you just need to sit back and let the update on the disc do it all for you. No fuss what so ever and no need to go anywhere near the internet.
And speaking as one of many people that do not use the online side of their consoles, it is annoying to see that this side of the market isn't being looked after by MS. The fucking cunt bastards at MS seem to think everyone should be online with the console. This is why there is a lack of support for those that do not go online with their consoles. Ignorance is what that is
Just because around twenty million or so of the thirty million Xbox 360's out there are online, that doesn't mean MS should ignore the 10 million or so that are not online.
Sony support both sides of the fence [online and offline]. That is why in my eyes Sony get a gold star and a lollypop for their service to their customers. Where as Microsoft get a half eaten Mars Bar as a rewards for their lack of support to those who buy their console. If it wasn't for the good game selection on the Xbox I wouldn't have one. That's the only reason for me keeping a MS console - the good games. It's not the support or the quality of the hardware.
No my friend I never over looked online gaming. I only discuss what is a part of my gaming needs :thumbsup:
And as it stands, online gaming is not a part of my gaming needs, and never will be.
So your saying the 360 should win the online gaming side of things? fair enough sir. I have no interest in online gaming anyway. So it can dominate the online gaming side of the fence all it wants to, it is no big loss for me. Everything else though I'd have to say that the PS3 does dominate in. Especially support for updates to those who do not go online as that is a big issue if your playing movie files a lot on the consoles. The PS3 I have stays up to date and isn't just a basic out of the box game console [like my 360].
All I am doing is I am giving my view on the + and - points to both consoles so as it can hopefully help the OP to make a better choice in console purchase based on MY experiances with both machines. I am not a fanboy of one console as I own both consoles and like games on both consoles. But that doesn't mean I will sit in silence when it comes to giving my views on what I think of both consoles.
At the end of the day OP buy either the PS3 or the XB360 based on what everone in here has said.
But DO NOT buy the Wii as it is not money well spent. You will not get your money's worth from a Wii purchase. Not unless you have like three or four kids at home.
Oh don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to discredit your opinion, in fact, I think you've got a really valid opinion in this case. I agree with you on most everything you've said, I just wanted to point out to those who do play online (because nowadays it's a sizeable enough crowd to be worthwhile) that right now the PS3 is behind. No worries my friend, you made some good points.
I have owned two (but now only one) of Ps3 and Xbox. The xbox kept breaking down replaced etc...you get the general picture (bad build quality) I have got only a PS3 and no problems well worth the money. I know people who have got wii and apart from novelty is perhaps more targeted at lesser serious gamers and children, so for that reason dont own one.
360, it's quite easy to fix the RROD if you look around, Fallout 3 and Oblivion outshine the PS3 quite easily. Ghostbusters looks worse on PS3.
I'd buy a PS3, but have no space, lack money, and I am the ultimate PS2 fanboy (since 2001). Sony's PS2 was God's Gift to gaming. The PS3 is all about Blu Rays, and I don't know anyone who buys them.
I'd buy a PS3, but have no space, lack money, and I am the ultimate PS2 fanboy (since 2001). Sony's PS2 was God's Gift to gaming. The PS3 is all about Blu Rays, and I don't know anyone who buys them.
