PS3 or Xbox360

[skyliner22 16]

I am considering to buy one of these soon. My friends want me to get 360 because they have a COD4 clan thingy going but, only a few XBOX games appeal to me. I love my PS2 and I want many titles like GT5 and I've been told the games are to get better. Also there is no region lock which allows me to play games outside of US. Since I tend to play lots of racing games, PS seems to have more for it. I dont mean NFS games, I mean real, realistic racing and 360 only has Forza and PGR isn't my cup. So i may get a PS3 in the long run, it will be worth it. One problem is, I dont have an HDTV....

[BurroDiablo 222]

Originally posted by: skyliner22 One problem is, I dont have an HDTV....quote>

You don't need one. I mean, Its recommended you do to get the best out of the graphics, but its not required. I'm going to invest in a HDTV one of these days, but i'll probably wait untill I can afford a PS3 first.

[GMT 389]

I'm happy with my standard tv.

sure, I'd love to have an hdtv to plug my ps3 in, but ...

they are too f... expensive still (says the one who bought a ps3... lol)

I played a couple of times on an hdtv and of course its mindblowing to race down montreal race track in the f1c demo on a huge hdtv (tho the game is one of the first for the ps3 and certainly don't ask much from the console)

but on a normal tv screen, it looks just ok to get a good feeling of what the ps3 has in stores if the game designers knew what they were doing.

on a normal tv, e.g. oblivion still looks better than on ALL player-made screenshots (that come from PCs cuz ps3 can't take screenshots without dev-software)

long story short: with a ps3, an hdtv is just the icing on the cake

and I guess that counts for the 360 aswell

[hawkpride147 1]

PS3 for all the reasons ILL Tonkso said plus one word...Warhawk

[cameron1991 0]

Im glad I got a PS3 now instead of the 360. PS3 games are getting much bigger and longer, while 360 games wont get much better than they are now. The reason for this is because the 360 only uses DVDs and not Blu-ray, which has 5 times the capacity of DVDs, soon to be 7.5x when 3layer BDs come out. Apparently Rockstar has had to cut out puts from the 360 release of GTA4, because of the lack of storage space on DVDs. Killzone 2 being released this year has singleplayer levels larger than 2gb in size, so there is no way it could fit on a DVD for the 360 (if it wasnt a PS3 exclusive).

[bwatterud 7]

Originally posted by: skyliner22I dont mean NFS games, I mean real, realistic racing and 360 only has Forza and PGR isn't my cup. So i may get a PS3 in the long run, it will be worth it. One problem is, I dont have an HDTV....quote>

Well, the PS3 only has GT5, and that's not even out yet.  Plus, Forza has better customization options than GT4 did, crash physics, and an already healthy selection of downloadable cars and tracks.

Originally posted by: cameron1991 Apparently Rockstar has had to cut out puts from the 360 release of GTA4, because of the lack of storage space on DVDs. quote>

That may or may not be true, but the 360 version gets exclusive DLC missions.

Originally posted by: ILL TonksoOh one last thing, I would like to note that, if it were not for Microsofts intervention, Halo would have infact been released on the Playstation 2.quote>

Actually, it was being planned for Mac.  No, I'm not kidding.  Look it up. 

[Trevormovies 0]

I would pick the wii Its far more reliable than the 360 And I has agood libary of games

[Misterquicks 4]

Don't get the wrong idea, I'm no fanboy as I have owned a console by each of these developers but after much deliberation I went with an Xbox 360 because it appears to be the most popular console with game developers as it's attach rate suggests of over 7 games per console purchased which is over double that of the PS3's and the Wii. Not only that but they do have what I believe better exclusive titles like Halo, Project Gotham Racing, Gears of War and Bioshock for starters and their online service, even though a paid subscription is needed, is second too none.

As far as cutting content for GTA IV because of the limitations of the Xbox 360, that is false, what Rockstar were saying is for any "FUTURE" GTA release they may have issues implementing content because of the Arcade version of the Xbox only being equipt with a 512mb memory card. Since we've waited since 2004 for GTA IV to come out, my money is on the next title being released on the next Gen consoles i.e. the Xbox 720 or the PS4 and even if it is released in this cycle of consoles I wouldn't imagine Microsoft turning a blind eye to what Rockstar are saying, as it is going to be the biggest title of the year for them. I would imagine they will work something out to accommodate the next GTA for their console as their investment of $50 million in additional content has suggested that they are very much wanting to secure it as a franchise on their system.

The cursed and feared RROD which initially was a problem for the Xbox 360 with a rumoured 30% failing is being remedied with each and every hardware incarnation they release and I would imagine it will be an oddity in the coming months to have such a problem come up.

The Xbox 360 is a true gamer's console really aimed at the hardcore where as the PS3 at the moment is more of a movie buff's machine who likes a side of gaming and the Wii being pretty much aimed at those who like a bit of casual gaming or a family with small children, as many of their titles suggest.