Chirstmas gift choice: PS3 or XBOX 360??

milkweg said:
I don't plan to just buy CG movies for my HD player and House of Flying Daggers has pretty good cinematography and doesn't use low quality film. The best quality I have seen on my 360's HD player is the King Kong movie that came with it. Why am I not surprised they included that movie specifically? Friend lent me Perfect Storm in HD and I already have it on DVD so compared with that too (HD at 720p and DVD at 480p) and there wasn't much difference again. Sure, I would rather have HD versions but not at the premium price they are charging currently. I see you can get HD version of Clockwork Orange now but I am not going to give away my SD version just so I can pay thirty bucks for the HD version.

Also, claiming HD and BD affects color quality I find very questionable. It's the remastering that can affect those aspects and not the fact it is at a higher resolution. My remastered version of Planet of the Apes (original version) looks superb on my HD Projector and it is just SD DVD.
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Some of the new HD versions of old movies are OUTSTANDING. Particularly the new remasters of 2001 and The Shining. Blazing Saddles was incredible as well. Those were definitely good enough to be worth the premium. The Scorsese movies look great too (Casino and Goodfellas).
 
Stereophile said:
He's talking about upconverting DVD movies, not old PS1/2 games. Check AVS or HT forum. PS3 is one of the best upscaling DVD players on the market.
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QFT. Was about to say - upscaling games and DVDs are apples and oranges. You can't compare the two.

enlightenedby42 said:
Some of the new HD versions of old movies are OUTSTANDING. Particularly the new remasters of 2001 and The Shining. Blazing Saddles was incredible as well. Those were definitely good enough to be worth the premium. The Scorsese movies look great too (Casino and Goodfellas).
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Aye. I concur! I have seen old movies in HD 1080p - Star Wars, Blade Runner, Terminator 1 and 2.... and they AWESOME! The quality of the picture and sound (5.1/7.1) totally sucks you in.. bye bye theatre, I'm waiting for my HD releases!
 
money, a bottle of captain, and a trip to the bunny ranch in las vegas with that girl named candy

pick up the ps3/xbox next year or used for 100 bucks and games for 5 used


but if you need a console.. don't buy any of them unless you really like console games.. Pc > console
 
I have been debating this so long it is aggravating. The PS3 hardware is a far superior product, but was really screwed up by Sony. The PS3 is still selling poorly compared to the other consoles that at this rate it will never be the lead platform, so its hardware advantages won't come into play until late in its life cycle.

Fact is most games that "gamers" want will be designed for the 360 and ported to other platforms. I say "gamers" because only Nintendo games sell well on Nintendo platforms, and game designers like to push the envelope, those two things alone will keep the up to date edgy adult games from being lead on the Wii. It just a Gamecube with new controllers. I want one, but only to play with the family, not to satisfy my own gaming desires.

Problem I have with the 360 is that most of its great games I would rather buy on the PC. Just about all of them are ported...eventually. Couple that with the poorly designed hardware and you have the only reasons I don't own one already.

Even though I have a 1080p TV, it is only 50 inches so I could really care less about Blu Ray or HD DVD. My DVD's look great and I can encode them and stream them off my XBMC.

So it really comes down to solely the games, as it should for a gaming console.

For me the PS3 has Motorstorm and Uncharted.

The 360 has Forza 2 and Mass Effect.

I have to play Mass Effect and since no PC port is in sight, I am getting an Elite this week. Would have bought one today if I could have found one, but Black Friday blew them out of stock around me. The PS3 was easily found, just confirmation to me of how poorly it continues to sell even after the price drop.

Good luck, hope you find your answer. It took a long time for me to get to this point.
 
360 because in 2008 they will have Fable 2, Alan Wake, and Ninja Gaiden 2. NUFF SAID. I mean sure you can get a PS3 right now but you will be missing on some awesome games like Mass Effect and lets not forget xboxlive which has the best mp out there for any console. I own a PS3 also and the game selection blows so imo if you wanna enjoy gaming right now go for a 360.
 
villain71 said:
360 because in 2008 they will have Fable 2, Alan Wake, and Ninja Gaiden 2.
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Fable 2 LMAO. You know Fable recently made 1up's Top Ten Turkeys of All Time ? Alan Wake will be awesome, although best enjoyed on PC.

villain71 said:
I own a PS3 also and the game selection blows
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What about Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, Resistance, Warhawk, Motostorm, F1CE, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ratchet and Clank ? Add all the good multi-platform titles like GH3, COD4, Rock Band, UT3, Oblivion, Virtua Fighter 5, Dirt, and Assassin's Creed ? The PS3's game selection hardly blows. Not as large as X360's but it's been out half as long.

You brought up Fable 2 on X360 but forgot to mention all of the upcoming PS3 exclusives like Tekken 6, MGS4, FFXIII, Infamous, Resistance 2, Socom Confrontation, Little Big Planet, Haze, KZ2, GT5, The Agency, Africa, MS2, Heavy Rain, Jak and Dexter and the Getaway 3. Just what kind of PS3 "owner" are you ? ;)
 
Tae said:
The PS3 is still selling poorly compared to the other consoles that at this rate it will never be the lead platform, so its hardware advantages won't come into play until late in its life cycle.
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Sales were really hurt by its initially sky high price. Nintendo has the #1 sales spot locked up for the foreseeable future, but the PS3 is the lead platform on a few new multi-platform games like Burnout Paradise. Square is designing Lord of Vermillion specifically around PS3's hardware.

Compare the quality of multi-platform games out now to the 1st generation titles from the launch. The days of sloppy X360 ports, thankfully, appear to be over. The first party studios from SCEA as well as second party developers like Naughty Dog are already getting pretty impressive results from the hardware. Games like Uncharted or Ratchet easily compare with the best graphics on X360. Kojima's upcoming game will probably be the first to need a dual layer (>25gb) BD! Of course EA is never going to push PS3 hardware, but at least they've promised Madden will run at 60fps on PS3 next year. :rolleyes:
 
Stereophile said:
Fable 2 LMAO. You know Fable recently made 1up's Top Ten Turkeys of All Time ? Alan Wake will be awesome, although best enjoyed on PC.
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Well it's all a matter of opinion. Though it had its flaws, I thought Fable was a pretty good game. If you don't buy into the hype that Peter Molyneux always likes to spew you're often a lot less dissapointed. I'm looking forward to Fable 2.

Stereophile said:
Compare the quality of multi-platform games out now to the 1st generation titles from the launch. The days of sloppy X360 ports, thankfully, appear to be over.
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Not completely over. Just look at what Kotaku had to say about The Orange Box on PS3. Of course the blame gets put on the team doing the port, and how much effort they want to put into it, but it's still a problem.
 
PS3

Most people claim "it just needs games"... well that point has come and pass, now there are plenty of games out to make your wallet bleed. There isn't a black hole in the gaming section (that I'm aware of) so quantity of games will only go up, not down.

Almost all games go multiplatform, and all those games that X360 used to have that PS3 doesn't are coming to PS3.. usually with extra content. Lost Planet coming to PS3 as well as some others. Oh wait, then people will say "why would you want to play those games their old and have been out for a while"... yet these are the same people saying the library is bigger and has more to offer. Personally I'd rather have a PC/PS3/Wii setup. If the games don't get ported to PS3 they'll get ported to PC. Time missed on playing them the second they come for X360 can be spent on PS3/Wii games, and then get them when they come to PC.

Not to mention M$ can't get a hold of the RROD issue. I seriously can't see how people can suggest an X360 with the % of failure going on. I got a gaming system to play games on, not sit around and wait to get a referb back, then have to send the referb back for another, and another. God the horror stories should be enough to get people to not buy a PoS hardware. I bet some of X360 sales are repeat customers that have out of warranty boxes that want to keep playing the games they already own.

I've also read that a few Dev's have started to switch the way they have been making games. Instead of making them for X360 and trying to port them to PS3 (which is very hard), they will start off making games for the PS3 and then port them to X360 (which is more like a PC)
And to that one guy, CoD4 is also on PS3 :rolleyes:
 
As an older experienced gamer who owns all 3 consoles here's my advice. If you are only going to get yourself one console- do not let the ps3 be the one. I've had the ps3 for a little over a week now and find the cross media bar slow and cumbersome compared to the gui of the 360. Also if you want to download some game demos, it will probably take you about 2 hours for a one gig demo w/ the ps3 where as it will only take you about 15-20 mins for one off the 360. I'm basing this off trying to download Heavenly Sword a few nights ago. Also with the 360 you can rent video on demand movies in HD, use it as a windows media extender, seamlessly stream h.264/mp4 movies, pics, and music from your pc. It works on ps3, but you have to put in a lot more effort. You also mentioned you were going to use a 27inch HDTV with your console and to be honest at that size, you wont see much of a difference compared to an upscanned dvd at 720p. I know because I've used my ps3 on my 26" insignia and no one in my family new I was watching spiderman on blu-ray compared to reg dvd. Bottom line, if you dont play Final Fantasy or Metal Gear, you are better off with a 360. I like having my PS3, but it could never replace my 360.
 
Gamerdad said:
I like having my PS3, but it could never replace my 360.
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I'm with this guy. It's my fav right next to my PC. Followed by PS3 then Wii. I like all of them for different reasons but the 360 just "feels" right.
 
The topic title is "Christmas gift choice".

"So Timmy, what did you get for Xmas?"

"I got an X360 and Mass Effect"

"How damn Timmy, hows Mass Effect"

"Well I don't know, I got a RROD after I started it up"

"Oh, well Timmy what you going to do the rest of your Xmas break?"

"I'm going to sit on my ass and wait for Microsoft to send the replacement"

Thing is, at 30% failure rates, I wouldnt be surprised to see this happen to many kids.

If 100,000 kids got an X360 for Xmas, thats 30,000 kids sitting on their ass waiting for a replacement. Thats a lot of upset kids... I'd watch out of yellow snow balls.
 
Baker said:
The topic title is "Christmas gift choice".

"So Timmy, what did you get for Xmas?"

"I got an X360 and Mass Effect"

"How damn Timmy, hows Mass Effect"

"Well I don't know, I got a RROD after I started it up"

"Oh, well Timmy what you going to do the rest of your Xmas break?"

"I'm going to sit on my ass and wait for Microsoft to send the replacement"

Thing is, at 30% failure rates, I wouldnt be surprised to see this happen to many kids.

If 100,000 kids got an X360 for Xmas, thats 30,000 kids sitting on their ass waiting for a replacement. Thats a lot of upset kids... I'd watch out of yellow snow balls.
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get a pc and a xbox 360 so if your 360 mess up you can play on your pc instead. half the games on the 360 are on the pc anyway
 
Baker said:
The topic title is "Christmas gift choice".

"So Timmy, what did you get for Xmas?"

"I got an X360 and Mass Effect"

"How damn Timmy, hows Mass Effect"

"Well I don't know, I got a RROD after I started it up"

"Oh, well Timmy what you going to do the rest of your Xmas break?"

"I'm going to sit on my ass and wait for Microsoft to send the replacement"

Thing is, at 30% failure rates, I wouldnt be surprised to see this happen to many kids.

If 100,000 kids got an X360 for Xmas, thats 30,000 kids sitting on their ass waiting for a replacement. Thats a lot of upset kids... I'd watch out of yellow snow balls.
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ROTFLMAO, thats exactly what happened last year for me. My 360 broke right before my christmas break from school. Got gears of war and RB6:V for xmas... but the 360 was in texas because it broke. Didn't get to spend any of my free time off playing 360 :( .
 
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