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It really depends on what games you want.

XB360 gets great exclusives from companies like Bungie, Bioware, and Microsoft themselves. XBlive is STILL the best online gaming platform ever made and they keep making it better. And the marketplace is top notch! Not only that, a lot of great older games (Dead Rising, for example) are very cheap at gamestop.

PS3 is far more reliable. PS3's online service is just as good as live, however, its free, which is a big diff for most people. The new slim 120gb is a pretty sweet deal. As well, with games like FFXIII and God of War 3 PS3 is set up for success this coming year!

Honestly its personal preference. I own both (I have the old backwards compatible PS3), and I buy games for both, and love both. The exclusives for each are top notch, graphics are comparable, and online is great on either!

You should check the disks and make sure you don't stand the 360 on its side, thats very bad, it'll scratch the disks.

If a disk stops working, take it out and look at the shiny side of the disk. If there is a discolored ring on the disk, your 360 just burnt the disk.

Well, have fun and enjoy your system.

BTW to all those Halo 3 ODST fans, it looks like gak. Its just call of duty with the halo franchise. If you want a hard game you want to play 007 Goldeneye on the N 64.

a word and three numbers:
XBOX 360

I myself have a 360
one day it got the red ring and died
but oddly enough began working again without anyone messing with it
ever since then its been working
that was about 2 years ago

I got the 360 because of its cheapness
but now that the ps3s price got reduced id go with ps3

the ps3 looks cooler and has free online plus bluray( if your fussy over high quality movies)

halonachos wrote: If you want a hard game you want to play 007 Goldeneye on the N 64.

Perfect Dark for N64 is better imo

I too am stuck on the debate of a 360 and ps3... so far i am leaning on ps3 for the free online part

XBOX360 FOR THE WIN

Sanchez01 wrote:

halonachos wrote: If you want a hard game you want to play 007 Goldeneye on the N 64.

Perfect Dark for N64 is better imo

I too am stuck on the debate of a 360 and ps3... so far i am leaning on ps3 for the free online part

careful sanchez, everyone ive spoken to says you get what you pay for.
everyone tells me how superior the 360 online system is compared to ps3.

With the release of the PS3 Slim and the price drop I'll be getting a PS3 one (first current gen console, still got a PS2 at home).

My younger brother has an Xbox but I wasn't too impressed. The exclusives are not particularly more appealing to me and I hate the clunky controllers. As a father of 2 busy with work I don't have time for regular online play so the better online experience offered through Gold is not a persuading factor and the paying for the Gold account is another turn off. Not because I find the price too high (quite worth it if you're a regular online player I say) but because I feel I wouldn't be getting my money's worth due to intermittent online gaming.

I like the exclusives on the PS3 somewhat better and because the console will be going in the living room to go with the 40" LCD TV the BlueRay and sexy black design are just a bonus.

As you can see my choice is mostly determined by social and living factors so it's probably not the same for most people.

Now they only need to get rid of those older PS3's that come with games so they can ship out Slims with games. I'm betting heavily that due to people feeling a big negative psychological effect from a price increase if they release the Slim + game at a higher price, they'll actually still keep it at the 299 mark in a few months time, even with the game.

Personally I'm hoping they've got a complete edition Fallout pack then (Game + all the DLC included), one can hope!

I still don't see how the PS3 is even a choice unless you want the Blu Ray player.


360 = more robust online service. You get what you pay for.

PS3 = online service is still discussed in industry standards as "not quite there yet." STILL. I'd call that pretty inexcusable considering how important this is to the current-gen consoles.


360 = many more exclusives.

PS3 = Pretty much Metal Gear and that's it...and there's a Metal Gear game coming to 360 soon. You've got the Resistance games, but there are so many FPS that are cross-console that combine them with the Halo franchise and at best FPS considerations are a null result.


360 = Much larger player base. Chances are most of your friends are on the 360.

PS3 = Much smaller player base. Do a poll, see if this holds true for you personally. It does for me and my circle of console gaming friends.


The only marked advantage of the PS3 is the inclusion of a Blu-Ray player, and I've never, ever purchased a console for or as a media player. If you really care about DVDs, buy a DVD player. They're not that expensive anymore, and you can get a much, much higher-quality player for not much money compared to the DVD player in the 360.

Same with Blu-Ray. You only really get a big difference between regular DVD and Blu-Ray if you are dealing with a high-end A/V setup. It's all about color density, digital audio, size of your screen, etc. If you've got a regular-ass 37" flat, widescreen, high-def LCD and a regular 5.1 surround sound system you're not going to see a whole lot of difference between DVD and Blu-Ray when you're just watching a movie in the background with friends over or while hanging with your woman or whatever...

If you can afford the high-end A/V setup you need to really take advantage of the Blu-Ray format then you can afford a dedicated Blu-Ray player...and then you also can probably afford both a 360 and a PS3 so this whole conversation becomes moot.


But purchasing a PS3 just for the Blu-Ray, the only real reason IMHO to get a PS3 over a 360, without owning the A/V rig to make proper use of the Blu-Ray just seems like gimping your gaming for no reason. If you really, truly have a hard-on for the PS3 exclusives then rent one with the exclusive games, play it, and return it. You'll be money ahead for doing so.