BF2S Forums 360, Wii, or PS3?

Alright, let's say your statement is true. It probably will be, and I hope it is. HD rocks.

If HD DVD ends up the winner in this format war, then the 360 guys will have to get the add-on for the 360. PS3 guys will have to get a standalone player.

If Blu-ray wins, PS3 users do end up better off with the built-in player. But, we are not certain which format is going to win. And finally, people tend to not want to put long-term investments in video game consoles.

rabee2789b wrote:

TheDarkRaven wrote:

rabee2789b wrote:

Don't get 360, there are alot of problems with it, example...  http://forums.xbox.com/8347347/ShowPost.aspx and http://forums.xbox.com/4411300/ShowPost.aspx .

For ppl who are saying PS3 is more expensive, oh come on. U can't even play HD-DVD without getting HD-drive which costs £130, if u want wireless, u gotta get a wireless adaptar, pluse the 60 hard drive in the PS3.

279+130+40+xbox live(40)= 489. OH and I forgot the memory slots in the PS3. Is that not enough?

Wii will be the worst out of the 3, its a very boring, childish console!

The red light problem doesn't mean anything with the new Xbox360 (shipping soon). Oh, and the freezing problem - as if that doesn't happen with the PlayStation3(!).

1. The new disc drives aren't a big seller of systems - most sensible people will wait until one comes out victor (or, as should happen in a sensible, logical world - DVD will remain), and buy a good quality stand-alone player (and recorder), rather than the cheap tat that is stuffed into the PS3 or the afterthought for the Xbox360. Microsoft did the right thing for now - make it optional, a choice. Most people won't have any reason for it for another year at least, if not two - if at all. And even by that time it'll be outdated and outclassed - so they'd just have to buy another stand-alone player anyway (so...the Blu-Ray choice for Sony actually works out as a disadvantage for consumers - unless you're two lazy to change discs when you start playing a game...)!

2. Yet again, this was a sensible move by Microsoft. Many people may not want to play on-line straight away, and even when they do they may have perfectly good wired connections already in place. This saves the consumer even more money (Microsoft are even making a slight profit now, and will soon drop prices of the current models - hopefully - before they release the new model for the same as the current Premium). Also, if you are a true gamer, you'd stay away from a wireless connection for gaming anyway - most people know that!

3. The HDD! Yes the PlayStation3 has the 60Gb HDD, and the Xbox360 only has a 20Gb HDD (in the Premium, not the Core - but who in their right mind would buy the core anyway?). Yet, Microsoft will soon be releasing a new Xbox360 at the current price of the Premium Xbox360 with a 120Gb and lots of other goodies (more outputs etc. )!

4. Ah, the price! Like I said, in the end Microsoft are passing on savings to the average consumer. If you do want to 'spec-up' your Xbox360 with the HD-DVD drive and a wireless adaptor (and want what is indisputably the best console online gaming experience ever - XboxLive), it will cost you more than a PlayStation3 currently. But when the new Xbox360 model comes out, it'll blow the PlayStation3 out of the water for cost effectiveness.

5. Uses for memory slots? Please, name something that you couldn't do with a PC - and indeed, do better with a PC.

6. Ah, yes. The good ol' "Wii will be the worst out of the 3, its a very boring, childish console!" act! And yet I see when someone else took it upon themselves to call you a fan-boy (mostly because of this statement, I gather), you had the gall and nerve to dispute this! As much as I admire you standing your ground, surely this is the statement that has caused so much resentment of Sony fan-boys? You have no motive or reasoning, and then you suddenly burst out with "Wii will be the worst out of the 3" - a fairly radical statement. Reasoning suggests that you feel you must deal with it now before someone else brings up the topic on you and you lose control - as in you feel threatened by it. Trying to ignore your inner child urges to...dare I say it?...have...fun? Whatever the reasoning, I wonder how 'childish' Manhunt is? Hmm? I suppose you could say the same thing about Mario - a timeless classic. Yet, it does not have blood, gore, and top-end graphics (oh, and it's not on a PlayStation console) so it must be terrible(!). "A very boring, childish console!" - *agape*...have you actually played one of these? Do you own a Wii? Spent some time, loving, caring, cherishing it? Yet again - 'it does not have blood, gore, and top-end graphics (oh, and it's not a PlayStation console) so it must be terrible(!).' Your pragmatic views of gaming, as in...graphics, are so centralised you haven't even given free reign to the idea of either the Xbox360 or Wii being any good.

And so I come to the end. I hope you dear sir/madam enjoyed this read, and that you have taken away at least a modicum of information from this.

As a final note, I do own a Wii (from December 12th) and an Xbox360 from...sometime last year. I have played the PlayStation3 in America, and it truly doesn't live up to the hype machine that is it. Whatever you end up playing with, I hope you can, at least, have a little...fun. For that is what gaming is all about, no?

All the best,
Andy

First of all, calling me Sony fan-boy doesn't really work, because looking at your final paragraph, I can easily say ur a MS/Nintendo  fanboy or w/e, and your trying to avoid the PS3, bcuz u played it for couple of mins, OK hours maybe?. But guess what?. The PS3 is not even out in Europe and there are only few games, the developers don't t even know the full power of the system and your telling me, it wasn't good enough to your expectations?. Thats just ridiculous!

Regarding the "360 with 120GB", can u please tell me, any source that suggest that the "new" 360 will have the same price as the current one, as MS havn't even officially said anything about the new 360?.

Oh,  Hurricane, you don't want to compare consoles in respect to their prices, right?. But in couple of years, everything will be HD, and ppl with the 360 will be forced to buy the HD-Drive, ok they might not need Wi-Fi, fair enough!

Ah! But the irony of your argument...
If only I could find a way to explain. Na!

~

I think myself, and any sane man/monkey/beast/micro-organism, would take offense and/or just laugh at the statement "I can easily say ur a MS/Nintendo  fanboy or w/e". Firstly, allow me to translate into communicable standard English - "I can easily say that you're a Microsoft/Nintendo fan-boy or something along those lines." Ah! True English is bliss to observe, no? Microsoft and Nintendo can never co-exist. Nintendo has always been on limb, solely a console and console software developer. Microsoft have dabbled in their trade and, to be oh-so-honest, good ol' 'Ninty' didn't go out of their way to thank them for it. And, to be honest, I have had every Nintendo console (plus the Segas, some Ataris). Want to know why? They were the best. Pure and simple. The GameCube was a dark horse (powerhouse!), but the third-party support gave it the death-knell. I had the Xbox and a PlayStation. I recently bought a PSX - know why? It is a nice console, good third-party support (the Nintendo64 just about ad the edge on it but we all knew what was coming). And I tell you what - I loved that thing, and I still do. The PlayStation2 is the only console I have refused to get, due to a morale obligation (the PlayStation3 may yet join it...). It was poor - we can all admit that. Hell, even the GameCube was more powerful (and that's saying something - 'Ninty' aren't exactly know for power in recent times) than it. Third-part support, and that alone, was what kept it going. I was content with all else that could be produced for my other consoles. Oh, and on a last note for this topic, Nintendo (if to team them with anyone) should be teamed with Apple. Why, you ask? I'll tell you!They don't go for the powerhouse electronics - more...innovating. I still don't like Apple, however! But that's a different topic...

*Aside*What time is it?...oh, that you say? Do we have to? Okay...*/Aside*
"your trying to avoid the PS3, bcuz u played it for couple of mins, OK hours maybe?." Ah, the abolition returns! This should read (I hope) - "You're trying to avoid the PlayStation3 because you played it for a couple of minutes, I would presume - or perhaps a few hours!"
Actually, I played it for about 30 hours, between all the games available in the first three months from launch. And that wasn't many. It was okay, to be honest. It wasn't terrible, yet neither did it live up to claims that it would 'blow me away'. The person who I visited who had this had tried to eBay it, but found no market potential, and so decided to crack it open. I might buy one if they keep FinalFantasyXIII - well, I'd think about it. But there is no way I am buying into a corporate madness just for that at that price! I have an analogy you may understand. I guess you don't like Microsoft - kill the heretic of computing Bill Gates! That sort of attitude, yes? Well, people will only buy Microsoft now because it is an established brand and has a dedicated base. It's overpriced and not quite there in relation to other OS'. I;m not here to debate that but I hope you see where I'm training to take your line of thought. Now tell me the same thing isn't applicable to Sony(!).

"The PS3 is not even out in Europe and there are only few games, the developers don't t even know the full power of the system and your telling me, it wasn't good enough to your expectations?. Thats just ridiculous!"
This is lovely(!) - "The PlayStation3 is not even out yet in Europe, and there are only a few games available to the world. The developers don't know the full power of the system and yet you're telling me it wasn't good enough? That's just ridiculous!"
Valid, valid points. Or so it seems. "The PlayStation3 is not even out yet in Europe" - true, but does it really matter? We're always overlooked and overpriced - we aren't the indicator of sales, that's the United States of America & the beloved Japan. "The developers don't even know the full potential" - and yet, when will they, if ever? The hardware vastly outstrips anything that software developers can harness - this is just a waste of money for Sony, their partners & the consumers. Morale obligation...
Oh, sorry, I went into a slight trance then! But calling my accusations "ridiculous" - this just takes the biscuit! The PlayStation3 was hyped - we all know it. 'Play B3yond' - and did I? Quite frankly, no. A console should be a hit from the start, especially with the competition biting at its heels. Oh, yes the Xbox360 wasn't that strong to start off with, but it had no competition & has picked up the pace tremendously.

"Regarding the "360 with 120GB", can u please tell me, any source that suggest that the "new" 360 will have the same price as the current one, as MS havn't even officially said anything about the new 360?."
My, my, my - "Regarding your accusations of there being a Xbox360 with a 120Gb HDD, could you please cite a source, since I don't believe that Microsoft have even given an official statement."
All very true - no official statement has been made yet. They've damn well hinted about enough, but I can't find where they actually did hint it fairly blatantly!
I have a few articles for you, however:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/06/video … ox-360-v2/
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/05/the-s … ng-zephyr/
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/28/ridic … -cute-cat/
Enjoy!

There is one last thing I'd like to point out to you...the PlayStation3 sales. They are poor - no, worse than that - even more terrible than GameCube sales of old!
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/03/japan … oir-editi/
SALES CHARTS FOR FEB. 19 - FEB. 25.

- DS Lite: 136,128      718 (0.52%)
- PSP: 100,210      65,705 (190.42%)
- Wii: 78,506      14,888 (23.40%)
- PS3: 19,315      1,361 (6.58%)
- PS2: 15,054      1,138 (7.03%)
- Xbox 360: 4,183      1,027 (19.71%)
- GBA SP: 1,035      192 (22.78%)
- Game Boy Micro: 907      46 (4.83%)
- Gamecube: 323      24 (6.92%)
- DS Phat: 132      21 (13.73%)
- GBA: 59      19 (47.50%)

Now, you may very well go and say, "Aha! The Xbox360 sells terribly! I told you the PS3 was the best!". That isn't the market for Microsoft. However, these are the Japanese sales figures - from the very backyard of Sony! And yet, the PlayStation2 is nearly outselling the PlayStation3! Poor, poor times for Sony.

And with this I leave you! I'm really liking this conversations...

All the best,
Andy

Oh please, don't even start about teaching english on a battlefield 2 forums. Not all of the ppl are perfect in english. You don't even know where I am from?,  so please don't judge about the languages over the internet again! Do u even know how to speak arabic, NO?. At least you understood what I said, but trying to escape from the truth.

LOL, I scaned over what you wrote, didn't really read it all. But the thing which was interesting was the chart sale. LOL, how can you compare the ps3 sale with the game cube?


Oh dude, you don't really know, what you are talking about, do u?

I have a Wii and I love it, Zelda is such a great game, and alot of other games are a ton of fun too, and SSBB is coming, and so is MP3, so those are guaranteed winners. Also, I'm sure there will be some games that come out of the blue and just blow people away. So I recomend the Wii, because it is cheaper than the others.

I think that the cheapness is good, because with the money that you save buying the Wii over one of the others, you can buy the other in a year or so when the price drops.


Especially for me, my parents are rediculously strict, so they wont let me get M rated games, but I think thats mostly because they dont want my brother playing them, so when I turn 17 in 3 months, and after I buy a new computer I think I might get a 360, then in 1 or 2 years more a PS3 when theyre worth what they cost.

Although I appreciate the feedback I've been getting, please stop arguing with each other.

I made this thread to see what you all thought of each system, which includes your opinions.  If someone doesn't like a console, then so be it.  Don't flame him for having an opinion different than yours.

HEY..... just curious.. i hear a lot about the PS3 being too expensive for what it is... isn't it $1000.00...
and wasn't the 360 the same .. if not more on its release??
As well as that i think consoles will always be a step behind.. I'd stick with the PC.. for that price just get the 8800gtx and have graphics that poo all over any console, alot more options, controls and support
But getting back to the topic if your only talking consoles then it would be the PS3 around 6-8 months after its release..
I would have to agree with one reply that for the money your getting a Blu-Ray as well!.. and the longevity of the PS3 will out last both  the other consoles...

Xbox360.

Not only does it have the best online multiplayer of the next gen consoles, but it's games are more closely related to PC.  Wii = cool, but a little too kiddy and not much online features (no online games as of now, I think).  PS3 = way to pricey, not enough features in general, for the price you pay.  Also the PS3 exclusive games suck compared to the Wiis and 360's.  (Nintendo games and Halo)

Games I'm looking forward to on the 360 :

Battlefield : Bad Company
Fronlines : Fuels of War (from the creators of the  Desert Combat mod)
Brothers in Arms : Hells Highway
Medal of Honor : Airborne
Army of Two
Halo 3

Just to name a few.

I nulled because all consoles fail but I guess the safest choice would be the 360.

Go 360.  (The controllers can be used on a Microsoft OS PC, so if you like the feel, by all means use it on your computer)

I'd say there's two decisions you have to make right now.  Firstly it's what kind of games you want to play.  Second choice is the console.

The 360 and the ps3 compete to bring you the same kinds of games but one different platforms and with different emphases (and different games signed up exclusively).  The 360 has the market cornered for the online community and for current technology bringing HD graphics.  The ps3 promises better graphics in the future, better online experiences and so on, but most of their selling potential is based on future developments.  But ultimately, they both bring you FPS, action and driving type games.

The Wii has gone for a different market, a different type of game.  Their playlist comprises more interactive, movement driven games and concentrating less on the graphics.  Heck, if you just look at the screenshots, you'll know the designers weren't thinking so much of the video output, rather the input and the user experience.

So, first choose between the ground-breaking Wii and the updated versions of the Xbox and Playstation based on the kinds of games you like to play and the amount of involvement you want.

Then, if you're not already searching your wallet for that credit card to buy the Wii online, then you need to think about the games you play and which console they are coming out on.  Many games will come out on both platforms but some will be signed up to one side or the other.  For example, if you prefer Project Gotham to Gran Turismo, you'll be getting the Xbox and vice versa.

Me, I'm sticking with the PC for playing games but you pay your money and take your choice.  I just hope I've helped making that decision.

Better online, aardfrith?  I'm no 360 fanboy, but I can say with some experience that Xbox live has been and will be the best online gameplay consoles offer for a long time.

If you genuinlly like to play games, do not get a Wii!!
The 360 is a good system but will be outdated in a year and a half or so.
The PS3 is a beast of a machine that will need time to come into it's own i.e online mode. It is the only Online Mode that is free, but needs to be built up. Battlefield Bad Company will be kick ass on PS3 because the terrain is 95% destructible!!!!!!