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360 price drop on 8/8/07

The ring of death is just like any problem with any console, might happen, probably wont. I have a first gen 360 that hasnt given me any problems, (it isnt hard to figure out either that guy must not be used to consoles) and is way better with live than anything else. However if it does brick, the drones at microsoft will take forever to send you the box that you need to send them back your xbox, as my friend found out (bricked a month ago, request "still pending"). But either way 360 ftwpwnroflstomp. imo.

west-phoenix-az wrote:

Kurazoo wrote:

I don't have an xbox 360 or a ps but i voted anyway.

Makes pole worthless, I knew it would happen.

Well I wasn't voting irrationaly as i have played xbox 360s and PS3s and i know which i prefer so up yours.

PS3 Owner.

Quite simply, everyone and their mother loves to hate it. Big deal, I've never cared for the XBox or their listing of games, and I could give a rats ass about what selection they have for the 360.

I love it. I've put hundreds of hours on it and I've had no problems at all. If you've got a nice surround sound set up (one with an HDMI switcher built in, not just a pass through), and use HDMI as your interface, you can use the uncompressed PCM audio format (better than DD or DTS for surround) and get high quality audio out of the PS3. HD blah blah, both systems have that, so I'll not waste my time talking about that.

The cheap downloadable games can be pretty fun, and there are downloadable demos, which is pretty nice considering you don't have to pay for service at all. GT HD is awesome. People bitch and moan and whine about the selection of games. Big fucking deal. There are quite a few titles coming out throughout the year and I haven't personally had a problem with the selection at all.

One of the coolest things that the new firmware version supports is upscaling and smoothing of PS and PS2 titles. This is awesome, and works pretty well. It removes a lot of the jaggies you'd see if you were to play these games on your HDTV using the regular resolution of the games. The PS3 doesn't support old PS discs, but you can download them for less than $10, usually around $6 or $7. Also, I love Insomniac, Square, and SCEA as game devs, and that's also part of the reason why I got it.

Also, Sony has been doing a good job of constantly updating and supporting the PS3 through these firmware updates. They have added a ton of functionality to the PS3 over the last 8 months (I got mine right when they came out). One thing I plan on doing is replacing the 20 gig HDD with a 80-100 gig HDD instead. This is no secret as the manual specifically tells you how to replace it, and it will not void your warranty.

Overall, I'm very pleased with this console and impressed with how Sony has supported it (far from what we're used to with EA).

Go For The 360 Better Games and Alot of Things To Do The #1 Thing About the 360 Is LIVE Dont  miss out on Free Demos Movies,The Thing is  microsoft uses its own Currency So You Have to Buy "Microsoft Point" Or Just Buy Them on LIVE

heggs wrote:

PS3 Owner.

Quite simply, everyone and their mother loves to hate it. Big deal, I've never cared for the XBox or their listing of games, and I could give a rats ass about what selection they have for the 360.

I love it. I've put hundreds of hours on it and I've had no problems at all. If you've got a nice surround sound set up (one with an HDMI switcher built in, not just a pass through), and use HDMI as your interface, you can use the uncompressed PCM audio format (better than DD or DTS for surround) and get high quality audio out of the PS3. HD blah blah, both systems have that, so I'll not waste my time talking about that.

The cheap downloadable games can be pretty fun, and there are downloadable demos, which is pretty nice considering you don't have to pay for service at all. GT HD is awesome. People bitch and moan and whine about the selection of games. Big fucking deal. There are quite a few titles coming out throughout the year and I haven't personally had a problem with the selection at all.

One of the coolest things that the new firmware version supports is upscaling and smoothing of PS and PS2 titles. This is awesome, and works pretty well. It removes a lot of the jaggies you'd see if you were to play these games on your HDTV using the regular resolution of the games. The PS3 doesn't support old PS discs, but you can download them for less than $10, usually around $6 or $7. Also, I love Insomniac, Square, and SCEA as game devs, and that's also part of the reason why I got it.

Also, Sony has been doing a good job of constantly updating and supporting the PS3 through these firmware updates. They have added a ton of functionality to the PS3 over the last 8 months (I got mine right when they came out). One thing I plan on doing is replacing the 20 gig HDD with a 80-100 gig HDD instead. This is no secret as the manual specifically tells you how to replace it, and it will not void your warranty.

Overall, I'm very pleased with this console and impressed with how Sony has supported it (far from what we're used to with EA).

QFT.

My friends have each sent their Xbox back once, the max time is a dude who sent it back 5... From my view, it's WAY to buggy/problematic. That and the fact, all the games I (Not you guys, me.) prefer that are available on the 360 come to PC anyways...

Oh did anyone say MGS4 yet?

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Edit

Looks like 360's got a price drop... in a way.

The HARDDRIVE got dropped. $20...

Yay? http://kotaku.com/gaming/anyone%3F-anyo … 282649.php

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The only 360 I would get... Too bad their's only 10 of em

Last edited by joker8baller (2007-07-26 08:01:11)

Well I chose the Xbox 360 option, its got fantastic games that are exclusive to that console. However the PS3 has exclusives too and its pretty hard. I chose Xbox because of the online features ... and that my 3 of my best mates have it!!! However I don't do online much, its only offline usually, but sometimes I get to steal my parent's connection for a few hours ;D

I have a XBOX360, I love it but I would get a PS3.

I've got a 360, never had a serious problem with it.

USARANGER01 wrote:

halo 3 = ps3 killer

Was i the only one who thought halo was an incredibly boring game?

Chillay-14 wrote:

i got a 360 and i would buy it again for sure.
the controls are alot better than the PS controls, its alot easyer.
The games for it are great too

BUT the best thing is the online play, 360 has the best online play out of any console, i mean my net sucks, i lagg playing bf2 BUT on the console it is smooth as ever

with spelling like that, im surprised you cant figure out an xbox...

doctastrangelove1964 wrote:

gene_pool wrote:

USARANGER01 wrote:

halo 3 = ps3 killer

Was i the only one who thought halo was an incredibly boring game?

no

heh. Halo to me is the Joel Shumacher version of an FPS?

Dont know what I mean? Basically, if a standard shooter with aliens is say ' Batman', Halo is Batman Forever.

Last edited by golgoj4 (2007-07-28 00:14:05)