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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Should I buy PS3 or XBOX360?
Should I buy PS3 or XBOX360? Which one is better?
Re: Should I buy PS3 or XBOX360?
And this is my dilemma. We have had the RROD 2 times on both our Xbox's. I'm tired of it. I think they are both now out of warranty so we'd have to pay $100 ea to get fixed. So, $100 or $300 on a completely new system that you have to buy all new accessories for.
As for XBox, I am not a fan of the controller (I am a Playstation girl but DH is an XBox man). The games are great. I really like the selection. PS3 doesn't seem to have as much of a selection. Oh AND the fact that PS3 is also a a blu ray player is a huge plus.I haven't gotten into that technology yet but I am really considering a PS3 because it's a video game system and a blu ray player.
CRAFTY ME
my read shelf:
PS3. For Little Big Planet alone! Haha!
We have both, and we almost never use the XBox 360 (DH won it playing Guitar Hero at a software conference).
Pros for the PS3:
- Built-in WiFi connectivity means it's easier to connect to the network. No ethernet cables, and no special WiFi accessory needed (I hate that Microsoft makes you buy accessories to do basic things. Remember how for the orig. XBox you had to buy the DVD remote and plug it in or it would refuse to play DVDs, even though it recognized that it was a DVD in the drive? Lame.)
- No RROD. Okay, so hopefully by this point they've got their manufacturing issues sorted out, but the amount of time it took them to get it right doesn't give me much confidence.
- Smaller controllers. Good for my little hands.
- Region-free games. Probably not a big deal for most people, but region encoding is a huge pain if you ever move overseas. And if you see something cool when you're traveling abroad, you can buy it and bring it home. (Full disclaimer - The PlayStation store does have some weird region limitations for downloaded add-ons. And the Blu-Ray player is fully region restricted.)
- Dual-voltage. Again, not a big deal unless you take your PS3 overseas for some reason. And the manual claims it's 110-volt only, but it's not. Online discussion all says the power source is 110-240 voltage, and we voided the warranty to crack it open and confirm this. It was, and we've had it plugged in to a 220-V power outlet ever since. (A good thing, since it's a power-hungry beast. It's something like 500 watts, and we don't have a voltage converter that big!)
- Blu-Ray player. Multi-purpose devices save space in the entertainment center.
- Little Big Planet!
Pros for the XBox360:
- a tiny bit cheaper in some markets.
- Halo
- Cheap games if you ever have a reason to visit the Microsoft company store for work.
- ...anyone have more to fill in? Because I'm stumped...
Ditto this exactly.
Our big girl, Cora, and our sneaky kitty, Roxy
At the risk of confusing you even more - don't forget about the Wii !!
I love the Wii and the games on the PS3 & Xbox seem too complicated to me.
PS3 has had it's share of overheating problems and though PS3 boasts reverse compatability that is only partially true. It depends on the model you buy now since they've redone the PS3 design. One model does not support reverse compatability.
The Xbox's nitch in the market is FPS games while PS3 seems to be a bit more across the board. Though admitedly both systems are seeing more games launched for both systems.
PS3 offers free Multiplayer services online while Xbox 360 while it supports online play you must buy an Xbox Live membership. Also the 360 does support alot of the old Xbox games but you need to have a hard drive.
If you wanted to use Netflix for example on the 360 you need a gold membership as well. 360 also does not support Blu Ray though there is word that Microsoft will be putting one out soon. Graphicly the PS3 has a slight edge as well.
The problems with the Xbox's if you're buying the newest versions of the Xbox the Red Ring problem has been for the most part handled just with both systems be it the Xbox 360 or PS3 know they need alot of electricity to run and also have alot of port to draw in and expel air to cool the system. You need to keep the system at least one foot off the ground otherwise you're going to shorten the lifespan of your gaming system by slowly overheating it..
This generation of video game systems is effectively mini computers and like PC's and laptops they need to breath to be able to cool themselves down.
Both systems have there advantages and disadvantages. Yes the Xbox's controllers bigger Alot of it comes down to the games you enjoy. Wii caters to the Children for the most part. Xbox caters to both Adults and Children while many will say the PS3 caters to more the adult audience with there games.
I like our XBox 360 despite having to send it in once already due to the Ring of Death that is mentioned above. I would hope that with the newer systems, Microsoft has resolved this issue. Who knows.
Anyway, I thinnk that the XBox has a wider selection of games but like pp said, the Playstation 3 can be used as a Blu Ray player, so you might get your money's worth just for that. But if there aren't a whole lot of games you like for the PS3 then I'd just buy the 360 and then a seperate Blu Ray player. They're getting cheaper now so it's not as painful to buy one like it was when the PS3 originally came out.