X Box 360 or PS3 - which one to get ???

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by pickle.of.doom

Tough choice. You need both. The xbox because it is a far superior gaming machine, better online play (even though its not free), better dashboard and all.... but you need the ps3 to play while you wait for your xbox to be repaired or save up to buy a new one because they break more than a union worker.

That's exactly why I bought a PS3, I never wanted a PS3 but after the third breakdown, I went shopping. I won't say that the XBox is "better" for gaming, nor will I agree that the dashboard is better... I kinda like the PS3 set-up. I also like the ability to hook up virtually any USB device and some blue tooth devices to the PS3. BTW I'm the one that mentioned surfing the net, I have a blue tooth keyboard so it isn't too bad but I agree that my PC is worlds better. It does make an adequate back up net roamer imho.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by abrinson

The 360 does have parental controls that allow you to mute everyone except for the people on the childs friends list. I can't say whether the PS3 has that or not.

I'll second the motion of finding out what their friends have. If you go with the 360, be prepared to spend $50 a year on an xbox live gold account. In my opinion it's worth every penny, but it's a dealbreaker for some folks.

If you don't have an HD television, you won't see any benefits from watching blu-ray movies on the PS3, and some text in the games on both consoles may be hard to read. If you *do* have an HD television, the PS3 is one of the best blu-ray players you can buy.

In my house, which is probably very different from your situation, here is how it breaks down.
The 360 gets all the games, my friends are mostly on 360s so that's where I go. The 360 also has an excellent netflix application that streams their instant queue movies and shows to the tv.
The PS3 is there to play the blu-ray discs I rent from Netflix and to play the occasional PS3 exclusive game, (heavenly sword, uncharted, little big planet)
The Wii collects dust...

somebody mentioned that you can browse the internet on the PS3, while that is technically true, I've found it painful at best. Save the net for the PC.

i have an external hd formatted to FAT32 which does a great job of quickly transferring movies and downloaded races etc to the ps3. some of the video clip options that came in recently are fucking amazing. i love the ability to hit square and chop the movie up into time based thumbnails.

[Sixxxxer]

The new 360's dont have the same issue as the older ones...So stop listening to that Propaganda Bullshit...I've had mine for well over 2 years and its worked FLAWLESS...and its not in a "Super well ventilated mumbo jumbo spot"

It's all preference, with the Box you can link a netflix account to it and stream movies right off the Xbox onto your TV which is def a feature that SHITS on PS3...and the Dashboard is super easy to navigate and I think the game collection is bigger/better than PS3...And it turns out to be less than a dollar a day to have Xbox live...if you cant afford a dollar a day then you shouldn't be playing video games in the first place.

Blu Ray players are cheaper than the PS3 nowadays anyway...so if you want the better system go with microsoft...Bill gates Dumped a ASSload of money into this portion of his company. I love my Xbox I love the party system they created and how you can go into a game and play but talk to your friends who are playing on completely diff games. And also if you ARE playing the same game it gives you an edge if you play games like Modern warefare where if you die you can still talk to your team and help them out in firefights and shit.

Anyway...Enough banter.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

The new 360's dont have the same issue as the older ones...So stop listening to that Propaganda Bullshit...I've had mine for well over 2 years and its worked FLAWLESS...and its not in a "Super well ventilated mumbo jumbo spot"

It's all preference, with the Box you can link a netflix account to it and stream movies right off the Xbox onto your TV which is def a feature that SHITS on PS3...and the Dashboard is super easy to navigate and I think the game collection is bigger/better than PS3...And it turns out to be less than a dollar a day to have Xbox live...if you cant afford a dollar a day then you shouldn't be playing video games in the first place.

Blu Ray players are cheaper than the PS3 nowadays anyway...so if you want the better system go with microsoft...Bill gates Dumped a ASSload of money into this portion of his company. I love my Xbox I love the party system they created and how you can go into a game and play but talk to your friends who are playing on completely diff games. And also if you ARE playing the same game it gives you an edge if you play games like Modern warefare where if you die you can still talk to your team and help them out in firefights and shit.

Anyway...Enough banter.

that assumes i want to pay for movies and other content :P

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Dave

i have an external hd formatted to FAT32 which does a great job of quickly transferring movies and downloaded races etc to the ps3. some of the video clip options that came in recently are fucking amazing. i love the ability to hit square and chop the movie up into time based thumbnails.

I forgot about that! Not to mention that PS3 also streams movies plus in my case, I can transfer them to my PSP and watch them remotely. Oh and I can even play my PS3 remotely using my PSP. I don't know but it always seems that the PS3 has a ton of features that most people are unaware of...

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

The new 360's dont have the same issue as the older ones...So stop listening to that Propaganda Bullshit...I've had mine for well over 2 years and its worked FLAWLESS...and its not in a "Super well ventilated mumbo jumbo spot"

It's all preference, with the Box you can link a netflix account to it and stream movies right off the Xbox onto your TV which is def a feature that SHITS on PS3...and the Dashboard is super easy to navigate and I think the game collection is bigger/better than PS3...And it turns out to be less than a dollar a day to have Xbox live...if you cant afford a dollar a day then you shouldn't be playing video games in the first place.

Blu Ray players are cheaper than the PS3 nowadays anyway...so if you want the better system go with microsoft...Bill gates Dumped a ASSload of money into this portion of his company. I love my Xbox I love the party system they created and how you can go into a game and play but talk to your friends who are playing on completely diff games. And also if you ARE playing the same game it gives you an edge if you play games like Modern warefare where if you die you can still talk to your team and help them out in firefights and shit.

Anyway...Enough banter.

I brother has had at least 1 die (Xbox) in the last year or so. And I believe he has 1 or 2 friends who had them die in that time.

James

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

The new 360's dont have the same issue as the older ones...So stop listening to that Propaganda Bullshit...I've had mine for well over 2 years and its worked FLAWLESS...and its not in a "Super well ventilated mumbo jumbo spot"

It's all preference, with the Box you can link a netflix account to it and stream movies right off the Xbox onto your TV which is def a feature that SHITS on PS3...and the Dashboard is super easy to navigate and I think the game collection is bigger/better than PS3...And it turns out to be less than a dollar a day to have Xbox live...if you cant afford a dollar a day then you shouldn't be playing video games in the first place.

Blu Ray players are cheaper than the PS3 nowadays anyway...so if you want the better system go with microsoft...Bill gates Dumped a ASSload of money into this portion of his company. I love my Xbox I love the party system they created and how you can go into a game and play but talk to your friends who are playing on completely diff games. And also if you ARE playing the same game it gives you an edge if you play games like Modern warefare where if you die you can still talk to your team and help them out in firefights and shit.

Anyway...Enough banter.

Yea don't listen to THEIR propaganda, listen to MINE!!!! I can talk to my friends too...it's called a phone! Besides since when do gingers HAVE friends?!? That's exactly what I need, some ass-clown not playing, trying to talk to me over the headset while I'm trying to play! Yea that would be great!!! I mean if you're using online game play as a social networking tool then by all means get an XBox... I always wanted a butt load of 8-13 year old "friends"....

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Dave

that assumes i want to pay for movies and other content :P

It also ignores the fact that PS3 also streams movies from PSN.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Flexin

I brother has had at least 1 die (Xbox) in the last year or so. And I believe he has 1 or 2 friends who had them die in that time.

James

Who knew that Sixxxer was Bill Gates "red headed step-child"...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

I forgot about that! Not to mention that PS3 also streams movies plus in my case, I can transfer them to my PSP and watch them remotely. Oh and I can even play my PS3 remotely using my PSP. I don't know but it always seems that the PS3 has a ton of features that most people are unaware of...

you said it man! ive been preaching to the deaf since launch day. its the same deal with the psp vs ds. btw, have you hacked yours yet? i run 5.00 m33 and i'll never go back

Originally Posted by TIGGER

It also ignores the fact that PS3 also streams movies from PSN.

thats true, still not quite cost effective vs redbox though. im betting the prices will come down when blockbuster finishes dying. maybe not to the dollar a pop of redbox but at least close enough to that dollar plus the fuel spent to get there and back.

hoping sony updates our flash drivers and gives us some more codec support soon. its a bitch watching some things via lappy and i dont have the space or processor power for mass transcoding anymore