Predictions for PS3 vs 360

Wait, are you talking to me or just saying that in general?

general.

I thought this was a topic about PS3 vs. 360. hmm, guess I was wrong.

[Viper_Fujax]

I thought this was a topic about PS3 vs. 360. hmm, guess I was wrong.

A LOT of people here are all over the revolution for whatever reason. Any topic about next gen, someone will throw in the revolution and the rest will run with it.

even then I am fine about that, but somehow we are talking now about profits for XBox, etc.

Let\'s talk about the actual debate of PS3 vs. 360, the games, the features, etc.

I think that would be far more interesting for me.

Revolution keeps coming up because frankly I\'m not sure if I\'d even buy an Xbox 360 or PS3. At least not early.

I\'m sure a few others feel the same way.

[Viper_Fujax]

because of the expense? which is reasonable. Im already saving up for a PS3, but theres no way in hell im buying the first consoles. I learned my lesson with the ps2, and even the 360 problems i heard about. Ill be getting mine in january or whenever the second batch comes out.

I just have no reason to be excited about the revolution..you can play the old games, great. But i have a friend with a working nintendo (of course you have to mess with it because of the green screen,lol..good times), and a super nes. Never got into those other consoles it plays. Outside of that, i dont see its performance being worth it, and from the sounds of it you have to move around and stuff to play..not my cup of tea.

The fun has been sucked out of old games for me. Almost 99% of all games two generations back are unplayable to me. Only the classics remain and essencially, that is all people will buy (download) anyway, coincidentally they are the same games remade, repackaged, and republished every generations.

Shouts of "I want to play R-Type! Good thing REV is going to have TG-16 support!" Obiviously have forgotten all those R-Type ports from every generation since then. SMB 1,2, 3, SMW, SM64, etc. have all been ported to current consoles. Metroid, SFII, Final Fantasy games, etc. have all been ported since their incarnations to new systems and will almost definitely be ported in the future unless Nintendo signs these companies into some sort of "forever exclusive" contract, which would be really stupid for them to do in most cases. In other words, I am not excited about the Virtual Console thing, I have all of the NES classics, I have an SMS with 60 games, Genesis, TG-16, etc. I never play them except sometimes to hear the music and try out old skip level tricks, etc. But they just aren\'t as fun to play. Unless...they add online play and voice features for the games. Nothing more, don\'t touch the gameplay, just add in online and voice and everything will be great.

If you bypass PS3 and 360, you are going to miss out on dozens of original (both in concept and IP) games that won\'t be on Revolution. If you guys consider yourselves gamers, saying things like that sounds really stupid. Something semi-reasonable to say would be: "I am going to get 360/PS3 and Revolution, each for their merits and different strengths" That sounds alot better.

AlteredBeast: Oh, my brother and I are considering the pre-order of 3 or 4 PS3\'s at launch and possibly keeping one. X360 if it drops to $200-250 and starts offering AAA games that I didn\'t already upgrade my computer to play.

I never said that X360/PS3 didn\'t have anything good, or anything I want. I just explained that this is a 3-horse race and you\'re bound to hear about Revolution in 360/PS3 threads and PS3 in 360/Rev threads and so forth.

And yes, the fact of the matter is that we don\'t have a ton of money to throw around at $400+ consoles. The most expensive console/handheld I ever bought was the PSP at $250, and I\'m not going to top that. Revolution\'s low price and 100% GCN compatibility are major selling points to me, on top of the fact that Nintendo is my preferred brand. Virtual Console? Fuck it, I might never even use it.

I waited for the price drop on Xbox, and I\'ve waited on price drops for virtually every console I\'d ever bought up until the Game Boy Advance came out.

[clips]

whelp..my motto has always been one console per gen...i really don\'t understand why people buy all three when all three basically have the same titles, save except for a few exclusives...i\'ve always been a ps fan why?...the games of course..two...i just luv the controller,..i\'ve tried to play with gamnescube\'s and xbox\'s controller,..i just didn\'t like it...at this point there is only one game that has my interest on the 360...and that\'s gears of war,..but one game cannot warrant any purchase from me...

even tho i feel microsoft is gonna come on strong this time around...i still feel sony might come out on top as far as having the bigger library, but it will be awfully close...and i too do not plan on buying ps3 from the jumpoff..these console prices are outta control,..sheeit with the way people are gettin\' layed off left and right, who\'s gonna have money to actually buy this stuff?...

What games do you own on your PS2 btw clips?

At first I was not even going to get a ps3 right away because of cost. But now I feel like I want one real bad. The ps3 just sounds so bad ass. Sure a lot of people here are jumping on the nintendo bandwaggon.

When it all boils down to having the best all around games hands down that will be the ps3. Sure mario is great. And I loved it in the 80\'s. But now the excitemnet is not as high as it once was. And mario 64 was the last mario game that I actually thought was great.

And if graphics didn\'t mean nothing and it was all about the games these hardcore freaks wouldn\'t spend so much money on graphic cards. I don\'t see myself ever buying a nintendo system long as sony continues to make consoles. If nintendo went the way of the dinosaur it would not bother me much and I know they would just make third party games for sony.

Quddus: I agree, Nintendo is just Mario. Hey, I respect your opinion but it sounds like an outsider\'s.

Clips: 2 consoles is perfectly acceptable, IMO. 3, eh, if the user has the time.

I have GCN/Xbox, but I\'d love to have a PS2. Hell, I have the money... so why not? Well, it\'s still costs too much (for all intents and purposes, PS2 should be $100 now but it isn\'t) and there\'s just too much to play.

My leisure time is already swamped with my consoles, PC, and handhelds. This is why the PS3 is important to me, because it\'ll let me play some of the hottest new games plus the old ones I missed.

[clips]

What games do you own on your PS2 btw clips?

too many...

:silent hill 2, 3, 4.
:espn 2k5 (football)
:god of war
:res evil 4
: the thing
:beyond good & evil
:the suffering
:kingdom hearts 2
: raw vs smackdown 2006
:devil may cry
:indigo prophecy
:Run Like Hell
:Zone of the enders 2nd runner
: the bouncer
:gta san adreas...gta 3
:espn nbs 2k5
:fight night rd 2
:rise to honor
:bloodrayne 2
:shadow of the colossus

i think that\'s all of \'em...:fro:

too many...

:silent hill 2, 3, 4.
:espn 2k5 (football)
:god of war
:res evil 4
: the thing
:beyond good & evil
:the suffering
:kingdom hearts 2
: raw vs smackdown 2006
:devil may cry
:indigo prophecy
:Run Like Hell
:Zone of the enders 2nd runner
: the bouncer
:gta san adreas...gta 3
:espn nbs 2k5
:fight night rd 2
:rise to honor
:bloodrayne 2
:shadow of the colossus

i think that\'s all of \'em...:fro:

Nice collection. As you can see though most are exclusives
Thats why some buy more than just one console.

Exckusives are many and they really add value.

I wanted all consoles too but like always because I dont have the cash to spend for three consoles I choose the  best. Which was the PS2 this gen. As you said its got the biggest library and the most exclusives


What?NO METAL GEAR SOLID IN THERE?

I bought all three for their respective strengths, exclusives, and definitive versions of multi-console editions.

I am, after all, a gamer. And that is being broke, btw, just knowing how to budget my money.