wifi xbox or ps3 ?

cybergibbons

gaming_guy wrote: »

The way sony are going, you won't be able to use it as a blu-ray player soon

Just look at the amount of (useful!) features they have removed in both hardware and software revisions.

Most people:

• Don't want to run Linux on a PS3
• Don't want to play SACD
• Don't want to play PS2 games

So what am I missing out on?

billy_1

Gone back in favour of the xbox !! it will be used to play games (no surprises) with some odd days online gaming when younger relatives visit us.
i will not be using ps3 bluray we allready have this, so just out and out gaming with the replies (thanks) its xbox then.

darich

billy_1 wrote: »

Gone back in favour of the xbox !! it will be used to play games (no surprises) with some odd days online gaming when younger relatives visit us.
i will not be using ps3 bluray we allready have this, so just out and out gaming with the replies (thanks) its xbox then.

Based on posts in this thread choosing xbox over ps3 means
-£40 for wireless adaptor for wireless networking
-approx £28 per year for online play (probably more if it's for "odd days")

Cost to buy xbox 360 elite from Play.com - £190
cost to buy ps3 from play.com - £270

means that in year one the xbox 360 will cost at least £258 compared to ps3 £270.
Year 2 xbox will be £258+online subscription of £28(min) = £286.
year 2 ps3 will still be £270 since the online is free.

year 3 add another £28(min) for xbox live - £314
year 3 ps3 - still £270.

and so on and so on.

Personally I'd go for the ps3 - I don't play ps2 games on mine but if younger relatives were coming to visit they may have the ps2 games and they can be used.

PS3 was also released about 18months behind xbox 360 meaning it'll probably be replaced about 18months after xbox. Based on that it means the xbox 360 games will be superseded 18months before the ps3. I know they may play on the newer console but the question has already been asked "why would I play ps2 games on a ps3 console?". Same question will crop up when next generation of consoles is released.

cybergibbons

darich wrote: »

Personally I'd go for the ps3 - I don't play ps2 games on mine but if younger relatives were coming to visit they may have the ps2 games and they can be used.

You can't play PS2 games on a new PS3.

custardy

darich wrote: »

PS3 was also released about 18months behind xbox 360 meaning it'll probably be replaced about 18months after xbox. Based on that it means the xbox 360 games will be superseded 18months before the ps3. I know they may play on the newer console but the question has already been asked "why would I play ps2 games on a ps3 console?". Same question will crop up when next generation of consoles is released.

more like how, given Sony dropped backwards compatibility quite some time ago

Hammyman

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Just to add, in terms of hifi quality the PS3 wins. It has an awesome upscaler for dvds etc beating dvd/bluray players worth a lot more money. Is 'deep colour' capable (Although very very few things actually use this at the moment). Handles hidef sound as well as video. Sound quality rivals some hifi cd players etc etc
Sure the 360 wins on games, but the PS3 wins on quality

It was also thought that the PS3 couldnt handle 360 games due to them always performing more inferior. This tide is slowly changing. Ive heard many reports of games now running better on PS3. The days of poor ports due to sloppy programming is coming to an end

The XBox 360 upscales DVDs and MP3 playback is better on the 360 than the PS3. The PS3 MP3 playback sound is flat.

The reason the PS3 has more problems with games is that the developers have said it is a pig to write software for so they're not as easy to optimise for performance as they are for the 360. The SDK is apparently horrendous compared to the SDK that Microsoft punt out. Also with Microsoft, Joe Public can get a stripped down SDK for free and create their own games.

Hammyman

custardy wrote: »

more like how, given Sony dropped backwards compatibility quite some time ago

INdeed. The only way to play them is on the first generation model I have and even then, it was only two of the range that had PS2 backwards compatibility.

soul619

i have all 3 and i much prefer my ps3 to the others! and you can get a ps3 for £150 pre owned now with 12 months warrenty

casper292

now i would go for the ps3 i have 2 of them and they are a alround great bit of kit. free online gameing you have to pay for the xbox to go online around £30 .ps3 bluray drive watch films in hd and also now the ps3 is 3D film and game the ps3 is always updateing(without added cost) and will be more then just a games console the ps3 has a life of 10 years + until the ps4 comes out so i would defo buy a ps3:j

custardy

casper292 wrote: »

now i would go for the ps3 i have 2 of them and they are a alround great bit of kit. free online gameing you have to pay for the xbox to go online around £30 .ps3 bluray drive watch films in hd and also now the ps3 is 3D film and game the ps3 is always updateing(without added cost) and will be more then just a games console the ps3 has a life of 10 years + until the ps4 comes out so i would defo buy a ps3:j

the op has already said they have bluray
the 360 updates (without added cost) as does the Wii.i dont get your point TBH
the ps3 is '3d film and game' huh?