OT: Thinking About Buying An XBox360

Fyron · #1 December 8th, 2006, 01:09 AM

Erm... I highly doubt they would have a blue ray burner drive in the PS3. Regular ones are difficult and expensive enough to fabricate as it is. Sounds like a fud rumor to me.

Jarena · #2 December 8th, 2006, 02:41 AM

Spectar: no, the ps3 doesn't 'mark' anything
As far as rushing to market, though, out of the 38 ps3 demo units the local district was given (Gamestop, EB, Target, etc) only seven work after the first four days :\
What I've heard from people who have actually bought the thing, it doesn't seem that far gone. Even the 1080i problems its been having haven't been fixed by the firmware patch.

Azselendor · #3 December 8th, 2006, 10:56 AM

Definately, get a Wii, it's a bit less on graphics, but has a lot more playable. Just make sure you replace nintendo's silly little wrist strap with a good, strong, leather one (less your TV be victim to an unfortunate tennis accident). I also recommend buying the classic controller for it. I'm hoping to order one for this holiday for my little brother.

Xbox 360 is meh, for me. Only a handful of titles on it are really interesting in my opinion.

As for the PS3, don't have one, I might get one with my tax return if the price comes down and retailers like EB games stop predatory packaging the PS3 (forcing you to buy a number of games/accessories)

Dizzy · #4 December 8th, 2006, 01:05 PM

If you dont have or dont plan to buy a 1080p/i HDTV in the next year or so, buy the Nintendo Wii. It's more fun than the 360 or ps3. Save some money doing that and then wait to see what the games look like on the PS3 next year or the year later... They suck right now and dont take advantage of anything the PS3 can do. Resistance Fall of Man, the only good PS3 title, is garbage. Wait for better games.

Alternatively, if you do have or plan on getting a 1080p/i (Get the progressive DLP) then the 360 is the way to go.

There's another thing... China is flexing it's muscle on a new DVD format. Since it makes all the recorders now, they can pretty much [censored] us at will. So dont count on Toshiba's HDDVD or Sony's BluRay to win the new format war. Another reason to hold off on the PS3.

So 360 if u got the tube to watch it on, or get the wii and hold off to see what the future has in store for the PS3.

Caduceus · #5 December 8th, 2006, 03:38 PM

I've never owned a Playstation, my only console in the last decade is an XBox, the previous one was a NES.

Following the development of the consoles and the "console war" has been interesting.

That said, a lot of the nay-saying against the PS3 sounds identical to the 360's starting days. I am curious also as to whether the Wii is simply a GameCube with a new controller.

As with anything, you'll have to wait for the next holiday season and judge the consoles then to really determine a winner.

Fyron · #6 December 8th, 2006, 05:08 PM

No, it's not just a Gamecube with a new controller. Check out this hardware review for more info.

RCCCL · #7 December 8th, 2006, 05:55 PM

Depending on how old your nephews are....I'm guessing they are pretty young, since you said they suck at PC games, I'd go with the Wii.

It's not nearly as pricey as the X-box 360 or PS3, has great games for younger kids, and great interaction.

I've not got one yet, but I plan to.