Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?

There a lot of debate of whether to buy a Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3, and its a pretty hard question to answer unless you have an idea of what you are going to play. Here a quick pro and con of each console: (ADD SOMETHING IF YOU WANT JUST COMMENT )

XBOX 360:

PROS:

  1. Xbox live is probably the biggest online space for games if you are interested in that ESPECIALLY if you love shooters like Call of Duty or Halo.

  2. Stores usually have a huge selection of games for Xbox 360 especially GameStop.

  3. Detachable memory drive (if you ever run out of those 100+ gigabytes)

  4. I like the Xbox 360 because you can play music when you are playing your games.

  5. Plays original Xbox games (most of the cool ones that is)


CONS:

  1. If you buy a used model, chances are it gonna die on you (This is a question of time not if (IT WILL DIE ON YOU))

  2. Red Ring of Death (see above) This happens when it overheats, but can still happen even if you are careful with playing

  3. To play against people there is a fee (Its about 10 a month or 50-60 a year)

  4. D-Pad is horrible


PLAYSTATION 3:

PROS:

  1. Essentially a computer in terms of online experience (browse, watch videos on YouTube) + Free online gaming

  2. Blue Ray Player

  3. No batteries for controllers


CONS:

  1. Can't play PlayStation 2 games (Only the original can, but they still can play PlayStation 1 games)


WHAT THEY BOTH HAVE:

  1. Wire less Internet built in(Only new models of Xbox and all PS3 have this)

  2. High Definition playing

  3. Have an excellent selection of games

  4. Both have motion sensing items coming soon or already out (Move is already here and Kinect is coming soon)

  5. Buy games online


Also if you like Role playing games like Final Fantasy or action games like God of War, the PS3 is the way to go.

If you like Shooting , Xbox 360 is the way to go.

Hint:

DON'T BUY THE ARCADE VERSION OF THE XBOX ITS NOT WORTH IT (NO MEMORY DRIVE/ TO SMALL MEMORY)

IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MOTION GAMES OR FAMILY GAMES, THE XBOX 360 IS 299.99 AND THE PS3 IS 299.99 AS WELL (OR YOU CAN THE WII FOR 199.99 OR SOMETHING)

2 comments:

  1. I'm just going to put this out there: I know (nearly) nothing about video games. So, based on your critque, I'd go with an XBOX 360 because it seems like a more versitile system. What makes XBOX 306 better for shooting games than PS3 and vice versa? Is it just that these are the only kinds of games generally made for each console?

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  2. I personally would go with the PS3, partly because I just bought my own this summer and love it. Unfortunately, like you said, the new one is not compatible with PS2 games. That's a pretty big con and one of the reasons I put off buying one for so long.

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