Thanks for the feedback, looks like im leaning towards the 360, for some reason, i've been thinking the PS3 is going to eventually be the third runner up against the 360 and the Wii in every respect.
I think you are really wrong. I think the PS3 will slowly catch up especially next xmas when 1) people are more open to spending money 2) the game library for the ps3 opens up and there are more and more games take advantage of the expansive blu ray discs and provide an experience that can not be matched by the technically inferior wii and 360 3) When more and more people have HDTVs and start looking into getting into the bluray market Haters can say what they want, but Blu ray has 7 of the 8 major motion picture companies. I hardly think people will chose p*rn exposure over that.
that's why HALO is considered a top tier world wide competition game with Quake and Counterstrike and the playstation game that has millions of players on it?? I cant think of any.
I don't think Sony's game network can compare to Xbox Live (which is freakin' awesome) I want to get a 360 but first I want to find the Wii
Probably not, although it should be a lot better than the PS2 (with some newer games using updated libraries, its already better than it was at launch). Being free helps too. I will say that Sony might have the edge in the PS Store/XBLA (or XBLM, whatever you want to call it) department though. They need to keep up what they've been doing though.
Buy the console that will provide you with the games that you actually want to play. That's all there is to it. People can argue for days straight about features, graphics, extras, and a boatload of other crap. However, the most stable, jammed-pack, multi-tasking, cheap/expensive console in the world is just a paperweight if there aren't any games you enjoy playing on it. Based on the list of games you gave us, I'd say the Xbox 360 is your best bet.
I saw this demo below in Vegas. It was awesome. http://mobile.gamingnexus.com/Default.aspx?Section=News&I=3428 The big focus for the 360 right now is the newly announced Xbox 360 IPTV initiative. The initiative will allow Xbox 360 owners with certain cable companies to stream TV through their Xbox 360. It should be noted that this will not be an update that’s available to everyone around the world but rather a special deal that you will have to get through your internet provider. He pointed out that with cable companies getting into the phone business, phone companies are going to try and get into the cable business and that IPTV is the way they are going to do so. Chris walked us through the IPTV demo and the user interface was very slick and modern. The IPTV 360’s will also act as a DVR which means that if you’re watching TV and a buddy wants to play Gears of War you will be able to pause the television, frag for a bit and then jump back to the television program you were watching. It’s a very cool concept and it looks like they could pull it off. We pushed Chris about the increased storage requirements for a DVR as a 20 GB drive (well 13 GB after all the Xbox 360 system information) isn’t really that big and he said that it would be enough. The real challenge he thinks is getting people to get people past the concept of owning physical media and into owning the rights to things. This way you would be able to re-download something you had the rights to, eliminating the storage need. I asked about allowing users to setup downloads remotely using either Xbox.com or their phone so that you could set something up to download and have it ready when you got home and he mentioned that was something they were looking at. It’s hard not to be interested in Microsoft’s direction with the Xbox 360 and their approach to using it as a media center. It’s miles better than what Apple is offering with AppleTV albeit at $100 more. Then again for that $100 you get to stream at 1080i and play high definition games. Then again you don’t get the self-fellating smugness of owning an Apple device. The following is pure speculation on my part based on our conversation with Chris, talking to other Xbox community members, and checking out other rumors around the internet. The real question is what to make of the rumors of the “Zephyr” device that broke right before E3, the ones for a new Xbox 360 with a larger hard drive and HDMI cable. Piecing bits of conversations together it’s hard not to imagine that the device is going to be the IPTV Xbox 360 that cable provider’s offer to their customers. It may or may not make its way to standard retail but at a minimum I imagine we’ll at least see larger hard drives offered at retail by the end of the year.
Sorry guys I was just being sarcastic about the Wii's at BB. Remember, most stores should have some for sale on the 21st so get your camping gear ready.
I have all three: PS3, 360, and Wii The 360 and Wii are great, and I would say PS3 is a notch below both of them.
What he said...Get what makes you happy...Just keep in mind, for next gen DVD, the Wii won't be there and with all the add-ons for the 360, you'll pay the same amount, with 40GB less... btw, I'll probably get a Wii for my kids for xmas and I have an xbox already, that can't play double layer DVD's...
360 to me has a far superior controller to the flimsy little thing that comes with the ps3. that and halo 3 gives my edge to the 360. ps3's gonna be awesome though, the games will come eventually.
