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Add to FavoritesOhh such a heated topic, the incredible XBox 360, or the long-awaited Playstation 3? Which one is better, you ask? We all have our opinions, but I support the XBox 360.
I will admit that I do not own a PS3; however, I have had an XBox 360 since its release date. The PS3 is a force to be reckoned with, but nothing compared to the 360. Power-wise, the PS3 might have a bit more torque to it, but that's nothing. Its excellence in power sacrifices its ability to be universal... if you take a look at the PS3's game-choice, the "playlist" is rather skimpy compared to that of the XBox 360.
In choosing a console, you must consider all of the relevant factors, not just some of them. I won't mention any numbers in this argument, for such information can be tampered with at times, but price is a good one. It can be reasonably agreed that the XBox 360 is significantly cheaper in price than the Playstation 3.
Now, some would argue that the increase in price for the PS3 goes towards the excess in graphical quality compared to the XBox 360. Wrong; the average FPS the Playstation 3 operates at is much higher than the human eye is capable of seeing, causing quite an overkill in a relatively non-imperative area. This is not to say that graphics aren't very important, but on that level, they are not. The detail and animating ingenuity the XBox is capable of is even with the PS3; it all comes down to the games, which sparks the true argument and incentive to buy one console over the other.
The games are what sells the systems; you can have an amazing system, sporting more processors than a battleship has weapons, enough freakin' video RAM to drown a power plant, and the best wireless Internet connection the world can offer, but it will be nothing without the games. This is where the XBox pulls ahead of the Playstation in my belief; nothing can compete with games like Halo, Gears of War, Foreza, Ninja Gaiden 2, which is planned to be an XBox exclusive masterpiece... Fable 2, Guitar Hero 3, and whatever else that may strike your individual interest. Sure, the PS3 has God of War, but that's pretty much it. Most everything else the Playstation will be getting, the XBox will be supporting as well. However, many of your favorite, popular titles will be XBox 360 exclusive. So why waste your time driving to your friends house so you can play Halo on his TV, when you could just buy your own, and make your friends drive instead? The answer's simple: there is no reason. The XBox 360 is, all in all, universally and undeniably, a superior system to the Playstation 3.
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PS 3
This question has been asked over and over for so long. It's time someone put this to rest. So....I will be the one to do it.
The PS3 wins by a long shot because:
1.) First and foremost, the red ring of death. I have never witnessed a PS3 console randomly freeze, shut down and refuse to work again.
2.) The towel trick. Okay, this one is just ridiculous. I was staying the night at my cousin's house and we were playing his XBOX360 when all of a sudden, text comes on the screen reading, " An error has occurred." This would happen anytime we try to play anything until he came up with the idea of wrapping the system up in a towel. Where he got that idea from was beyond me, but we tried it and it worked again. Now, if I can recollect correctly, I don't ever remember having to wrap my ps3 in a towel to get it to do its job.
3.) The PS3 has better games. Before you start yelling at me through your computer screen, I want you to reread that sentence carefully. I said BETTER games. The XBOX360 might have MORE games, but the PS3 has BETTER games. God of War, Heavenly Sword, Battlefield: Bad Company, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and these are just a few. The 360 has its fair share of good games, but the ps3 has more GOOD games.
4.) The PS3 offers free online play. Enough said.
5.) Can your XBOX360 play Blu-Ray? If it can then I'd love to see it.
6.) The PlayStation Avatars look fairly realistic. The XBOX360 ones look like a rip-off of Nintendo's Mii concept.
7.) The XBOX360 has a clunky design. The PS3's is more sleek and slender.
8.) I went to a used video game store and did a test. I traded in 3 PS3 games and got $30 for them. I traded in the same games for XBOX360 and got $7.50. The PS3 has better trade-in credit.
9.) Does your XBOX360 have a six-axis motion sensor controller? Didn't think so.
10.) There is no "PS3 Arcade" that doesn't even have an internal hard drive and can't even run all of the games designed for its own system. Try playing Halo 3 on an XBOX360 Arcade. Go ahead. I'll wait...........Did you do it? What did you find out?
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