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Add to FavoritesOf the "next-gen" consoles, Xbox 360 is a much better choice from my personal standpoint. Of all 3 of the main systems, it has the most American-style games to choose from. The first-person shooters are great, but with online play, it makes it that much more addictive. And in all actuality, the online is what makes this system the hands down winner.
After owning a Playstation 3, and now a 360, I don't miss it much. PS3 has a lot of fancy bells and whistles including a web browser, easy hard drive upgrade that uses computer SATA drives (a friend of mine upgraded his to 1 terabyte, that equals 1000 gigabytes), and free online. From a technical capability standpoint, PS3 is better, but in this writer's opinion - it lacks the "fun factor". Preferring mainly "American-style" games, there are many Japanese titles. This is also the problem with the Wii. In American we have a different opinion of what a fun game is.
Not wanting to sound too harsh on the PS3, I will say it's not a horrible system. All of those "bells and whistles" make it a very neat system, just not enough to make it a better system than the 360. My family and friends all enjoyed countless hours playing Rock Band and Resistance, but for the price,the system isn't quite worth all the money. Which brings me to the next point.
Price. This more so than ever, is a very important role in deciding in which system to choose. The economy is poor, morale in the country is low, we all need something to take our minds off of everyday stress. The low end PS3 is around $280 being the cheapest I have seen. The store did not confirm if it was a used or new system. In the Midwestern region of the U.S. the low end 360 systems go, brand new, for $200. The only way Sony will keep up, is by furthering prices cuts on their monster 160gb system. Is free online worth it?
No. The online community for Playstation network is sub-par. This comes not only from this writer's experiences, but from the overall community. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to certain things in life. Yes, it is free, BUT finding groups for things is near impossible being there is hardly anyone ever on. For the casual gamer, most of the people that are on tend to be ridiculously well played, which also kills the fun factor. Being the 360 is the favored system right now in America, there are always people on, most of which are casual gamers. Yes, you will sometimes run into those exceptionally skilled players, but you can find your skill level players much easier. The online for 360 is not free, BUT it is very cheap, and the community is much better. It makes the system the better buy.
To sum it up: online gaming is the future of gaming with it's ever changing diversity and depth. The 360 makes up for what very little it lacks in tech specs and bells and whistles with it's amazing online community and game play.
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PS 3
The war between PS3 and Xbox 360 has been raging since both consoles first came out. A majority of people have been claiming that Xbox 360 is better because of its gaming choices. The Xbox has far more games that are better than those made for the Playstation. So why would anyone want a PS3? Here are four excellent reasons why Playstation 3 is better than the Xbox 360.
The Playstation 3 is one of the most misunderstood consoles. Consumers fail to see the power that this device has under its hood. For one thing the PS3 has the ability to play Cd's, DVDs and Blu-ray disks. On the other hand, you must pay for a separate piece of hardware if you want a Blu-ray player to go along with your Xbox. Next up, we have backwards compatibility. The PS3 is compatible with a vast majority of PS2 games and PS1 games. You think this would be expected right? Wrong. The Xbox 360 is only compatible with about half of its predecessors games. If your old Xbox breaks and you buy the 360 then you'd better hope that your games are included in this list. In addition to the backwards compatibility, the PS3 also contains a microprocessor called the cell broadband engine. This microprocessor (cell for short) has yet to be fully utilized in my opinion. The cell microprocessor will give games the chance to become even more graphically advanced and cut down loading times compared to the Xbox. With the Xbox, what you see is what you get. Above all, there's customer support. The PS3 is ahead of the Xbox for one simple reason. The red ring of death. The red ring of death is a red ring which spins in front of the Xbox signaling a general system failure. PS3's failure rate stands under 1% while the 360's rate is at a whopping 33%! Imagine buying a $200 piece of hardware and having a 1/3 chance that you'll soon have a $200 paper weight along with your purchased games. There have been a myriad of horror stories in which someone purchases an Xbox 360, plays it for one day, and then they are forced to return it due to internal failure. One month later they receive a new Xbox after much hassle, just to have it break again.
The Xbox 360 is a wonderful product, but perhaps it isn't the best product. The console is all about the games, but there are other things to consider. When purchasing one of these fine products think about what you need in the console and what it's going to add to your life. You aren't there for the system. The system is there for you.
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