buy a pc or a 360

should i save up for a 360 or pc????

on a pc id really on play cyrsis and spore as exlucives...and also black and white 2

on either one id also play oblivion

im not so sure of what all is on the 360 so i cant really say what id be playing on it...

BTW DONT BASE YOUR OPPINION ON HALO 3 2 OR 1!!!!!!!

Depends on how much you enjoy RTS/Simulation and to a lesser extent MMO's, which are the PC's bread and butter.

An X360 generally represents better value for money, though if thats no object its going to come down to the games and the overall experience.

Complete list of all remianing 360 exclusives for 2007

Blue Dragon

Eternal Sonata

Halo 3

PGR4

Ace combat six

Naruto Rise of ninja

Viva Pinata Party Animals

Scene-it

Lost Odyssey

Mass Effect

Tell you the truth, the reason most people i'm guessing settle for a 360 is the big price difference. If you can really get 2,000 doollars for a good pc, then yea, go for it.GIJesse77

Or you can just get a PC with a E6400, 2GB of RAM, and a 8800GTS for $900 like I did (it would be even cheaper now).......

PC and free online... You'll get every 360 game. Have fun. Also you can surf the net.Hitamaru-homia

Yeah, every 360 game goes to PCjust like Dead Rising, PGR3 & 4, Forza 2, Mass Effect, Halo 3, GRAW, Kameo, PDZ0, Table Tennis, Ace Combat 6, Viva Pina..... oh hang on, my bad none of those are on PC.

See, when you actually own a gaming PC and a 360 you get to see the truth of the matter and that is they both deliver very different gaming experiences with relatively few crossovers.

Either way, You = Owned.

PS3 and free online... You'll get every 360 game. Have fun. Also you can surf the net.Hitamaru-homia

Don't worry, it's an easy mistake to make.;)

Do not listen to any of the people here. This is system wars, I would suggest to get info and prices on both products and then make your decision.

I'll try to help:

Gaming PC range from $600-$2000

Xbox 360 $279 I think?

PC needs to be updated quite alot

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

PC has alot of 360 shooters and games especially if you have Windows

Xbox 360 has alot of PC games and also have online and free headset

PC graphics could look better than 360 graphics

Xbox 360 works well with an HDTV and great component or HDMI cables

But the biggest diffrence is to with buying PC's you need to be smart, with a 360 you just buy the things you need and your done. Hope I could help :)

Xbox 360 works well with an HDTV and great component or HDMI cablesFLamezero991

[QUOTE="Hitamaru-homia"]PC and free online... You'll get every 360 game. Have fun. Also you can surf the net.Stonin

Yeah, every 360 game goes to PCjust like Dead Rising, PGR3 & 4, Forza 2, Mass Effect, Halo 3, GRAW, Kameo, PDZ0, Table Tennis, Ace Combat 6, Viva Pina..... oh hang on, my bad none of those are on PC.

See, when you actually own a gaming PC and a 360 you get to see the truth of the matter and that is they both deliver very different gaming experiences with relatively few crossovers.

Either way, You = Owned.

ME will be on the PC, name one Bioware game that hasn't. Viva Pinata is being ported to the PC this year. There's a PD mod for HL2, which is better than PD0. I could care less about any of those other games.

[QUOTE="Hitamaru-homia"]Dont buy the PS3 because it does not have every 360 game and has sub quality online playball_of_air

Don't worry, it's an easy mistake to make.;)

Haha, right you are....

If money isn't an issue and you don't have anything against controllers, it's up to the games. So whichever has more attracting lineup for YOU, is the right choise, both have great games coming.

PC might seem more expensive, but consider whether you need a new PC anyway, and whether you have a good tv or if you could use your old PC parts and just upgrade. The more you play, the better value the PC is with cheaper games, free online and a larger selection of games.

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

FLamezero991

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

Complete list of all remianing 360 exclusives for 2007

Blue Dragon

Eternal Sonata

Halo 3

PGR4

Ace combat six

Naruto Rise of ninja

Viva Pinata Party Animals

Scene-it

Lost Odyssey

Mass Effect

Tactis

Who in there right mind would pass up an opportunity to have a greatgaming PC and settle for that mediocre list of xbox titles?

If your willing to spend a lot of money on a rig, then get the PC, but I personally bought the 360.ganon546

[QUOTE="Tactis"]

Complete list of all remianing 360 exclusives for 2007

Blue Dragon

Eternal Sonata

Halo 3

PGR4

Ace combat six

Naruto Rise of ninja

Viva Pinata Party Animals

Scene-it

Lost Odyssey

Mass Effect

megaton3k

Who in there right mind would pass up an opportunity to have a greatgaming PC and settle for that mediocre list of xbox titles?

Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???

Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???ganon546

[QUOTE="ganon546"]Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???Vandalvideo

what?

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="ganon546"]Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???Tactis

what?

[QUOTE="FLamezero991"]

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

ball_of_air

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

The 360 is updated for free dude, you have to pay to upgrade a PC...

[QUOTE="ball_of_air"][QUOTE="FLamezero991"]

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

FLamezero991

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

The 360 is updated for free dude, you have to pay to upgrade a PC...

[QUOTE="megaton3k"][QUOTE="Tactis"]

Complete list of all remianing 360 exclusives for 2007

Blue Dragon

Eternal Sonata

Halo 3

PGR4

Ace combat six

Naruto Rise of ninja

Viva Pinata Party Animals

Scene-it

Lost Odyssey

Mass Effect

ganon546

Who in there right mind would pass up an opportunity to have a greatgaming PC and settle for that mediocre list of xbox titles?

Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???

No, you did just now.:|

[QUOTE="FLamezero991"][QUOTE="ball_of_air"][QUOTE="FLamezero991"]

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

Vandalvideo

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

The 360 is updated for free dude, you have to pay to upgrade a PC...

[QUOTE="Tactis"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="ganon546"]Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???Vandalvideo

what?

Ugh. PC gaming, to me, is a shadow of its former self. Its still probably the best platform on a 1:1 basis but thats mostly a testament to how great it once was. All the big titles seem to be either online games which sell well due to unpiratability, or technical demonstrations which come out as amazing games but the underlying motivation is ultimately to sell off the game engine. Where are the Dues Ex's, Max Payne's, Baulders Gates and Theifs of this generation?

It seems all my favourite developers, like Bioware, are going the way of the console some way or another.

Ugh. PC gaming, to me, is a shadow of its former self. Its still probably the best platform on a 1:1 basis but thats mostly a testament to how great it once was. All the big titles seem to be either online games which sell well due to unpiratability, or technical demonstrations which come out as amazing games but the underlying motivation is ultimately to sell off the game engine. Where are the Dues Ex's, Max Payne's, Baulders Gates and Theifs of this generation?It seems all my favourite developers, like Bioware, are going the way of the console some way or another.KirbyFan10101

[QUOTE="KirbyFan10101"]Ugh. PC gaming, to me, is a shadow of its former self. Its still probably the best platform on a 1:1 basis but thats mostly a testament to how great it once was. All the big titles seem to be either online games which sell well due to unpiratability, or technical demonstrations which come out as amazing games but the underlying motivation is ultimately to sell off the game engine. Where are the Dues Ex's, Max Payne's, Baulders Gates and Theifs of this generation?It seems all my favourite developers, like Bioware, are going the way of the console some way or another.Vandalvideo

Spore looks amazing and Undying is an absolute classic (scariest game of all time?). Starcraft 2 looks very, very conservative which isn't exactly surprising considering the fantatical fanbase of the original. Is it just me or are PC's coming out as buggy messes more frequently? Perhaps its the changing hardware, but I don't remember ever having an experience as horrifying as STALKER. Thats was just a joke.

Either way i'll take anything that isn't an RTS, easily the most stale of all the genres, or some online grindfest.

Spore looks amazing and Undying is an absolute classic (scariest game of all time?). Starcraft 2 looks very, very conservative which isn't exactly surprising considering the fantatical fanbase of the original. Is it just me or are PC's coming out as buggy messes more frequently? Perhaps its the changing hardware, but I don't remember ever having an experience as horrifying as STALKER. Thats was just a joke. KirbyFan10101

[QUOTE="ball_of_air"][QUOTE="FLamezero991"]

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

FLamezero991

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

The 360 is updated for free dude, you have to pay to upgrade a PC...

PC's are usually updated for free as well.

Update =/= Upgrade

You can't upgrade a 360 either, unless you buy another model or something.

Ugh. PC gaming, to me, is a shadow of its former self. Its still probably the best platform on a 1:1 basis but thats mostly a testament to how great it once was. All the big titles seem to be either online games which sell well due to unpiratability, or technical demonstrations which come out as amazing games but the underlying motivation is ultimately to sell off the game engine. Where are the Dues Ex's, Max Payne's, Baulders Gates and Theifs of this generation?

It seems all my favourite developers, like Bioware, are going the way of the console some way or another.

KirbyFan10101

You sure as heck wont find their equivalent on consoles, i'll tell you that.

[QUOTE="ball_of_air"][QUOTE="FLamezero991"]

Xbox 360 doesn't need to be updated yet does have some hardware problems

FLamezero991

Actually, it's being updated more often than a PC needs to be upgraded.

The 360 is updated for free dude, you have to pay to upgrade a PC...

Maybe it would help if I put "updated". Elite? Premium with HDMI? New Arcade "play now" version? Not to mention the new CPU around the corner.

Go with what you can afford. If you aren't willing to put the best in the PC, don't touch it. Part of building a PC is trying to make sure it will last at least four years before you have to upgrade again. If you can't even get it to 360 standards before running short on cash, you're better off buying the 360.

That doesn't mean you have to buy the absolute best GPU on the market, but you should be willing to spend at least $200 on it. Also, there's no point in going for less than the Core Duo at this point. You'd just be kidding yourself. You could always get a Dell XPS. You can get one overclocked and watercooled for around $2100 dollars these days.

[QUOTE="ganon546"][QUOTE="megaton3k"][QUOTE="Tactis"]

Complete list of all remianing 360 exclusives for 2007

Blue Dragon

Eternal Sonata

Halo 3

PGR4

Ace combat six

Naruto Rise of ninja

Viva Pinata Party Animals

Scene-it

Lost Odyssey

Mass Effect

ball_of_air

Who in there right mind would pass up an opportunity to have a greatgaming PC and settle for that mediocre list of xbox titles?

Did you just call Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Odyseey, and Mass Effect mediocre???

No, you did just now.:|

No, Megaton3k said the list was mediocre, I was disagreeing.

[QUOTE="ganon546"]If your willing to spend a lot of money on a rig, then get the PC, but I personally bought the 360.Vandalvideo

no, but it's a known fact that playing 360 games on PC at equivlant settings takes a pretty hefty rig.

Both hermits and lemmings need to get over themselves. Seriously... lemmings need to stop spouting over how a PC costs $2000 dollars, and hermits need to grow up and stop having an e-penis the size of new york. I personally think you feel threaten since both the ps3 and 360 are fastly becoming very much like PC's.

anyone worth calling themselves a real gamer would agree, despite tastes in genre.

For the lemmings:

For $580 or soI just built this rig...

Intel C2D E2160 and OCed 2.9Ghz
2GB Corsair XMS2 667mhz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
MSI Geforce 8600GTS OC edition and Oced further to 730/1250
200GB WD Sata drive

anyone that knows PC's well enough, that is a gaming rig that pulls just under 13,000 marks in 05 and 6200 or so in 06...for under $600. Thats without any memory tweeking, etc....All from Newegg.com

For the hermits:

Drop the attitude, and stop calling every game medicore that isn't on the PC. I find it funny that hermits will laugh at how 360 owner will get PC leftovers(games that were very highly rated), and yet when 360 games come out sometime later on PC (reguardless if it was highly rated, or it just took forever to come out). Then its ok! (mass effect whenever if ever, it comes out). While we all enjoy the many customizations of PC's, you do put more money into one over a 5 year span vs a console....it simply value...and the more complicated the consoles get, the better value it becomes.

Fact is someone calling a lineup of Halo, PGR, and mass effect garbage is just as dumb as someone who calls Unreal, GTR2, etc the same.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="ganon546"]If your willing to spend a lot of money on a rig, then get the PC, but I personally bought the 360.Innovazero2000

For the lemmings:

For $580 or soI just built this rig...

Intel C2D E2160 and OCed 2.9Ghz
2GB Corsair XMS2 667mhz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
MSI Geforce 8600GTS OC edition and Oced further to 730/1250
200GB WD Sata drive

anyone that knows PC's well enough, that is a gaming rig that pulls just under 13,000 marks in 05 and 6200 or so in 06...for under $600. Thats without any memory tweeking, etc....All from Newegg.com

dude, how do you expect to play games without a case, an os, a mouse, a keyboard, speakers, microphone, monitor, and so on?

it costs at least 1300 to built a great QUALITY gaming pc in this day and age.

it costs at least 1300 to built a great QUALITY gaming pc in this day and age.mistervengeance

PC is a better way to go as it has more benefits than just gaming. But don't base it on a few games, you have to see the whole picture and why you want either.

I got a Coolermaster Centrion-5 case for $50 at newegg, best bang for buck case under $100. I had everything else.

if you wanna be that technical, what about a HDTV for these newer consoles, you can say el chepo SD TV, but I could say el cheapo 15" monitor. All does the same right.

Fact is, you could twist it either way.

[QUOTE="mistervengeance"]it costs at least 1300 to built a great QUALITY gaming pc in this day and age.Vandalvideo

outperform on a technical level, maybe....but I guarentee you it won't look any better then 360 games. Which is nothing to slouch about.

Which brought me to my point, hermits ego's acting like 360/ps3 graphics don't look good.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="mistervengeance"]it costs at least 1300 to built a great QUALITY gaming pc in this day and age.Innovazero2000

outperform on a technical level, maybe....but I guarentee you it won't look any better then 360 games. Which is nothing to slouch about.

Which brought me to my point, hermits ego's acting like 360/ps3 graphics don't look good.