Does the Playstation 3 appeal more to adults and the Xbox 360 more to children?

As people get older, they become smarter with their money. With age comes responsibility, and people that are older are less likely to buy things on impulse, and more likely to research the things they buy.

I don't think it's any secret to anyone that the PS3 is the better deal.

With the Xbox 360, you buy the cheapest console at $200, get a harddrive for $100, a Play N Charge kit for $20, Xbox Live for $60, and you're already at $380. With the PS3, you get all of that at $250, plus you get a blu ray disc drive that works for games and movies. With the 360, you only get a DVD drive, and the HD-DVD drive add-on only works for movies, not games.

That's also not taking into consideration build quality. The 360 Slim is a very light and cheap feeling console, and it's obvious that many cheap parts were used in it. The disc drive is extremely loud, uses a disc tray, and the console can get very hot. In contrast, the PS3 slim has very high build quality. It is very quiet, stays cool, and even has an internal power supply in comparison to the massive external power supply brick used by the 360. The build quality between the systems are like night and day.

Then you have the differences in the controller technology. The DualShock 3 has 10-bit sensitivity compared to the 360 controller 8-bit sensitivity used in last generation controllers. The 360 controller comes standard using AA batteries. The DS3 uses pressure sensitive/analog buttons and Sixaxis motion technology, both absent in the 360 controller. The 360 controller uses dated wireless 2.4GHz protocol technology compared to the superior Bluetooth alternative used in the DS3.

Even if the systems were the same price, the PS3 would have the advantage due to build quality and technological supremacy, but you have to take into account that not only is the 360 $50 dollars more by default, but you also need to buy batteries and chargers for the controller, along with Xbox Live, leaving you paying $130 dollars more for an inferior product.

Children don't really research the products they want, and when parents are buying products that their children want, they don't research those products either. I think that parents may see that the Xbox 360 may look cheaper at first glance (4gb SKU), but all of the hidden fees catch them by surprise due to lack of research.

I'm under the impression that the PS3 is automatically 100x more appealing to adults, because after research, something many adults partake in when buying products for themselves, the PS3 is the obvious choice.

Then you have the wide variety of genres that the PS3 exclusives cover, which also happen to be more adult oriented. With the new Kinect focus and games like Sesame Street Kinect: Once upon a Monster and Kinect Star Wars, the emphasis on children is even more pronounced.

lol god you're such a moron.


*used the correct you're just for ark since he really is a big moron*

by the way

lol god you're such a moron.


*used the correct you're just for ark since he really is a big moron*

WilliamRLBaker

As people get older, they become smarter with their money. With age comes responsibility, and people that are older are less likely to buy things on impulse, and more likely to research the things they buy.

I don't think it's any secret to anyone that the PS3 is the better deal.

With the Xbox 360, you buy the cheapest console at $200, get a harddrive for $100, a Play N Charge kit for $20, Xbox Live for $60, and you're already at $380. With the PS3, you get all of that at $250, plus you get a blu ray disc drive that works for games and movies. With the 360, you only get a DVD drive, and the HD-DVD drive add-on only works for movies, not games.

That's also not taking into consideration build quality. The 360 Slim is a very light and cheap feeling console, and it's obvious that many cheap parts were used in it. The disc drive is extremely loud, uses a disc tray, and the console can get very hot. In contrast, the PS3 slim has very high build quality. It is very quiet, stays cool, and even has an internal power supply in comparison to the massive external power supply brick used by the 360. The build quality between the systems are like night and day.

Then you have the differences in the controller technology. The DualShock 3 has 10-bit sensitivity compared to the 360 controller 8-bit sensitivity used in last generation controllers. The 360 controller comes standard using AA batteries. The DS3 uses pressure sensitive/analog buttons and Sixaxis motion technology, both absent in the 360 controller. The 360 controller uses dated wireless 2.4GHz protocol technology compared to the superior Bluetooth alternative used in the DS3.

Even if the systems were the same price, the PS3 would have the advantage due to build quality and technological supremacy, but you have to take into account that not only is the 360 $50 dollars more by default, but you also need to buy batteries and chargers for the controller, along with Xbox Live, leaving you paying $130 dollars more for an inferior product.

Children don't really research the products they want, and when parents are buying products that their children want, they don't research those products either. I think that parents may see that the Xbox 360 may look cheaper at first glance (4gb SKU), but all of the hidden fees catch them by surprise due to lack of research.

I'm under the impression that the PS3 is automatically 100x more appealing to adults, because after research, something many adults partake in when buying products for themselves, the PS3 is the obvious choice.

Then you have the wide variety of genres that the PS3 exclusives cover, which also happen to be more adult oriented. With the new Kinect focus and games like Sesame Street Kinect: Once upon a Monster and Kinect Star Wars, the emphasis on children is even more pronounced.

arkephonic

lol god you're such a moron.


*used the correct you're just for ark since he really is a big moron*

by the way

WilliamRLBaker

You're still pushing that "Xbox needs an HD-DVD player" nonsense? Oh Lord...FireSpirit117

You're still pushing that "Xbox needs an HD-DVD player" nonsense? Oh Lord...FireSpirit117

This is the greatest peripheral add-on of all time. I wonder why it stopped selling.

You mentioned HD-DVD..... I stopped reading there.

... I don't even know how to respond to you, man. At least you're better than phonemog and his stupid troll posse.

^^^^ I love how you conveniently left out games like Reach, Alan Wake, and Gears 3 in those 2-3 years...FireSpirit117

@Campzor I love how you conveniently left out games like Reach, Alan Wake, and Gears 3 in those 2-3 years...FireSpirit117

That's usually how jokes work, man. Besides, you can't deny the fact that MS has been shifting their focus to Kinect despite finding success with their shooters.

xbox in past 2-3 years

*pictures of sh*t kinect games*

playstation in past 2-3 years

*pictures of sh*t core games*campzor

So they both get sh*t games? I don't get it.

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]@Campzor I love how you conveniently left out games like Reach, Alan Wake, and Gears 3 in those 2-3 years...NeonNinja

That's usually how jokes work, man. Besides, you can't deny the fact that MS has been shifting their focus to Kinect despite finding success with their shooters.

See the thing about trolling arkenophobic, is it has to have some humor.Not to mention your threads are long.....

Loosingends does a great job, but this I am dissapoint. 3/10.

PS3 apeals to less people in general.

That's why it's in last place.

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]@Campzor I love how you conveniently left out games like Reach, Alan Wake, and Gears 3 in those 2-3 years...FireSpirit117

That's usually how jokes work, man. Besides, you can't deny the fact that MS has been shifting their focus to Kinect despite finding success with their shooters.

Eh. I thought it was funny.

It ain't that hard to respond though. Here:

Xbox 360 in the last 2-3 years:

PS3 in past 2-3 years

There. Three crappy Move titles.

both systems have kids and adults

and ps3 came in last place

You try too hard.

Keep your fanboy rants to a few sentences. Nobody is going to waste their time reading paragraphs full of nonsense. Keep it to a few sentences full of nonense.

xbox is a childrens console

[QUOTE="campzor"]xbox in past 2-3 years

*pictures of sh*t kinect games*

playstation in past 2-3 years

*pictures of sh*t core games*RR360DD

So they both get sh*t games? I don't get it.

Mmm, i smell some Jelly....

xbox is a childrens console

Pikachu69er

[QUOTE="Pikachu69er"]

xbox is a childrens console

FireSpirit117

I dunno man, there's some serious eroticism going on in that cover.

Whatever, screw this. I'm off to bed. Got work in the morning. Have fun trolling each other. :D

The PS3 is the more "hardcore" console of this gen. Sony really only greenlighted major, mature franchises hoping to draw in the hardcore market. That was their downfall this gen, in my opinion, as without casual titles to sell more consoles, they lost in the numbers race.

The Wii was the casual console this gen. Very few exclusive "hardcore" titles (except for the first-party titles) and a huge influx of casual titles sold the system, but, similarly, but opposite of, Sony, with too much focus on the casual side, they lost the interest of the self-conscious hardcore gamer.

The 360 was the middle ground console. Plenty of mature titles hardcore gamers would love, but a decent number of casual titles to appease little kids and casuals.

So, yes, the 360 does appeal to kids a bit more than the PS3, but that may have been more of a good thing.

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"][QUOTE="Pikachu69er"]

xbox is a childrens console

NeonNinja

I dunno man, there's some serious eroticism going on in that cover.

Whatever, screw this. I'm off to bed. Got work in the morning. Have fun trolling each other. :D

[QUOTE="Pikachu69er"]

xbox is a childrens console

FireSpirit117

The box art is a cover up, If you actually played the game it's basically a porno simulator

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"][QUOTE="Pikachu69er"]

xbox is a childrens console

Pikachu69er

The box art is a cover up, If you actually played the game it's basically a porno simulator

Thats pathetic.

The PS3 is the more "hardcore" console of this gen. Sony really only greenlighted major, mature franchises hoping to draw in the hardcore market. That was their downfall this gen, in my opinion, as without casual titles to sell more consoles, they lost in the numbers race.

The Wii was the casual console this gen. Very few exclusive "hardcore" titles (except for the first-party titles) and a huge influx of casual titles sold the system, but, similarly, but opposite of, Sony, with too much focus on the casual side, they lost the interest of the self-conscious hardcore gamer.

The 360 was the middle ground console. Plenty of mature titles hardcore gamers would love, but a decent number of casual titles to appease little kids and casuals.

So, yes, the 360 does appeal to kids a bit more than the PS3, but that may have been more of a good thing.

WiiCubeM1

It's no surprise to me that Sony is losing money, they're taking one for the team.

In an age where casual games dominate and children / soccer moms are the dominant consumers in sheer numbers, Sony looks in the other direction.

If I had a genie and could make a wish on how I wanted a major game company to perform, Sony would be the result. I'm an adult gamer that likes traditional "core" games, and that's Sony's focus, and that's where they excel.

It literally almost seems like Sony doesn't care about money, because all they want to do is please me. I'm in the minority, I'm an adult gamer that prefers traditional "core" games. I am far outnumbered by soccer moms and children, and they prefer casual games, and motion controlled casual games are what sell, because the target audience is the largest.

Sony is like a dream come true for me, because for whatever reason, they don't care about making money and just choose to please me as a gamer and continue making the games I want and the types of games that I like to play. I swear, I never had a genie and never made a wish for this to happen, but it is what it is, and Sony is the way that they are, and I love it!

[QUOTE="WiiCubeM1"]

The PS3 is the more "hardcore" console of this gen. Sony really only greenlighted major, mature franchises hoping to draw in the hardcore market. That was their downfall this gen, in my opinion, as without casual titles to sell more consoles, they lost in the numbers race.

The Wii was the casual console this gen. Very few exclusive "hardcore" titles (except for the first-party titles) and a huge influx of casual titles sold the system, but, similarly, but opposite of, Sony, with too much focus on the casual side, they lost the interest of the self-conscious hardcore gamer.

The 360 was the middle ground console. Plenty of mature titles hardcore gamers would love, but a decent number of casual titles to appease little kids and casuals.

So, yes, the 360 does appeal to kids a bit more than the PS3, but that may have been more of a good thing.

arkephonic

It's no surprise to me that Sony is losing money, they're taking one for the team.

In an age where casual games dominate and children / soccer moms are the dominant consumers in sheer numbers, Sony looks in the other direction.

If I had a genie and could make a wish on how I wanted a major game company to perform, Sony would be the result. I'm an adult gamer that likes traditional "core" games, and that's Sony's focus, and that's where they excel.

It literally almost seems like Sony doesn't care about money, because all they want to do is please me. I'm in the minority, I'm an adult gamer that prefers traditional "core" games. I am far outnumbered by soccer moms and children, and they prefer casual games, and motion controlled casual games are what sell, because the target audience is the largest.

Sony is like a dream come true for me, because for whatever reason, they don't care about making money and just choose to please me as a gamer and continue making the games I want and the types of games that I like to play. I swear, I never had a genie and never made a wish for this to happen, but it is what it is, and Sony is the way that they are, and I love it!

I'm a hardcore Nintendo gamer, probably always will be. I get the draw of the Playstation, but it always seemed their games were a bit... "soulless", I could say. To me it never seemed they really cared for the gamer themselves, or about the money, more about their reputation as a hardcore gaming company, at least this gen (last gen they were my favorite of the 3 simply because the PS2 had the best library of games).

It may be because my company of choice literally does have a guy at the helm who only wishes to make fun games, you know, to make games simply to make fun and enjoyable games, no matter the demographic that enjoys them the most (Shigeru Miyamoto), so my view of the other 2 companies is more from an emotional point of view. I've never been a follower of the "core" games just because they are core, I play what I enjoy. I love jumping for mushrooms and catching animals in balls just as much as blasting ghouls and super mutants with a gauss rifle and raiding Nazi submarines in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

I don't blame you or just simply tolerate your choice to stick with Sony. They are a company to be commeded for sticking through with their stance on the hardcore while their system suffers a bit. My stance the companies just differs a little from yours, I guess. Hope that Sony can keep guys like you happy.

At the end of the day people, every gaming platform with no exclusions is a toy.

And they all have the potential to appeal to kids. There is no single "mature" platform that appeals exclusively to adults.

Xbox 360 is cheaper so more people have it

Yes, kids will love The Witcher 2.

lol they're more or less the same freaking console and they get the same type of games.

It's just MS are trying to market the 360 to as many groups as possible and Sony are... sorry do they still do marketing?

As people get older, they become smarter with their money. With age comes responsibility, and people that are older are less likely to buy things on impulse, and more likely to research the things they buy.

I don't think it's any secret to anyone that the PS3 is the better deal.

With the Xbox 360, you buy the cheapest console at $200, get a harddrive for $100, a Play N Charge kit for $20, Xbox Live for $60, and you're already at $380. With the PS3, you get all of that at $250, plus you get a blu ray disc drive that works for games and movies. With the 360, you only get a DVD drive, and the HD-DVD drive add-on only works for movies, not games.

That's also not taking into consideration build quality. The 360 Slim is a very light and cheap feeling console, and it's obvious that many cheap parts were used in it. The disc drive is extremely loud, uses a disc tray, and the console can get very hot. In contrast, the PS3 slim has very high build quality. It is very quiet, stays cool, and even has an internal power supply in comparison to the massive external power supply brick used by the 360. The build quality between the systems are like night and day.

Then you have the differences in the controller technology. The DualShock 3 has 10-bit sensitivity compared to the 360 controller 8-bit sensitivity used in last generation controllers. The 360 controller comes standard using AA batteries. The DS3 uses pressure sensitive/analog buttons and Sixaxis motion technology, both absent in the 360 controller. The 360 controller uses dated wireless 2.4GHz protocol technology compared to the superior Bluetooth alternative used in the DS3.

Even if the systems were the same price, the PS3 would have the advantage due to build quality and technological supremacy, but you have to take into account that not only is the 360 $50 dollars more by default, but you also need to buy batteries and chargers for the controller, along with Xbox Live, leaving you paying $130 dollars more for an inferior product.

Children don't really research the products they want, and when parents are buying products that their children want, they don't research those products either. I think that parents may see that the Xbox 360 may look cheaper at first glance (4gb SKU), but all of the hidden fees catch them by surprise due to lack of research.

I'm under the impression that the PS3 is automatically 100x more appealing to adults, because after research, something many adults partake in when buying products for themselves, the PS3 is the obvious choice.

Then you have the wide variety of genres that the PS3 exclusives cover, which also happen to be more adult oriented. With the new Kinect focus and games like Sesame Street Kinect: Once upon a Monster and Kinect Star Wars, the emphasis on children is even more pronounced.

arkephonic

:lol:

ur just a butthurt ps3 only owner that missed on all the wii, pc and 360 games this gen.

Well then.

*Goes back to playing Halo Reach*

As people get older, they become smarter with their money. With age comes responsibility, and people that are older are less likely to buy things on impulse, and more likely to research the things they buy.

I don't think it's any secret to anyone that the PS3 is the better deal.

With the Xbox 360, you buy the cheapest console at $200, get a harddrive for $100, a Play N Charge kit for $20, Xbox Live for $60, and you're already at $380. With the PS3, you get all of that at $250, plus you get a blu ray disc drive that works for games and movies. With the 360, you only get a DVD drive, and the HD-DVD drive add-on only works for movies, not games.

That's also not taking into consideration build quality. The 360 Slim is a very light and cheap feeling console, and it's obvious that many cheap parts were used in it. The disc drive is extremely loud, uses a disc tray, and the console can get very hot. In contrast, the PS3 slim has very high build quality. It is very quiet, stays cool, and even has an internal power supply in comparison to the massive external power supply brick used by the 360. The build quality between the systems are like night and day.

Then you have the differences in the controller technology. The DualShock 3 has 10-bit sensitivity compared to the 360 controller 8-bit sensitivity used in last generation controllers. The 360 controller comes standard using AA batteries. The DS3 uses pressure sensitive/analog buttons and Sixaxis motion technology, both absent in the 360 controller. The 360 controller uses dated wireless 2.4GHz protocol technology compared to the superior Bluetooth alternative used in the DS3.

Even if the systems were the same price, the PS3 would have the advantage due to build quality and technological supremacy, but you have to take into account that not only is the 360 $50 dollars more by default, but you also need to buy batteries and chargers for the controller, along with Xbox Live, leaving you paying $130 dollars more for an inferior product.

Children don't really research the products they want, and when parents are buying products that their children want, they don't research those products either. I think that parents may see that the Xbox 360 may look cheaper at first glance (4gb SKU), but all of the hidden fees catch them by surprise due to lack of research.

I'm under the impression that the PS3 is automatically 100x more appealing to adults, because after research, something many adults partake in when buying products for themselves, the PS3 is the obvious choice.

Then you have the wide variety of genres that the PS3 exclusives cover, which also happen to be more adult oriented. With the new Kinect focus and games like Sesame Street Kinect: Once upon a Monster and Kinect Star Wars, the emphasis on children is even more pronounced.

arkephonic

The ps3 is the best bargin console but it also has the best selection of exclusives I can't get on pc. The ps3 isa great blu-ay player with 3d support as well. It is the best bang for the buck hands down.

Uh yeah, duh

[QUOTE="arkephonic"]

As people get older, they become smarter with their money. With age comes responsibility, and people that are older are less likely to buy things on impulse, and more likely to research the things they buy.

I don't think it's any secret to anyone that the PS3 is the better deal.

With the Xbox 360, you buy the cheapest console at $200, get a harddrive for $100, a Play N Charge kit for $20, Xbox Live for $60, and you're already at $380. With the PS3, you get all of that at $250, plus you get a blu ray disc drive that works for games and movies. With the 360, you only get a DVD drive, and the HD-DVD drive add-on only works for movies, not games.

That's also not taking into consideration build quality. The 360 Slim is a very light and cheap feeling console, and it's obvious that many cheap parts were used in it. The disc drive is extremely loud, uses a disc tray, and the console can get very hot. In contrast, the PS3 slim has very high build quality. It is very quiet, stays cool, and even has an internal power supply in comparison to the massive external power supply brick used by the 360. The build quality between the systems are like night and day.

Then you have the differences in the controller technology. The DualShock 3 has 10-bit sensitivity compared to the 360 controller 8-bit sensitivity used in last generation controllers. The 360 controller comes standard using AA batteries. The DS3 uses pressure sensitive/analog buttons and Sixaxis motion technology, both absent in the 360 controller. The 360 controller uses dated wireless 2.4GHz protocol technology compared to the superior Bluetooth alternative used in the DS3.

Even if the systems were the same price, the PS3 would have the advantage due to build quality and technological supremacy, but you have to take into account that not only is the 360 $50 dollars more by default, but you also need to buy batteries and chargers for the controller, along with Xbox Live, leaving you paying $130 dollars more for an inferior product.

Children don't really research the products they want, and when parents are buying products that their children want, they don't research those products either. I think that parents may see that the Xbox 360 may look cheaper at first glance (4gb SKU), but all of the hidden fees catch them by surprise due to lack of research.

I'm under the impression that the PS3 is automatically 100x more appealing to adults, because after research, something many adults partake in when buying products for themselves, the PS3 is the obvious choice.

Then you have the wide variety of genres that the PS3 exclusives cover, which also happen to be more adult oriented. With the new Kinect focus and games like Sesame Street Kinect: Once upon a Monster and Kinect Star Wars, the emphasis on children is even more pronounced.

pc-ps360

:lol:

ur just a butthurt ps3 only owner that missed on all the wii, pc and 360 games this gen.

I love arkephonic threads,they always leave a lot of butthurt and tears in their wake ;)