Modern Warfare 2: PS3 vs. Xbox 360

I don't know whether to get Modern Warfare 2 for the 360 or PS3.

Anyone have any information on the differences between the PS3 and 360 versions of Modern Warfare 2?

The only thing I can think of is that it was announced that map packs will be released slightly earlier on the 360.

Perhaps COD4 and 5 can provide some hints as to what the differences will be. What were the differences between the systems for COD 4 and 5?

Thanks for any info.

Jason_A

[QUOTE="The__Havoc"]

I don't recommend either. I only reccomend the PC version.

seannn199

The superior version is a bad recomendation?

[QUOTE="Brownesque"][QUOTE="doubleblahzors4"]They havent evolved this franchise enough for me to buy it, when the hell are you going to be able to swim in call of duty?doubleblahzors4

I dont understand why dev's even add aim assist to console shooters it makes console gamers look bad and it's actually unnessasary, only a crappy player would complain it's hard to aim with a controller. dev's piss me the hell offdoubleblahzors4

I didn't say that console gamers' skills are inferior to PC gamers', I said that skills in console games will not translate to PC games due to dramatically different mechanics. As I say, the training wheels come off when you play these games. In RO, there are no complex mechanics, there are only contextual and relative mechanics, such as cover, lean and peak, etc, and aside from that it's pretty much as simple as point and shoot. What you have to deal with is the physics engine. The point is you don't have training wheels like crosshairs, automatic rifle bolting, auto-reload, aim-assist, et cetera. In console games you can oftentimes just point generally in the direction of a target running around erratically on the same level as you and have sticky aim grab the target while you effectively hold down the trigger and watch their life drop to zero, whereas in a game like RO I actually have to fire a projectile at a target. As far as COD4, it just looks like butt. Get over it. I didn't pick those pics to make them look crappy, I picked them because they are representative of how much like butt COD4 looks.Brownesque

2. I'm sorry, but I can't take you Seriously if you're saying that CoD 4 looks like Butt. You can dislike the Game, but NO WAY in Hades does CoD 4 look like Crap.

3. Yes, you DID pick a Bad Screen-Shot to make it look Bad. There are WAY better Screen-Shots that that one.

I don't recommend either. I only reccomend the PC version.

The__Havoc

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]I didn't say that console gamers' skills are inferior to PC gamers', I said that skills in console games will not translate to PC games due to dramatically different mechanics. As I say, the training wheels come off when you play these games. In RO, there are no complex mechanics, there are only contextual and relative mechanics, such as cover, lean and peak, etc, and aside from that it's pretty much as simple as point and shoot. What you have to deal with is the physics engine. The point is you don't have training wheels like crosshairs, automatic rifle bolting, auto-reload, aim-assist, et cetera. In console games you can oftentimes just point generally in the direction of a target running around erratically on the same level as you and have sticky aim grab the target while you effectively hold down the trigger and watch their life drop to zero, whereas in a game like RO I actually have to fire a projectile at a target. As far as COD4, it just looks like butt. Get over it. I didn't pick those pics to make them look crappy, I picked them because they are representative of how much like butt COD4 looks.gmc2u_64

2. I'm sorry, but I can't take you Seriously if you're saying that CoD 4 looks like Butt. You can dislike the Game, but NO WAY in Hades does CoD 4 look like Crap.

3. Yes, you DID pick a Bad Screen-Shot to make it look Bad. There are WAY better Screen-Shots that that one.

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

sexy_robot_man

not true from my experience, i had cod 4 on ps3 and i was good but not great, then i played it on 360 and i absolutely dominated, it could be that all the little 12 year olds have an xbox and think cursing on the mic is cool. but just get it on the system where you know more people ,and whatever controller you prefer. Ps3 is free online, so ill be getting it on ps3.

[QUOTE="The__Havoc"]

I don't recommend either. I only reccomend the PC version.

monkeyballnotin

[QUOTE="sexy_robot_man"]

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

bokiloki

not true from my experience, i had cod 4 on ps3 and i was good but not great, then i played it on 360 and i absolutely dominated, it could be that all the little 12 year olds have an xbox and think cursing on the mic is cool. but just get it on the system where you know more people ,and whatever controller you prefer. Ps3 is free online, so ill be getting it on ps3.

[QUOTE="gmc2u_64"]

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]I didn't say that console gamers' skills are inferior to PC gamers', I said that skills in console games will not translate to PC games due to dramatically different mechanics. As I say, the training wheels come off when you play these games. In RO, there are no complex mechanics, there are only contextual and relative mechanics, such as cover, lean and peak, etc, and aside from that it's pretty much as simple as point and shoot. What you have to deal with is the physics engine. The point is you don't have training wheels like crosshairs, automatic rifle bolting, auto-reload, aim-assist, et cetera. In console games you can oftentimes just point generally in the direction of a target running around erratically on the same level as you and have sticky aim grab the target while you effectively hold down the trigger and watch their life drop to zero, whereas in a game like RO I actually have to fire a projectile at a target. As far as COD4, it just looks like butt. Get over it. I didn't pick those pics to make them look crappy, I picked them because they are representative of how much like butt COD4 looks.Brownesque

2. I'm sorry, but I can't take you Seriously if you're saying that CoD 4 looks like Butt. You can dislike the Game, but NO WAY in Hades does CoD 4 look like Crap.

3. Yes, you DID pick a Bad Screen-Shot to make it look Bad. There are WAY better Screen-Shots that that one.

...pathetic huh?

waste of money doubleblahzors4

the competitve community for 360 version is very good compared to the ps3 one. gamebattles for cod4 360 had 30,000 teams signed up summer 2008. meanwhile cod4 for ps3 couldnt break 5 thousand teams. i like the competitive community for 360 gaems more than ps3. thats just my taste n also the 360 version got those extra maps

anshuk20002

It doesn't really matter though because 5k people aren't needed for a match.

I'm getting the PS3 version simply cause i have more friends on PSN... probably next year when it gets cheaper i'll get the 360 version too, cause i prefare the controller..

Here's what the console versions of MW2 look like:

I got that on Beyond3D forums. They said it was the same image quality (600p with 2xAA) as the first game.

I can literally get you better looking screen shots than this with Call of Duty 2 running on a Pentium D with a 7800 GS. And I could get you screens on my current PC for Call of Duty 2 that would make your eyes bleed.

Brownesque

[QUOTE="swazidoughman"]

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]

I can literally get you better looking screen shots than this with Call of Duty 2 running on a Pentium D with a 7800 GS. And I could get you screens on my current PC for Call of Duty 2 that would make your eyes bleed.

Brownesque

Im sorry but this is absolute BS.

Character models in COD 2 look terrible compared to MW (and I assume MW2 will look the same), and the lighting in MW/MW2 is much much better than the lighting you see in COD 2.

No higher resolution, and any amount of AA samples can fix that.

Also, COD2 for the PC isn't exactly that well optimized compared to MW, or even the 360 version of COD 2.
On a Pentium D :lol: with a 7800 you might be able to equal what it looks like on the 360.

K. Ready?

COD2 on 360:

Mmmmm, jaggie-licious.

COD2 on PC:

As far as the character models looking bad:

um you said cod2 pc on a pentium 4 and 7800 would look better then cod 4 on 360....so you do a comparison of cod2 on pc on who knows what configuration compared to cod2 360? ookay....

[QUOTE="seannn199"][QUOTE="The__Havoc"]

I don't recommend either. I only reccomend the PC version.

Brownesque

It's a bad recommendation because the guy asks whether he should get it on PS3 or 360. He didn't mention PC, so why bring it up? He may not have a decent gaming pc or perhaps he just prefers playing FPS on consoles. Whatever the reason, he seems to be hesitating only between PS3 and 360, so yeah, to recommend thePC version in that case is as badas recommendations get. You just seem to see this thread as a way to restate how superior the PC is to consoles. We all know it is. There's no need to keep stating it over and over again.

I'm pre-ordering this tomorrow for the Xbox 360 because:

- more people I know and play with will get it on there

- my friends who are getting it on the PS3 doesn't get online as much as I would like them to

- Xbox Live / private chat

- I just redeemed the 13 month Gold card I was given as a gift

- I prefer the 360 controller for shooters

- getting the map packs early

- they will have events like play and win, game nights, play with developers and all those other contests

- I was selected in the Xbox Live Rewards program, so I'll get rewards just for being active and buying things on Live

- I need to play more on the 360 since I've been playing more on the PS3 all year long

360 has a better controller for shooters, the PS3 controller isn't that good but it's ok.

mitu123

I don't know whether to get Modern Warfare 2 for the 360 or PS3.

Anyone have any information on the differences between the PS3 and 360 versions of Modern Warfare 2?

The only thing I can think of is that it was announced that map packs will be released slightly earlier on the 360.

Perhaps COD4 and 5 can provide some hints as to what the differences will be. What were the differences between the systems for COD 4 and 5?

Thanks for any info.

Jason_A

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

sexy_robot_man

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

sexy_robot_man

No, more players tend to drift, not better. And there's no difference between 10,00 people playing and 100,000, because chances are you will never play against all 100,000 of those people, or half, or 10%.

I prefer PSN over XBL just because it has dedicated servers and u dont have to worry about host ending the game now and than.Since the ps3 slim came out more ppl are going to get it for ps3.but ps3 or 360 can't be compared to the pc version because of mods,64 player servers and higher resolution if u have a good monitor :DDarkOmega93

[QUOTE="DarkOmega93"]I prefer PSN over XBL just because it has dedicated servers and u dont have to worry about host ending the game now and than.Since the ps3 slim came out more ppl are going to get it for ps3.but ps3 or 360 can't be compared to the pc version because of mods,64 player servers and higher resolution if u have a good monitor :Dsleepnsurf

[QUOTE="sexy_robot_man"]

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

No, more players tend to drift, not better. And there's no difference between 10,00 people playing and 100,000, because chances are you will never play against all 100,000 of those people, or half, or 10%.

I know on COD:WAW XBOX 360 has about twice as many active users. The better players for FPS always tend to drift towards XBOX 360.

i would usually pick ps3, but my best friends ps3 bit the dust and he only has a 360 right now so im picking it up for 360.

I don't know whether to get Modern Warfare 2 for the 360 or PS3.

Anyone have any information on the differences between the PS3 and 360 versions of Modern Warfare 2?

The only thing I can think of is that it was announced that map packs will be released slightly earlier on the 360.

Perhaps COD4 and 5 can provide some hints as to what the differences will be. What were the differences between the systems for COD 4 and 5?

Thanks for any info.

I'm getting it on 360, more friends online, and yes I prefer the controller :)

I'm getting it for my Xbox 360 & not my PS3 because I highly prefer the 360's controller, have more local friends whom own 360s, & will be able to talk to my friends whom are playing other games.

Both services offer exactly the same thing I guess with the difference of the Home / avatar setup.

I don't keep a live subcription because it really is not worth it anymore. My friend pays $12 a month for his, so $144 a year...

3 years since the ps3 came out thats almost $450 and very few online based or exclusive titles with online gameplay have come out with the exception of Halo, GoW, GTA expansions.

In that time ps3 has lost $450 of its price so really there was no benefit to having that subcription. Also there seems to be much less content released weekly on Live comparitively to ps3 now, although that may be somehow linked to America's recession. I've been lucky enough to be able to gameshare a bit too, so that really helps the pocket.

I don't know about 'better gamers' on one or the other, but definitely from the amount of swearing and children on Live it seems ps3 users are older and less annoying.

On the subject of lag people here say that 360 is somehow better because of the subscription.

The only ps3 games i've got that lag online are 360 ports that lag on that system just as badly. Like Bomberman HD/Ultra.. and that all has to do with P2P and how much distance is between the two users.

Anything centrally run on PSN ie Warhawk, Wipeout, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 is flawless.

GTAIV is another game that shows the exact same problems with lag on both consoles.

I'm getting it for my Xbox 360 & not my PS3 because I highly prefer the 360's controller, have more local friends whom own 360s, & will be able to talk to my friends whom are playing other games.

shawn7324

Ps3 is releasing cross-game chat soon.

I definitely think more 360 users will buy this on launch and ps3 users will hold off till closer to Christmas to buy this one.

Seems 360 has more people who only want to play FPS games

If i had a Eksbawks trisixti i would buy it of my eksbawks trisixti. Live is a little easier to use then PSN.

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

I'm getting it for my Xbox 360 & not my PS3 because I highly prefer the 360's controller, have more local friends whom own 360s, & will be able to talk to my friends whom are playing other games.

snooker8th

Ps3 is releasing cross-game chat soon.

I definitely think more 360 users will buy this on launch and ps3 users will hold off till closer to Christmas to buy this one.

Seems 360 has more people who only want to play FPS games

Both services offer exactly the same thing I guess with the difference of the Home / avatar setup.

I don't keep a live subcription because it really is not worth it anymore. My friend pays $12 a month for his, so $144 a year...

3 years since the ps3 came out thats almost $450 and very few online based or exclusive titles with online gameplay have come out with the exception of Halo, GoW, GTA expansions.

In that time ps3 has lost $450 of its price so really there was no benefit to having that subcription. Also there seems to be much less content released weekly on Live comparitively to ps3 now, although that may be somehow linked to America's recession. I've been lucky enough to be able to gameshare a bit too, so that really helps the pocket.

I don't know about 'better gamers' on one or the other, but definitely from the amount of swearing and children on Live it seems ps3 users are older and less annoying.

On the subject of lag people here say that 360 is somehow better because of the subscription.

The only ps3 games i've got that lag online are 360 ports that lag on that system just as badly. Like Bomberman HD/Ultra.. and that all has to do with P2P and how much distance is between the two users.

Anything centrally run on PSN ie Warhawk, Wipeout, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 is flawless.

GTAIV is another game that shows the exact same problems with lag on both consoles.

snooker8th

The gametrailers leaked footage(not really Im guessing) on the airport mission, $5 says the guy is playing it on the PS3, so controllers arent that horrible