Fair enough. I will tackle each of these points from my own perspective. So far I own a Xbox360 and Wii this generation and I would not mind at all adding a PS3 to the collection in the future. The main reason for my choice of the 360 over the PS3 was for backwards compatibility on exclusive titles that I missed out on the original Xbox (even if their backwards compatibility list is lackluster).
First, I primarily use my consoles for single-player and offline multiplayer. I've only used the Xbox live service for the one-month trial and it was a very satisfying experience. I might be willing to pay money for it in the future, but I mostly play multiplayer-online games on my PC (Examples counter-strike and starcraft).
Second, currently I'm in college so my funds aren't very high. I own a laptop that was purchased in 2006, but it can only play 04' and older games at the highest settings. Therefore, if I want to experience a game like Oblivion on my computer without worrying about the performance lag and system crashing I would have to put it on the lowest setting available. The Xbox360 is an alternative to this problem. At a much cheaper price than a High-end PC, it can give me a experience closer to what the developers originally intended without making too many concessions.
Third, blu-ray is certainly one of the advantages the PS3 has over the Xbox360.I can certainly see myself buying blu-ray discs in the future if more computers become compatiable with them. If we are strictly talking about gaming, however, It won't have a significant effect on my gaming experience.
Finally, yes it appears that Sony and Microsoft have switched sides this generation. I had to buy two PS2s last generation. The first PS2's disc reader died, but the second one is still going strong. Both of them couldn't read PS1 games after a few months, which is a problem that many other PS2 owners have also had with older versions of the console.
Even I can admit that I was hesitant before buying my 360 last year and in fact did research on the internet to see whether the problem had been fixed. The 360 that I eventually bought came with a Falcon Motherboard, which supposedly has helped to fix the RROD problem. I haven't encountered the rings yet, but the thought is always in the back of my mind.
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Yes, like I said in a previous post in this topic, even if the first three issues did not exist I am just simply afraid to buy a 360 for the slight chance of a rrod attack.
I can understand your logic of wanting to play the game on the original machine it was intended for. My main point wasn't that the computer version was better, or even (like so many people thought I meant) that you needed to go buy a high end PC, as I stated in the name of my topic IF YOU HAVE a computer, it seems that everyone is missing this detail. However, I've never actually played these ports, I've only gone by what my room-mates have told me, and that is that they actually prefered the computer versions, I just assumed that the PC versions were actually higher quality the console versions. Two of my room-mates are very avid PC gamers, and like I said, they would much rather play a game on the PC than on a console.
Ironically enough, I've actually argued with them before that a console game just feels more natural, but not to them. I'm more of a console gamer myself, but I figured we were just on two opposite sides of the spectrum, and that the majority of people fall somewhere between, like my third room-mate.
Anyways, this is all besides the point, and the point is, thank you for responding in such an informed way, and responding to everything I said.
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