Now before I go into this. This is a post for MATURE UNBIASED readers. I am not a fanboy and I don't want fanboy responces either.
I am both a X360 and a PS3 owner. I have played both extensively and am a member of various clans on both consoles so I'm not speaking out of thin air here.
Buying the PS3 for me was the most exciting material event in awhile and the more time goes the more dissapointed I get. It's like SONY tried to shoot too far ahead of the times. Now I'm just downright sick of it. SONY had AMPLE time to polish this console and they still half-assed it.
First they had the cool looking boomerang controllers. Now I understand that some people were not fans of those but come on...ps2 controllers with the cord cut out basically? You have a multi-billion corporation and thats the best you can come up with? Also the controllers are bluetooth and I myself am one of the biggest supporters of bluetooth to the point that I have every electronic device in my possesion connected to each other. Soon I plan to get a toaster and bluetooth that too. However my controller keeps bugging out and losing signal and it keeps doing it at the most inconvenient of times. Maybe I just got a lemon but its really been bugging me. And the motion sensor is just crap that seems to have been put in as a last resort effort to do something creative. What's it good for again? Activating mines in COD3 single player?! HA. The only thing I've seen it useful in so far is melee attacks. It's worthless for driving because its either too sensitive or not sensitive enough.
Next the hardware. It's already becoming clear that the technology is simply...not right. The GPU can't push out the required power, the BD reader reads slow providing longer load times and it is much easier to code games for the X360 so most PS3 games that are not exclusive will be X360 ports which means they will suck (cough...FEAR...cough cough). So it is great that we can have BD and a cell processor...I'd pick well made games over that.
Lets continue. Support. Is it just me or do game producers not give a rat's ass about the PS3? So many games that have come out for the PS3 have been half-assed versions. My favorite game is COD3 right now. I made the dumbass mistake of getting the PS3 version. Unlike the X360 version it doesn't have leaderboards, clan support, voice support...Same with FEAR. It also does not have the map pack that X360 users were able to get. So when will we see games being supported by their devs? And when will we be able to experience the ULTIMATE POWER that the PS3 is supposed to be able to dish out when the X360 games clearly look and play better?
Finally there are som absolutely FUNDAMENTAL things that the PS3 does not have. When will we be able to access the console's main menu while in game? I mean you have to leave game every time you want to read a message or chat with someone. Fun times eh?
And then here comes the X360 Elite. Its better and its black, which besides being an awesome kick in the face from Microsoft to SONY but also looks cool.
Now this is not to say that I hate my PS3. I still have some fun with it playing with my clan but I really do think that if something revolutionary doesn't happen soon this system will die.
I am curious about a couple of things though. Which HD movie system will get the movie 300? Which version of Assasins Creed to buy? So on so forth.
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