360, is it the best console out?

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#1 XxXxGibboxXxX
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or is it ps3?
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#2 Codename33
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At the moment, it's the 360, although the ps3 might have a chance in 2008. It's just that the 360 has so many good games, you can't go wrong with purchasing it unless you're a huge pc gamer.
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#3 kennykaos317
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It's the 360 - now take it to System Wars.
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#4 XxXxGibboxXxX
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hm, true with bioshock,halo3,assassins creed and much more
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#5 natebayne
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I love how you ask this on the 360 forums.

Its a matter of opinion. I have a 360 and a Wii... the best console out? Quite frankly its a tie between the 360 and Wii. Ps3 doesent even factor.

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#7 OMGFINE
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For games it's the 360 imo, PS3 still hascatching up to do, & atm I believe the PS3 currently has a underwelming exclusive line-up...
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#8 miiiguel
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For me a console is as good as the games it has, so that should answer your question, if not then: Bioshock; Halo; Mass Effect; PGR4...
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#9 BounceDK
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For me a console is as good as the games it hasmiiiguel
True.
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#10 VinnoT
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The 360 is too unreliable to be considered good.
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#11 ko69
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if you're looking for good now, xbox360, forza2, bioshock, overlord, halo3, pgr4, just to name a few, but if you are looking for a year from now, the ps3, wont, in my opinion be worth anything until metal gear 4, and gran turismo 5 come out, that when i plan on buying one, but hey its all a matter of personal choice, buy a 360 or a WII now and buy the ps3 when there's a game that catches your undying attention. good luck with your choice and whatever you choose, have fun with it.
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#12 luigismansion101
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Having owned a 360 and ps3 I have to say right now the 360 is better in terms of software. The ps3 has more capable hardware and many amazing games coming out that will help it a lot, plus it plays Blu-Ray. But in terms of games 360 takes the cake until MGS4 comes out lol. The wii is terrible in my opinion, I don't even consider it next-gen. I hate the all motion-based gameplay. Some motion can be nice but to base games on it is terrible.With some of the great exclusives 360 has it will be hard to catch up, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Halo 3*I HATE Halo, but so many people love it*, Blue Dragon, Gears of War, Halo Wars, Splinter Cell series is now 360 exclusive, and I loved all 3 of the new Rare games. But this time next year ps3 will be singing a new tune with the amazing titles it will have out. It just takes time to get games out, this time last year the 360 had terrible games, with a few good ones. Same is happening for ps3, 360 played it smart coming out first though. I think the 360 is gonna stay ahead of the wii in sales through the holiday season though, nintendo can't seem to produce enough wiis to overpass them and 360 will have a huge holiday once halo 3 is out. So right now 360 is the best console, but in another year or so that could easily change.
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#13 Lauryn2000
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The Xbox 360 has a bit of an edge,more "exclusive games" like Bioshock and Gears of War.
Only down fall is the rate of console failure and how many of us are on our second or third Xbox360....:cry:
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#14 eisa
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It is, it has a good line-up of shooters and RPGs and racing games.
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#15 outbreak201
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as a owner of all 3...i would say ...right now would be a perfect chance to purchase a ps3 ....cause warhawk is coming out 2marro, heavenly sword is gonna come out in a couple weeks, lairs gonna come out soon before/ after heavenly sword im not sure...and then all the exclusives like MGS, killzone, Ratchet and clank, tekken 6, GT5, FFXIII, White Knight, Folklore, God of War 3, Socom 4, Syphon filter, etc...not including the timed exclusives on UT3 and Haze..yep eccespially with home coming soon ..its gonna be all good

as for xbox 360.. if the games i mentioned weren't for u .. simply buy a 360 its a great system as well with bioshock, halo 3, mass effect, gears of war, dead rising, crackdown, lost planet, etc

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#16 allegrettom
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How often and how likely is it that when you buy a 360 that you get the red rings of death. Im trying to decide between the 360 and a ps3. i know that the 360 has a lot of good games but i dont want to deal with an unreliable system.
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#18 allegrettom
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does the blu ray player suck?

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#19 outbreak201
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How often and how likely is it that when you buy a 360 that you get the red rings of death. Im trying to decide between the 360 and a ps3. i know that the 360 has a lot of good games but i dont want to deal with an unreliable system.allegrettom

umm it just happens what can i say...it happend to me 3 times...for me it was a bad experience...it took a month to do the whole shipping process...and like 1 week to fix it...i guess they where already busy....

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#20 outbreak201
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does the blu ray player suck?

allegrettom

pshhh hell no dude its amazing

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#21 outbreak201
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[QUOTE="outbreak201"]

as a owner of all 3...i would say ...right now would be a perfect chance to purchase a ps3 ....cause warhawk is coming out 2marro, heavenly sword is gonna come out in a couple weeks, lairs gonna come out soon before/ after heavenly sword im not sure...and then all the exclusives like MGS, killzone, Ratchet and clank, tekken 6, GT5, FFXIII, White Knight, Folklore, God of War 3, Socom 4, Syphon filter, etc...not including the timed exclusives on UT3 and Haze..yep eccespially with home coming soon ..its gonna be all good

as for xbox 360.. if the games i mentioned weren't for u .. simply buy a 360 its a great system as well with bioshock, halo 3, mass effect, gears of war, dead rising, crackdown, lost planet, etc

ProjectPat187

all the good games that u named for the PS3 don't come out til 2008, now IS NOT A GOOD TIME to buy a PS3, oh unless u want a blu-crap player, and besides the PS3 has nothing but RPG's coming out BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i only named 2 rpgs :|

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#22 allegrettom
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good cause im leaning towards ps3 cause i definatly dont want to deal with system failure
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#23 -Zaku-
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How often and how likely is it that when you buy a 360 that you get the red rings of death. Im trying to decide between the 360 and a ps3. i know that the 360 has a lot of good games but i dont want to deal with an unreliable system.allegrettom

All I can say is, if you have the money aside (but you'd probably want to put it towards a game), get a warranty when you purchase your 360 so you don't have to go through the long waiting process if by the off chance yours does die. If I had known beforehand about how reliable it was going to be, I'd have forgone on a game and gotten a warranty or just waited instead of buying it at the time I did.

I bought a warranty for my PS3 but in that regard, it was to be on the safe side and not have a repeat of the troubles the 360 gave me. Now, I'm 360-less and waiting till the problem is actually solved until I pick up another (and no, extending the warranty isn't solving the problem for me) and even then, it's dependent on exclusives.

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#24 cocomacoco
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even asians are buying it, and not only that, i received a lot of feedback from Chinese from Hongkong and Macau that the 360 is the best choice for them, so there you can jump into conclusions, on a previously playstation realm, now it's a different tone on the equation, Xbox is ruling, and for long
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as a owner of all 3...i would say ...right now would be a perfect chance to purchase a ps3 ....cause warhawk is coming out 2marro, heavenly sword is gonna come out in a couple weeks, lairs gonna come out soon before/ after heavenly sword im not sure...and then all the exclusives like MGS, killzone, Ratchet and clank, tekken 6, GT5, FFXIII, White Knight, Folklore, God of War 3, Socom 4, Syphon filter, etc...not including the timed exclusives on UT3 and Haze..yep eccespially with home coming soon ..its gonna be all good

outbreak201

Now is the absolute worst time to buy a PS3, game after game are dissapointing... u are mentioning warhawk, lair, heavely sword... that`s proof right there, all on a steady course to flopville. Scores 8 and lower, not a reason to buy a system.

rest of the games are 2008...

Right now 9/10 multiplats better on 360.

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#26 ebookerd1
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I would say right now is not the time to buy a PS3. I think in November or December would be a good time. That way some really good titles will be out on the market. I'm not a real PS fan not in many years but I do recognize that That would be a good time with the current line up. I didn't like the heavenly sword demo. It looked good but played stiff. Lair reminds me of Panzer Dragoon Orta. It didn't look too bad but to me that would be all I was looking forward too. MGS is a good reason but you have a ways to go. I honestly am not sure if it is releasing this year or not at this point???

On the other hand I love my 360 and I have never had an hardware issue. I Friend got his 6 months after me and did have an issue. I know I leave mine in a place where it is always cool. There is a new version coming out that will have less hardware issues than The current ones. I am surprised that so many people are having issues especially after Day one. My other friend had a PS3 and it was a dud. He isthe greatest PS3 Fan boy alive by the way and would never admit anything good about 360. I know I have a 3 year warranty so I have no issues with the system. but I do plan on buying an Elite just for game development. I love my 360 I can't wait till tomorrow to pick up Blue Dragon. Finally a JRPG I don;t care what it is rates I just want variety of games. Right now that is 360 Hight point that and great on-line support. Live is approximately $4.17 a month forGreat online play functionality.

I still prefer 360 over PS3. I enjoy games and that is why I purchased my game system. Give me games I truly want and I will reconsider. I still think Killzone was the worst FPS since Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. I finished the game out of pure determination to complete a game that week. Yuk!!! That Game is garbage and screw everyone who thinks over wize I'm only passionate over things i am serious about and I didn't like it before and After I finished the game. I think I must have had invincibility on because I never died and I was playing it on Hard. once again Yuk. The game was not worth a sequel. This is a reason not to buy a PS3, well at least my reason. That game is F'ing clown shoes and is an insult to great FPS's.

I couldn't recommend a Wii because I am a gamer and i donut have my nephews and neices over that much. Sorry it just doesn't yell this is for gamers to me. Most people buying it aren't real gamers. But I must admit that that is an intelligent market to aim towards I mean Hey look at the sales numbers alone.

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#27 smarb001
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no sh*t, sherlock :roll: lets see: bioshock, halo 3+mass effect+call of duty 4+assasins creed= pwnage!
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#28 uberpwner93
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Probably, With What Games Are Coming Out This Year And Next Year. But Next Year PS3 Might HAve A Fighting Chance!!
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#29 capthavic
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Honestly, no fanboy bs, yeah the 360 is. The PS3 is (IMO of course) just too expensive for too few (and quality) games. The Wiiis great if you aren't a gamer (or have tons of friends over) and the the PS3 may be able to get up to speed eventually, but as of right now the 360 is your best bet.
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#30 Hell_Dude
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It serves all my needs. So it is the best console out there for me, and ps3 sucks balls for my needs.
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#31 soufan123
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Right Now, Xbox 360.... Next Year, PS3...
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#32 FiddleStick
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the 360 has superior online play to the PS3. you have to pay for it, but if you get the Xbox Live Gold subscription card that is 12+1 months youre only paying 3.84 a month. how can you go wrong with that? the Xbox Live Gold experience is awesome. i love Xbox Live. i think the PS3 has potential, but wait on it. there arent enough games out there to justify buying the system right now. there are lots of options and peripherals for the 360 also. you can customize faceplates, customize your Live experience, there are new colors of controllers coming out, if you have a PC you can stream content from your PC to your 360. lots of cool stuff you can do with your 360 if youre into that sort of stuff. plus its much cheaper. if your an HD freak then you can get the HD-DVD player for 180 bucks. if you buy the Premium 360 and the player you get them both for around 530 dollars. thats cheaper than the 80GB PS3 setup, and only around 30 dollars more than the 60GB PS3 setup. getting a PS3 system right now seems like gaming suicide. not saying it wont be great down the road, but for now its the best option. i forgot to mention the Vision camera which is a pretty high quality cam, the new attachable thumpad keyboard, and all the updates the 360 gets to its firmware every few months. the thumpad keyboard for the PS3 is awkward as it sits on top of the controller. the 360 version attaches to the bottom of the controller snug and uniformly. lots of things to consider. hope youre happy no matter what you choose. good luck and happy system hunting.
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#33 knob1701
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I am happy that I chose the 360 over a PS3. There is absolutely nothing out for the PS3 that I want right now. The exclusive games for the 360 (BIOSHOCK!!!) are awesome. It seems that the good cross platform games look and run better on the 360. I have always been a Playstation person but the 360made more sense of a purchase at this time. I am sure the PS3 will be great in a year or two.
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#34 Viquist
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Best console? Matter of opinion. Playing devil's advocate on the 360 forum may be suicide but here I go. Hardware wise, PS3 hands down. With built in Wifi and an ethernet port along with a next gen dvd player makes it not only more bang for your buck out of the box but also the best Blu-ray player on the market at this time because with standalones you have to download and burn updates to a disc or have them mailed to you. With the PS3 it's over the net straight to your system. And it's not just the Blu-ray player that gets updated, the console receives more functionality as well, much like the 360, but without having to buy an attachment piece for wi-fi or HD media as well. Also, the cell engine... while complicated to developers at this time has been acclaimed as the future chip for so mnay other advancing technologies in other fields. It's also what's resposible for the DVD fast loading of Blu-Rays that standalones take 4 or 5 minutes from disc in to playing the movie. Other features include 2 more USB inputs than the 360 and also supports up to 7 bluetooth devices at once. SD/SD Mini, Compact Flash, and Memory Stick Pro/Duo support means just about no matter what other devices you use, pics and videos can be uploaded and/or viewed as well as being able to transfer certain dowloadable content and game saves onto these storage devices and upload them to your computer or what-have-you. 60-80 gigs Internal hard drive is great compared to 20 gigs on 360 or 0 on Core but pales to the Elites 120gb. Solution, it's a Serial ATA internal notebook HDD, meaning you can upgrade it to 250 gigs for a comparitive price to the 360 120gb HDD and it doesn't have to be a special kind like with 360. HDMI support standard from the beginning and a failure rate that's less than 1% comparitive to the 360s @ 33% says a lot for the durability, granted it was after the 360 reached it's year mark that this became a big issue for it so we'll see how PS3 does come end of November
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#35 CrazyyyDylan
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The 360 is too unreliable to be considered good.VinnoT

I have not had my 360 break or get the red ring. I've had it for 2 1/2 years. Yes it is the best because of the games. 2008 might change that because of MGS4 but we'll see.

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#36 Flamecommando
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360. PS3 is nothing to me until the price tag goes down to $400 atleast.
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#37 PMatt722
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the PS3 is a big waste of money, 360 is hands down the best system on the market and will be for this current gen, wii may pass in sales but the PS3 wont ever come near it(for obvious reasons)