I'm considering selling my 360 and buying a PS3. HELP ME.

Been a 360 gamer almost exclusively for the past two years. A couple of things were revealed to me recently that made me question my choice.

The first was the fact that I'm paying $7.99 a month (or $50 per year, if you buy the card) for a service that I can't help but feel is not worth it. I mean, we don't have dedicated servers. It's all pretty much P2P. Windows Live gamers have the exact same things we have for free. Steam is free as well and some argue that it's a better service than Xbox Live. I'm paying to access the internet on my console. That makes no sense to me. PSN is free. Let's face it, PSN has only a fraction of the functionality of Xbox Live. But it's growing. It's growing and improving by the day.

The second is the PS3's features. Right now, it's around $400 for a brand new 160GB console on eBay. Let's keep in mind that the PS3 has a built-in Blu-Ray player, which costs (at the least) around $150-200. Let's also remember that it has built-in Wi-Fi, a $100 attachment for the Xbox 360. Not to mention that the 120GB hard drive for 360 costs $160. A 320GB hard drive for PS3 goes for $75. Internet browser. Can copy all the music I want from my USB drive onto my hard drive.

Then there's the whole "microsoft points" stuff. They make you buy large amounts at a time, even if what you want is only like 200 points. PSN works on real money. Exact amounts.

TL;DR: I feel ripped off by Microsoft, give me a good reason to stay.

there is none do what you wantmanhore30

If you want to start a "PS3 is waaay better than Xbox" topic then take this to System Wars, dude. I don't see a reason why anyone apart from the Microsoft executives would want to convince you to keep your Xbox. If you don't want it, sell it. We don't care.guthwulf_de

[QUOTE="guthwulf_de"]If you want to start a "PS3 is waaay better than Xbox" topic then take this to System Wars, dude. I don't see a reason why anyone apart from the Microsoft executives would want to convince you to keep your Xbox. If you don't want it, sell it. We don't care.Making_Pudding

MP, you need to stop that.

If you make a topic/thread you should realize that some people would disagree with your opinion or just have a different one, by ignorine it or saying their opinion it's wrong or that you don't care you are pretty much admitting that you just want attention or that you made a topic just to see who agrees with you.

You can do what you want, it's your money, your time.

[QUOTE="Making_Pudding"] To those of you saying that you don't care, I don't see the logic behind your post. You don't care, yet you take the time to let me know that you don't care. At the same time, you're bumping this thread. You guys are showing some contradicting behavior. If you don't care, don't post. Simple, right? That way, the people who do have some sympathy stand out. Thank you.[/QUOTE

It's called an opinion. You asked a question. You got an answer. I don't care what you do with your stuff, you asked, I told you.

Been a 360 gamer almost exclusively for the past two years. A couple of things were revealed to me recently that made me question my choice.

The first was the fact that I'm paying $7.99 a month (or $50 per year, if you buy the card) for a service that I can't help but feel is not worth it. I mean, we don't have dedicated servers. It's all pretty much P2P. Windows Live gamers have the exact same things we have for free. Steam is free as well and some argue that it's a better service than Xbox Live. I'm paying to access the internet on my console. That makes no sense to me. PSN is free. Let's face it, PSN has only a fraction of the functionality of Xbox Live. But it's growing. It's growing and improving by the day.

The second is the PS3's features. Right now, it's around $400 for a brand new 160GB console on eBay. Let's keep in mind that the PS3 has a built-in Blu-Ray player, which costs (at the least) around $150-200. Let's also remember that it has built-in Wi-Fi, a $100 attachment for the Xbox 360. Not to mention that the 120GB hard drive for 360 costs $160. A 320GB hard drive for PS3 goes for $75. Internet browser. Can copy all the music I want from my USB drive onto my hard drive.

Then there's the whole "microsoft points" stuff. They make you buy large amounts at a time, even if what you want is only like 200 points. PSN works on real money. Exact amounts.

TL;DR: I feel ripped off by Microsoft, give me a good reason to stay.

It's called an opinion. You asked a question. You got an answer. I don't care what you do with your stuff, you asked, I told you.
scaryteddy

MP, you need to stop that.

If you make a topic/thread you should realize that some people would disagree with your opinion or just have a different one, by ignorine it or saying their opinion it's wrong or that you don't care you are pretty much admitting that you just want attention or that you made a topic just to see who agrees with you.

You can do what you want, it's your money, your time.
mugensur

The worst thing to ever do is trade in one system for another. Better to save up and buy the ps3 and own both consoles. Best of two worlds.RoslindaleOne

Bingo!

I have both consoles, Xbox and Ps3 and after thinking about it myself alot if u'r aiming for the best out of the two, stick with ur Xbox 360. I'm not a fanboy or whatever, consoles are just plastic with motherboard inside afterall :P plus they offer pretty much the same games. What makes me think Xbox gets the upperhand is the 720p VS 1080p issue. I bought Grand Theft Auto 4, CoD4, Silent hill HC, Battlefield BC on PS3. Then I bought my Xbox so one of my friend who get pretty much the same games as I do lent me some of his to compare. I was astonished how Xbox version of ported games are awesome. All these ported titles I listed above were visually greater to look at by a large margin The very only one title that looked slightly better on PS3 was Dead Space nothing more.

I'm glad that I got a PS3 tho cause exclusives on it are awesome. I'M a hardcore fan of Metal Gear Solid (who's not?) and Little Big Planet :P But I will never again buy a "going on two consoles at the same time" game on PS3 cause they are downgrades from Xbox360 ver. I guess programmers still works with old school programming for games and don't want to mess too much around with that cell processor thingy for too long. That's just my personnal thought not a verified fact. Plus atm PSNetwork is laggy as hell compared to xbox live. I bought Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix on both and PSN lags constantly while xbox live is fluid all the time. I can't remember when I lagged on live actually. On PSN, depending on the game, it lags badly. Resistance doesnt and LBP doesnt most of the time. It depends.

Go PS3 for Exclusives, BluRay, commodities of PS3 (Official Bluetooth microphone = godly compared to Xbox 360 wireless mic. and other accessories)
For 1080p function in all games go Xbox if u have a true HD tv.

I hope it helped :P

get a decent job and buy both

I asked for reasons why I should stay, not whether it concerns you or not.

Making_Pudding