I can see both ends of the argument, but I'll ultimately side with Sony on this one since their backs are against the wall. If you create a level that looks like a Nintendo game and then publish that on a Sony system, Sony then faces legal action for infringement, so in order to bypass that from ever happening they need to be proactive and remove anything that could possible get them in hot water. It's not because they don't want YOU creating clever little adds, it's preventing THEM from a sticky situation. It may be a little too harsh at the moment, but they are working to fix it and get it to a point where it works for everyone. Large_Soda

Well...360 degrees is a full circle, so if you turned around and walked away you would have turned 180 degrees.

But why do they call it X-Box 360? Maybe they wanted to take a full circle back to gaming's best days? Wait, that doesn't make sense...probably just a marketing strategy, much like Nintendo calling their console the Wii. Some things just don't make sense. 

chefstubbies

rofl, you may be right but those weren't the primary reasons for myself

ps3: blu-ray (yes), but also for titles i was looking forward to currently (uncharted, r&c) but also things to come

xbox 360: some of my friends had one and it was the first to the race. also offering titles i was lookin' forward to

wii: least expensive (yes), but titles the other two didn't have as well

Man... I remember the last six months of 2007 was pretty decent on System Wars. With the flood of games coming that holiday, it made sense that System Wars would be lite up with topics. Most of them, while not the best, where pretty interesting to follow -- mostly because every 10 posts you would find a good reply/opinion.

Well, since then this board has become flooded with rumors and false facts. Most of them are clearly and blatently garbage, yet they are the ones with the most activity. I don't know if it whether there is a fanboy bandwagen that hops onto the thread, to simply say something along the lines of: "O M G -- Super Mario Galaxy is coming to 360 lawlz, Wii pwnt". While every good comment in the thread, criticizing the validity of the post gets completely ignored.

Conclusion... if some of these posters just worked at McDonalds for the number of hours they spent making unfounded, trolling, and inflammatory threads... they could have bought every system and a gaming pc. Seriously... where did all the serious debate go?

rimnet00

i stick to sites like kotaku or gamepolitics for real debate and i suggest others with something intelligent to offer to do the same

edit: typo

this is always a difficult question to answer.

last gen: ps2, xbox, and gc

this gen: ps3, 360, and wii

i think all systems have something to offer that other don't

[QUOTE="mztazmz"]

PS3 has Resistance (Generic shooter. Halo is better than it), Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Remake), Ratchet and Clank(Banjo Kazooie > Ratchet and Clank) Uncharted (Fair enough), UT3 (Way better shooters on 360, and its coming to the 360 soon anyway(, etc. (FYI Uncharted has an average of 9.0 from 68 reviews and Ratchet has an 8.8 from 70 reviews, nonfanboys don't go solely by GS reviews)

sexy_chimp

360, as of now, has better games than the PS3. STFU and get over it cows.

i think some may be misinterpreting. 30% means, 70% failure rate. that's an extremely high #. i, for one, have had 3 fail on me (currently on my 4th). i know anonymous postings of users online are anectodotal evidence at best, but many have claimed high returns.

i know this is old news, but look at what retailers have claimed: http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home/D3Q7G8S2

another bit of old news, but gamestop stopped their extended warranty: http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/gamestop-no-longer-offering-xbox-360-replacement-plans-315950.php

remember this?: http://kotaku.com/gaming/spinning-red-rings/moore-on-360-failure-rates-yknow-things-break-258750.php "y'know things break..." (off topic: but it's funny how he jumped ship after these stories became more prevalent online)

i hate bringing up the past, but many seem to forget about these stories which may ring true to some of the anonymous posters on the net. i love my console, but if i need to 'deal with' my console because they'll return a refurb, that's plain ridiculous! the question is, do we stand by it and let it go? how does m$ get away with this (i know, obvious question)? it doesn't seem they care anyway as they're losing millions, if not billions, on the console anyway... how about we stop purchasing their system altogether? despite the fact it is not something i want to do. nowhere else can i get bioshock, mass effect or a decent port of a multiplat, but we can't put up with this

edit: linkified my linkages