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Xbox 360 or ps3? and why?

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XBox better gaming (library & quality) - sofarsoShawn

360. Better library. Better online offerings. Cheaper price. - Alex Scoble

This would have been a pretty descent fight a year or two ago. I jsut cant justify recommending a PS3 ATM.Show me a 150 dollar price drop and we can talk. - Geoff Schultz

My roommate is looking to get one right now. I don't have an opinion either way so I'm useless - tinypants - Hagitha of FF from iPhone

Yep I probably agree with the others, PS3 is still waaay overpriced probably because of the built-in Blu-Ray player.. but if you want Blu-Ray, this might be good.. should price just the Blu-Ray players too. - Ken

360, XBL remains unparalleled. - Adi

But personally, I think all Blu-Ray is overpriced, the movies and players. - Ken

Xbox ++ with integration into your home theatre and storage - sofarsoShawn

Don't forget that they have Blu-Ray burners now for the computer.. not for TV yet though. This is just like when DVD players were new, took years for a TV recorder. - Ken

Y'all rock. :D Game recommendations? - tinypants - Hagitha of FF from iPhone

why not both? just out of curiosity. I thought they both dropped down prices to reasonably cheap. Then again, I haven't been looking at their prices since they came out... - John Wang

We would never use both. Just kind of a waste of resources. Rather spend the money on more games for one - tinypants - Hagitha of FF from iPhone

Here is the rundown.. Walmart.com $399 for their cheapest PS3 game kit. $199 for XBox 360. Amazon.com: $399 for PS3 kit, XBox 360: $299... although I don't know if it's the same hard drive as the Walmart one.. I really hate how there's so many different kinds and they throw in tons of games and junk to jack up the prices incredibly. - Ken

BTW for games I'd recommend that you try a Gamefly account where they mail games to you at least for a few months to find some quality games. A two games at one time account will cost you like $23 a month. - Alex Scoble

Xbox360 - better online gaming and more community features. And better exclusives. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Xbox for this: http://www.xbox.com/en-US... - Gus

Patrick says they both have their advantages (he has both): for online Xbox is better. For quieter fan and Blu-Ray Playstation is better. Game choice? For him that doesn't matter between the two platforms. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

We have both, plus Wii, and some vintage systems. The boy child is into it! - Kathy Fitch

I used to have a 360, a PS3, and a Wii, all when they first came out. Got rid of all three of them in a short matter of time when I decided I just didn't like any of the game offerings (plus I'm not much of a console gamer these days). So I just didn't have the knowledge to really give my roomie a good opinion. My gut was to advise the 360; glad to see everyone else agreed. :D - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

WoW destroys lives. - Geoff Schultz

360. Indie Games (is changing over from previous name "Community Games") is an "app store" for XBox; there are a lot of creative & very cheap titles on that channel developed & reviewed by the community. Online story is solid, with Facebook & Twitter integration coming which should be interesting, and the free (to Live subscribers) MMO live gameshow 1 vs. 100. It's cheap. - Wade Dorrell

Wii, because it's very accessible to my three year old, my mother, my wife, and any friends who decide to come over and hang out. The other consoles fail in at least one of these regards - I got rid of 'em. - Trent Hamm

xbox 360 because of the game library and xbox live. PS3 menu is not very intutive. - Phani J

Thankfully I don't have anyone under the age of 18 or over the age of 60 visit my house, so the 360 meets those needs. Besides, I have a MAME cabinet for those folks that can't handle console gaming. "What's that, grandma? Can't handle getting pwned by 12yr olds on Halo 3? Here, play some Centipede...with the ball even..." - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

I don't know. - Ian May

Oh you'll love this. The non-paying mooch temp roommate? Totally unpacked the 360 and unwrapped all the games while my roommmate and I were eating dinner. WITHOUT ASKING. Now we're pretending we're occupied with other things and delaying the hookup of the system. Just to teach him a lesson. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

temp? hasn't he been there for like 4 months at this point? - B. Hatin

8, actually. I still call him "temp" because he's still living here for free, only chipping in for toilet paper now and then. I keep praying he'll actually attempt to help with a chore or two, but it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen. I just hope he finds someone else to mooch off of soon... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

My reasons to get a PS3: It plays DVD's already, free online, Ratchet & Clank. PS3 WIN - Outsanity

You mean it plays Blu-Ray...360 plays DVDs too. - Alex Scoble

There's already 2 Blu-Ray players in the house. :) That's always been a moot point for me. You'll be happy to know though that the Roommate is already talking about going back to the store and buying a PS3 as well. Just because. Dude loves his technology. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

360, nicer community features, more friends, better price, better games. - Jan Ole Peek

360 - because i won it at devconnections and all my friends now have one. Live is pretty slick as well. - Steve Long

Really hard to decide just like mac vs pc. - ashish from iPhone

PS3 cos i got one for free. use it for music and as a blu ray player. i need to upgrade the hard drive. - Joe Silence is not Santa

Another reason to get a PS? Our XBox died with red ring of death a couple of weeks ago. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

PS3 plays blu ray and DVD and CD and data CDs and oogabooga yadder yadder wheeehaaa bloo bloo blah POIT! - Joe Silence is not Santa

WRONG Robert! Nice try though. The fact that your first gen Xbox 360 died, should have ZERO bearing on buying a CURRENT generation 360 vs a CURRENT generation PS3. The latest hardware revision does not have the red rings of death problem. PLUS! Microsoft gives you a 3 year warranty if it does happen. Red rings of death is a straw man argument. - Alex Scoble

And so it begins...;) - Adi

MORTAL WOMBAAAAT!!! - Joe Silence is not Santa

Boing Boing - sofarsoShawn

Oh yeah... You can swap out the HD of a PS3 with a SSD - http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Outsanity

1 vs 100 and the Netflix party viewing preview is sweet. - Rodfather

PS3 because of the BluRay player.. - Peter

Xbox 360, better games, cheaper, far better online service. PS3 just needs to be cheaper and sort out its online service to compete. - Kol Tregaskes

And why the heck would you want to swap the HD with an SSD? Why don't you have it gold plated while you are at it. - Alex Scoble

Why a SSD? Shock resistant. - Steven Perez

@Steven Perez I think failures not being fixable cheaply because of voided warranty > prevention of failure through better shock resistance. Now, gold plating, that's an investment & it looks damn good. - Wade Dorrell

PS3 for me as I got one free. I have too little experience of the X Box, just used on occasionally. - Stuart Betts

If you got it for free then that kind of helps. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Both... :) PS3 for Blueray and Xbox360 for Netflix. Either one gives the network video streamg capabilities. Oh don't they play games too? Lol! - Walt Ruppar from iPhone

Can anyone comment on the 360 Netflix resolution and compression? Is it HD? If not, is it even really as good as a physical DVD? - LogEx

I haven't seen any HD over the 360 from Netflix, it's hard to find it since tehy don't seem to label what's HD and what isn't. - Gunny doesn't side-hug™

All the 30 Rock episodes are in HD. In general the picture quality is pretty good on Netflix instant as long as you have a REALLY GOOD (read that as FiOS) internet connection. - Alex Scoble

It's so funny, because everyone's recommending the systems for the things they do beside playing games. I guess I failed to mention that the chances of the 360 (or even a PS3 for that matter) being used for anything other than gaming in this house are slim-to-none. We already own other components that do the same thing. None of us have any interest in using a console for anything more... more... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

@Gunny Heroes (any season) is HD over Netflix instant watch in our area. (I say our area because I am not certain how the CDN works.) @Logical I don't know the techincal specifics, but Heroes over Netflix instant watch looks crisper than DVD for us. I don't do Blu-Ray or HDDVD, so I can't compare to those. - Wade Dorrell

Netflix streaming is stereo only though so for movies it won't sound nearly as good as a DVD. - Alex Scoble

I dislike Netflix and never use it. It feels wasteful to have HBO/Showtime/Starz and then spend money renting movies. I'm an either/or person. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

You don't need FiOS to get good quality over Netflix, you need a good connection yes, but it's fine over my standard Comcast hookup. I don't understand "disliking" Netflix, especially when you cna pick up a one disc subscription and have Starz on streaming for probably less than you pay to add it to your cable right now, but its your choice. For gaming, still, 360. - Richard Lawler

Because I just don't like Netflix. I don't like renting movies. Period. Never have. And it gets tiring to have people jerking off Netflix in my face all the time like it's an answer to something and then acting incredulous when I say I don't like it. I have a TiVo, I have a full DirecTV subscription, and if I get itchy for something, I guess I *could* pull a download from Netflix or Amazon Unboxed, but that hasn't happened yet, so I'm not pining for it. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Yep, for gaming, still 360. See my previous comments about online, Indie Games, & coming Facebook integration (integration w/ games, it's not just a Facebook client.) The plastic-disc game selection is great as well; although it's tough to say whether the exclusive releases on PS3 or 360 are better, and the techincal quality of games is too-close-to-call. - Wade Dorrell

My lad loves the 360 ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I don't understand not liking renting. If you like "watching" movies, it's exactly the same whether you're streaming them or watching them on HBO/Showtime/Starz. You pay for access, then you watch movies from their pool of available flicks for the time period. it's exactly the same thing. - Richard Lawler

Amanda, I'm with you on the Netflix thing (had a gift sub a long time ago though)... DirecTV and a DVR does it for me (and purchasing movies I want to keep). Netflix-by-mail doesn't solve the impromptu desires, and I'm a A/V quality nut and streaming just doesn't cut it for me. - LogEx

I just don't like renting and I'm not sure why that's a problem for you to understand. I just. Don't. Like. Renting. Movies. PERIOD. The difference between having a premium movie service on satellite/cable and renting a movie is that I don't get a say in what shows on the movie service, and so I end up discovering films I probably would have never watched had I been given a Netflix... more... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

You're open to have your own preference and do what you like, the problem is it doesn't make any logical sense. Saying you wouldn't discover movies on Netflix is a weird stance to take, but since you've never tried it, you probably don't know how easy it actually is, especially with streaming making more movies available to you, but again, you haven't tried it. Not wanting to put a used disc in your player is just nuts. - Richard Lawler

I also don't like the restrictions on the streaming movies and the online (and satellite/cable) rentals... watch it within 24 hours or it evaporates? Ludicrous! - LogEx

I also see the used disc issue... you wait for a week to get this thing, then a scratch destroys the whole viewing experience. - LogEx

Actually, no. Arguing with me about why I won't accept the shining light of Netflix's love into my life is nuts. This is the internet. Do you not have better things to do? And Richard, you assume that I've never tried Netflix. I said "I never use it". Never said I'd never tried it. And I didn't say there wouldn't be movie discovery on Netflix. I said that "I end up discovering films I... more... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

I didn't tell you had to have netflix, I said your reasons for not doing it make no sense. If you've tried it and don't know how it works, then your ignorance is even more confusing. The only person talking about a "shining light" here is you. If you think arguing on the internet is such a waste of time, why are you doing it? I'm just putting correct information out there. - Richard Lawler

Putting correct information out there? Not really. What you're doing is mocking me for my decision to not fly the Netflix flag. You made the decision to pick up the one comment I said "I dislike Netflix and never use it" and start an argument over it. I'm just defending myself here. You are the one who continues to come back and tell me how wrong my opinion and preference is. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

I said I don't understand it. I can do that. If you think being corrected = mocking, then that's an entirely separate issue. I didn't start an argument, I recommended a system for gaming. Hell, I was here to respond to Alex's comment. BTW, Alex Scoble is so wrong about FiOS being required for HD streaming. I don't understand why he would say that </ mocking> - Richard Lawler

Being corrected? You're telling me that my personal preference makes no sense. That's not being corrected. That's you be a tool. I don't need to explain every facet of my life to you that has informed my decision to go the route that I have instead of going with Netflix. There are several other factors that play into my decision that I'm sure may make what I'm saying make more sense,... more... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

No, I said your reasons for it don't make any sense. There's a difference. You don't have to discuss anything. I'd assume that if you were, it's because you want to. There's a whole world of other topics to cover. - Richard Lawler

Precisely. So let's do me a solid here and move along so I can continue discussing the 360 with others. In fact, nevermind. I'm closing comments here and starting a new thread where I can have a reasonable discussion with others on the merits of 360 games and online gaming. Thx. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

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