Xbox 360 or PS3 (for a PC gamer)


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First off, I'm a PC Gamer. I play a range of games from CS 1.6 to BF2 to Q4 to Dota (warcraft 3 mod). I'm interested in a console because sometimes I'd love to just kick back and relax in front of the TV and play some games. I don't think consoles will ever be better than PC games (not as accurate for one). Do you think buying a console would be worth my while?

Secondly, should I wait it out for a PS3 or buy an xbox 360 now? Will the PS3 be much better? I'm particularly fond of racing games on consoles, which is probably what I'll be playing 90% of the time.

So what you think?? :)

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PS3 will almost have identical performance to the 360, although probably far more expensive. Many western developers such as id have started focusing their development on Xbox 360 and from there they port it to PC/PS3... unless Sony will modify the PS3 gamepad they've shown us the 360 controller is far better suited for first person shooters and racing game than any current Sony's offerings. Analog triggers and properly positioned analog joysticks are crucial.

I say if you are fan of western gameplay, as I assume by the titles you mentioned you should go for the Xbox 360, if you are into the japanese games with anime styles and fancy colors go for PS3.

Cross platform games will look identical...

Snakehn has offered some good advice. No one can really recommend the PS3 over the 360 or the 360 over the PS3 because the PS3 is not out yet.

If you wait until November you can compare what each console offers then you can make a more informed choice.

First, since you know that the Xbox 360 is out and where still waiting on the PS3 to show up, it's imposible to tell witch one is better. Right now, it's opinion based on spec sheet and numbers. It's nothig like real life gaming.

So, what I would suggest is to wait until the PS3 is out. Also, check what's available on the Xbox and it will give you some kind of indication of what to expect on the Xbox 360 (same for PS2 and PS3).

You like race game? Check this on HardOCP : Project Gotham Racing 3

Not playing favs, but 360 tends to be very "PC-like" in its games. PS tends to be more "console-like"...

I agree with you - and personally I like the console-like games more, hence my bias toward the PS3...

Best bet is to wait for a while and judge when both are out - it's all about the games anyway isn't it ^_^

uh this is changing, most PC games are starting to feel like they are ported from the console version, even first person shooters... they feel very much console on the 360.

However many games are released for both PC and Xbox at the same time because it's not THAT expensive to add the another platform because they use quite similar tools. With XNA you will see far more PC/Xbox 360 release simotaniosly.

I say if you are fan of western gameplay, as I assume by the titles you mentioned you should go for the Xbox 360, if you are into the japanese games with anime styles and fancy colors go for PS3.

Interesting what you said. I'd probably buy an Xbox 360 but Gran Turismo does look pretty tasty :( .

I'm going to Europe in July and I'd like to buy an xbox cheaply while I'm there.

PS3 will almost have identical performance to the 360, although probably far more expensive.

sorry, but you are wrong.

the PS3 will outperform anything you've ever seen before with the amazing new Cell processor technology, and the best GPU technology from Nvidia that will be able to deliver the amazing Unreal 3 engine at 1080p.

SOE makes me wonder but i think they will pick it up and go with it.

I personally own a Xbox360 and its a huge waste of money. and i would wait for the PS3 and get it. I have it pre-ordered and i cant freakin wait to break that beast open.

Cross platform games will look identical...

No, they will look better. If you compare the original Xbox games running on the xbox to running on the xbox360. just running it on a better system makes it look better. it may not be overwhelming but i know that in Halo 2 there is a pretty big difference between the two.

Many western developers such as id have started focusing their development on Xbox 360 and from there they port it to PC/PS3.

Not many, few have. Valve software and Gabe Newell has many horror stories of trying to port his compaie's creations to the xbox/xbox360 platform. It resulted in almost completely re-writing the code for Half-Life 2 to the Xbox platform. Even if your claim is correct with id software, Quake 4 is horrid on the xbox360, and much much better on the PC.

The Xbox 360 really is not the option to go with, having one myself. I would not buy an Xbox 360 the PS3 will be much more worthwile, yes more expensive but a much better system.

sorry, but you are wrong.

the PS3 will outperform anything you've ever seen before with the amazing new Cell processor technology, and the best GPU technology from Nvidia that will be able to deliver the amazing Unreal 3 engine at 1080p.

SOE makes me wonder but i think they will pick it up and go with it.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Did i mention hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha?

the PS3 will outperform anything you've ever seen before with the amazing new Cell processor technology, and the best GPU technology from Nvidia that will be able to deliver the amazing Unreal 3 engine at 1080p.

He is right but I would still wait till it comes out to compare. Who know what changes they will make between now and launch.

sorry, but you are wrong.

the PS3 will outperform anything you've ever seen before with the amazing new Cell processor technology, and the best GPU technology from Nvidia that will be able to deliver the amazing Unreal 3 engine at 1080p.

SOE makes me wonder but i think they will pick it up and go with it.

I personally own a Xbox360 and its a huge waste of money. and i would wait for the PS3 and get it. I have it pre-ordered and i cant freakin wait to break that beast open.

No, they will look better. If you compare the original Xbox games running on the xbox to running on the xbox360. just running it on a better system makes it look better. it may not be overwhelming but i know that in Halo 2 there is a pretty big difference between the two.

Not many, few have. Valve software and Gabe Newell has many horror stories of trying to port his compaie's creations to the xbox/xbox360 platform. It resulted in almost completely re-writing the code for Half-Life 2 to the Xbox platform. Even if your claim is correct with id software, Quake 4 is horrid on the xbox360, and much much better on the PC.

The Xbox 360 really is not the option to go with, having one myself. I would not buy an Xbox 360 the PS3 will be much more worthwile, yes more expensive but a much better system.

.......hhaha ok now that i stopped laughing...

Cell processor was 218 Gflops of power with PPE and 8 SPEs

Now we take away 1 SPE for redundancy and we get 175-180 Gflops

Now we take away 1 SPE used by the OS and we get 130-135 Glops

Xbox 360 tri core (6 threads) has 118 Gflops

ALl developers have said its much easier to get out Xbox 360 Power with multithreading than PS3 with multiparallelism

RSX is based on G70 technology which is slower than a X1900XTX in most games performance, Xbox 360 GPU is as fast as X1900XTX with the edge in shader technology with its unified shaders.

RSX is 384 Gflops, Xenos is 430-435 Gflops

Have you ever heard of 1st Gen games advantage?

at E3 2005 Sony had a Cell Processor with a 6800 SLI (75% of final system performance)

at E3 2005 Microsoft had a G5 2.4 Ghz with a X800 (30% of final system performance)

The final dev kits were launched in end of September, 2 months before launch thus negating time for devs to get used to hardware.

Now when devs are getting used to hardware, look at the difference it made to Ghost Recon in October XO5 show to Ghost Recon in March release.

Jesus here we go, its funny when people compare an upcoming console with an 5 month old one.

If you want a console with a pc feel in terms of games then go for the Xbox 360. If you want a console with a lot of racing games you might have to think harder. Grand Tourismo and Ridge Racer 7 for PS3 and Burnout, PGR, Ridge Racer 6, for Xbox 360.

the PS3 will outperform anything you've ever seen before with the amazing new Cell processor technology, and the best GPU technology from Nvidia that will be able to deliver the amazing Unreal 3 engine at 1080p.

SOE makes me wonder but i think they will pick it up and go with it.

Sorry, but you are wrong. You've totally fallen for marketing.

A fair few developers have stated that PS3 and Xbox 360 have roughly identical power, and that visual differences will only be noticed right at the end of the console's life...and that even then the differences will be marginal, with the PS3 having the slight edge. They also said that the PS3 is highly unlikely to output in 1080p on all of its games.

You've then got to consider factors such as MOOCHING OFF THE HOMELESS and Xbox Live.

Hmm, PS3 games at 50 quid, XBOX360 games at 50 quid.

Ahh, wait a minute PC games at half the price :D Yay!!!

Also to think about is Aegia Physx, Vista and Direct X 10.0. By the time the PS3 is out this will be only days away for the PC which will move it to a level above both consoles yet again!

I'll stick with my PC thanks, and its higher resolution than 1080i/p!!! ;)

Jesus here we go, its funny when people compare an upcoming console with an 5 month old one.

If you want a console with a pc feel in terms of games then go for the Xbox 360. If you want a console with a lot of racing games you might have to think harder. Grand Tourismo and Ridge Racer 7 for PS3 and Burnout, PGR, Ridge Racer 6, for Xbox 360.

Dont forget Forza 2 for 360 ;)

Hmm, PS3 games at 50 quid, XBOX360 games at 50 quid.

Ahh, wait a minute PC games at half the price :D Yay!!!

Also to think about is Aegia Physx, Vista and Direct X 10.0. By the time the PS3 is out this will be only days away for the PC which will move it to a level above both consoles yet again!

I'll stick with my PC thanks, and its higher resolution than 1080i/p!!! ;)

While I am a pc gamer above a console gamer you can't tell me a pc is cheaper to keep up with than a console. I bought a $400 video card a year and a half ago and it struggle to run the latest games. Oh yeah, I spent $200 upgrading my ram also about 6 months ago and probably will be buying another video card in about 6 months. Good luck running your pc above 1080p resolution, you must've spen $1000 to SLI your rig. What a value.

ok M$ fanboys, you must wait and see.

The people suggesting to wait and compare 2 real devices are fanboys? Oh brother. The Cell design was finalized months ago. So all of this waiting means nothing for the PS3. In November 06 the design will be just the same as it was in November 05. The consoles power will be the same, except that the PS3 is late because Sony is waiting for Blue-ray. Man. Does Sony hype hurt when you swallow it that fast?

Anyway as far as which console to buy. I'd say wait if you can, and compare the two. But if you like FPS games like me, the Xbox 360 (like the Xbox before it) will no doubt be more condusive to shooters. The playstation series generally gets more RPGs and other style games.

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