DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 6, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2009 people keep bringing up "exclusives" in favor of the 360. i think its a rather old defense. perhaps an out of date cliche.as stated earlier, aside from Bioshock (now multiconsole with some added content for the ps3) the 360 exclusives and hugely overrated. i think we've gotten to the point in time were can can say things have evened up quite well. if not, slightly in favor of the ps3 as this year comes to an end. i think the 'exclusives' on the ps3 are rather refreshing and unique as opposed to the 360. and if both weighed in now, there's just no way they 360 can touch the quality of the ps3s'. The only out of date defence here is your knowledge of the 360 exclusive catalogue. Bioshock, really? A 2007 game is the most recent you can think of? Eek... Just as the PS3's exclusive list has grown, so has the 360's, and both have nice exclusives kicking off next year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplySchizo Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 No, not recent. Just one of the more impact exclusives alongside Gears. I don't count garbage titles like Saints Row, sorry. More recent, another Halo game (new madden of FPS's) ? Left 4 Dead, most recent? Gimme a break. For every exclusive on the 360, there is a better quality game on the ps3 exclusive list to counter. Now if you want to count all of THESE as something to be bragging about then, sure. Tons more exclusives. Are +90% of them worth a cent? No. Not to mention nobody's even heard of them. Let's hope the 360 gets back on the ball this coming year for your sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 No, not recent. Just one of the more impact exclusives alongside Gears. I don't count garbage titles like Saints Row, sorry.More recent, another Halo game (new madden of FPS's) ? Left 4 Dead, most recent? Gimme a break. For every exclusive on the 360, there is a better quality game on the ps3 exclusive list to counter. Now if you want to count all of THESE as something to be bragging about then, sure. Tons more exclusives. Are +90% of them worth a cent? No. Not to mention nobody's even heard of them. Let's hope the 360 gets back on the ball this coming year for your sake. And many would counter that with a vice versa Honestly for the majority of exclusives, there are almost identical games with just different story or theme that's cross platform or exclusive on the other platform. There's really now exclusives making "have" to have both consoles, in fact, as far as exclusives go I prefer the 360 ones. Forza, Halo, Gears(for the category, it's the best game there is), ME(yeah it's on PC too, but not nearly as fun to play on PC), Fable2, PGR, GTA4 DLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 6, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'd recommend the 360, though, as many have said, it all comes down to the games. However, just for reference... I have both a 360 and PS3, and I only buy exclusives on the PS3 (as I enjoy the overall 360 experience better). I own over 50 360 games but only 9 PS3 games. At the same time, it would suck if I wasn't able to play Uncharted 2. There are great games for both, so choose wisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocongirl Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If you have a high end PC the 360 is pointless as most of its exclusives are on PC and are better on PC. Sony has by far more games that can only be played with a PS3 AKA exclusives. Blu Ray, free online, wifi, Bluetooth is just icing on the cake. I won't even go on about the 360's atrocious hardware failure rate, as for the people here recommending a 360 ask them how many they have gone through :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If you have a high end PC the 360 is pointless as most of its exclusives are on PC and are better on PC. Sony has by far more games that can only be played with a PS3 AKA exclusives. Blu Ray, free online, wifi, Bluetooth is just icing on the cake. I won't even go on about the 360's atrocious hardware failure rate, as for the people here recommending a 360 ask them how many they have gone through :p Not true anymore. Also I haven't gone through any. I've had my launch console in for service, about the one year after I got it, it was then used extensively after that untill I upgraded to an alite instead of buying a bigger HDD around the time the NXE was announced. that one have been problem free. any new 360 won't have a higher malfunction rate than any other electronics, in fact, if you count only consoles made and sold this year, I believe Sony is higher on the fault list than MS is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Get a DS and tell these fanboy douches to stfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 6, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 6, 2009 Get a DS and tell these fanboy douches to stfu :laugh: Funny thing is as expected topic poster hasn't replied at all, to give feedback on the advice or actually give people some info to go off of... yet people are still raging on about why they have chosen what they currently own :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Contrary to popular belief, having a xbox360 and more exculsives WONT give you a bigger e-peen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Contrary to popular belief, having a xbox360 and more exculsives WONT give you a bigger e-peen. doesn't that go both ways, Kind of like how giant Sigs that are 100 times bigger than your actual posts don't ? So how did you post contribute at all, except as flamebait ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotee Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 any new 360 won't have a higher malfunction rate than any other electronics, in fact, if you count only consoles made and sold this year, I believe Sony is higher on the fault list than MS is. ...and your proof is what? Source please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 ...and your proof is what? Source please. There have been actual reports posted about news sites. granted they don't garner the same kind of attention as the reports that claim 50% malfunction through faulty sample groups and a basic biased test. Granted by those numbers both the 360 and PS3 are currently well below the 5% average of electronics, I think they where both in the 4? are, with the PS3 slightly higher in the 3% but the difference is practically negligible anyway. I could google and search for these old news items, but I just don't care enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ienhz Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) Contrary to popular belief, having a xbox360 and more exculsives WONT give you a bigger e-peen. That made no sense at all Edited December 6, 2009 by ienhz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Contrary to popular belief, having a xbox360 and more exculsives WONT give you a bigger e-peen. Nope, it will just give you a console with the biggest library and better online service. Everyone with a big e-peen knows owning a console actually shrinks your e-peen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 It is really simple to me.If you plan on using the machine for nothing but gaming, the 360 no question in my mind. I just feel from the gaming perspective, while the PS3 is still a great choice and it finally is at the point (has been for awhile now) it definitely holds it's own in regards to exclusives, I just feel the 360 has a slightly larger library of exclusives, especially if you plan on doing any catching up with titles you may have missed. Then there is the performance aspect. While developers have definitely caught up in regards to multi-platform games, the truth of the matter is that more often than not the 360 version of multiplatform games tend to perform better. Whether it is a slightly better frame-rate, or slightly tighter graphics (and in both instances I do mean slight), the 360 usually has the slight edge. This is all with games on both platforms, and there are indeed a few titles that are just as good if not better on the PS3, but I do believe the 360 has the advantage. Now if you are looking for this console to also be a capable media center, than I think the PS3 without a doubt the better choice. People can say all they want about Blu Ray, but as of now, it is the High Definition format of choice, and will be for at least a little while. Also, while both machines are capable of streaming video over a home network, the PS3 thanks to PS3 Media Server which is a free app, handles this task remarkably well. Not sure if this has been covered in the topic already, but just to let you know Larry that PS3 Media Server works on the 360 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 No, not recent. Just one of the more impact exclusives alongside Gears. I don't count garbage titles like Saints Row, sorry.More recent, another Halo game (new madden of FPS's) ? Left 4 Dead, most recent? Gimme a break. For every exclusive on the 360, there is a better quality game on the ps3 exclusive list to counter. Now if you want to count all of THESE as something to be bragging about then, sure. Tons more exclusives. Are +90% of them worth a cent? No. Not to mention nobody's even heard of them. Let's hope the 360 gets back on the ball this coming year for your sake. Please do share with us all an FPS zombie game, exclusive to the PS3, which is available today which is better than Left 4 Dead 1 or 2. (btw what's not recent about Left 4 Dead 2? "gimmie a break", wtf a 2-3 week old game isn't recent?) While you're there, name us an exclusive PS3 driving simulator which is better than Forza 3 which is available today. As for what you count and don't count, that really has no merit here as I could easily say "I have no interest in platformers, so you can't include LBP". It doesn't mean **** all what you soley care about. At the end of the day the 360 has the larger exclusive list and there is a high probability that'll stay the same til the end of the gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 Not sure if this has been covered in the topic already, but just to let you know Larry that PS3 Media Server works on the 360 too. Yep I definitely know that PS3 media Server also works on the 360. and I have indeed used it on my 360 if I have it on, but I have actually had a decent amount of issues, especially in regards to all mkv files working on the 360 version, which they definitely do not, it must be their wrapper or whatever it is I am not sure. Then the .mkv's I was able to get working on the 360 had a lot of bugs, like random freezing, just would lose the network connection, etc. Finally since I tend to watch Blu Ray rips of the .mkv files, for whatever reason it seems like once they get into the 7GB range the 360 just does not play them at all. Then there is the fact the Audio Stream for DTS is still better on the PS3, and actually I am not even sure if that feature works at all on the 360? So yeeah I without a doubt believe PS3 Media Server works way, way better on the PS3, at least in my home network it does. And actually for the 360 when I stream videos the app I have had the least amount of issues with was Connect 360. There is just one format PS3 Media Server refuses to play on my PS3 but will play on my 360, if I recall correctly it is certain .avi. I know for sure it is the wrapper on that, I forget which codec it is exactly but the PS3 just refuses to even play it. So yeah while PS3 Media Server works on the 360, from my experience, and that is indeed quite alot as I would say on average me and my wife watch upwards of 3-5 movies a week streamed and out of the time I do use my PS3 I would say 75% of it is just for streaming movies, PS3 Media Server just works much better on the PS3. That and I still say the PS3 is the better media system for the simple fact it is a Blu Ray player. And if you are talking media, I think you have to include Blu Ray in the conversation, because I said like it or not that is right now the physical format of choice for High Definition movies. in fact even though it annoyed me to no end, i actually have Dragons Lair coming from netflix yet. Full 1080p and it supposedly finally works on the PS3 after the 2.5 update, so should have that in the next few days. Space Ace is next on my queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 This is all a matter of preference, but when I had both an XBox 360 and a PS3 I found that I very rarely used the PS3. I used the XBox 360 almost exclusively. I finally got rid of the PS3 and haven't thought twice about it since. I much preferred the XBox 360 personally, and the games are great as well. In fact, I would say that the XBox 360 is probably the best designed console I've ever owned IMO. It's very full featured, Live is great, I love the controllers, the console is solid, the games library is great, Arcade games are a lot of fun and there are many to choose from, it's just a very good console. Just my 2 cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 @Larry, Yeah it definitely has issues but I think it's more to do with the application itself, as I have issues playing MKV's on both my 360 and PS3. I think in my case though it's do with the age of my pc however, as I know my network is more than capable of streaming HD. Saying that I have issues playing AVI's on my PS3 which my 360 doesn't. For me when I want to watch an MKV I'm split between the audio on the 360 being a lot quieter no matter how high it's set on the tv itself. I've no idea if this is because the audio codec of the MKV itself or because I'm not using HDMI. Also the movie plays fine for a while but then eventually the audio and video are out of sync. This happens on both my PS3 and 360 so I'm guessing my PC isn't able to buffer it fast enough. Or if I want to use my PS3 I have to listen to a plane taking off so it's pretty much the opposite of my 360 where I can't hear the audio, except this time it's being drowned out. That's why I've bought an Acer Aspire Revo in the end. I'm planning to mount this on the back of my tv then mod the hell out of it having it run all the medial tasks like downloading, streaming media, some light server work and any other odd jobs I have. Plus it frees up my pc more to working & gaming and I can turn it off at night more so I'll save **** loads on electric bills. I'm sick of both consoles and their "media centre" solutions tbh and neither of them do it perfect imo, so I'm going back to who does it best, the PC (Y). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamike Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I got a highend PC have fun with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 I had this decision to make a while back and went with the PS3. Others have talked about how you can use it for a lot more than games. I was partly swayed by the fact you can install other OSes on it, or at least Linux. I haven't tried that yet as I am, to be honest, just enjoying the games and I've got a regular computer (three actually) and a normal DVD player. If you are really after just gaming, I don't know that there's much to recommend one over the other. I don't think, though, that XBox will play BluRay discs. The PS3 does so that's a plus, I suppose. But again to be honest, I don't have any BluRay films as I don't want to pay the extra money and so still buy DVDs. Probably that's not that helpful, but my general view was that I should choose the PS3 because of its greater flexibility. I just haven't yet taken much advantage of that extra flexibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) Please do share with us all an FPS zombie game, exclusive to the PS3, which is available today which is better than Left 4 Dead 1 or 2.(btw what's not recent about Left 4 Dead 2? "gimmie a break", wtf a 2-3 week old game isn't recent?) Let's find a few definitions for the word 'exclusive', shall we? 1. To the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely 2. One that is granted or obtained exclusively 3. Not divided or shared with others Now lets see. Oh, wait... Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are both on the PC. This would violate definition 3, now would it? Hence, the 360 has no exclusive FPS zombie game which also, therefore, doesn't matter if the PS3 has one or not. Here's a fact. A lot of 'exclusive' games on the 360 by your definition are also available for the PC, thereby them not really being exclusive at all. Edited December 7, 2009 by Xilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckboii Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 lol epic battle.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 7, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2009 Let's find a few definitions for the word 'exclusive', shall we?1. To the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely 2. One that is granted or obtained exclusively 3. Not divided or shared with others Now lets see. Oh, wait... Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are both on the PC. This would violate definition 3, now would it? Hence, the 360 has no exclusive FPS zombie game which also, therefore, doesn't matter if the PS3 has one or not. Here's a fact. A lot of 'exclusive' games on the 360 by your definition are also available for the PC, thereby them not really being exclusive at all. No **** Sherlock, but if you read the title of the topic, it has nothing to do with pc gaming (Y) The game is console exclusive to the 360 and seeing as the topic is about consoles, it has every right to be mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 my advice is get both. So we can save from arguing. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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