Lets END the Console WAR!!

[Roxor]

may I say, this isn't a console war, it's a fanboy war

console war was back in the day, when the companies were the ones that had at each other

Sega, would be my primary example

straight up bashing on Nintendo with their classic "Sega does what Nintendon't"

or when the ColecoVision released the add on to play Atari 2600 games

would you imagine if that kind of shit happened today? like, say, Sony releasing an add on that allows the PS3 to play Xbox 360 games?

Very well put.

You're right. This isn't a console war. It's just the fact that the gamer community is a Broken Base [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrokenBase]. Each side is angry that not everybody uses the same system they do.

Probably the only way to end the wars would be to standardise the hardware and OS for all gaming computers (be they intended to be hooked up to a TV, a computer monitor, or have a screen built-in). General-purpose computers have had the hardware standardised for years, and even on the OS front, there's really only three to choose from. Two if you plan on building the computer yourself.

 

[GotMalkAvian]

The console war is just like any other two-sided conflict in history. Axis vs. Allies, Coke vs. Pepsi, Republican vs. Democrat, Christian vs. Atheist (or Jew, or Buddhist, or Muslim, or pagan, or Hindu, or Taoist, or...). People like to belong to a group, and by extension like to find a group of "others" to shun. It lets us feel welcome and superior.

 

[veloper]

The console war is just like any other two-sided conflict in history. Axis vs. Allies,

Hehe. I genuinely LOLed.

 

[lordlillen]

this is an interesting question
it all comes down to, both sides are equally jealous. they won't admit to it, but fanboys will angrily defend their system because mommy will only buy you one next gen system, so you must convince yourself that the other one is shit.
well, i'm cool enough to own both systems ^_^ so these arguments are invalid
but 360 players are either justin beibers or assholes, so stick with a friend to avoid that shit

yo dog i heard you like zero punctuation

 

[Steve-0ii]

So...
The end of the console war means the end of all competition and there will be only 1 console?

The Pros:
1)More games for that single console(no exclusives)
2)No more Fan boys (go riddance0)
3)Developers will have no risk- having 1 console means that the game requires more effort to be multi-platform / or not be multi-platform at all.

The Cons:
1)No competition means no innovation.
2)The prices can be jacked sky high(there will be a limit though as no one would buy a game/console if ,say,the price of a game is $200.The market would be Industry and would die out )
)The old Fan boys moaning over the lost console.

In my opinion the war should go on, for the sake of innovation and my wallet.

 

[Bugerion]

Sega mega is the best console ever xD

I mean nothing beats Duck hunt

 

[EinTheCorgi]

Ehh i say screw the 360,PS3,PC and the wii long live the super nintendo! also the gamecube should have been used as body armor...you cant flippin break that thing!

 

[seditary]

By the way, did anyone expect him to talk about the game End War?

Would have been better than this useless thread.

 

[XCoDslayerX]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard about how X-box is better than PS3 or vice versa then i would be in prison because I would have bought an M60 and RPG-4 with the money and gone rambo on all those PS3 and X-box fanboys till i finaly ran out of ammuntiton after abut 10 miniutes

P.S WII SUCKS GET OVER IT!

 

[asaen]

xbox = half the community are dickheads the other half ***** about the other half
ps3 = half the community are dickheads the other half ***** about how good they are

 

[V8 Ninja]

Well, I guess this isn't my problem. *Goes back to playing PC games.*

In all honesty, the only console I own is a Wii, mostly because the game lineup is more interesting and on the other two consoles every other game is a shooter, and dual analog controls are absolutely terrible for shooters.

 

[jackpipsam]

I do believe you are a troll

 

[Delicious Anathema]

How about we grow up and choose what's best for us?

Wouldn't that be lovely?

 

[MaxP779]

The 360 has the more powerful graphics chip therefore it usually has the "better graphics" however the difference is minimal and generally isn't noticeable unless you study screenshots or something.

The singular chip is more poweful yes, but PS3 packs more of them so it brings more horsepower to the table.
Problem comes with it's architecture, while the 360 is nearly identical to a PC(where all tools and games were developed for ages and are easily transferable) the PS3 on the other hand is a completely different structure that takes a different approach.
So when you try to squeeze out the best graphics with steady performance it comes down to optimizing your game, something that comes alot easier with a well known platform, thus they just end up doing a half arsed job on the PS3 and due to it's higher power it will still be alright but rarely be improved.

Thats the cell chip you're thinking of, for graphics the 360 has a modified radeon X1800 and the PS3 has a modified geforce 7800, these were the best graphics chips available for the PC at the time and the X1800 pulls ahead of the geforce slightly so the 360 has more graphics horsepower. As for CPU's yeah the PS3's cell had more potential than the triple core IBM power chip in the 360 but as you said devs just make a half assed job of it.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Let's end this war the American way! Drop a Nuke on Japan!

This thread could get messy
http://www.gateworld.net/gallery/albums/atl_season3/312-Echoes/screencaps/atl_312_1732.JPG

 

[Netrigan]

Usually I'd just move on from something like this but:

Anti-PS3
-no good games (just writing what I hear.)

Really? You "hear" that the PS3, a console with over 40 million worldwide sales, has no good games? Did you put any thought into your list of comparisons?

Yeah, the "no good games" is really eye of the beholder stuff. I've yet to find a 360 exclusive I truly love (Fable 2 or Gears 2 probably come the closest) while I generally have a higher opinion of the PS3 exclusives. But there aren't really enough exclusives on either side to really tip the scales.

 

[Thundero13]

Well I play Wii most because I prefer it's games, nothing more to be said, except that I HATE CAPTCHA'S!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Anchupom]

In my opinion, it's going to be a PS2.