PS3 and 360, are we really that different?

[VanityGirl]

gamedisks that don't scratch.

How is it a plus that the people who make the discs decided to make life less hard for people stupid enough not to use the box for the game they bought?
If you're stupid and irresponsible enough to leave your discs about you deserve to have them scratched. /nerd rage

We also have free online!

I know this is blatant fanboyism, but nonetheless I'm all for paying £3.30 a month so I get a sweet online service that hardly ever gives me any problems. And I love the party system.

The PS3's failure rate is only at 10%, where the 360's is a 54%

I know I'll be one of the minority, but I know two people that have RROD'd and two people who have had their PS3s overheat and break on them. So that point, in my opinion, is void.

If you snoop around, you'll find other sites that have graphical comparisons for the two.

Not to advertise, but IGN do lots of head to head comparisons of games on both platforms. I think the 360 won GTA IV and came 2nd behind the mighty PC for Fallout 3.

Actually, if you read anything, I was trying to point out positives for bot systems.
Your blatant fanboyish is the reason consoles owners can not get a long. I have both consoles thank you very much and I have XBL which I PREFER over PSN.
And my first 360 red ringed, but you know what? I got the sucker fixed and I still play it.
I know about the graphical differences, that's actually what the thread is ABOUT.

Pay attention.

BTW,
My XBL gamertag is : VanityGirl, you can look it up if you want proof, of and look at my achievements, I obviously play my 360 a lot.

 

[Jerich0]

Graphics wise, they usually end up the same. This is because the developers make a pc/xbox version then port it. The PS3 technically has better graphics, it just is rarely utilized properly.
I usually don't care much about which one has an arbitrary larger number of pixels, but GT occasionally compares them. In Arkham Asylum, the 360 version was actually a little better, but you could only tell when they split the screens, and even then it was difficult. PC versions are always the prettiest anyway though IMO.

Oh yes, PC's will always win. They can always be updated, so I agree with you on that one.
lol Good to see that you and I aren't arguing and that we agree on something.

But, I have always been bothered by people who say they bought a PS3 solely for graphics, I bought a PS3 to play inFamous, Socom and Metal Gear and didn't give a left toe about graphics.
Same reason I bought a Wii, not for graphics, for fun.
I kind of just wish that we could become united.
Then again, I've never really been a hardcore fangirl of any console.

the problem with hardcore fanboys is that that little war began with sega and nintendo.
when the playstation and later the xbox came on the scene and blew nintendo out of the water (speaking after the N64) there wasn't really much to fight about between the three systems. the xbox and ps2 were both stellar consoles, while the gamecube was the beginning of a slippery slope (that i won't go into because it hurts my emotions). i think that the ps3/360 debate is the last vestige of a war that people just don't want to stop fighting, no matter how pointless it is.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I weighed the pros and cons for a month (maybe longer) and while the 360 does have some great games that I can't even get for my pc, I had to go with the ps3. I have to say that most of my decision was because it's more reliable hardware. The fact that I have a psp and a hdtv (I wanted a BR player for) helped too.
Personally I think MS's lapse in quality for their hardware is inexcusable and before anyone calles me a fanboy I said the same thing about the ps2 when it had a (much less chronic) problem early in it's cycle. I didn't even get a ps2 until they fixed that.

I wasn't aware that sony actually fixed the bulky PS2's laser problems. From my knowledge, and experience many PS2's lazers scratched the disks beyond repair.. I thought Sony's "fix" was releasing the PS2 slim version.
I could be wrong.

I think you're right.
The ps2 I got (when I finally got one) was the slim. Even then, I got it for free: can you believe that those "get a free playstation" things used to not all be scams? Now they all are of course but there used to be a couple of legitimate ones. But as I was saying, I was (at the time I didn't have much money) wary to spend money on something that broke as often as a ps2. But even that I think only had a 16% failure rate compared to the 360's apparent 54%.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

To be honest there really aren't terribly compelling differences between the two, but I generally prefer my 360 to my PS3. The reason is fairly simple - first I simply prefer the 360 controller and second most of my friends only have a 360 (meaning if I want to play with my friends I have to get the verson of the game for their system).

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

The reason that, on the RE5 vid, the aliasing is present, is because the game is playing at a lower resolution than the PS3 is capable of (i think). Graphics wise, it's down to the game, because you'll get very few noticable differences between consoles. Controllers have the same layout, and slightly different feel. I have both, and have no problem transitioning between the two.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

I still don't get why there is still wars waging between the two. They are both pratically the same, minus the obvious titles and online costs. Can we all be friends? Wait until the PS3, 360, and PC all meet on the same battlefield in a cross console war.

 

[drakenabarion]

I own each of the modern consoles and a pretty high powered PC. (Took alot of working to get them but I feel they were worth it).

Obviously the PC is much more capable, so the point of this thread will just leave that to the side.

So below are my opinions on the differents. They are subjective so feel free to disagree.

Interface:
PS3 feels more professionally displayed and has a more smooth/cool/confident feel.
Xbox360 displays more information and feels more fun.
Wii -> never mind Wii...

Graphics Quality:
PS3 has more crisp shadowing via nVidia hardware. Somehow the anti aliasing doesn't look as well on distant objects.
Xbox360 has slightly blockier shadows in some games. However, distant objects look better (anti aliasing again).
Wii -> never mine Wii... (Its like GameCube graphics +).

Sound:
PS3 has more vivid sound on my tele.
Xbox360 sounds great, but not as good as PS3.
Wii -> Actually the sound quality is very good on Wii...

Selection of gamesS3 and Xbox360 have many good games on both systems with little major difference other than Xbox Marketplace has more content for some games than PSN.
Wii has a few good platformers and Virtual console is great for retro.

Overall:
I get the most use out of the Xbox360. With the line up for PS3 and Xbox360, I went for the 360 releases as they had better DLC. This left me with the feeling that the most exciting thing to happen to PS3 in the last while was sparkles on the menu. I am sure that will change in the future once the console becomes more independent. However, its been out long enough for this to already happen.

As for the Wii: The problems include, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Music, Wii Resort, Wii virtual yardwork, Wii dance like a clown, etc.
Okay I liked my Wii when it came out first. I thought "here is a console with some potential". Unfortunately, it has not lived up to the potential. There are too many casual games to real games. The volume of casual games probably frightened off producers of more serious games, so titles I was looking forward to (such as "Sadness") don't seem to be arriving any time soon.

 

[Arbitrary Cidin]

The difference is only apparent when playing on an HDTV. Even then, it's small. I don't own an HDTV so it makes no difference and since I have a stigmatism, HD isn't that meaningful...

 

[Ninja_X]

Play MGS4 and then an xbox 360 game that came out around the same time and just try to tell me there isn't much of a difference.

But that's like comparing apples and oranges.
Fine, Gears of War 2 was release i think two or three months after MGS4, it's a different style of game, but graphically astounding.

So if you're putting it that way, no there isn't much of a difference.
And I own both consoles so don't please don't say I favor one.

I like MGS4 and I also enjoyed Gears of War 2. Both games look simply amazing.

Eh, fine gears looked good in its own way.

But MGS 4 was just amazing, some of the cut scenes look amazingly realistic.

Also, there is allot more attention to detail in MGS4.

There isn't a game as detailed or as good looking as MGS4 on the 360 is my point.

While I am saying that the PS3 does have better graphics, I am not saying that makes it a better console. Just that its games look better(its exclusive titles anyway)

The amazing detail in MGS 4's cutscenes was nice, but then again we're talking about cutscenes. The cutscenes were honestly where the game looked best. If we were going just by cutscenes, why not bring up Resi 5 (again), those cutscenes were quite beautiful.

Also, not all PS3 exclusives are like MGS, a game I really like, Socom, actually doesn't look that great at all.
I think FFXIII will look astounding, but it's going to be cross platform, and know FF games, it'll look better than MGS (most likely)

Did you read the article that said that the new final fantasy will be dumbed down because the xbox can't handle the graphics?

 

[TheLefty]

How do the discs not scratch?

On topic, I'm the owner of a 360 and for a long time wanted a PS3 but with resent research they seem pretty similar to me. I don't own -and probably never will own- any blurays and the only thing that makes me really want a PS3 are the console exclusive-which even then don't look all that amazing. Now that I've read this it sounds like I'm saying 360 is better but I'm saying that they seem the same to me. Also who really cares that much about graphics?

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

PS3 and Xbox 360 both have good qualities and bad qualities about them. PS3 has free online play, Xbox's *seems* less laggy. The graphics are generally the same, so it basically comes down to "which exclusive games do you want?"

Me? I have both. I love them equally.

 

[VanityGirl]

Play MGS4 and then an xbox 360 game that came out around the same time and just try to tell me there isn't much of a difference.

But that's like comparing apples and oranges.
Fine, Gears of War 2 was release i think two or three months after MGS4, it's a different style of game, but graphically astounding.

So if you're putting it that way, no there isn't much of a difference.
And I own both consoles so don't please don't say I favor one.

I like MGS4 and I also enjoyed Gears of War 2. Both games look simply amazing.

Eh, fine gears looked good in its own way.

But MGS 4 was just amazing, some of the cut scenes look amazingly realistic.

Also, there is allot more attention to detail in MGS4.

There isn't a game as detailed or as good looking as MGS4 on the 360 is my point.

While I am saying that the PS3 does have better graphics, I am not saying that makes it a better console. Just that its games look better(its exclusive titles anyway)

The amazing detail in MGS 4's cutscenes was nice, but then again we're talking about cutscenes. The cutscenes were honestly where the game looked best. If we were going just by cutscenes, why not bring up Resi 5 (again), those cutscenes were quite beautiful.

Also, not all PS3 exclusives are like MGS, a game I really like, Socom, actually doesn't look that great at all.
I think FFXIII will look astounding, but it's going to be cross platform, and know FF games, it'll look better than MGS (most likely)

Did you read the article that said that the new final fantasy will be dumbed down because the xbox can't handle the graphics?

I read that, but I think it's all a load of crap. I think it's just another way for them to say "Oh noes, because we had to work to downgrade the graphics, we had to set back the realease date"
That's my own personal thoughts. The developer said the PS3 was CLOSER to what he'd imagine FFXIII running on, but he also did not state that it was "the dream console" for it to run on. I think you'd really want a beefy PC if you want FFXIII to look and run as good as it should. Also, while further reading the article, he did say that the intial screenshot were taken so soon that there's no telling what the final product will look like.

We shall see how much more "crappy" it will look on the 360 versus PS3, if it looks "ZOMG ASTOUNDING" then I will change my view point. But I will not change my view point on a game that hasn't been released yet.

 

[Korten12]

I only own a ps3 but here I go. I like the ps3 over the 360 but I dont hate the 360, cause it has some fun games (Gears of war 2.)

In terms of graphics I do believe exclusives do look better on the ps3 (uncharted 2, heavy rain.) but graphics abvously dont make a game. Also 90% of all multiplatform games look better on the 360 cause its the lead console. let me explain (dont read on if you already know what im going to say.) when a game is being made it is first made on one console (lead console.) then it is ported to the other consoles its coming out for. Almost all the time the game looks it best on the lead console. now if a game is on the pc then ported to consoles I think the games graphics should be almost if not the extact same.

well thats all I got to say. =S.

 

[drakenabarion]

Play MGS4 and then an xbox 360 game that came out around the same time and just try to tell me there isn't much of a difference.

But that's like comparing apples and oranges.
Fine, Gears of War 2 was release i think two or three months after MGS4, it's a different style of game, but graphically astounding.

So if you're putting it that way, no there isn't much of a difference.
And I own both consoles so don't please don't say I favor one.

I like MGS4 and I also enjoyed Gears of War 2. Both games look simply amazing.

Eh, fine gears looked good in its own way.

But MGS 4 was just amazing, some of the cut scenes look amazingly realistic.

Also, there is allot more attention to detail in MGS4.

There isn't a game as detailed or as good looking as MGS4 on the 360 is my point.

While I am saying that the PS3 does have better graphics, I am not saying that makes it a better console. Just that its games look better(its exclusive titles anyway)

The amazing detail in MGS 4's cutscenes was nice, but then again we're talking about cutscenes. The cutscenes were honestly where the game looked best. If we were going just by cutscenes, why not bring up Resi 5 (again), those cutscenes were quite beautiful.

Also, not all PS3 exclusives are like MGS, a game I really like, Socom, actually doesn't look that great at all.
I think FFXIII will look astounding, but it's going to be cross platform, and know FF games, it'll look better than MGS (most likely)

Did you read the article that said that the new final fantasy will be dumbed down because the xbox can't handle the graphics?

I read that, but I think it's all a load of crap. I think it's just another way for them to say "Oh noes, because we had to work to downgrade the graphics, we had to set back the realease date"
That's my own personal thoughts. The developer said the PS3 was CLOSER to what he'd imagine FFXIII running on, but he also did not state that it was "the dream console" for it to run on. I think you'd really want a beefy PC if you want FFXIII to look and run as good as it should. Also, while further reading the article, he did say that the intial screenshot were taken so soon that there's no telling what the final product will look like.

We shall see how much more "crappy" it will look on the 360 versus PS3, if it looks "ZOMG ASTOUNDING" then I will change my view point. But I will not change my view point on a game that hasn't been released yet.

I have read articles that say that the Japanese audio will be removed from the game on release. It is questionable whether many people would even notice this. I cannot find it specifically stating that the game will be downgraded other than that. Any speculation on that doesn't appear to have a basis just yet (although if you can provide a link then you can change my mind ).

Some people think that there may be multiple disks on the Xbox 360 release. I cannot see this being much of a problem. In most games on multi disks, (e.g. FFVII - FFIX), it just means you change disks at one point. If it goes like Star Ocean did, you may need to change to revisit certain areas. In my opinion, that just means that Square-Enix are spanning disks so as not to remove content.

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

PC gamers are just better though.
Joking.

 

[joystickjunki3]

Meh. This really isn't anything I didn't already know. I was under the impression that most gamers knew this nowadays.