PS3 - Xbox 360 Wars

[Vlane]

I wonder to myself....should we have a "system wars" board so that it stays out of GD? It's like, a little slice of hell for Trolls to enjoy.

But then The Escapist would have it's own 4chan.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I don't think the problem is simply "gamers want to justify an investment" - if this were true I'd expect a more rational level of discourse. Instead, you see emotionally driven often blatantly fallacious (from the classic ad hom to the ever common straw man) arguments, designed to aggrandize one side and tear down another.

At the end of the day, costs of ownership aside, any of the consoles can generate a fun experience. When comparing the 360 to the PS3 you are, in all actuality, handed what amounts a nearly identical game set. Sure there are a handful of exclusives on each side, but those games are hardly worth donning the armor of idiocy and embarking on a grand crusade to save the souls of the poor, depraved heretics on the other side.

I think perhaps the better explanation of the phenomenon can be found in the inherent drive of people to belong to a group and feel superior to those around them. PC gamers perch atop their technical marvels and croon that their platform is superior because of advanced technology, leading them to the assumption that they are superior intellectually (because it takes nothing short of genius to assemble and operate such a masterwork of silicon) and have a more refined sense of taste (because they are willing to expend exorbitant sums of money to feed their habit) in games. XBox owners praise their often dysfunctional device for it's vast library of quality games and handful of blockbuster exclusives while decrying PS3 owners because of the smaller library, supposedly inferior exclusives and robbery level price tag. PS3 owners exalt their obsidian monoliths because it is technologically superior and boasts more utility than the system being used by the XBox loving peasantry, all while believing that THEIR exclusives are inherently superior to those "enjoyed" by others.

This is the same kind of discourse you see among the fans of rival sports teams. My team is better because we have X Y and Z stars which are clearly superior to players A, B and C who are simply giant wastes of money. My team has more heart and/or skill, your team is nothing but wannabees and crybabys. People are decried as fair weather fans for liking the team that is successful and it's seen as a badge of honor to continue to pay money to watch/attend games/buy merchandise for a team that hasn't been successful in living memory. There is no logic to be found here, but people seem to increase their enjoyment by joining a faction without rhyme or reason.

 

[Colodomoko]

I say screw it, which is why I have all 3 consoles plus a kick ass PC.

 

[Ace of Spades]

I prefer the PS3, but I have to say, this thread will attract fanboys, and that can lead to war, and war, war never changes...

 

[RheynbowDash]

i got a 360 cause it has better games on it

 

[WendelI]

I say screw it, which is why I have all 3 consoles plus a kick ass PC.

I totally agree with the idea of getting a Kick ass computer. I already have a Wii and the Xbox 360 comes after the computer. Ps3 last but that is because I only would like to play 2 games on it (Heavenly sword(s) and the CG movie Metal Gear Solid 4) I am waiting for its potential to work. I have a Wii and because I have no money I can get 2 games for the price of 1 PS3 or Xbox title, Like I got no more heroes and Zelda Twilight for 50 dollars both New games. I cant get any of the good HARD CORE games for the Xbox or the PS3 because of the ridiculous 60 dollar tag.

The computer also has its advantages, Spend a 1000 dollars now, and later to upgrade you would just need about 250 every 2 years to keep up...

 

[ghostsprite9]

When i got my ps3 i calculated the rechargable batteries, online, not many people i know have it and other stuff i concluded that the ps3 was cheaper than the 360.

So i dont really care.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

I like them both, but I am disappointed at the amount of 360 exclusives that are good. I didn't like Halo or Too Human, nor Viva Piñata. The only main exclusive I liked on it was Gears of War, but the original isn't an Xbox exclusive. Also, most 360 games come out on PC after a while. Fable 1 did, Halo 1 and 2 did, Gears of War did (But note epic have hinted that Gears of War 2 won't ever). So Really I'm disappointed in the exclusives.

Why should a game being exclusive affect your enjoyment of it?

It doesn't, it just bugs me. I'm kind of an OCD person.

 

[DK412]

I think, as long as you enjoy what you have, then you've made the right choice. And if you don't, get your money back. and get a new console

 

[Redlac]

Psh, this generation isn't a console war. Now the Sega vs Nintendo War.. THAT was a console war. People lost limbs and stuff during those.

I'm not the only one to think this either. My learned FFXI colleague, Mr [GM] Dave, has also noticed how daft this 'console war' has got.

http://bannable-offenses.blogspot.com/2009/01/console-slap-fight.html

Maybe it's just a sign that I'm an old school gamer. Or that I'm just.. Old. I've no time to argue about which console is better, I've got to save the world from aliens before my dinner gets cold.

 

[NAL]

I bought and enjoy the PlayStation for a few reasons, namely the back compatibility with PS1 and PS2 (I have over 50 games for these two consoles), the Blu-Ray player, the continuation of series I enjoyed (Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter (not confirmed but probable), and several non-exclusives), the controller shape remaining the same (I've grown to love it - very comfortable for me) and generally because I've never been let down by Sony (the only time a Sony product I've owned has ever gone wrong was a five year old PS2, by which time new ones were under £100). I'm glad I chose PS3, it's shaking off the general idea that it was an overpriced mistake, and has had some great releases recently, including several brilliant exclusives.

I can completely respect people preferring the other two consoles, however, and have nothing against the Xbox 360 or Wii (if I go round a friend's house that has one of the two consoles, I'll happily play them).

 

[blood77]

I just don't understand why people now can't accept the fact that there are two good things and neither is exactly better or worse then the other. No instead they feel the need to incently go online to forums and rant about why their system that they bought is so much better then the other. But its ok, frees up more server space ;P

 

[LordKraven]

I personaly believe people buy consols not for online use, but for the games. If a consol have like two games you like most people wouldent shell out $500 for one. But myself personaly bought a 360 because there were over two dozon games I persoanly wanted to play and only about three for the ps3. But I have a friend that like alot of ps3 games and like fore or five 360. You will be spending about the same amount of money of games as you did on the consol or more so I would pick depending on the games you want to play.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

I couldn't care less which of the two is actually better. I bought a 360, I liked it, hence I did not get a Ps3, as I already have a current gen console and all things considered the 360 and Ps3 are pretty damn similar. I might get a Wii eventually though, as that is a quite different gaming experience.

Also, I detest the use of the word "war."
It's much more a Ps3-360 "petty squabble over nothing" than a war.
An actual war would be ten to fifteen times cooler.

I just had an idea.
There should be a cross-console war based game made of two teams, one side being the Ps3 lot, the other being the 360 fellows. That way all the stupid fan boys can assert their "superior" console with actual fighting. Which would be far less annoying to watch.

 

[blood77]

I couldn't care less which of the two is actually better. I bought a 360, I liked it, hence I did not get a Ps3, as I already have a current gen console and all things considered the 360 and Ps3 are pretty damn similar. I might get a Wii eventually though, as that is a quite different gaming experience.

Also, I detest the use of the word "war."
It's much more a Ps3-360 "petty squabble over nothing" than a war.
An actual war would be ten to fifteen times cooler.

I just had an idea.
There should be a cross-console war based game made of two teams, one side being the Ps3 lot, the other being the 360 fellows. That way all the stupid fan boys can assert their "superior" console with actual fighting. Which would be far less annoying to watch.

That would be interesting, an it would allow me to play with all my friends that have 360s, everybody wins

 

[Redlac]

Hmm, interesting Idea Mr. Ninja. Perhaps if it had open comms the expletives released in the first five minutes world melt the brains of both parties, leaving the world of internet gaming relatively fanboy and hi-pitched-expletive free, if only for a little while. ;P

 

[Rahsero]

I like the last statement you made, and I aggree that, yet there are subtle differences between the two consoles, they both provide the entertainment we [as gamers] crave. But from a marketing point of view these subtlties would be conidered justified.

Nice thread,

http://hubpages.com/hub/truegamers

 

[nova18]

I've had fanboys literally attempt to smash a PSP I was playing,

sabit far, i've never heard of fanboy violence lol

Wait until America invades Japan. The 360 fanboys will be marching through the Sony offices with M16s to stop PS3 production.

It's going to happen eventually.


I'm comfortable with my choice, a PS3 is still a great console.
And then the next gen consoles are released then I will pick up a PS4 AND get a 360 cheap to play all those games I missed out on.

Regardless of who makes what and what is better, I just want to play EVERYTHING

 

[sneak_copter]

The Xbox 360 is so much better than the PS3 the grafx is always better. Halo 3 and Gears of War and Gear of War 2 are officilally the best games ever. Xbox live pwns PS3 home n00bs, wat is that like 2nd life cos u dont have one cos you have the Ps3 harhar! Mass Effects is best science-fi ever made and way bettar than sony could ever be, all sony has are RPGs about stupid idiots and sqeaky voicing. Xbox 360 has better games and controllers and monies is cost less.

I have a Xbox 360 and I love it. But you have just embarrased anybody who bought a Xbox 360. I bet you are one of the 8-year-old Halo idiots.

EDIT : I just discovered that was sarcasm. Sorry. It just really gets on my nerves when people act like this.