Xbox 360 vs PS3

Which next-gen console is better?

  • Xbox 360

    Votes: 22 42.3%

  • PS3

    Votes: 30 57.7%
  • Total voters
    52
Ps3 is complete package with no thing additional required. You have to add things to the Box.
 
Apparently the Xbox Elite comes with 'Silver Membership' for Xbox Live. Can you play online games with that? Bloody ridiculous that you have to pay for online gaming (if that's the case)! And what I don't get is Games For Windows Live is free, so why not Xbox Live?

Edit: @Madman, thanks for all the info. Apparently, this '80105' or whatever the hell it was error message was a frequent occurance with the PS3. Do we know if that was one of the things they worked on for the new slim one? As I said before, it's not my machine, it's my nephew's and he's understandably wary about just getting the PS3 fixed, only for the error to happen all over again. The Xbox Elite doesn't have a Blu ray drive does it, so that's one less thing to go wrong. To be honest, no one here really gives a damn about watching Bluray films - a DVD on a big screen is fine for me. I don't think the price difference between Bluray and DVD is worth it and yes, I have seen Bluray films. :)
 
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Madman said:
The Silver membership lets you download arcade games, demos, game add-ons, trailers, use voice chat etc. but not online play - it is stupid that you have to pay for it but I suppose it is good, there's very rarely any downtime and it runs quickly.

Can you get the PS3 fixed under warranty? Normally they are pretty reliable, you would be extremely unlucky to have it pack up on you twice if you got it fixed I think.
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It would be great to do that, but naturally the damn thing went wrong eighteen months after we'd bought it: six months after the 1 yr warranty had run out. :) As it is, I think it's about ?90 to get it sorted. Sony said they don't do servicing, so I suppose they'll just drop a refurbished one round and take the other one away? They better not expect us to pay shipping - breaking down after only eighteen sodding months for a machine we paid ?300 for is not acceptable.

Xbox Gold is $49.99 a year, not sure what that is in English money, but on PC/PS3, online is completely free! Surely the extra cost for online gaming would turn many people off the Xbox 360 - bad business by MS, in my opinion.
 
It's only a fiver a month for Live membership and it's completely worth it in my opinion.
 
evertonfan said:
It's only a fiver a month for Live membership and it's completely worth it in my opinion.
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Thanks for the heads-up. :)

Madman said:
Ahhh :( That's always the way with things which have a warranty isn't it... It works flawlessly for the duration of it and then shortly after it stops working...

I'd assume that's what they mean when they say they don't do servicing, i've never had to do it myself though so can't talk from experience - it's up to you, I warn you one thing though, the 360 is pretty loud (less so if you install games, but still not quiet) and this can get annoying...

Xbox Live subscription cards can be bought from various websites online cheaper than they are through Microsoft themselves, here's the cheapest i've found it, ?25.77:
- BoxedDeal.com : Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Code Emailed

As i've said before, they are almost the same feature wise and I think all the best games are multi-platform...
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So true. Well, it's Sod's Law, isn't it? Works fine and dandy for the warranty period and then falls on its face shortly thereafter. I suppose the Xbox 360 only comes with a one year warranty as well. :)
 
Apart from Mass Effect. That really is worth getting an Xbox 360 for alone.
 
Woah Mass Effect was on the PC? Well you learn something new everyday. Ah well, it's an Xbox exclusive console-wise anyway.
 
ps3 for me, its the only console that AC09 works on in the US and I use the blu ray player more than I play video games.
Also like how the online is free, I play online everyone once in a while, If I had to pay for it I would never have played online.

but to each their own.
 
MasterBlaster76 said:
Apparently the Xbox Elite comes with 'Silver Membership' for Xbox Live. Can you play online games with that? Bloody ridiculous that you have to pay for online gaming (if that's the case)! And what I don't get is Games For Windows Live is free, so why not Xbox Live?

Edit: @Madman, thanks for all the info. Apparently, this '80105' or whatever the hell it was error message was a frequent occurance with the PS3. Do we know if that was one of the things they worked on for the new slim one? As I said before, it's not my machine, it's my nephew's and he's understandably wary about just getting the PS3 fixed, only for the error to happen all over again. The Xbox Elite doesn't have a Blu ray drive does it, so that's one less thing to go wrong. To be honest, no one here really gives a damn about watching Bluray films - a DVD on a big screen is fine for me. I don't think the price difference between Bluray and DVD is worth it and yes, I have seen Bluray films. :)
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One less thing? The 360 has an optical drive too, y'know? ;)

I watched the Earth documentary on Blu-Ray last night. If you have a full HD TV, then get a blu-ray player/PS3, as you are missing out. Heck if you don't have a Full HD TV and a PS3/Blu-ray player, get them, because it transforms home entertainment and is the future. Heck, it is the current, really.
 
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