Is it just me or is this best marketing I've seen on TV to date. Not only is it a slap in Microsoft's faces but all of them are hilarious as shit. For example:
Sony can suck my dick, but I'll always love their PSP commercials. They're MAD funny. I don't like their PS3 commercials as much as the PSP ones.
The PS3/X360 debate is sterile. Just get both and get over with. Personaly, I'm waiting for a PS3 with PS2 compatibility so I can finally play PS2 games in progressive display instead of its stupid lame cheap-ass retarded interlaced gets-blown-away-by-dreamcast's-VGA display. SONY and Microsoft are both totally despicable companies. The only difference between both is that as far as the game console market is concerned, Microsoft didn't pull anything despicable there (probably the only market where they have behaved.)
I'm pretty sure the ps3 used to have ps2 compatability. It doesn't now and never will again. Get an emulator.
Your gift of viewing the future is inspiring. As for emulators, they don't work perfectly on my dual-core. It'll have to wait until I upgrade my PC, which will probably be for TERA 's release in fall.
Curious... but isn't the player cap a per-game limit rather than having anything at all to do with the system? I can't see why anything with internet capability couldn't theoretically support 256 players (or more! MMOs?) - even the Wii, although if I understand correctly it has some kind of "friend code" system that might put the kibosh on that.
I did the same and finally got the PS3. lovin it as well. honestly, I'm sure I'd be happy with the 360 if I ended up with that. lol just really needed to get off my arse and get a console.
The simple truth is that the xbox360 -IS- better for what it is then the PS3. The issue of course is understanding what the PS3 is and what it is not. As was said earlier unless you are a "fan boy" or have money constraints the answer really is you should have both. Because contrary to the marketing the PS3 doesn't to everything, and ergo they really serve a different purpose. Not going to bore you all with the history of Sony and the irony of the 360 vs PS3 fight so I'll just throw down the reasons why you should do both and trying to make one vs the other one fights are essentially pointless. xbox360 hands down test after test has better graphics and handling just the way it is deal with it. Xbox 360 internet integration blows Sony's away there is no comparison there is no discussion you can argue well you can use the ps3 with a modem who cares..you can argue the ps3 is free wooo it still doesn't remotely compete with the xbox360. PS3 is the showcase for sony technology it's purpose is to show what sony can bring to the table. Blueray ultimately online delivery will replace the need for physical media until then because sony bought the movie labels we have blueray. Just as the PS2 saved sony from obscurity and death by being a cheap dvd player so does Blueray save the ps3. By being the best blueray player and the best price point if you intend to watch movies at home and want all the special features you need a ps3. Japanese and gaming are still just about synonymous if you want to play video games because you love video games there are some that just won't come to an american console because of homeland pride. Want to play you need to pay sony. The rest is really semantics.. who has the best games?? depends who you like, which controller is better is what works for you...etc
On the first issue I call bullshit. What test are you talking about? I still haven't seen the Xbox 360 do anything better visually then Killzone 2, MGS4, or Uncharted 2. On the second issue, you make a good point. Xbox live is very fluid and nice, but Sony has made many strides in that department. Initiately the PSN wasn't the great but it' has improved and your right it's free which makes sense. I guess Microsoft doesn't need to justify charging people for using their own internet connectino when they have their idiotic consumers doing it for them.
Paid services of that sort aren't exactly unheard of... millions of people do the same for WoW, which is only one game. It pretty much comes down to whether what MS offers with XBL is worth it for you (myself I have no idea, don't even have a 360, yet anyway). As far as graphics, I think it's generally accepted that the PS3 is a more powerful machine (slightly) than the 360, but that doesn't make a difference unless people actually take advantage of it. By now someone has probably figured out how to get decent use out of the PS3 hardware though.
who cares for free online play, 360 online play is better then PS I havnt seen much dif in graphics with the 360 or in Ps3 they both look the same on most the games i have played. Also to me Ps3 doesnt have to much of great gaming titles under its belt unlike 360
Nishua you can call what ever you. First you are talking about three games which cannot be compared because they are not on both systems. However an example of games that can be compared has consitantly shown in the Xbox's favor. A few examples of which I am sure you will chime some sort of excuse but.. gamespot, ign, uk gamer, and several other sites and press have said it. There are always the few that come back and say they like the ps3 picture better despite the loss of textures and lighting but its all pretty much documented if you google it. As for PSN making strides.. yes it has.. but so has the 360 and PSN still isn't as featured or as functional as the 360 was and its laughable when compared to where the 360 is. Ohh and PSN is considering going subscription as well which would nail that particular debate too wouldn't it? As for paying for the internet you already have its just a silly arguement. Like I said it makes sense if you can afford it to have both. Saying that ps3 is better then xbox360 is just fanboying and for the most part the reverse is true, although having both I would say the 360 is better over all because I also like the control scheme better.
Ninja gaiden Sigma 2 comparison : http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ninjagaiden2-faceoff-article Good article if not for the PS3 brown-nosing at times (resolution boost ...). In a nutshell : the PS3 is forced to reduce the number of on-screen enemies, and remove the gore blood effects. So in fact, you get a sanitized game due to the hardware restrictions. You can't have the same gameplay. On the bright side, you get more elaborated lighting and a slightly better resolution. Which makes perfect sense as each game was tailored to its respective platform's strength. I was really happy to see SONY crash and burn with the PS3. Before the PS3 was unveiled, the overpowering domination of the PS2 of the market made the coming of a new playstation the de-facto winner, as sure as water flows downhill. $599 later, it all turned to shit (hit the weak point for massive damage; real-time ... weapon change; people will get a second job to afford one; etc .. if you remember ). With the new cheaper PS3, it is really selling well everywhere, and I am happy too !! Because the only way we will have a decent X720 is for SONY to give Microsoft a run for its money. (Just as ... the PS3 would have been launched years later if not for the X360's success) You know ... competition. The thing that is totally absent from the PC OS market and which the computing world would really need.
well, yep. I really like the PS3 for the home networking capability, blue-ray and dvd, etc. I do far less gaming on my ps3 than I do on my computer and far more netflix watching. however, for what I wanted, the PS3 gave me all that, and I still have access to most games that I would actually buy for a console. I never would have bought the PS3 for the original price, and this past holiday's sales pushed me over the edge. I'm sure that online play is free with the PS3 because they simply don't have the demand that XBL has. and the debate could go on forever. back to the original topic tho? PS3 commercials are teh shizz.
Competition isn't totally absent from the PC OS market, it's just that there are various reasons why the alternatives to Windows are not taking all that much market share in the current state of the industry. If Microsoft did nothing, they would though, and if the industry changed (which is more or less what Google is betting on) it still could. The game console market is definitely more competitive though.
Every company that dominated the game console market has behaved like total jerks. This tripartite share of the market we have today is ideal for gamers.