Which Current Console is best?

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The Wii, hands down. I pretty much gave up on console gaming entirely until the Wii came down the pike. The PS3 and the 360 are both absolute beasts in their own right, as far as technical specifications go, but I think that the Wii is the most enjoyable. Plus, I think that the Nintendo's exclusive, first-party titles are always a notch or two above the competiton -- that includes their library for the GCN.

Gotta love my Wii for amazing fun factor, and then my PS3 for its multimedia computer capabilities, why buy a PC media center, when a PS3 does all that. Sadly the PS3 library is soooo small right now, nothing to play for a few more quarters. 360, sure....halo is fine I guess...oh yeah Xbox plays Halo already...Oh and the Wii is tons of fun...gets my vote

the wii gets my vote hands down, fun factor alone and features. its almost the perfect console, Im a huge 360 fan to, the media extender feature is amazing, work SOOO well, even on XP systems. plus it has some of the most anticipated titles of the year.
and the only thing i can say about a ps3 is....DONT BUY IT. waste of money IMHO. plus, all the "good games" that are coming out for the ps3...will be cross platform with the xbox360 and look 10x better. blue ray is slowly dieing, an interview with the CEO of sony in EGM mag even stated that. i could go on about it but i get pissed off thinking about all the crap sony is doing.

Wii FTW!!!

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blarg wrote:

and the only thing i can say about a ps3 is....DONT BUY IT. waste of money IMHO. plus, all the "good games" that are coming out for the ps3...will be cross platform with the xbox360 and look 10x better. blue ray is slowly dieing, an interview with the CEO of sony in EGM mag even stated that. i could go on about it but i get pissed off thinking about all the crap sony is doing.

Yeah, the PS3 launch library is very weak. The reports I've seen are that you'll be seeing several good titles in March (matching the European PS3 launch/worldwide PS3 availability).

Could you point to this EGM interview? Everything I've seen says that HD-DVD is in serious trouble. Looks like it may end up being worth digging a grave for HD-DVD before the end of March. At which point BluRay should win the format war.

right now the best console is the 360 because it has the most games available, reasonably priced, and great graphics. the other two systems just havent been out long enough to be comparable to the 360. wait a few more months and then it will be easier to tell whether the wii or ps3 will catch up to the 360.

with both the PS3 and a 360 on my shelf, I would say the 360 is better gaming right now.

But the integrated Wifi of the bigger PS3, along with HDMI 1080P movies, I can accept it needs to grow some gaming titles.

As a Blu-Ray player alone, the value is great...and IMO, Sony has a long history of releasing features over time.

I can see it getting more media capacity, and more functionality as time goes on.

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wii is definately top on my list right now. I haven't had much reason to do xbox 360, I'm not a big windows fan + the games I play are centered around different consoles.

There is only one reason why I bought a ps2 and the is because of square enix

otherwise I am not a fan of sony. I used to though

too many bad things have happened through sony in the last five years or so.

A. battery recall from dell and apple because of sony batteries
B. sony initiated the rootkit (malware)
C. ps3 is an expensive console because of parts that were going to be top of the line, but ended up being not so top of the line by release time (gpu for example)
there are more reasons why

Xbox 360 hands down. XBL Arcade, titles like R6: Vegas, GoW, and H3 make this console the best of the best for sure. The PS3 and Wii both have their strong suites, but the Xbox hit the nail on the head. I cant believe that poll, you guys have obviously never tried Rainbow Six multiplayer, or Gears of War co-op.

I cannot comment since Wii is the only one I don't have yet and I hear it rawks.

DarthBeavis wrote:

I cannot comment since Wii is the only one I don't have yet and I hear it rawks.

oh.. it rawkz my worldz. Smile

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blarg wrote:

DONT BUY IT. waste of money IMHO. plus, all the "good games" that are coming out for the ps3...will be cross platform with the xbox360 and look 10x better. blue ray is slowly dieing, an interview with the CEO of sony in EGM mag even stated that.

/2 WTB Links!!

I have been keeping my eyes on the HDDVD/BluRay shennanigans and i can confidently say that neither format is "winning" or "dieing" right now.

As for looking 10x better on the Xbox360 I doubt that as well. The original 360 games looked no better then the original box's did. The console is matured by one year on the PS3, and in one year the Sony's Cell is going to be getting tapped into for some amazing things. I have no theories as to the PS3 looking better then the 360, but it will definatly at least be on par with it.

I've only purchased a Wii. The xBox 360 was not a true HD console (and it wont be until the elite version comes out with an actual DIGITAL signal output, GG buying another 360 already!) and i refused it's purchase knowing that it would eventually be replaced by some version 2.0.

PS3 is still new and it's library is still very premature. However a lot of games it has are still exclusive with nothing more then rumors stating that they might be cross-platform at some point.

Wii is an amazing console. My only gripe is that out of all the games, the free one has the most replay value, followed closley by Wii-Play. I am desperate for a FPS or more-serious game to come out.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/.....g-special/
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007.....announced/

READ THE COMPARISON CHARTS: (Old article btw)
http://www.engadget.com/2005/0.....-division/

Bluray's literaly got twice the storage, and i've recently heard of both formats planning a 3-layer disc. So bluray could literally contain 75gb +/- per SIDE. You guys will really want the storage when 4kp comes out and becomes the default format almost instantly due to the insanely affordable tech behind it.
http://www.theinquirer.net/def.....icle=34288
http://www.theinquirer.net/def.....icle=34346

Especially since Laser DLP will come in 4k flavor about the same time the format lands.
http://www.mitsubishielectric......20HDTV.htm

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[LG]Zlog wrote:

blarg wrote:

DONT BUY IT. waste of money IMHO. plus, all the "good games" that are coming out for the ps3...will be cross platform with the xbox360 and look 10x better. blue ray is slowly dieing, an interview with the CEO of sony in EGM mag even stated that.

/2 WTB Links!!

I have been keeping my eyes on the HDDVD/BluRay shennanigans and i can confidently say that neither format is "winning" or "dieing" right now.

As for looking 10x better on the Xbox360 I doubt that as well. The original 360 games looked no better then the original box's did. The console is matured by one year on the PS3, and in one year the Sony's Cell is going to be getting tapped into for some amazing things. I have no theories as to the PS3 looking better then the 360, but it will definatly at least be on par with it.

I've only purchased a Wii. The xBox 360 was not a true HD console (and it wont be until the elite version comes out with an actual DIGITAL signal output, GG buying another 360 already!) and i refused it's purchase knowing that it would eventually be replaced by some version 2.0.

PS3 is still new and it's library is still very premature. However a lot of games it has are still exclusive with nothing more then rumors stating that they might be cross-platform at some point.

Wii is an amazing console. My only gripe is that out of all the games, the free one has the most replay value, followed closley by Wii-Play. I am desperate for a FPS or more-serious game to come out.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/.....g-special/
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007.....announced/

READ THE COMPARISON CHARTS: (Old article btw)
http://www.engadget.com/2005/0.....-division/

Bluray's literaly got twice the storage, and i've recently heard of both formats planning a 3-layer disc. So bluray could literally contain 75gb +/- per SIDE. You guys will really want the storage when 4kp comes out and becomes the default format almost instantly due to the insanely affordable tech behind it.
http://www.theinquirer.net/def.....icle=34288
http://www.theinquirer.net/def.....icle=34346

Especially since Laser DLP will come in 4k flavor about the same time the format lands.
http://www.mitsubishielectric......20HDTV.htm

I cant believe you just dissed on the Xbox 360 then promoted the PS3. First off, your arguement regarding the games being similar to Xbox v1 titles is completely unfounded. Even launch titles like Perfect Dark: Zero were created for HD and have the graphics to show it (although PD:Z lacked good gameplay Razz

). Plus, 360 games are doing nothing but evolve, prime examples being Gears of War and Rainbow Six: Vegas. Currently, aside from Resistance Fall of Man the PS3 has nothing that comes close to competing with "Xbox Only" games. Next, how is the 360 not truly HD? It supports 1080i and comes with component cables. The new Elite console features an HDMI port and comes with the HDMI cable (along with the standard component-vga combo cable). So really, 360 users have no reason to buy the Elite unless they really want HDMI that badly. In fact, Microsoft announced that the 120gb HDD will be sold as a peripheral, meaning you wont have to buy the Elite just to upgrade your 20gb.

I have a PS3 and have friends with the Wii's and the 360.... 360 is nice for its games because it has a ton.. but most games are going to be ported to the PS3 so i am not worried other then Halo3 but after playing Halo2 i don't think i will miss it.

The Wii other then its cool swinging around and looking like a fool (which it totally fun!!!) the graphics are not even close to the 360 or PS3.

But i think the PS3 will pull off better graphics once its system is totally tapped along with the HD upgrades and that any one can do at any time. Also its 3 consoles in one and has a ton of games that you can play because of that.

Lmao, some people voted PS3.

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Redotonur4head wrote:

I cant believe you just dissed on the Xbox 360 then promoted the PS3. First off, your arguement regarding the games being similar to Xbox v1 titles is completely unfounded. Even launch titles like Perfect Dark: Zero were created for HD and have the graphics to show it (although PD:Z lacked good gameplay Razz

). Plus, 360 games are doing nothing but evolve, prime examples being Gears of War and Rainbow Six: Vegas. Currently, aside from Resistance Fall of Man the PS3 has nothing that comes close to competing with "Xbox Only" games. Next, how is the 360 not truly HD? It supports 1080i and comes with component cables. The new Elite console features an HDMI port and comes with the HDMI cable (along with the standard component-vga combo cable). So really, 360 users have no reason to buy the Elite unless they really want HDMI that badly. In fact, Microsoft announced that the 120gb HDD will be sold as a peripheral, meaning you wont have to buy the Elite just to upgrade your 20gb.

I didn't dis the 360 in any way. I stated facts about the console's lack of a digital output and that it was not a high def signal in most people's opinion. That WILL change with the elite version.

You've done nothing but inadvertantly agree with the points i made. The games that were releasing for xbox1 just prior to the 360 launch looked amazing. Halo 2 for example. the xbox console had "evolved" quite a bit and games were very similar in quality as to a good majority of the launch titles for 360. And like you said, the 360 games have gotten a lot better. This happens with every console as they mature and developers learn tricks on milking more "wow factor" out of the system.

The same is going to happen for the PS3. The PS3-native launch titles look on par if not better to the 360 launch titles.

As for True HD, I will never consider an anologue signal HD. It's a facade put on by manufactures to sell non-digital products. ANY HD image starts out digital. Then it gets compressed and downscaled into a anologue signal to fit through component or VGA. Any analogue cable introduces the possibility of noise and interference. The anologue signal is then received, upscaled, and uncompressed and converted (along with any noise and interference it may have picked up) back into a digital image again to be shown in 1080i. It still looks better then 480i, and thats how they can say its "HD" but in a sense they are selling you "Higher Def" but not "High Def".

Why else do you think they are releasing a version that has HDMI when initialy they said they would never have an HDMI 360?

All the console choices out right now are great choices. One might be better for you then for another person. But don't blind yourself to the marketing strategies being used. Razz

EDIT: Oh and speaking for Gears of War: http://www.theinquirer.net/def.....icle=38823
No more free levels for this game or any game on the 360 it would seem.

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TS28 wrote:

Lmao, some people voted PS3.

I bet years ago you would have LMAO'd at the PS2 like most people did Razz

It's still around Razz

I find it funny that people use the excuse of 360 being out for a year as an excuse as to why cross platform games look better than on PS3. Back when XBox came out people said that it looked better than PS2 because it came out a year later so had better technology.

I just wish that there was a reason for me to get a PS3. I want Blu-Ray as I hate my limited selection for HD DVD's....but outside of that there is only Resistance. Hard to justify $600 on that. I do hold some hope that the price might drop sooner than Sony was planning since Samsung is releasing a stand alone BR player for $499 in the next month or so. This means PS3 is no longer the cheapest BR option so they will most likely see a big sales drop off if they have to depend on the gaming aspect to sell the system....

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Its just matured technology in the case of 360 being out for a year. Its given the Developers time to get familiar with the system.

I would say in a year's time the PS3 will look a lot better, but that isn't to say that the 360 wont have still further matured. I think the two will break even in the long run on graphical quality.

As for the bluray argument, I feel ya. Bluray movies are catching on a bit quicker in the last months but the player prices are horrific. Sony has semi-confirmed a migration to 65nm this year and potentially 45nm towards the end of this year/start of next year which would cut prices big time.

Heres to hoping. I dont want any consoles to die, i love the diversity we get.

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At a couple small lans I have been to my PS3 and a buddies Xbox360 look the same with games like Fight Night and Madden we could not see a difference that stood out at 480 or 720.