Xbox 360 VS PS3

[Solidus]

windows is not the best os but its a helluva lot better than linux imo, the only thing i like about linux is its stability, rest of the time most of the distro's looks like the gui's come from the windows 3.1 era !

LOL! I dunno what Linux you been looking at but some of the gnome and KDE themes beats the hell out of windows themes, standard Ubuntu gnome themes look a hell of a lot better than XP standard I won't even mention Vista cause it just an unnecessary OS . I've found an alternative for all my Windows software except Photoshop GIMP is great but it aint Photoshop.

I digress, on topic!
I'm thinking of playing Halo 2 with My DS3 then taking a pic and edit a bit for some lekker PS3 fanboi action Mwahahahahahaha!

Yoh I'm kak bored today, now I think up the strangest things

 

[SpoOkie]

2 weeks... sigh that's a while

Yeah well... Understand now why i'm saying microsoft sucks balls?

 

[Dohc-WP]

2 weeks... sigh that's a while

Yeah well... Understand now why i'm saying microsoft sucks balls?

Blame the Knobs at Customs for the waiting period

 

[Oculate]

Windows is kaka!
I only use it for the odd game here and there but further than that I don't use it.
Me has becomes a Linux man due to Server Admin here at work.

I smell a windows vs linux fanboi war starting

I prefer windows to linux on most instances...but there have been a few occasions that linux has performed better (Print server for example)

 

[Solidus]

I smell a windows vs linux fanboi war starting

I prefer windows to linux on most instances...but there have been a few occasions that linux has performed better (Print server for example)

LOL thats why I nipped it in the bud there, it might just turn ugly lol!
I had no problems with Windows really just when I started using linux I felt there was no need for me to use it anymore. Once again its all about personal preference

 

[Oculate]

LOL thats why I nipped it in the bud there, it might just turn ugly lol!
I had no problems with Windows really just when I started using linux I felt there was no need for me to use it anymore. Once again its all about personal preference

Very true

I do ocassionally play games and lan with friends on my pc...so having Windows makes life easier (so to speak)

 

[The Joker]

Good Lord..Did all the Fanboi's die and go to hell??
Where are you guys?

 

[Dohc-WP]

Good Lord..Did all the Fanboi's die and go to hell??
Where are you guys?

they're on the console section of mybb

 

[sycogrim]

PS3 FTW
/fanboi runs away

 

[Oculate]

PS3 FTW
/fanboi runs away

/catches fanboi

/drop kicks him out the window.

Looking at how badly Sony is currently doing, I wonder how much more financial loss they can take over the PS3 - Lets hope the PS3 Slim (if it ever comes out) will keep Sony above water level

 

[sycogrim]

/catches fanboi

/drop kicks him out the window.

Looking at how badly Sony is currently doing, I wonder how much more financial loss they can take over the PS3 - Lets hope the PS3 Slim (if it ever comes out) will keep Sony above water level

i still reckon they wont drop the price for the PS3 even if the slim line comes out.... which makes me a little dissapointed in sony as they dont take into consideration on whats going on Financially in todays world

 

[ernstn]

After being a firm Xbox supporter, i am now changing to supporting the PS3.

Apart from the fact that i can buy in rands from the playstation store and not like Xbox live, where i even have to fake an address because of the fact that MS$ sell in a countrey without supporting it like other countries in the world, there are numerous reasons:

a) My boy insists the graphics are better
b)I can use other supplier's peripherals without being tied into expensive locked in equipment. The Xbox hard drive and wireless are prime examples. To upgrade my 20gb hard drive on Xbox would cost me over a R1000 for a 120gbyte drive where Tetrabyte drives cost less.
c) Because of the drive restrictions and slow internet in RSA, I now get all my demos on the PS3.
d) I can backi up my PS3 to a normal USB drive without having to purchase more Xbox specific gear.
e) Internet access using the PS3 is excellent.
f) I do not have to return an RROD Xbox every year, the PS3 is still the original one@!

 

[Oculate]

Yet your avatar is from Xbox Live?

What type of fanboi are you

 

[Shred]

Some have been killed over this argument

 

[Solidus]

Yet your avatar is from Xbox Live?

What type of fanboi are you

The new breed PS360 Mwahahahahahahaha!

 

[Toxin]

W00t!!!!! Fanbois attack!!!!!!

After being a firm Xbox supporter, i am now changing to supporting the PS3.

Apart from the fact that i can buy in rands from the playstation store and not like Xbox live, where i even have to fake an address because of the fact that MS$ sell in a countrey without supporting it like other countries in the world, there are numerous reasons:

This is a fair point. It would be better if Live were supported in SA. But I don't make use of it at the moment so it doesn't bother me too much.

a) My boy insists the graphics are better

No it isn't. In the beginning the Xbox was better due to Developers needing to get used to developing for the PS3. These days they exactly the same. Or at least I can't tell the difference. Ask your boy to provide proof of his claims.

b)I can use other supplier's peripherals without being tied into expensive locked in equipment.

What other supplier peripherals can you use on the PS3?

The Xbox hard drive and wireless are prime examples. To upgrade my 20gb hard drive on Xbox would cost me over a R1000 for a 120gbyte drive where Tetrabyte drives cost less.

Well gosh darnit, I didn't know that $ony makes it so easy to upgrade their hard drives………… oh wait, they don’t. They don't even supply you with upgrade possiblities like Micro$oft does. You're stuck with 40GB or 80GB. You can always upgrade your PS3 yourself by taking it apart, voiding your warrenty In the process, and installing a bigger drive. But then you can do the same for the Xbox.

Also both consoles use 2.5 inch drives (the ones that go into laptops) not 3.5 inch drives (normal sized PC ones). Thus they are more expensive. A 500GB 2.5 costs about the same as a 1TB 3.5……. just FYI.

Wireless would be a nice to have built into my Xbox, but then I bought mine cause it was within my price range. A couple of months later I managed to pick up the official wireless dongle for the Xbox at half price. So in the end it didn't matter for me.

c) Because of the drive restrictions and slow internet in RSA, I now get all my demos on the PS3.

What's the biggest drive you get with the PS3? 80GB? What's availible to Xbox users? 120GB. Yip……. drive restrictions are quite apparent.

As for slow internet….. it's slow whether you have a PS3 or an Xbox. But then Xbox has the edge since all games are hosted by other players online and not on servers based in Europe……. actually have they put PS3 servers in SA yet? If they have then the PS3 would be slightly better since you don't need a player with a 4Mb line to host a game.

d) I can backi up my PS3 to a normal USB drive without having to purchase more Xbox specific gear.

Can't the Xbox do the same? I'm honestly asking here cause I would think so…..

e) Internet access using the PS3 is excellent.

What are you talking about specifically when you say internet access?

f) I do not have to return an RROD Xbox every year, the PS3 is still the original one@!

My first Xbox is a Jasper so I don't/won't have to worry about. But FYI have you ever heard of YLOD (yellow light of death) on the PS3? You chances of seeing it are extremely slim, but the chance is still there. Maestro on the MyBB forums has three PS3s with YLOD needing to be fixed. Also has a couple of PS3s waiting for BluRay lasers that are broken….. he has to import them tho……. takes a while



BTW, thanks I needed a good fanboi scuffle to get the day done.

 

[Solidus]

W00t!!!!! Fanbois attack!!!!!!



This is a fair point. It would be better if Live were supported in SA. But I don't make use of it at the moment so it doesn't bother me too much.



No it isn't. In the beginning the Xbox was better due to Developers needing to get used to developing for the PS3. These days they exactly the same. Or at least I can't tell the difference. Ask your boy to provide proof of his claims.



What other supplier peripherals can you use on the PS3?



Well gosh darnit, I didn't know that $ony makes it so easy to upgrade their hard drives………… oh wait, they don’t. They don't even supply you with upgrade possiblities like Micro$oft does. You're stuck with 40GB or 80GB. You can always upgrade your PS3 yourself by taking it apart, voiding your warrenty In the process, and installing a bigger drive. But then you can do the same for the Xbox.

Also both consoles use 2.5 inch drives (the ones that go into laptops) not 3.5 inch drives (normal sized PC ones). Thus they are more expensive. A 500GB 2.5 costs about the same as a 1TB 3.5……. just FYI.

Wireless would be a nice to have built into my Xbox, but then I bought mine cause it was within my price range. A couple of months later I managed to pick up the official wireless dongle for the Xbox at half price. So in the end it didn't matter for me.



What's the biggest drive you get with the PS3? 80GB? What's availible to Xbox users? 120GB. Yip……. drive restrictions are quite apparent.

As for slow internet….. it's slow whether you have a PS3 or an Xbox. But then Xbox has the edge since all games are hosted by other players online and not on servers based in Europe……. actually have they put PS3 servers in SA yet? If they have then the PS3 would be slightly better since you don't need a player with a 4Mb line to host a game.



Can't the Xbox do the same? I'm honestly asking here cause I would think so…..



What are you talking about specifically when you say internet access?



My first Xbox is a Jasper so I don't/won't have to worry about. But FYI have you ever heard of YLOD (yellow light of death) on the PS3? You chances of seeing it are extremely slim, but the chance is still there. Maestro on the MyBB forums has three PS3s with YLOD needing to be fixed. Also has a couple of PS3s waiting for BluRay lasers that are broken….. he has to import them tho……. takes a while



BTW, thanks I needed a good fanboi scuffle to get the day done.

If you gonna be a fanboi then do it properly
Changing your PS3 HDD doesn't void your warranty and its even in the manual. So get your facts straight before you start the bashing.
As for the whole internet thing, I've played Resistance 1 and 2 online as well as KZ2 and the lag was barely noticeable compared to COD4 which is P2P like on the 360.
Oh and about YLOD, mostly affects launch models and early 40GB models, we all know nothing is built to last but RROD numbers are just disgusting

 

[sycogrim]

W00t!!!!! Fanbois attack!!!!!!



This is a fair point. It would be better if Live were supported in SA. But I don't make use of it at the moment so it doesn't bother me too much.



No it isn't. In the beginning the Xbox was better due to Developers needing to get used to developing for the PS3. These days they exactly the same. Or at least I can't tell the difference. Ask your boy to provide proof of his claims.



What other supplier peripherals can you use on the PS3?



Well gosh darnit, I didn't know that $ony makes it so easy to upgrade their hard drives………… oh wait, they don’t. They don't even supply you with upgrade possiblities like Micro$oft does. You're stuck with 40GB or 80GB. You can always upgrade your PS3 yourself by taking it apart, voiding your warrenty In the process, and installing a bigger drive. But then you can do the same for the Xbox.

Also both consoles use 2.5 inch drives (the ones that go into laptops) not 3.5 inch drives (normal sized PC ones). Thus they are more expensive. A 500GB 2.5 costs about the same as a 1TB 3.5……. just FYI.

Wireless would be a nice to have built into my Xbox, but then I bought mine cause it was within my price range. A couple of months later I managed to pick up the official wireless dongle for the Xbox at half price. So in the end it didn't matter for me.



What's the biggest drive you get with the PS3? 80GB? What's availible to Xbox users? 120GB. Yip……. drive restrictions are quite apparent.

As for slow internet….. it's slow whether you have a PS3 or an Xbox. But then Xbox has the edge since all games are hosted by other players online and not on servers based in Europe……. actually have they put PS3 servers in SA yet? If they have then the PS3 would be slightly better since you don't need a player with a 4Mb line to host a game.



Can't the Xbox do the same? I'm honestly asking here cause I would think so…..



What are you talking about specifically when you say internet access?



My first Xbox is a Jasper so I don't/won't have to worry about. But FYI have you ever heard of YLOD (yellow light of death) on the PS3? You chances of seeing it are extremely slim, but the chance is still there. Maestro on the MyBB forums has three PS3s with YLOD needing to be fixed. Also has a couple of PS3s waiting for BluRay lasers that are broken….. he has to import them tho……. takes a while



BTW, thanks I needed a good fanboi scuffle to get the day done.

WOW Go Toxin I think you just covered almost every aspect of what this Thread has been trying to in the past 5 months with everyone arguing over which is better.... If I knew more about the Xbox.... then i dont think I could have said that reply any better nice one dude

Oh and seeing as you know alot more than some of us not pointing at myself lol.... i wanted to know ok so you say the hard drives are 2.5" the same size as the ones you find in your laptops.... would u in ur own defence suggest going out and buying a nice fat sized hard drive just for the lets say the PS3 even after the warranty has expired or would u say that getting a new console entirely is the best option????

 

[Toxin]

If you gonna be a fanboi then do it properly
Changing your PS3 HDD doesn't void your warranty and its even in the manual. So get your facts straight before you start the bashing.

Well a person would actually have to have a PS3 to know this. And all the sites I went to, to "research" drive replacement didn't state this. So I blame my own ignorance. Point conseded.

BTW, since your knowledge over consoles pwns my 2 month knowledge I've gained since I bought my Xbox......... what Micro$oft's take on HDD replacement?

As for the whole internet thing, I've played Resistance 1 and 2 online as well as KZ2 and the lag was barely noticeable compared to COD4 which is P2P like on the 360.

How barely noticable? Also are the servers locally based yet? Cause iirc what I said was:

actually have they put PS3 servers in SA yet? If they have then the PS3 would be slightly better since you don't need a player with a 4Mb line to host a game.

I have never played with any console online as of yet. But in my experiance from playing PC online is local servers > int servers. Unless console games are coded better for online play, playing on an int server will be worse off lag wise. So if they have placed some local servers then online gaming with the PS3 would be much better and easier.

Oh and about YLOD, mostly affects launch models and early 40GB models, we all know nothing is built to last but RROD numbers are just disgusting

The way ernstn was talking you'd think that the PS3 was indestructable. Of course the numbers are disgusting. Didn't say they they weren't. Hell, those numbers were the reason I didn't buy an Xbox till two months ago.

RROD won't be a problem for me.

Oh and seeing as you know alot more than some of us not pointing at myself lol.... i wanted to know ok so you say the hard drives are 2.5" the same size as the ones you find in your laptops.... would u in ur own defence suggest going out and buying a nice fat sized hard drive just for the lets say the PS3 even after the warranty has expired or would u say that getting a new console entirely is the best option????

Totally get a new HDD. Hell for the price of a new PS3 you could buy 10 new 500GB 2.5 inch drives.

I actually read the PS3 manual now, and it's piss easy to upgrade your PS3.

 

[sycogrim]

Well a person would actually have to have a PS3 to know this. And all the sites I went to, to "research" drive replacement didn't state this. So I blame my own ignorance. Point conseded.

BTW, since your knowledge over consoles pwns my 2 month knowledge I've gained since I bought my Xbox......... what Micro$oft's take on HDD replacement?



How barely noticable? Also are the servers locally based yet? Cause iirc what I said was:



I have never played with any console online as of yet. But in my experiance from playing PC online is local servers > int servers. Unless console games are coded better for online play, playing on an int server will be worse off lag wise. So if they have placed some local servers then online gaming with the PS3 would be much better and easier.



The way ernstn was talking you'd think that the PS3 was indestructable. Of course the numbers are disgusting. Didn't say they they weren't. Hell, those numbers were the reason I didn't buy an Xbox till two months ago.

RROD won't be a problem for me.


Totally get a new HDD. Hell for the price of a new PS3 you could buy 10 new 500GB 2.5 inch drives.

I actually read the PS3 manual now, and it's piss easy to upgrade your PS3.

Oh ok i see because if i stand corrected i still have another 1yr or so warranty on my PS3 so i wouldnt wanna fsck it up should i replace the HDD and then PS turn around and say no they refuse to fix it becoz of me changing hardware etc....