Yes, I did want a PS3 and I still do. To say the least I was a big Playstation fanboy. I got an Xbox and I didnt even play it.I gave it to my brothers and let them enjoy Halo. So to say the least, I was less than impressed when the Xbox 360 came out. How blind I was. Enter Gears Of War. This game changed me from being a rabid Playstation Fanboy to a gamer who just really wants to enjoy games. The whole system is leaps and bounds better than the first Xbox. Everything about the 360 screams gaming.
I love the new controllers, although I cant help but think they copied the Playstation controllers a bit too much. That being said Sony did copy the trigger buttons from Xbox. But the transition to the 360 controllers was easy. They feel natural in your hands. The analogue sticks though are miles ahead of the Playstation. When playing shooters they feel much more responsive and are much more accurate.
Graphics are unbelievable. Gears blew me away when I played it, still does today. The textures and colors in the games are unbelievable. Do things appear shiny ?? Yes. So what ?? Does the shiny appearance make things slightly prettier on screen ?? Yes. I like it. It might just be me but I think that the shiny graphics are across the board with almost all games. The clarity on 360 games is awesome. They get a perfect score in the graphics department for me.
Now I do have gripes with the system. It is very noisy. It sounds like a PS2 running a CD game. And that was noisy. D-Pad is just as bad as the first Xbox, which made fighting games terrible. Xbox Live, wonderful. Live Price, not so wonderful. With broadband prices already through the roof in NZ I cant afford to pay an extra NZ$80 per year.
So what made me get a 360 ?? Gears and Price. And to put it into perspective for other people around the world an Arcade Xbox still costs NZ$399, Pro costs NZ$549 and the Playstion 3 costs NZ$799. I still want a PS3, but I wont be trading in my Xbox 360 to get it. Do I regret my purchase ?? No. It is a system to be reckoned with. Microsoft have done a fantastic Job in putting together the 360.
Bit-Tech: Perhaps the biggest surprise was that the tide of console gamers is a cultural phenomenon which does not appear to cross every border. According to NPD's research, while the UK has the highest incidence of console usage out of all the markets analysed Germany boasts the biggest number of PC gamers.
France, meanwhile, is clinging on to dedicated hand-held consoles like the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Portable at a time when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets.
"when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets."
you mean like japan, europe or the US where the 3ds is breaking records?
People are ditching the 3DS so fast in the US, 3ds sales have doubled over ds first year sales and the year isnt even over.
No source, no truth
who approved this garbage?
but 250 million global online PC Gamers say other wise.
Everyone with a Gaming PC can play Wii Games so does that mean the world is a Wii Nation?
I think people just enjoy Games and it really doesn't matter the platform.
Console Nation, PC Universe, iPhone Realm, doesn't matter just enjoy your Games.
Considering most PC Gamers will own 1 or more consoles , declaring the UK as a "console nation" is complete and utter bollox.
owning a console and playing the occasional game once in a blue moon doesnt make you a console gamer. Just like owning a pc and maybe playing some random flash game doesnt make you a pc gamer. Alot of pc gamers bought ps3s, its a blu-ray player and media hub that plays games.
I'm from the UK and game on nearly every platform I can think of.
But yes in general I'm more thumbs than fingers when It comes to my games.
Remember in December of last year when Paul Christoforo became the pariah of the internet? Ocean Marketing was at the center of a scandal that took the internet by storm after Christoforo exchanged rude, angry emails with a customer of Avenge Controllers, for whom Christoforo was providing customer service. I recently had the chance to speak with Paul about the whole ordeal and what his life has been like since.
With the upcoming release of the Star Wars Themed Console, GameExchangeShop.com takes a look at reasons to get excited for the game and looks of the console.
That does look sick and the sound is even more awesome. Too bad the darn Xbox 360 is so expensive still.
When the Wii U drops the xbox prices will take a serious nose dive. Hopefully they still have that particular one floating around retail.
controller is great
live is great
graphics are good
but
I got rrod,e74 twice
360 imo 7.5 out of 10 mainly due to errors,these damn errors just GET ON MY NERVES!!
ps3:
controller is great
graphics are unbelievable(did you see mgs4 or killzone 2)
psn is great
blu-ray ftw
incredible reliability,mine is quit and works everyday like it's new
ps3 10 out of 10
I love both systems
WengYong.
The 360 is a gaming machine that will keep you into gaming.
the PS3 collects dust and makes you try and look for things just to justify it.
The XBL online community is far better than PSN.
MGS4 was only played once. I never played it again (it's basically a movie). Yes the graphics are nice, But it doesnt capture the same feel as playing Gears of War.
I don't disagree with anything in particular in the review, just the fact that you reviewed items that really are arbitrary to each game. I thought that the review was going to be on the new motherboards resistance to the RRoD or something along those lines. I would just change it to something along the lines of "Xbox 360 Life"
you were honest and unbiased about your review, however I think you should buy a Ps3 before comparing the two. I mean it's an xbox360 review not a "Ps3 vs, xbox360" thing.
I didn't realize that Sony copied the 360 with its triggers...was there even an xbox around during the PSO days?