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Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3: What's the real difference?

"This article will compare the systems based on how people use them.

The Xbox 360's largest asset is that of Xbox LIVE. Sony will be responding to LIVE with Playstation Home and XMB updates to create a similar experience, but don't think it will be as good as LIVE until they get a year and a half to two years of experience with real gamers. Xbox LIVE has a five year head start and feedback from the community it is built on. Both consoles are great and have their own strengths; the Xbox 360 is great for multiplayer gaming while the PS3 has good media capabilities and personalization. Enjoy owning both systems for what each offers" writes 2old2play.com

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Spike475845d ago

The difference:

MGS4
variety: LBP, FF13, R2
Free Online
RROD
Prepared for the future

crunchie1015845d ago

Spike, did you even read the article? It was comparing the hardware and online service, not the games

CrazzyMan5845d ago

Maybe not all of them are playstation fans, but really, why do you care about difference?
PS3 will dominate, when games like MGS4, GT5, FFXIII, KZ2, LBP and etc will come.
PS3 will have BEST games available, REALLY best, just think, GoW3, 2 Team Ico games, Heavy Rain, 8days, Infamous, Wardevil, Uncharted 2, HS2, Tekken6, Getaway 3 + some incredible announced games.
PS3 will own this generation.

Do average customers really care? x360 LOSING in sales on EVERY region! x360 is down, nothing will help to it.
And again 125 millions. Just think. Why forums has most playstation fans people? Because there are much, MUCH more playstation fans all over the world. =)

meyers5844d ago

"x360 LOSING in sales on EVERY region!"

Vgchartz is just going to have to start 'tracking' an Other/Other/OTHER console region with surprisingly' large 360 sales in addition to Europe/Other and Other/Other...

zethos565844d ago

I didn't know the PS3 got RROD.

godofthunder105844d ago

i have to disagree with you.first i agree that the ps3 will win this war but want run away with it.sony hold on the video game market is falling.the 360 has a bigger share then they had before and it is still increasing and nintendos' has a bigger share of the market then they had before so the ps is loosing shares not gaining so in the long run it's bad for sony.
i'll will also admit that the ps2 sold 125 million units but 125 million people doesn't have one like you claimed.you must have forgot that when the ps2 first came out it had a high defect rate,it wasn't in the 30 range like the 360 but it was around 27%.it had a defected hard drive in the first ps2 and sometimes you could have a new ps2 and put a new game in it and it would read can't read disc.sony denied it at first but later said that it had a bad drive and they were working on it but not till a class action suit was being filed on them.i know that they have a lot of people owning the ps2 but don't forget that the people that had to buy a new one after the first one they had went out because of the defected drive(sony didn't give it's customers more warrinty because of it as a mater of fact sony didn't do anything for us)hell i had to buy five of then in less then 2 years and i know some people that had the same problem,i also know some people that have one in each of their kids room.so to say that 125 million people have one just because they sold that many isn't true.i bet that they have arond 60 to 70 million people that bought the ps2 because i'm giveing 2 as as average to each customer that had to buy more then 1 and to the people that wanted to buy more then one.
i like to get one thing straight here.i said this before and a few people said that i was lieing and the ps2 never had a problem and they never had to buy a new one.well i'm glad for them but it's a fact,sony did have problems with the ps2 when it first came out.when i said that around 27% of ps2 owners had to buy 1 or more because it went out on them is the truth.i don't mean that every one had a problem with the ps2 only around 27 out of a 100,just like the 360,not every one had a problem with the 360 only around 33 out of a 100 did,hell i never had 1 problem with mine yet and i had it since launce.hell i'll even admit that the ps3 is the most dependable console ever made,the few people that had a problem with them is to few to even mention.
you also claimed that the ps3 have beter games then the 360,well i'll agree to a certain point,both systems have games on them that damn good not just the ps3.hell in the first 24 or 48HRs gta4 sold for 500 million and that's for 2 systems and it sold more on the 360 then the ps3 and the second best game of all time in the first 24 or 48hrs was halo3,it made 300 million and it was only on one system and that is the 360.
i've read a lot of article from people saying that the 360 is the greatest or the ps3 is the greatest and they are both wrong.they both have things good and bad on them,even unbias game developers said that the 360 does somethings better then the ps3 and the ps3 does somethings better then the 360.i'm tired of hearing how the ps3 have the best games on it or the 360 have the best games on it because it isn't true.they both have good games on them and both had some disappointing games on them.the ps3 had that game about the dragons that wasn't worth a sh*t(i forgot the name)and the 360 had pd0 on it that was crap.
if sony doesn't release another ps in 5 or 6 years after the release of the ps3 it might just put a nail in sonys' coffin.don't forget that people like to buy the new electronic products that comes out.in about another 2 to 3 years microsoft will release the new xbox and it will be a lot more powerful then the ps3 and it will sell like crazy because it will be the only new console on the market for a few years and it will only help the xbox to take over a bigger share of the video game market then they have already.this is why i said that sony will release a new ps before 10 years.
some ps3 fans said that even if a new xbox is released in 2 to 3 years ,the ps3 will still be the most powerful system on the market,well that's not true.today their isn't one electronic product that isn't outdated in 2 years and when a new one comes out it sells.i bet that as of right now sony and microsoft both have tecnology that they could make a new video games system that's more powerful then the ps3 and 360.

LJWooly5844d ago

godoftext strikes again...

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Breakfast5845d ago (Edited 5845d ago )

What the PS3 has, that the 360 doesnt: Nasim

What the 360 has, that the PS3 doesnt: PoG

I think the PS3 wins this round...

Fat Bastard5845d ago

The PS3 offers:

Free online gaming
Standard hard drive
Games on a 50GB disk
Blu ray movie viewing
Games that run 1080p native
A sh!t load of crazy @ss exclusives this year
No ridiculous hardware failure
Playstation Home
Built in wireless
Server based online games
Backward compatibility with the enormous PS2 library
Better current multiplat games

The 360 offers:

$50 year online gaming
Online gaming that shuts down at times
P2P online gaming
Plenty of failure (RROD)
About 5 good exclusives, and a sh!t load of horrible games
Plenty of ads on Live
$100 wireless accessory
No high def movie viewing (excluding downloads)
No standard hard drive
Games on a 9GB DVD

alexM5845d ago (Edited 5844d ago )

even after seeing the KZ2 footage u are whiining

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

go hide XBUTTT

It is over for x360 and MS

It is over

BTW PS3 offers 26 + 5 future games at 1080P NATIVE

PS3 offers games at 1080p nATIVE at 60 fps

RR7 runs at 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps

WARDEVIL runs at 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps

NGS runs at 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps

GT5P and GT5 runs at 1080P NATIVE at 60 fps

However nothing on X360 runs at 1080P NATIVE not to even mention 60 f

power of Green 5844d ago (Edited 5844d ago )

You seem ass hurt from a comment I made two days ago. lol.

Are you Harry190 by any chance? you seemed/seem too offended from two days ago you've been bashing me sence. lol

Comparing me to Nasim when you're showing the same class as the person you're comparing me with. You're just an undercover PS3 troll just like Harry190 assuming you're different people judging by how both of you try and hide your PS3 fanboyism, nothing worse than a troll trying to hide his intent, I give Nasim that over your shaddy ass.

DarK-SilV5844d ago

Why would even mention him? I think your ass is hurting you because of harry190

JasonPC360PS3Wii5844d ago (Edited 5844d ago )

He is Harry190 POG, he's a Droid of course he's Harry190 and about 15 other people. What else would you expect from a Droid? Droid = 15 accounts, pretty simple, hell even other gaming sites know this, and talk about what the PS3 fans do, just go to Kotaku, Destructoid, digg, or Joystiq and read the comments.

CyberSentinel5844d ago (Edited 5844d ago )

The XBOX360 is a REAL Gamers System.

The RayStation 3 is a fancy movie player.

That's The difference!

Blind Lemmings, YOUR NOT REAL GAMERS!

Pain5844d ago

PS3 = Next gen hardware
RROD 2 = old crap Hardware

Fact PS3 games get better , 360's look the same.

proof is in the pudding.

Thoas5844d ago

Jump out!! before the ship sinks

JasonPC360PS3Wii5844d ago

If the 360 is a sinking ship, what it the PS3? I mean hell, the 360 is literary above the PS3 in absolutly every category. So I guess the PS3 is the one "underwater".

Stupid

AnSteRiX5844d ago

sony keeps delaying the game titles where xbox always takes the advantage and succeed but ps3 always tries it too much as a result being a flop...:P

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toughNAME5845d ago (Edited 5845d ago )

Both consoles offer the same awesome experience, but at the same time they both have unique advantages...and disadvantages.

I personally prefer the Xbox 360, but I am a gamer and I see it as inevitable that I eventually pick up a PS3. I think the 360 is the better console, but the PS3 is catching up fast and like the author said PSN has no where to go but up.

Am I able to reserve my PSN id? I don't know what to make it...but it has to be tough.

HighDefinition5845d ago

How much thing can change in 1 year is amazing!

Ri0tSquad5845d ago

You can make a PSN ID right NOW.

https://store.playstation.c...

And you should be good from there.

HighDefinition5844d ago

and completely change what you say.

AnSteRiX5844d ago

xbox 360 rules and ps3 gets owned by it
dont u agree??

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HighDefinition5845d ago

DVD9- 7GBs

Bluray- 200GBs

So about 193GBs w/ a FW update.

Look @ Killzone 2, then look at HALO3.

Since no one want to compare it to GeoW2.

Bladestar5844d ago

I can compare Halo 3 since I own the game... but how can I compare a game that does not exists... hell a game yet to be rated... and a game that though no likely can turn to be one of the biggest flop in history since Lair? Seriously Sony hardcore fans are funny... they live in a dream world... you probably actually believe Kill Zone 2 is already out... also.. why compare Kill Zone 2 when is released to a game that came out years before? Why not compare Kill Zone 2 to wherever game comes out around the same time? Hell.. who knows maybe Halo 5....

RonDeMuerte5844d ago

"but how can I compare a game that does not exists"

Killzone 2 doesn't exist??? really??....but it has a name, gameplay videos, promotion, and a release date....

Seriously.......is your brain made out of sh!t??....just wondering...

HighDefinition5844d ago

Thank You.

@Bladestar

How 1 year can change things is really amazing.

poopsack5844d ago

I saw videos of it, I think it pretty much exists

uie4rhig5844d ago

eventhough it does exist.. it does not exist for you, as in you cannot play it yet.. so therefore you cannot compare it!!

projectile5844d ago

The reason its called DVD9 is because it holds 9 gigs. Why do so few people know this?

DarkArcani5844d ago

it starts off 9 gigs, kind of like a HHD then when they do the "formating" process it around 8.6 gigs or something like that.

projectile5843d ago

It holds less, 8.5 gb (in the measurement used for hard drive 1000kbit instead of 1024.)
So in reality it holds 7.95.
The same is used on blu ray disc's:
BD25, "25gb" -> 23.31gb
BD50, "50gb" -> 46.61gb
dvd9, "8.5gb" -> 7.95gb

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Kazuo Hirai5845d ago

As he passed the bus stop,someone asked,"Where did you get that?"

The Pig replied,"I won him in a raffle!"

PLAY BEYOND

Breakfast5845d ago (Edited 5845d ago )

lol...i heard a different version...in my version The Pig replied, "RROD"

JUMP OUT

PSMonster215844d ago

LOL... this is why I love this site!

AnSteRiX5844d ago

the raffle joke is older than my great granny man get real...

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 16h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18220h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie11h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere1h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin7h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere1h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere2h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX23h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno22h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno20h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii7h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno5h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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