Will Xbox 360 owners buy a PS3 Slim this holiday season?

Mike Ferro writes: With the recent announcement by Sony of the new PS3 Slim for the low price of $299, many consumers have started pre-ordering the device. The new PS3 Slim has been sitting at the number one spot on Amazon for ten days straight despite the fact it hasn't even been released yet. Could many of those buyers be existing Xbox 360 owners?

[Christopher_Walken]

It really depends if they are fanboys or not.

[xabmol]

It depends on whether or not they got an extra pair of googly eyes lying around for the PS3. Cuz you gotta look you console in the eye.

Right C-Dub?

[Chris399]

I find that you can fill the gaps in release schedules quite nicely by switching from one machine to the other. For example, I play mostly JRPGs; come the fall with the release of Demon's Souls and Magna Carta 2, I'll be swapping back and forth between systems. After that, the PS3 exclusives will be taking over my gaming hours for the foreseeable future - Uncharted, Ratchet, MAG, White Knight Chronicles, the NIS JRPGs out in the spring - but I will probably purchase the odd multi or two for the 360 - Darksiders, Edge of Twilight.

Do I prefer one console over the other? Certainly; we all have a 'preference'. The PS3 (slim) just feels like a better built, more (free) feature-packed console. It has a slot loading drive (as opposed to a rattling-tray), an elegant AD FREE interface, and just feels sexier. Do I shun the 360 because of that? Of course not. I'm a gamer, and I want to play games.

It's all about choice. And why not have as many choices and options as possible?

[Christopher_Walken]

This guy knows what he's talkin' about.

[FlipMode]

The new price and the games are too temping to pass up for most of them.

[Carlton Banks]

If they prefer to continue to get F'ed by M$ they won't buy one.

[Peter North]

I completely agree.

[Peter North]

Of course they will.

[morganfell]

But only if mom and dad think they have been good. Part of me dreads all these kids getting onto PSN and ruining it like Live.

Four more days...

[corywebb93]

I already have blue ray player

[FlipMode]

Get Out.

[green]

I prefer the look of the old one, so thats what i will go for this holiday.

EDIT @ Below: It also depends on money and if i will have the time to play games a lot between now and May 2010 because i am in my final year in university so i got to be really serious.And i kind of prefer the media hub look of the old PS3.

[swiftshot93]

Hmmm, well the slim might be bundled, so keep that into consideration.
Edit: Well the amount of awesome games coming for PS3 and 360 in that time might be too much for anyone to handle lol

[Peter North]

They only have Master Queef Adventures 2 and Snorza 3, so they'll be asking their moms to buy the system that Only Does Everything™

[The_Beast]

No, i dont want a bunch of retards like soda and mart on ps3

[corywebb93]

Owners should ask santa claus for this this holiday season it will be perfect for them http://home.planet.nl/~muij...

[morganfell]

And you would know having sat on that how many times?

Four more days...

[corywebb93]

Morganfell am not gay like ps3 owners

Thats why is call the gaystation ps exclusive
This will be perfect for you guys you can play with it and have orgy parties and take turns siting on it it will be fun for you ps3 owners

Hey morgan can i ask you a question iff you get that will you suck on it?

[coolboy221]

We all know how much you like d!cking around with your xbox.

[Mr Bean Laden]

it'd be the smart thing to do

comment posted from PS3 browser

[Peter North]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/be...

The truth.

[Tinted Eyes]

hahahahah! the xbox actually dropped in sales. LOL

[morganfell]

The 360 peaked at 11 yesterday. Every model is now beginning to slide back down the charts.

It will break 10 when they start paying people to take it home or give them a free PS3.

Four more days...

[corywebb93]

Even play the ps3 or accept one even if i was shot in the head pointblank with a gun 5 times

[Tony-A]

That's probably because you'd be dead... you can't play anything after getting shot in the head 5 times, cory.

[wxer]

actually yes
i know a lot of xbox owners that want to buy a PS3
i mean real talk
like 4 or 5 of them
they all got the RROD latest 1 time

when we get together in my place we play games like killzone2 and motorstom
and they loved it

they were waiting for the price drop
and they are going to buy one soon
on of them already did last night

[SpoonyRedMage]

Well I for one won't be. There are a few games I wouldn't mind playing but not enough for me to buy another console. It's hard enough keeping up with just DS releases, nevermind supporting the DS, Wii and 360.

[xabmol]

I really want a DS, but with all the PS3, PC, PSN, and PSP games comin out... I barely got enough money left over for bills and top ramen.

I really want to play Scribblenauts, Professor Layton, and a number of other DS games. I just cant afford it. :/ Hurry up Obama!! xP

[HDgamer]

Xbox 360 gamers will, the fanboys can barely afford games or live.

[LukaX23]

I don't know, maybe if you actually wait until the Holidays, you would know.

[Tony-A]

I know alot of Xbox players who are getting it, too. I just hope they don't think they can "pwn" us old PSN gamers, cuz we've been playing on there for a while!

Prepare to get your asses kicked, newcomers! haha, oh, and welcome =)

[imaballa]

It seems like the 360 is slowly dying out. Less games coming out and less support. It seems like Sony is on a roll and back to its glory days if they keep this up.

[imaballa]

360 is now almost 4 years old, time to move onto the PS3 where the ceiling still hasn't been reached.

[StrboyM]

if your a gamer...not a xbot or ps3 fanboy all your concerns have been answered...If you are getting a christmas gift or have the cash to get one you should!!

you will be getting the ps3 a blu ray player, psn games ect

GT5
heavy rain
GOW3
Uncharted 2
the last guardian
ect ect to add to your xbox gaming colection

GAMERS only please respond!!