As i am preparing my questionnaire on Xbox 360 i have decided to conduct a survey.Please do co-operate with me and give a favourable response. Thank You.
Are the features and cost of Xbox 360 better or PS3?Which one do you support?
Price wise the PS3 is better
(UK prices)
360 prices;
Arcade Console (No HDD)- £199.99
wifi - £54.99
camera - £ 25.99
DVD remote - £17.99
wireless headset - £32.99
controller charger cable - £12.99
rechargable battery pack - £9.99
HD DVD drive (useless now) - £99.99
64mb Memory card - £17.99
12 month online membership - £32.99
separate 120gb HDD - £129.99
PS3 prices;
40gb Console - £299.99
wifi - included
camera - £24.99
DVD remote - £15.99
wireless headset - (any bluetooth headset) from £4.99
controler charger cable - £9.99
Rechargable battery pack - included
Blu Ray DVD drive - included
64mb memory stick - (usb) from £8
12 month online membership - FREE
separate 120gb HDD - £45.79
worked it out that with all the add ons for both consoles to make the stats similar the 360 costs 1.571 times as much as the PS3 and thats only over 1 year, remember you have to keep paying for the online.
(PS3 - £404.75 / 360 - £635.89)
almost everything for the 360 is an additional extra
both have the connect to PC to play music, videos, pics etc
the PS3 has its own web browser so you can watch vids from online too.
The PS3 has only been out for 69 weeks and sold 10,621,212 units worldwide, after the same time the 360 had sold 9,171,356 units worldwide it took the 360;
At week 87 the 360 had sold 10,611,132 units.
At week 88 the 360 had sold 10,680,831 units. Thats nearly 20 weeks longer, proof that the PS3 is more popular than the 360 worldwide and even recently the PS3 has outsold the 360 in USA alone (where apparently everyones a 360 fan). Since December the PS3 has been outselling the 360.
There are some really good games are lined up for PS3 for 08;
MGS4, Haze, Little Big Planet, GT5 to name a few, GTA 4 is also on PS3 and only on 1 disk (on 360 it will be on multiple disks) and the PS3 gets exclusive content too.
Reply:my hubby prefers the ps3 over xbox 360. he said the hd makes it worth while. i must admit the clarity is exceptional. for myself i kinda got hung up on xbox. it is the games that influenced me in my descision.
Reply:The 360 has better games but the PS3 has better bells and whistles, I'm pretty sure everyone can agree on that. With the PS3 you get free wifi, free blue ray, free online gaming with a free browser, and better graphics.
The 360 is cheaper, has a bigger online gaming community, and better games. Also I own a 360 so this will be somewhat biased.
Ultimately it depends on what you use your gaming system for that dictates which one is better or worse. Personally I am not impressed with blue ray (or HD) DVD to the point where I would purchase a gaming system or upgrade my DVD player because of that technology. What games were out, 3rd party support, and price were the 3 major things i thought about and what made my decision to get the 360 clear. Also in the back of my mind was I still have my PS2 and I never owned an Xbox, with backwards compatibility I can now play games like Fable, Jade Empire, and Knights of the Old Republic that I wanted to play before but couldn't.
That, in a nutshell, is my opinion on the 360 and PS3.
Reply:Since there are many different versions of each system, I'll only go with currently available versions:
XBox 360:
- $280, $350, $450
- no hard drive/20GB hard drive/120GB hard drive
- wireless controllers
- DVD-ROM drive
- uses proprietary operating system that connects to XBox Live service
- all XBox 360s have backwards compatibility with most XBox games
PS3:
- $399.99
- 40GB hard drive (at present) (can be upgraded with other 3.5" hard drives)
- Bluetooth-based controllers
- Blu-ray drive
- built-in wi-fi
- uses proprietary operating system that connects to PS Online, but can also install other operating systems if user decides to do so
- current PS3 lacks backwards compatibility with PS2
- firewire port
Both:
- Most major titles (COD4, Oblivion, etc.) are cross-platform
- HDMI port, plays high-def media at 480p, 720p, 1080i/p
- both have USB ports
Which is better?
Cost wise, the XBox 360 is still somewhat more affordable for the 20GB equipped version, but lacks a blu-ray player, which is now the "winner" of the hi-def battle. From a multimedia perspective, the PS3 seems to be the winner. From a gaming perspective, it depends on which games you're most interested in playing. The 360 gives you access to Halo 3 and Bioshock, as well as Gears of War and a fairly interesting set of offerings on XBox Live Arcade. The PS3 gives you access to Uncharted and an impressive "soon-to-be-released" list that includes Gran Turismo 5 and Metal Gear Solid 4, as well as a new Final Fantasy game.
Reply:I choose xbox 360
Reply:A smart buyer should buy for benefits, not features.
Reply:This is my cut and paste answer. The reason for that is because a tech info is a tech info, you can't beat it (sources below). Also this question is so often!!!
PS3 will win the console war, no doubt. Xbox 360 and Wii are so weak from technological point of view, that in couple of years they won't be capable of dealing with serious graphics. GTA IV, for instance, isn't even announced for Wii - this toy won't be able to cope with the game's requirements. Xbox 360 is getting GTA IV, however, the game is going to be released on several DVDs - Xbox 360 owners will have to interrupt gaming process and switch discs (Rockstar complained about this issue). Only PS3 will have it on single BD-DVD.
Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:
1). A third of XBOX 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%. Despite some people say, that new 360 has no breakdown issues - just visit Xbox section of Yahoo answers and see for yourself an amount of complaints.
2). PS3 has 7 kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3.
3). PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 25 (single layer) and dual layer 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual layer DVD-9 (8.5GB). It's possible to get HD-DVD (max. - 30GB) for 360, but it'll cost you around 50$. Besides, HD-DVD had lost the format war with Blu-ray. Toshiba had stopped to manufacture them, Microsoft too.
4). Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
5). PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in 4 slots card reader (except 20GB and 40GB versions), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
6). PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
7). PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $
8). From the first technical sight - graphics are stronger in 360 (it has a stronger graphics chip - Xenos), BUT PS3 can use it's Cell CPU for graphics too, which gives you better graphics in total. PS3 uses a weaker RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. RSX runs on 550 Mhz. It's difficult to compare their graphics, because 360 has a video chip with totally different structure and operating memory is divided differently in both consoles. Xbox isn't that versatile in dividing tasks between CPU and GPU as PS3. That's why PS3 exclusives look better than 360's exclusives.
9). Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 15 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it. That's why in some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".
10). Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.
11). In 2008 PS3 will get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4, The Agent and other great exclusives. Here is the good link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......
12). PS3 online is free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.
13). There were reports, that 360 scratches discs. No reports on that in PS3.
14). The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console. Biggest games weigh only 25 GB (Xbox 360 will need more than 3 discs even for those).
15). On PS3 you can install other OS, such as Linux Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and others. Sony officially lets you do it. There is no such thing in 360.
16). PS3 HDD can be replaced easily with any 2.5" SATA 5400 RPM HDD (used in laptops). 250 GB will cost you around 170$. In 360 you have to buy exclusive HDD, where 20GB will cost you 100$.
17).Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. Also Sony reduces price now. There is a cheaper 40GB version of PS3.
18).Sony constantly upgrades PS3 software (free updates for OS) - you get new functions and improvements.
19). PS3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. Wii has it, Xbox 360 - doesn't. PS3 is getting rumble controller (Dualshock 3) on 15.04.2008, Japan already has it. On www.ebay.com I saw those controllers on sale 50$ and up (unofficial import).
20).On PS3 you can help sick people by running Folding Home project. Wii and Xbox 360 didn't even think about it.
21).New 40GB is 399$ or 399 euro (depends on the region) - it has no backwards compatibility with PS2 games, has 2 USBs instead of 4, no built-in card reader, but it's the same PS3, strong, reliable, less noisy, different cooling system. The price is friendly.
22). But, to be just, I'm not a PS3 fanboy, so (despite I own one) hear this - PS3 games (exclusives) are very hard to develop due to complicated Cell's architecture. We have to wait till developers will figure out how to develop games properly. Sometimes multiplatform games run not so good on PS3 due to the same developing issues - it's hard for developers to get a grip on such advanced technologies.
I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it. Leave it for kindergarten and casual games.
Sources:
www.teamxbox.com
www.kotaku.com
www.qj.net
www.ign.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.newegg.com
www.ps3fanboy.com
www.ebay.com
and many other sources.
Reply:the xbox 360 is the best. have it and love it. It has the best games out. More things you can do with it like hooking up your mp3 players to listen to music. A lot better online Play.
Reply:features on ps3 are better but cost is worse. wait till a cheaper one with less memory is available. i got mine the day it came out and ive got over 34gb out of 55gb remaining. Ps3 has longer lifespan than xbox so in the long term its a better investment anyway. obviously i support ps3
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