There are few arguments that men will take to the death: Kobe vs. Lebron, Crosby vs. Ovechkin, Jakub vs. Edward (if you like twilight, get out of the CAVE) and lastly Xbox 360 vs. PS3. Men take a couple things very seriously, their careers, their food, and yea you guessed it, their video games. When a man steps into the world of video games it is his way of taking a break from the real world, either to shoot zombies, sack Peyton Manning, or become a God of War. When choosing a between Xbox 360 and PS3 there are a couple major questions every guy has to ask:
- Which system has better graphics?
- Which system has better games?
- Which system has better online game-play?
- Which System serves me better aside from video games
After Owning both systems for around two years, I am going to give you a real guys breakdown, I won’t tell you which one has a better Neronet Processor, but I will tell which one will piss you off the least.
Graphics: I was always under the impression that the graphics were about the same on both systems but a quick look at the two beside each other reveals that Xbox 360 gets the nod here.
Game Library: 360 has a ton of exclusives that are popular and cannot be ignored. Gears of War, Halo, Fable, Forza Motorsport etc. Likewise, PS3 has Killzone, Uncharted, Little Big Planet. As for which console has a better library, it really depends on the person. 360 has a lot of shooters, and sports titles, which is why I can see it being more popular here. PS3 has more Role Playing or story driven titles. There’s a lot more to gaming than the Halos and Battlefields. I personally give PS3 the nod here.
Online: PSN is free, Xbox costs money. Call me cheap, but this matters to me, I’ve already bought the system and I already pay my internet bill; why should I pay to play online? PS3 is not the clear cut winner, everyone who owns a PS3 remembers when the PSN was hacked by a 16 year old. Here I give the nod to PS3
Other Aspects: I sit at 6’1 and when it comes to the controller, I prefer the Xbox 360, its meatier and I don’t feel like my hands are going to eat the controller, which tends to be the case with the PS3. When it comes to watching movies, PS3 is the hands down winner with the built in Blu-Ray player. In terms of overall user friendliness, I also have to give PS3 the nod, its simple and allows for many custom themes.
And the Winner is…. PS3
Even with the superior graphics and game library, after owning both I find myself still on the side of PS3. I know there is going to be debate on this one, so post away in the comments section.
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Although I'm sitting in the PS3 camp myself, 360 has a ton of exclusives that are popular and cannot be ignored. Gears of War, Fable, Forza Motorsport etc. Likewise, PS3 has Killzone, Uncharted, Little Big Planet. As for which console has a better library, it really depends on the person. 360 has a lot of shooters, and sports titles, which is why I can see it being more popular here. PS3 has more Role Playing or story driven titles which is what sells better in the Asian markets. There's a lot more to gaming than the Halos and Battlefields.
Yes the PS3 online is free which is why I prefer it, but you cant deny that the 360 online community is much larger in North America.
While the 360's graphics are a tad better, Its not noticeable enough to make a difference. There are other things you can compare, like the initial costs of the consoles, Kinect vs Move, backwards compatibility (believe it or not some people really care about this).
Anyways enough of me sounding like a nerd. Keep it up. I love the website so far.
From the looks of it seems like you should have written the article Julian. One other point on why I dislike Xbox is the ever so lame "red ring of death."
As I post this reply, I'm turning on my Xbox 360 that is on it's last legs. If it dies today I wouldn't be surprised.
Your's is the intelligent appraoch to this issue.
Real brain power on display. Thanks for that asnewr!
Get the slim no such thing as red ring
I'm impressed by your writing. Are you a professional or just very konwlgedealbe?
How neat! Is it really this smpile? You make it look easy.
You have shed a ray of snusihne into the forum. Thanks!
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Why do I bother callnig up people when I can just read this!
I was really cnfoused, and this answered all my questions.
I have owned 4 ps3 they all went out with in a year my slim i have had since first day on shlefs whats that about 3 or 4 years now
i have used many sources and have gone into a lot more depth where its all facts and figures and my conclustion of my 7 month project is that xbox is the better console however i do see where you have come from with your conclution and it is the same conclution as i made when i thought about it simpy email me if you want at phillyboi1988@hotmail.co.uk
You ignored every single PS3 exclusive (which there are much more of than Xbox 360 exclusives) and just talked about Halo. You clearly don't play many games.
some PS3 exclusives: LBP, Uncharted, Killzone, Gran Turismo, MAG, God of War, Infamous, Heavy Rain, Resistance