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PS3 Vs XBox 360…
I have read many comparisons between the two and I’m sure you have as well.
Impressive, huh? No.
Now you’re gonna need to spend another £15/$22 per control so that you can charge them rather than having to use AA batteries. PS3 conrollers, of course, are rechargeable as standard and don’t weigh the same amount as a full grown Hippo.
S0, if you bought the Elite, 1 extra controller, the wireless dongle, charge packs for both controllers and your XboxLive subscription that is gonna run you in the region of £390 or $570 and if you got the Premium instead then it’s still £330/$483!
Add to that the fact that XBox’s are notoriously unreliable. There are already a plethora of FAQs and Forums that recommend wrapping your XBox in towels to over heat it so that the solder used will melt onto the board correctly!
Winner
PS3
At this point, a lot of people would go into an in-depth spec of each machine but that sounds like a lot of effort and this is already pretty long, so instead I’m going to compare the “Desktop” on each, offered features and the general playability and issues I have come across. I shall catagorise these under:
Performance
The PS3 “desktop” or Dashboard, is very well designed. It’s got a good, linear feel that is easy to navigate, fully customisable and is pretty packed with extra bits. First of all, the PS3 has it’s own internet browser. It isn’t the best but compared to the one the XBox has, which is a non existent one, it’s pretty damn good. You can happily browse YouTube and watch videos, read blogs and access pretty much any site with only minor issues. You can also install a second OS on it, should you want to, but your only real option is Linux. It works on a UNIX file system but as far as I am aware MacOS compatibillity is not yet available.
The XBox 360 dashboard is, to put it succinctly, fucking awful. It’s ugly, complicated and mostly pointless. You have a number of different rows, most of which are populated with useless crap, adverts and propaganda. Everything you actually need is crammed onto one of these rows but to access anything you always have to work your way through two or three embedded menus and to get back to the main screen you have to back track through them all the other way, which gets very tiresome.
The PS3 has it’s glitchy moments and does sometimes crash but problems tend to be taken care of pretty quickly, with regular software updates.
The XBox, however, can be pretty slow at times and freezes and crashes pretty often. Often enough to make playing any game that has long sections between saves a chore.
The only major update I have seen on the XBox was when they changed the Dashboard from the old, semi-useable interface to the new shitty one.
The PS3 store works very much like buying anything online with PayPal. You set up an account, add a Credit/Debit card to it and then add funds as and when you wish to buy something. The store is well set out, easy to use and well organised.
The XBox store is more like buying things using coupons. Coupons you have to pay for. To purchase anything on the XBox store you need to buy credits from Microsoft. You can buy them in varying amounts but there is no discount offered for buying in bulk. Once you have paid for these credits you then use them to buy content. Why they couldn’t just have a system like the PS3 store and pretty much every other shop ever is unclear.
Another small thing is that the PS3 controllers can be assigned to player 1-4 at anytime. For example: If you’re playing a two player game with a friend where menu functions can only be controlled by player one, player two can switch their controller to P1 in seconds then switch it straight back, thus removing the need to swap controllers around.
This may seem like a small thing but in practice it really isn’t. Many games, such as Pro Evolution Soccer or the New Resident Evil have times when being able to switch players quickly and easily cuts out a whole load of pissing about. (Read: You dont have to get off your backside as often.)
It still may not seem like a big deal but you cannot do it on the XBox. Once your controller is on and assigned to a player number the only way to swap it is to turn both off, which doesn’t work because the XBox then stops whatever you’re doing and tells you to re-connect the controller even if you turn off controller 2 during a one player game! And just swapping controllers isn’t easy when the controller is the size of a bus and weighs a ton! If you try to throw it to someone there’s a good chance you’ll then be off to the Emergency Room so they can get stitches in their face.
Winner
PS3
In summary, the PS3 outstrips the XBox 360 at every turn. I cannot think of one thing the XBox beats it on. So, if you want to buy a new console and you want the best, there is only option.
The PS3.
i agree, the Playstation is well better, the only problem i have is the xbox might have better games. Dead rising, all the zombie ones i wish sony would bring out on playstion, you always find PS games goin to microsoft but not microsoft games goin to PS. PS needs better games thats all.
That would be because Microsoft are epic arse holes of the highest order. It’s just what they do. Example: Mac software for PCs is always pretty much the same as the Mac version, where possible, but Microsoft always give Mac down-graded software with lower functionality. Makes sense they should do similar with their console. They’re always happy to receive but never willing to give.