Just going to note that Braid is coming to PSN and thus ceases to be a 360 exclusive.
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Just going to note that Braid is coming to PSN and thus ceases to be a 360 exclusive.
I think the 360 is the worst out of the three options, but is the cheapest. The PS3's better, but not >£100 better. And PC gaming is harder, in terms of commitment, I think. Basically, you have to do stuff to get the game. Consoles are just plug and play.
I'll say what I say to anyone getting a console: If you want to play with friends online using these consoles (which is what a lot of people do want to do) then get the console that your friends have. It's pointless doing much else.
Having said that, I am partially regretting my 360 purchase lately. All the guys at work have a PS3, you see... now, I have a 360 because my online friends have 360's. Which is good in many a way - not the least that I adore Lost Odyssey - but I am struggling financially lately and detest the fact that I have to spend money now if I want to do my online gaming via consoles. Both me and my girlfriend have had our Xbox Live Gold accounts expire and that means I can't hop on whenever the hell I feel like it and do some online gaming. Not with Dan and Psy, because I can't afford it, and not with the guys from work, because I don't have a PS3. So I'm screwed both ways. When my good lady has a job that provides her with a significant enough amount of money that we can once again afford to buy things, I will more than likely buy a PS3 before I re-purchase an Xbox Live Gold account. I just don't play online often enough to warrant spending money on a yearly subscription, and Dan/Psy play too many different games for me to keep up with. When they do play the games I play, they're so far ahead of me that they find themselves enjoying shooting me non-stop to the point that I no longer want to play. So yeah. However, with a PSN account I'll be able to join the guys from work in a few online games without having to pay for anything but the original game, and I like that.
But if she gets enough money I'll probably end up paying for both anyways. Ah, to be anything but poor. :(
Oh, back to where I was going with this: Yeah, the PS3 is more expensive, but it evens out after a few years of paying for a Live account. But buying a PS3 when all your mates play on Xbox 360 will mean your PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 won't get you nearly as much fun as your Xbox 360 one will. Of course, that goes both ways. So really, just consider what you really want with it rather than what games it has. The only time you need to think "Hmm, but does it have good exclusive games?" is when you have a game that you feel you must have (read: Me with Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy XIII vs... hence I want both PS3 & Xbox 360 by midway next year), or when you honestly never expect to want to play a game with friends. Which would be kind of sad.
Been avoiding this thread because everytime I looked in it, it put me in a bad mood. Not so much because of what people are saying, but because of all the games that get ignored.
I tend to see and play more games than most people pay attention to. So while I see people comparing all the RPGs and the huge, heavily marketed, 'Triple A' titles to each other on their respective platforms, I see the little guys like Culdcept Saga and Earth Defense Force 2017 and Senko no Ronde go ignored. I kind of like too call them 'ugly ducklings', since there may be something off-putting about them from the start (like bad graphics, weird controls or stupid setting), but if you can get past it they're great fun. For sure, they aren't as spectacular as things like Uncharted (and one could question if they even belong on a 'next gen system'), but those are the quirky games that I end up spending much more time playing than any high profile game.
LBP and Scribblenauts on the DS are games that I would have considered 'ugly ducklings' if they didn't get so much attention. They both have some weird gameplay flaws in them, but there's enough good stuff in 'em that you might be able to get past it.
I'm glad Atlus seems to be picking up steam on the PS3 to bring more of those 'ugly ducklings' to that system. Demon's Souls was a great start.
Don't forget downloadable games as well. Most of my favourite games this gen are download only (Wipeout HD :love:).
Say Bob, you see the flaw in that right? I know this sight has to be filled with a lot of nerds and many nerds tend to not to have friends. What then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I think the concept of nerds not having friends for the most part... is a lie.
I don't really care, I just look at the games I want to play, and then which console that enables me to play the most of them. In my case, PS3 came out at the top.
I will agree with JK we've focused more on the Killzone's and Halo's out there in the gaming world in this thread but lets not forget that the realm of minor uniques which are inherently flawed but enjoyable goes both ways, 360 and ps3 have equally got as many same goes for downloadable arcade games. This thread is all but dead anyhow, the end decision comes down to which consoles your friends have. I am sure if myself, Paul and Dan all had PS3's we'd be laughing it up on Killzone 2 and such and still having a great time but we have 360s and thus are laughing it up on Halo and such games and because we're all good friends and enjoy gaming together it's not important to us if PS3 is better because we're doing what we want to where we want to and how we want to.
^ sounds like a good note for this discussion to go out on.
you're saying that it's not possible for a large group of people to not have friends?Quote:
Originally Posted by Markus. D
I always feel bad about this because I never hear about these "ugly duckling" games, but I'm always ready to try these games out that are under appreciated or overlooked. It's just hard to find them when for that very reason I never hear about them, but I just don't have the money to go out and buy games that I'm not sure about. It's a case of being stuck in the middle of a rock and a hard place.Quote:
Originally Posted by JKTrix
saying that, I got introduced to one of my favorite 360 games which is download only called Geomatry Wars2: Retro Evolved. Highly addicting. Wasted plentiful hours of life on that game.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Depression Moonyou're saying that it's not possible for a large group of people to not have friends?Quote:
Originally Posted by Markus. D
I only wanted to know what made people piss their pants about 360 > PS3. The answer I got was basically games I'm not that interested in (though plenty of people are, so I understand the reasoning) and the online play.
However, I'm seeing something interesting flavoring the discussion as it waxes on. It keeps being about having the console your friends have for multiplayer purposes (and in most cases I assume that it's actually the 360).
Maybe I'm really alone in this, but I'm 27 and married. I work at a school that's far from where I went to college. I don't have the types of friends that play Xbox or PS3 or anything for that matter. Hell, half the people I know still have trouble turning on their computers when they are force to use one (which is scary considering the kindergarteners know 10x more than their teachers about technology).
That said, I really doubt I'm the only one in my age bracket who doesn't happen to have a large group of gamer friends. Maybe it's just the line of work or something, but part of me wants to think it's the age. A few years ago I would've had plenty of college friends to play with (and no time to do so) and before that I would play a lot with friends in HS, but as an adult who is not in school and doesn't work around very many people under the age of 25, I just don't have gaming friends.
I guess that's why all of the multiplayer aspects of these consoles just don't blow my skirt up at all. If I play multiplayer it's with my wife, so either it has to be PC or local co-op because I'm not impressed enough with any game to get two of the consoles and two copies of the game.
If I were you, then, I'd get a PS3. I say that as an Xbox 360 owner. :p If you ever want to play online, that way, you can - and you won't have to shell out for it. You'll get a Blue Ray player, which is handy enough I guess, and the PS3 will get both versions of FFXIII so all the better. :p The price is good for it at the moment, too.