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Geek Culture / A comment to XBOX 360 users...

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 03:44
I bought an Xbox 360 out of pure numbers, if all my friends bought a PS3 I would have gotten one of those, just PS3 users, well I have only met 3 vs most of the people I meet in real life have a 360. Although this is not the case of with a Wii, I would never buy them, because well, there are not really many games.

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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 09:21
Quote: "Although this is not the case of with a Wii, I would never buy them, because well, there are not really many games."


..er, what?


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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 14:31 Edited at: 7th Apr 2010 14:37
I think DJ Almix is saying there aren't that many games for the Wii that he finds appealing?

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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 16:21
Honestly, there are not a lot of games for the 360, not sure why I bought it.


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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 16:56
i belive that the 360 has an awkwardcontroler but can survive leap years. the ps3 on the other hand can't survive leap years but has a easy to use controler. i was always one to go with the ps2 because i had it for sooo long and then i got the 360 and my sister "stole" my ps2 and now i can't have all my great games to play. oh the sorrow of being brought up with a ps2 to get a 360 and lose a ps2 on the same day grrr oh the irony

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Posted: 7th Apr 2010 20:54
Check it out!

http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/news/2875/usb-storage-hits-xbox-360

I mentioned a while ago I like the PS3 for allowing users to use USB memory sticks to transfer game saves!

Seems Microsoft have finally done the same! Although I'm not sure if you can transfer saves from one console to the other.

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Posted: 8th Apr 2010 05:10
I have all three systems. I find to be the most fun in this order:
Wii
XBox 360
PS3
All fun, no bias, and I don't get butthurt if someone has a different opinion.
Also, I got a 360 the first week it was out. The first one got stolen a couple years in and I bought another. I have never gotten a red ring of death in that entire amount of time.
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Posted: 8th Apr 2010 13:39
I haven't had a Red Ring before, either. I've had mine since Christmas 2008. Still goin' strong, baby.

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Posted: 8th Apr 2010 13:53
April 2009...it's April 2010, still no RROD. Though knowing my luck something will go wrong when both the warranty and GAME cover runs out. So I've still got another 2 years for that to happen.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2010 11:25
I have a friend who has an Xbox 360 and I have a PS3, to be honest we never agree over which one is better :/ But what I do love about the PS3 is that it is able to network to storage devices. I have one called the CubeStation (1/2 a terrabyte of space). On it I have around 200 - 300 movies/shows and about 1000 songs. It is so useful as I can buy the DVD, place a copy on my CubeStation and just safely return the CD into storage somewhere in my house. That way the CD lasts longer and I can just scroll and click to view any of my movies, rather then hunting all around the house looking for one particular one.

To be honest, even though the argument never settles between my friend and I, we both really do like this features and use it almost every time he comes round, to watch the new season of Scrubs I have bought or the latest movies I have purchased.

Even after all the arguments there is one thing we can agree on. The best machine for playing games is the PC because it does so much more then the Xbox or PS3 will ever do.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2010 11:58
From a technical standpoint I'd agree with that, but in terms of the gaming experience, I'd say the consoles have the edge. The main thing for me is that the game has to take me somewhere. I have played so many FPS games, probably them all on one format or another, but when you play something else, like a driving game with a steering wheel, a party game with more players on screen, and sadly I'd even say some online games - well it's just more fun to play on a console, as long as you can afford to buy some peripherals. For instance a gaming seat and a steering wheel, and Forza 2 or 3, the nature of consoles makes this much more fun than getting a PC steering wheel.

So I can't say we all agree on that directly, but I know what you mean, technically the PC should be kicking ass and producing the best games. More people should have a controller for the PC though, it should be a standard, because games like Just Cause 2, in fact any non-FPS needs a better control solution than a keyboard. Microsoft should enforce the wired 360 controller as the standard PC joypad, plug in and use the same controls as 360 if you like. It makes it much easier to get into games, your not worried about pressing damn auto-load buttons by accident, or buttons that throw your weapon away, or insta-lob a grenade at your own face.
I think controllers keep game developers on a leash - they'll use every button on the keyboard if we let them, and they don't care because they know the keys - at least with the 360 controller they could use the standards, like A for jump, X to reload, B for melee, Y for weapons.

The 360 also has / had media sharing long ago - these days you need to have Windows Vista or 7, but a couple of years ago it worked with XP, and worked beautifully. I do prefer the PS3 for playing videos, but that rigmarole with setting up the video playback on the PS3 was ridiculous. It would be nice if all the consoles just supported shared network locations and let us get on with it ourselves - worked fine before.


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Posted: 14th Apr 2010 04:18 Edited at: 14th Apr 2010 04:18
I prefer xBox but it was funny...
[img]null[/img]http://www.funnymediablog.com/pictures/xbox-360-copied-from-playstation


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Posted: 18th Apr 2010 22:39 Edited at: 18th Apr 2010 22:42
I don't like PS3 or XBOX 360. I hate XBOX 360 because you have to pay to go online and their games are hardly original, and I don't like PS3 due to the lack of awesome games, like the games for PS1 and PS2. I like Wii because of the controler thing and I'm addicted to one game on it at the moment.

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Posted: 18th Apr 2010 22:41
It lives again...

This thread is a persistant bugger lol

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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 02:11
PC Forever!


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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 02:18
I h8 all teh consouls becoz u haf 2 pay monies for them and the gmaes contols r 2 dificult to lrn and its not relistic enuf like in real life u dont press buttons to jump and shot and stuff. Teh best consoul wuld be were u haf 2 do things like in real life but withbeter grafiks than real life like were u think you are in real life but its better becoz u can jump and stuf and it wuld actully happons LPH

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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 02:33
I always find these console wars so vicious. I'll stick with the PC for now.
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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 07:21
Quote: "I always find these console wars so vicious. I'll stick with the PC for now."


Just be glad Apple isn't selling a console, or it would be much, much worse.
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Oh no. Please, Apple...no. Their computers are alright, but if they actually released a console...God help us all!


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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 08:06
Lol. But think about it: Microsoft and Apple are competing on many fronts: computer operating systems, phone operating systems, PMPs, online music services, etc. The biggest area they have yet to compete in is consoles.
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Posted: 19th Apr 2010 09:13 Edited at: 19th Apr 2010 09:13
Quote: "And if you haven't noticed, half of them are shooters. Then again, a few of our PS3 games are:

-IL-2 Sturmovik
-Blazing Angels 1 & 2
-Little BIG Planet (ftw )
-Heavy Rain (awesome)
-Call of Duty: World at War
-Medal of Honour: Airborne
-Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway"


Xbox 360 has all of those games... Except Little Big Planet.
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Posted: 20th Apr 2010 14:50
and heavy rain..... the only damn game i want on the ps3

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Posted: 20th Apr 2010 22:11 Edited at: 20th Apr 2010 22:18
Quote: "Oh no. Please, Apple...no. Their computers are alright, but if they actually released a console...God help us all!"


They already made a gaming console for cats. My cat already has her own ipad 360 gamer tag Only problem is, it keeps getting the red 'stroodle' of death every month, and she has to return it to Apple for repairs.

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2010 05:46
I've been a long-time user of the Xbox console (had the original and have a 360 now) and I very much like the 360. I did, however, recently purchase a PlayStation 3.

The moment I started using the controller I started to remember one of the reasons why I liked the Xbox better, but once you get used to it and accept the fact that the R2/L2 triggers are NOT used as the firing button it isn't too bad.

Thus far I find that I like them both. The Xbox definitely has a more expansive or at least more accessible online system as far as playing with friends (although maybe I just don't know that much about the PSN yet). I do have an absolute blast playing MAG though, and it is a little baffling how the game can run so smooth (networking-wise) with 256 players and yet I seem to have substantially more lag on Battlefield with just 24 players.

Anyways, the main reason I bought a PS3 was because of a number of exclusive games plus the blu-ray support. The ability to chose a game for either Xbox OR PS3 will be nice too, because I know a few games (such as Oblivion) are reportedly smoother/better looking on the PS3. Typically I plan on getting multiplayer games for the 360 when the option is there though.

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Posted: 3rd May 2010 21:25
i didnt think the PS3 controller is odd, heck its basically the same except there is one analog stick in a different position than the 360, not much difference, really would it be much better if the ps3 controller was like this?


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Lemonade
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Posted: 3rd May 2010 21:39
Must we keep reviving this thread? Let it die I say!

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Posted: 3rd May 2010 21:43
I find the ps controllers too small. though tbh, I prefer pc games atm, free online for most of them as well as generally being cheaper than console games
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Posted: 6th May 2010 03:58
Quote: "Must we keep reviving this thread? Let it die I say!"

why? so it can be another Thread in this never-ending blanket to just hang there useless?
but anyway i like the PS3 controller, i find the Xbox controller confusing, maybe its just because im used to the PS controllers.

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Quote: "why? so it can be another Thread in this never-ending blanket to just hang there useless?"


The point is, we have already discussed all of this a month or two ago.

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if they have a point let em' say it, i dont see anything wrong with it.

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Posted: 8th May 2010 09:11
Ok, I didn't want to do this, but I have to...

The XBOX 360 has slightly sharper graphics -- although the PS3's cell technology supposedly will in time eclipse the graphics capability of the XBOX 360 -- but the PS3 is a more complete entertainment system. I use it daily for more than gaming.

And, I hate to pay for online play.
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Posted: 17th Jun 2010 18:52
well if you buy an xbox 360 2009 model you can't get red ring of death and the new xbox 360 slim will be very quiet

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I got the Xbox 360 because it's the only console my friends has and it's cheaper than a PS3. Also i bought it cause i'm a fan of the Halo series that is only for Xbox, and i prefer Xbox Live over PSN but one thing i hate with Xbox Live is that you have to pay for it. i prefer the Xbox controller layout over the Play Station layout, it's just better for FPS games (that is my favourite type of games)
I've never got the RROD and that's because I have the 2009 model wich can't get RROD.

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