PS3 of Xbox

Dublinstiofán

Don’t want to get a one sided view about this so I’d appreciate it if you could add your Xbox input about this here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055115777


Gotta be honest I’m almost converted.

Thanks

jester77

I already gave a reply over on the PS forum. But I forgot to add that the 360 has quality issues and there appears to be quite a large % of machine's dying. MS or the orginal store of purchase will sort it out but it's all the hassle that's involved. Just something to factor in.

robinph

Although I am probably quite lucky that mine hasn't died yet as it is now well over a year old, I don't think that there are as many problems with new 360's now and they will be more reliable than the original batch of consoles. I don't think that the reliability of the machine should be too much of an issue for a new purchaser.

mickoneill30

Games with better framerates on 360
http://news.google.ie/news/url?sa=t&ct=/8-1-0&fp=468aae5b0a3f6462&ei=e1eKRsXBCJK4pQLn4IzsBg&url=http%3A//blog.wired.com/games/2007/07/playstation-3s-.html&cid=1117788700&sig2=mdL5Rx2CrP-lWflCJk1BoQ

PS3 exclusives turning to 360 exclusives
http://news.google.ie/news/url?sa=t&ct=/7-1-0&fp=468aae5b0a3f6462&ei=e1eKRsXBCJK4pQLn4IzsBg&url=http%3A//blog.wired.com/games/2007/07/fatal-inertia-o.html&cid=1117788700&sig2=uA3L8Rc-rVOQizhfdSWqzA

Go to news.google.ie
Customise the page so that one panel shows PS3 news and another shows 360 news. Save it and check it every couple of days. Decide for yourself.

There are two reasons I can see that you'd go for PS3.
1: There are exclusive games that you want on the PS3 that won't be available on the 360.
2: You really want to play Blu-Ray movies.

I don't fall into either of those categories so I've gone for the 360 and haven't regretted it at all. I saw the red ring of death once but it was because I'd turned on the 360 with the TV cable plugged out. Gave me a heart attack. Haven't seen it otherwise. As for the fan. It is noisy, but not noisier than my games
I don't use the 360 for movies. I have an old Xbox with XBMC that does a much better job than the 360 or PS3 (excluding Hi-Def of course).

Dublinstiofán

Went and bought the 360 yesterday anyway lads thanks for the help.
Bought it cause i cant afford the PS3 at the moment, i can see myself getting one when they come down though.

It looks great on the 42" but didn't buy any games (as i have some on their way from play.coom) so was a bit disappointed when i couldn't play any of my old Xbox ones on it. Downloaded the backwards compatibility update and put it on a cd and the xbox wouldnt read that either but i presume its something im doing wrong.

Anyway thanks

Steve

lee_baby_simms

Dublinstiof&#225 wrote: »

was a bit disappointed when i couldn't play any of my old Xbox ones on it. Downloaded the backwards compatibility update and put it on a cd and the xbox wouldnt read that either but i presume its something im doing wrong.

Anyway thanks

Steve

Not all xbox games are compatible. Check this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360

Dublinstiofán

lee_baby_simms wrote:

Not all xbox games are compatible. Check this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360

I know that but the two i had were.

GTA San Andreas and Halo 2, expected them to work without doing any updates. The idea of updating a new console before you use it just doesn't appeal to me, seems a bit ridiculous.

Fingleberries

Dublinstiof&#225 wrote: »

The idea of updating a new console before you use it just doesn't appeal to me, seems a bit ridiculous.

This is the same for PS3 (by the way) - as the European PS3 uses software emulation for the older games, too. (US and Asian ones had a hardware chip inside, but they removed it from the EU ones, to save .0001c per PS3 they made).

It's a whole lot easier if you have an internet connection as it does it automatically when you insert a disc for a compatible game.

koneko

Halo 2 should work right away IIRC, the harddrive comes with the update for that already.

Did you burn the CD correctly? (according to the instructions on the site)
I burned one for someone else before and it worked fine.

Masada

ive updated mine a few times through the xbox site and worked no problems., halo should work straight out of the box and without an update.,

im not big on the PS3 at the moment, its has been out for months now and there still isn ant great games for it. also the controllers arent really suitable for triggers imo, they feel like it was an after thought that they just added in and my fingers dont really sit naturally on them and end up with a pain in your hand from holding your fingers over the triggers. also there is now said it be problems with the bluray discs rotting?
thats a bit of a downer for something that costs you a fortune, i presume sony will replace any that have had problems though.,.
the hardware solution to backward compatability was aparently removed because there was problems with the ps2 games syncing sound with whats on the screen so they went for a software solution for europe,.,
if i was to choose a console from the PS3 and the 360 it would defo be the 360 at the moment, the ps3 just hasnt lived up to all the hype yet and i cant see it happening until they get some decent games out there.,

FranchisePlayer

Yeah like koneko said did you burn it correctly I once burned the file the file form xbox.com onto C.D without unziping it first:o

Clank

Dublinstiof&#225 wrote: »

I know that but the two i had were.

GTA San Andreas and Halo 2, expected them to work without doing any updates. The idea of updating a new console before you use it just doesn't appeal to me, seems a bit ridiculous.

They worked fine for me man, did ya get the premium pack?with the HD I mean.

I had problems with that update CD, but I just tried it a few times and eventually it worked.

koneko

I presumed you bought a Premium, but it doesn't hurt to be sure. You can't get backwards compatibility without the harddrive.

cedomination

Halo2 does not work out of the box,but the first one does.