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Comparing Xbox 360 and PS3

From a pure hardware standpoint, Dallas Morning News thinks the PS3 is now a better deal than the Xbox 360 Premium.

The larger hard drive, the built-in wireless adapter and the Blu-ray movie player are simply a phenomenal deal for a mere 50 bucks extra.

While Sony made a marketing mistake by hyping backwards compatibility when the PS3 first launched, only to kill the feature with the new unit, they suspect most gamers who buy a new console aren't actually using it to play old PS2 games. So they doubt the feature will be missed much.

But if you're deliberating whether to get a 360 or a PS3, the decision isn't that clear cut.

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N4GayFanturds6452d ago

news. Give it a rest.

BTW; "I suspect most gamers who buy a new console aren't actually using it to play old PS2 games."
Then what are they playing? Cause it sure ain't that many PS3 titles to play.

drtysouf216452d ago (Edited 6452d ago )

camp try to come out and report it. This is news its from DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Wow the word NEWS is in the name of the source.

You guys better get used to seeing a lot more positive PS3 stories these days.

I recommend counseling if you can't handle it.

HarryEtTubMan6452d ago

Shut up your lieing... there are plenty of games already out with more coming out by the bus loads starting this month. Get over it... this IS a news article.... it's in a NEWSPAPER, right? Right. Stop crying when things don't go the way u wish they would. Anyone with a very small amount of common sense knows PS3 has WAY more value in it. WAY WAY more. Hundreds of dollars more. Halos Bioshock and Mass effect only appeal to a small base of basically Halo fans. If not, where are last years big 2nd year sales? No where to be found except last month when Halo was finally released and it still onlt managed to sell 400,000 consoles. It's not staying like that very long. Not with the name Xbox on the front and only big Sci fi fantasy shooters. That only appeals to one type of person. Comon how many 20 year old guys actually think Halo and Gears of war is cool... or don't just play it because they like killing each other online. 360 has a limited audience.... Halo 3 is selling to the same audience as the first two Halo games, not much more...I'm trading my 360 and getting a PS3 and are 6 of my friends... and my parents and little brothers are getting one too for their HD'S. Ps3 is here to stay get used to it. You weirdos act like Xbox was the console that sold 250 million+ consoles the last 2 generations. It only ahead by 6 million... a very minute number to the Playstation. The 360 doesn't have a chance. We aren't going to censor the news because your not happy with ur 360 and envy the PS3 because it is better, has better things coming for it,a awesome price now that will probally even drop again and cause even more people the latch onto it. There are still 200 million gamers that haven't choosen a console. Let them deceide. They will know which is best.

sticky doja6451d ago

I wouldn't call this peice positive PS3 news, unless you only read the peices that you decided to take from the story.

Why not put:
"Unless you plan to just use your PS3 as a Blu-ray movie player – and honestly, stand-alone Blu-ray players won't be much cheaper this year – the availability of good, new games is just as important as the price of the hardware.

On that front, the Xbox 360 still has the advantage, at least until 2008."

hardcorehippiez6451d ago

i have to say at the start when i bought my ps3 ther was only 3 games at launch the gave me any interest so i did play my ps2 games on it for a bit.since then i have got 11 games some great some not so bt i dont play ps2 on it anymore . the arguement of having no games for it is wearing thin now as at the end of this month /next month that will be going up by another 4 so to put my collection up to 15. good for 1 year i think so no complaints

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cloud3606452d ago

Well the Ps3 is better deal

Sony lose like $300 now

Where as MS lose $0-50

CrazzyMan6452d ago

Could you prove your 300$ statement?
with FACTS.

if not, then you are just retard fanboy, aren`t you? =)))

Armyless6452d ago

I guess we can just pull random numbers out of our a$$ now?

ruibing6451d ago

Microsoft does have a big overhead. You see when a company manufactures and sells a product, they must put in the cost of the product the warranty and need to refurbish the product, I'm guessing due to the fiasco a few months ago, MS has increased this allowance. And they probably needed to allocate from elsewhere (maybe the new 360s) much higher than expected rate of failure for the old 360s.

In the business world its never just about the costs of the chips and the price you sell the finished goods for, you have to account for everything. So I really wouldn't trust almost any source on this since its most likely part of their managerial finances, which are kept secret for every company, public or not.

CrazzyMan6451d ago

and i wonder, M$ spend 1 bln. $ on repairs, why don`t you count that money? =))
wasn`t it better spend that billion to create a better console, then on repairs? :)

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PimpHandHappy6452d ago

yea yea yea i only own a PS3 at this point in time. I do give the edge to the 360 as far as the games they have the last 3-4months this year. I think the PS3 has had more exclusives the last 4 months of 07 but i do think the 360 has some really good ones and maybe even slighty better. Warhawk with more maps cant be topped.

Bio Shock Mass Effect GPR4 Forza2 and Halo are some really good games. Im lookin 4ward to a Elite price drop and ofcourse the RROD fix that they have started to implament. When i do get my Elite in 4-5 months i will have atleast 3great games im going to buy with it, ME GOW Bio Shock. I think by the time im ready to spend 400+ bucks on the 360 it will have all the goodies (faloconzepher) and be under 400bucks!

Once again Sony proves they are good for gamers. They made MS make those 360 fixs and even made em add HDMI. If your a 360fanboy you cant argue that Sony has made your 360 a better machine just by its release!

good for us gamers

Bloodmask6452d ago (Edited 6452d ago )

All the features they say are a reason to buy a PS3 aren't even related to gaming.

Bluray functionality = Hi-def movies = Not gaming
WiFi = A way to allow internet access = Not gaming
Hard Drive = Storage = Not gaming

But the article goes on to say if you want game of the year contenders like Bioshock and Mass Effect...Then get a 360 = Gaming..

"Unless you plan to just use your PS3 as a Blu-ray movie player – and honestly, stand-alone Blu-ray players won't be much cheaper this year – the availability of good, new games is just as important as the price of the hardware.

On that front, the Xbox 360 still has the advantage, at least until 2008.

Halo 3, of course, is the main draw, but game of the year contenders like BioShock and Mass Effect are also Xbox exclusives, and older masterpieces such as Dead Rising and Lost Planet also have yet to show up on the PS3.

Plus, Xbox Live remains a much better online experience than Sony's service for the PS3."

drtysouf216452d ago (Edited 6452d ago )

You cry all the time about people reporting your stories and censoring news now your doing it you hypocrite.

Report Bloodmask to Admin. You should be banned from this site.

Edit: Hmmm your report is gone either because i called you out on it or admin removed it either way. Your a sad desperate little person.

@ your comment.

Gamers will buy it for gaming.
Home theater enthusiasts will buy it for blu-ray and media capabilities
Someone like me has it for both its a versatile machine that can do many things.

Thats a great thing about the PS3 it can do so many things that many people can purchase it for many different reasons.

And it actually works you don't have to worry about sending it in for repair every couple months.

PS3 = Reliable Versatile Hardware

360 = Unreliable Gaming Hardware

Wii = Reilable Low Priced Hardware

Only someone desperate makes fun of the reasons people buy things fact is its still selling regardless and will sell even more with the lower priced 40GB.

gamehendge6451d ago

bloodmask, your spin machine is overheating...

Imalwaysright6451d ago

"But the article goes on to say if you want game of the year contenders like Bioshock and Mass Effect...Then get a 360 = Gaming.."

This is an hardware comparison not a software comparison.

CPTN MITCHELL6451d ago

the game format are on blu-ray, wi-fi to access internet. hdd drive 2 saves games. so if u don't own a ps3 stop talking sh1t and please stop all the sh1t about the sys have no game cause we do have games, back in 2006 when the dumbox360 came out a yr early the sys had no game and of course they got games now the sys is 2 yrs old, when the beast(ps3) is only 11 months old, oh and the multiples sku's that sony do have is less than the dumbox360(core,premiun,elite,t hehalo3 edetion,the arcade core) 5 sku's from ms and nobody talks sh1t about that.sony got 20gb(gamestop)40gb,60gb,80gb and every f@ck1ng news website and everybody in the worlds talk sh1t about whats sony is doing but they don't talk sh1t about a sys that u buy and die in less than 3 weeks. so media, ms fanboys, blogers and every website that's talking sh1t about the multi sku from sony can kiss my @ss if u don't like it then don't buy it. and @uck EA SPORTS. 2K IS BETTER

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PimpHandHappy6452d ago (Edited 6452d ago )

#1 this is news u silly bastard! It is from a news source and not some fanboy blog!

#2 Your memory is selective i see. Go look at news post about your 360 when it launched! MS themselfs told you all they where losing 100-150 bucks a system. Sony said the same thing on launch. And the cold hard fact is Mr CLoud360 MS gaming division has lost 3.9BILLION since its luanch two years ago. Thats a FACT. Now go do some math and see what that is per system sold.

Willio6451d ago

Does the 3.9 billion include repairs for the red ring of death?

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Master Chief becomes a Pokemon Master in Halo 3 Pokeball mod

A new Halo 3 mod turns the iconic Master Chief into a Pokémon % Master as functional Pokeballs come to the game.

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just_looken239d ago (Edited 239d ago )

That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
https://x.com/GashnorOffici...

Full animiation then a code change to make the target that comes out of the ball to be in the same class unsc not a easy thing to do.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel405d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga404d ago (Edited 404d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow405d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo182404d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie404d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow404d ago (Edited 404d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere403d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin403d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere403d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow403d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere403d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow403d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX404d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney402d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody404d ago (Edited 404d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno404d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Sheppard7t3404d ago

How did Sony kill the series?

Inverno404d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii403d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno403d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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Most Offensive Video Games That Would Never Cut It Today

Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.

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thorstein457d ago (Edited 457d ago )

Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.

The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.

In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.

MrBaskerville456d ago

Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.

0hMyGandhi456d ago

Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.

It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.

And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.

Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.

And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.

thorstein456d ago

The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".

Profchaos456d ago

Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.

thorstein456d ago

The Outlast Trials just came out.

But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.

It was all filmed by a psychopath.

As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.

Bodycam looks so real.

People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.

ZycoFox456d ago

The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.

Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.

MrDead456d ago (Edited 456d ago )

The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.

Killer2020UK456d ago (Edited 456d ago )

Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?

This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.

Huey_My_D_Long456d ago

Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.

So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.

banger88457d ago

Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."

"Feminist Whore" lmao

gold_drake457d ago

ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.

its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.

ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.

Barlos457d ago (Edited 457d ago )

They're not offensive.

And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!

Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Deeeeznuuuts456d ago

Would love a new fat princess game 🤟

CantThinkOfAUsername456d ago

Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.

isarai456d ago

Actually it's about fat princesses

Huey_My_D_Long456d ago (Edited 456d ago )

Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.

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