Top 10 Reasons PS3 is Better than the Xbox

@johnsteveen

I will reply to your points in order

10. Most people I know with a PS3 have it set up in their living room or bedroom, how exactly is this a negative. Unless you have arthritis then moving it would not be a problem.

9. We all know the 360 came out first but the truth is their that the head start they had is fading rapidly and nobody, not even the biggest XBOX fan-boy can deny that. Heavy Rain, GOW3 2 great exclusives to come out this year, where is Microsoft's equivalent of those 2.

8. The only real advantage of playing on a PC is that alot of developers will give PC gamers dedicated servers, I do play some games on PC and thats the only real advantage. Also not all games are released on PC so it comes down to how much people want a particular game.

7. Does it really matter what the system memory is your not saving any content directly to it.

6. The point that is always brought up by the XBOX fan-boys, what does it matter whether it is necessary or not it has it and the XBOX doesn't plain and simple and in case you were taking a snooze for all of 2008 HD-DVD lost and Blu-ray won there was only 1 major supporter when it came to the actual HD-DVD players and that was Toshiba, they now make Blu-ray players.

5. Most retailers will throw in a HDMI cable for free anyway and the cheapest is a mere $30 so if you can't afford that then you should not be buying a PS3 in the first place but since they are not actually needed to use the console and only to support the HD features then not having one is not really an issue.

4. It's all about marketing my friend, why do you have to buy one for the 360? It's strategic marketing because most people will go for the option that does not have them paying a ridiculous price for add-ons. Also the replacement of the PS3 hard drive takes a mere 5 minutes if you know what your doing and if you don't need the old one then have you not heard of eBay, I was able to pick up $50 for my 60GB HDD which I then put towards my 500GB one.

3. How exactly does it matter that the PS3 controller is motion sensitive, it makes for one good gaming experience. Try playing Heavy Rain to see the full potential.

2. From Wikipedia: The PlayStation 3 uses the Sony, Toshiba, IBM-designed Cell microprocessor as its CPU, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz Power-PC-based “Power Processing Element” (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SP-Es). The eighth SPE is disabled to improve chip yields. How is improving something bad exactly.

1. Now me personally I like to have all the accessories for my consoles so here in Australia these are the prices for me to get a XBOX 360 and PS3 both with the add-ons I desire. XBOX Arcade Console: $299, Controller: $74.98, Charging Kit: $34.98, Wireless Adaptor(because it can't connect wirelessly to my router)$109, Wireless Headset: $64.98, XBOX Live 12 month Gold subscription: $89.95 this comes to a total of $672.89. PS3 120GB Slim Console: $469, Controller: $94.98, Wireless Headset: $74.98, which comes to a total of $638.96. So I'm not exactly sure where you live and how much the prices vary there but the PS3 is the cheaper option for someone like me here in Australia.

I'm definitely up for a friendly debate if you care to discuss it more.

@johnsteveen

Miiiitch has covered most of the bases nicely so I'll try to tag on a few bits without repeating what he said.

First off, in point six you don't seem too fond of the inclusion of a blu-ray drive as it undoubtedly bumped up the price. But at the time of release the PS3 was cheaper than most of the good blu-ray players out there. It was an ideal way for gamers to upgrade to hi-def. It's still a bargain: only a few months ago I was buying a blu-ray home cinema system but found it was actually cheaper to but a DVD home cinema and a PS3 slim. I saved €200 and gained all the features of the PS3.  

Most of the issues you raise in point five aren't actually problems at all. The slim comes with a wireless network adapter and the extra card readers in the front of the 60Gig model are all but obsolete. Nearly every gadget that uses them also has USB. 

Point four is grand as long as you have a basic knowledge of HDDs. Sony had to make their console accessible for everyone and there are still a Hell of a lot of people that have zero technical know-how. Their console needs to be plug-and-play. A person can happily drive a car without a GPS but their console won't run too smoothly sans HDD.

Point two: I don't really care about the motion sensor in the controller. I do, however, enjoy not having to buy batteries or fork out for a charger pack

And finally, Miiiitch has shown that, extras included, the price between the current incarnations of the systems are not so different but you quoted the launch price of the PS3 and at that time to bring the 360 up to par required the Hi def drive which came out at €200.

Yes, you could have bought two Dell PCs for the same price. Good luck trying to run a decent game on them though

the only thing that i think xbox is better at, is the selection of their exclusive games e.g. halo, left 4 dead ect.

Warhawk, Resistance 2, LBP, the God of Wars…

SpAn94nER said:

the only thing that i think xbox is better at, is the selection of their exclusive games e.g. halo, left 4 dead ect.

Absolutely not. Xbox has like no exclusives, when you compare the mass amount of great exclusives PS3 has. Most were mentioned above. 

The one thing i would say that the 360 is better at, is overheating!

ppl xbox is a load of crap i bought one a mounth ago and it has been plagued with dat light error ( bought the console new ) sent it in to xbox, got it back like a week ago and yesterday it froze up whille playing fifa ??? wtf. btw i never paid for online as it was a free month and i never bought a single add on either as my cousin has most stuff, but seriously the xbox is a load of s*** i mean the controller for one is just pathtic. the only positive i could say about it is the graphic chip in it seems a bit more powerful than the one in the ps3 but still who lke dat rubbish thing, if anyone wants it holla at man.