Uhm, PS3 or X360? And what games for either?

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Currently I'm thinking a PS3, since I've heard about a pathetic disease that can penetrate a 360 without warning. Here are some of the games that I would like to play on them. Which ones would you recommend?

ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Gran Turismo 4
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Rock Band
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Burnout 3: Takedown
Jak II
Jak 3
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Civilization: Revolution


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Wow, what a strange post, Swein. Because based on this list:

ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Gran Turismo 4
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Rock Band
Burnout 3: Takedown
Jak II
Jak 3
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

It sounds like the platform you want is a PS2, not a PS3. Keep in mind that most of the current PS3s on the market have limited or no backwards compatibility, so you will not be able to play many of these games on a new PS3. You also have cost to consider; a PS3 will run you at least $400, while PS2s are absolutely dirt cheap today ($120 new, probably $50 used).

Now if money is no issue (your parents are buying you a big gift, most likely) then it sounds like the PS3 is a better choice for you than the 360. Of the three games you listed that only appear on current (seventh) generation consoles:

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Civilization: Revolution

Two of the three are exclusive to the PS3. (Civ Revolutions will be on both.) The two big advantages of the 360 are its cheaper cost, and XBox Live online service. However, if money is no issue and you won't be playing online, then the PS3 is probably a better deal for you.

I still say a simple PS2 is the best option of all, since 12 of the 15 games you listed are on that platform, most of them exclusively. :)
 
Sullla said:
Wow, what a strange post, Swein. Because based on this list:

ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Gran Turismo 4
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Rock Band
Burnout 3: Takedown
Jak II
Jak 3
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

It sounds like the platform you want is a PS2, not a PS3. Keep in mind that most of the current PS3s on the market have limited or no backwards compatibility, so you will not be able to play many of these games on a new PS3. You also have cost to consider; a PS3 will run you at least $400, while PS2s are absolutely dirt cheap today ($120 new, probably $50 used).

Now if money is no issue (your parents are buying you a big gift, most likely) then it sounds like the PS3 is a better choice for you than the 360. Of the three games you listed that only appear on current (seventh) generation consoles:

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Civilization: Revolution

Two of the three are exclusive to the PS3. (Civ Revolutions will be on both.) The two big advantages of the 360 are its cheaper cost, and XBox Live online service. However, if money is no issue and you won't be playing online, then the PS3 is probably a better deal for you.

I still say a simple PS2 is the best option of all, since 12 of the 15 games you listed are on that platform, most of them exclusively. :)
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GH II is on X360, too. But why not just GH III for either one? Rock Band probably on both.

I own both of the two consoles, and like PS3 more. X360 has broken down twice. One was the infamous Red Ring of Death and now the DVD drive has problems playing any disks.
 
Just curious, why not the first Jak and Daxter and the first Ratchet and Clank? Is it because IGN rated both the first installments worse than it sequels?

(J&D1 only got a 94 and J&D2 and J&D3 95 and 96 respectively)
 
How is Xbox Live an advantage? It is paid, while the PSN is free.
 
Umm, no. As far as I can see, PSN has got pretty much the same features as Xbox Live with the Home thingy launching this year. Achievements? **** hats, which you cant do anything with. The Home thing is pretty much the same.
 
Both look really useless to me. The last thing I feel like doing is bragging about video games or making virtual avatars of myself. (been there, done that times 30) Meh before I might have cared, but I've kinda grown past that. Real life ftw.
 
I know, I'm just saying where to look to find what games you want.....
 
I think everyone here is forgetting about Warhawk for PS3. It was originally a PS1 game, but I really consider it a spiritual successor to BF1942. Why do I say that, because unlike the other BF sequels; Warhawk is kinda silly, really intuitive vehicles that balance well, and most important it is just fun. Also thanks to PSN, getting into games does not take forever like with Live. Plus it has jeeps so let all the mayhem begin.
 
Yeah, I'd have to say get a 360. Although the online requires money (£40/$80?) it isn't that much, and very much worth it with the ability to play with who you want when you want and a much wider variety of games. The only game I want from PS3 is MGS4, but rumours abound that won't stay exclusive for long... :ninja:
 
Get an Xbox 360. I have no idea of what the disease you're talking about is, but I can tell you I have never heard of it.

Xbox Live™ is just so much better than PS3 online, and it is so well done. Seriously, I think that the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are Microsoft's best products.

Plus there's Halo 3.:drool:
 
Obviously the three rings of death would disagree. The only good product from MS has been Windows XP, and that's after SP2.

By Halo 3 I assume you mean Captain Bland's Monotonous Adventure Number 3?

Also MGS4 is not, I repeat NOT coming to the 360. I could repeat myself for the quadrillionth time and exactly specify the various reasons, ranging from business to technical, but wont. However should it somehow happen by the use of the Hitchhikers Improbability Drive, feel free to use this post to rub it in my face.
 
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