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Feb 08 2011

Q&A: To all ps3 fans this is why xbox is better?

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Question by Air Robert : To all ps3 fans this is why xbox is better?
Price: This is obvious; the XBOX 360 core is only $ 299. The PS3 is around $ 499 for the 20GB version. It comes with a hard drive, but you don’t need a hard drive to enjoy a lot of great games on the 360 so I think it’s fair to compare both core systems.

Performance: On paper, the PS3 is more powerful. In reality, it’s quite inferior to the 360. Without getting into too many details, the three general-purpose CPU’s the xbox360 has are currently FAR easier to take advantage of than the SPU’s on the PS3. I suspect a few years down the road some high budget, first party PS3 exclusive titles will come out that really take advantage of the SPU’s and do things the XBOX 360 can’t, but I don’t think the console is worth buying based on this speculation (for some it will be though, we’ll have to wait and see how these games turn out).

Graphics: The XBOX 360 is a clear winner. The GPU is more powerful. It has more powerful fillrate, and far more pixel and vertex processing horsepower. Part of the reason is their choice of memory, and architecture of pixel and vertex procesing. I can’t get into details but the same vertex shader will run much slower on the PS3 than the XBOX 360. The 360 also has a clever new way rendering high definition anti aliased back buffers. To accomplish the same effect on PS3 is prohibitively expensive. For this reason I think many games will have no choice but to run in non-HD resolutions on the PS3 version, use a lower quality anti aliasing technique, or do back buffer upscaling. The end result in all cases is going to be noticeably worse image quality.

Game Selection: The XBOX 360 has a huge head start here. 1 year is an eternity in gaming. Almost all multi-platform developers have made the XBOX 360 their primary platform due to timing of release-to-market, this means the games will look and perform better on the 360. The PS3 versions will be ports of the 360 versions. (The opposite was true for XBOX 1 vs. PS2). The XBOX 360 is also far faster to develop for due to better development tools (massively popular Visual Studio .NET vs. proprietary, buggy PS3 compiler and debugger), better documentation, and easier architecture (3 general purpose CPU’s vs. 8 specialized processors that require DMA). Timing has also caused all next-gen middleware developers to make XBOX 360 their primary platform, and they will ‘add ps3 support’ as needed. This support will probably be inferior to the XBOX 360′s due to manpower and more importantly, demand. It’s this catch-22 now that will continue to drive the 360 forward and hold PS3 back.

The other obvious point here is that right now the Xbox360 already has a very impressive line-up of titles on store shelves; the ps3 just launched, and has virtually nothing of interest. Also, many 360 games are already discounted. PS3 games are all full price since it just launched.

Live: Microsoft’s online support with XBOX1 was phenomenal. They built in-house experience, user base, facilities, $ $ commitment from executive level (since it proved successful), and most importantly, feedback from 100,000s of XBOX Live subscribers. Playstation 2′s online support sucked. They are now playing catch-up, trying to emulate Xbox’s model. But they had their hands tied just trying to make the PS3 work, it was incredibly ambitious (blu-ray etc.). I haven’t seen it yet, but I seriously doubt the quality will be anywhere to the level of XBOX 360.

HD Content: The PS3 comes with one built in (blu-ray). The XBOX 360 offers HD-DVD as an add-on for $ 200. You probably don’t care about HD-DVD right now. But you will soon (The quality between DVD and HD is comparable to VHS vs DVD, if you have the right TV) so I suggest paying attention to the war that’s begun. There are two formats: HD-DVD and BLU-RAY. Basically if you rent a BLU-RAY DVD from Bockbuster, it won’t play in your XBOX 360 HD-DVD, and vice versa with the PS3. The implications of this format war would require another article on its own. But as far as the consoles are concerned, the XBOX 360 wins because the DVD player is a separate unit. Playing movies is very taxing on the DVD reader, and let’s face it. In 3 years when your PS3 DVD drive goes out due to playing lots of movies (PS2 was notoriously bad about this) you will have to go buy another PS3. With the 360, you’ll just chuck your HD-DVD player, and go buy another one at the store. In 3 years standalone units wlil probably only cost about $ 99-150. Another point for the XBOX 360, is that I don’t know who will win the format-war, so I would rather wait with purchase of a HD player. The PS3 doesn’t give you this option.

Best answer:

Answer by Avatouir
I could argue the pants off this but instead I’ll just say shut the f*** up fanboy

What do you think? Answer below!

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10 Responses to “Q&A: To all ps3 fans this is why xbox is better?”

Booyaka 619 Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 9:31 pm
I actually have both systems. I consider both of them to be good. The reason why I like Xbox is because Xbox Live is better (in my opinion). The reason why I like PS3 is because it has stuff like a bluray player, web browser, and stuff like that. The reason why I have both consoles and not just one is because each console has exclusives that I like. (ex: Xbox-halo, gears of war & ps3-infamous, god of war)
This Is Not My Name O.o Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Wow…fanboys are getting out of hand.
You wrote seven paragraphs, just to give your reasons why you think that your console is better? Or did you just copy and paste it from some biased forum?

You do realize that both consoles have pros and cons, and neither of them are perfect in anyway. And also, that different people look for different things when choosing a gaming console.

People like you make real gamers look bad. Real gamers don’t give a shit what the other person is playing on, the just care about gaming. Fanboys are not gamers, they are just annoying 12-year-olds who get all their consoles from their parents, and for some reason feel that people give a shit what they think is the better console.
The Fighter Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
i stopped reading after the first paragraph

Ps3 20gb isnt $ 499.99 you smart person its $ 299.99 for a 120gb

thats how you know you copyed this from a really old thread
Doug Wilson Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Your entire argument is based on “bawww, so expensive, wahhh”.

And you are wrong. The “format war” is over; HD-DVD is dead. They aren’t for sale anywhere. Bluray movies on the other hand are becoming popular and are also used as game disks.

360 has a bigger game library, controller, and more exclusives. PS3 has free online play and better graphics. The end.
Alucard Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
good for you fanboy you can think what you want okay just because you can’t afford one you don’t have to be jealous you know what I mean also what do you mean that PS3 does not have any games just look at the library.PS3 has a lot of games from different genres like shooters,plat formers,adventure,sports,RPGs,etc… while 90% of 360 games are shooters and only 10% are everything else and don’t say I’m a fanboy because I own a 360.

How can you say 360 is cheaper $ 299 for a 20GB 360 while at that same price you can get a PS3 with a 120GB hard drive(not $ 499 and you might be talking about a backwards compatible PS3),WiFi online ready(just make an account),blue-ray playing,and rechargeable controller,can use any FAT32 hard drive and up to 500GB can be stored in a PS3 and for only about $ 100.

360 for $ 299 you get a 20GB hard drive(which was discontinued),unless you have a credit card you need to pay an extra $ 60 a year to play online, oh look an HD-DVD add on for $ 200,how now the 360 controllers need batteries or you could spend another $ 20 for a charge kit,finally you can’t even put your own hard drive you have to buy theirs which the max is 250GB for around $ 130 in total this costs around $ 600-$ 800 while the PS3 already has all of that.

I had to spend around $ 200-$ 300 to just get it as good as the PS3 and also it is a good thing my 360 is modded so I don’t have to buy that stupid HD-DVD crap

Next time kid do some research before you ask a retarded question like this.
John Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I think that both Systems are good and deserve their fans likes
The Dark Knight Says:
February 9th, 2011 at 12:21 am
That’s some really old information you have. Both systems have pros and cons, stop being a fanboy.
Mitchell Says:
February 9th, 2011 at 12:50 am
I exploded when I read that the PS3 is 499 dollars.
Skoder Says:
February 9th, 2011 at 1:29 am
Maybe you should get the ps3!.
Ryan Says:
February 9th, 2011 at 2:01 am
Xbox 360 exclusive games:

Halo
Fable
Gears of war
Mass effect
Left 4 dead 2

Ps3 exclusive games

Uncharted
God of war
killzone
Metal gear solid

Xbox 360 wins?

hands up for xbox 360 exclusive
hands down for ps3 exclusive