360 or wait for PS3?

**Papewaio** · 05-24-2006, 00:59

Wait for both PS3 and Xmas... hopefully PS3 lands before Xmas.

Once you have PS3 in shops you have two benefits. Comparison of product and competition dropping the price of the machines.

**Ab Urbe Condita** · 05-24-2006, 01:18

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Wait for both PS3 and Xmas... hopefully PS3 lands before Xmas.

Once you have PS3 in shops you have two benefits. Comparison of product and competition dropping the price of the machines.

Why? We pretty much already know where the PS3 is going to stand at launch, and if he ends up buying a 360 he will have wasted 6 months he could have spent playing videogames.

**John86** · 05-24-2006, 02:17

Hmmmm

Thanks for the responses guys, Im leaning towards the 360. I have a ps2 currently, and I find that there are many more games on the xbox that interest me more.

**Papewaio** · 05-24-2006, 03:25

Originally Posted by Ab Urbe Condita

Why? We pretty much already know where the PS3 is going to stand at launch, and if he ends up buying a 360 he will have wasted 6 months he could have spent playing videogames.

Pretty big statement. Got to remember that Xbox not making much penetration into the PS and Nintendo core market, meaning that they have the luxuary of time. PS2 has been around a lot longer then XBOX, so I wouldn't bet that the 360 is going to have a longer life then PS3

**Ab Urbe Condita** · 05-24-2006, 03:37

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Pretty big statement. Got to remember that Xbox not making much penetration into the PS and Nintendo core market, meaning that they have the luxuary of time. PS2 has been around a lot longer then XBOX, so I wouldn't bet that the 360 is going to have a longer life then PS3

Wait, what? Explain what that has to do with him buying one or the other.

**Papewaio** · 05-24-2006, 03:51

Originally Posted by Ab Urbe Condita

Wait, what? Explain what that has to do with him buying one or the other.

Simple the PS3 will have a larger quality developer base, a larger hardcore fanbase, better hardware (although blue ray will either vault it into the stratosphere or be an albatros around the neck) and in general a better supported range of games.

Worst case scenario he waits 6 months and gets to choose the best system. If he chooses 360 it will be if anything cheaper as MS heads to undermine PS3's market penertration.

**Ab Urbe Condita** · 05-24-2006, 04:58

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Simple the PS3 will have a larger quality developer base, a larger hardcore fanbase, better hardware (although blue ray will either vault it into the stratosphere or be an albatros around the neck) and in general a better supported range of games.

Worst case scenario he waits 6 months and gets to choose the best system. If he chooses 360 it will be if anything cheaper as MS heads to undermine PS3's market penertration.

I bet you fifty bucks that by 2008 most developers will have switched over to the 360 once they realize nobody wants to play on a system that costs 600 dollars, with Japanese developers alternating between the Wii and the 360. I absolutely guarantee it.

Hell, I'll go even further and wager that Final Fantasy XIV and Dragon Quest IX are developed for the Wii.

**doc_bean** · 05-24-2006, 11:26

What I worry about with the PS3 is the cost and quantity/quality of the games. The PS3 has the best hardware, that's pretty much a given, but with better hardware come higher development costs, which leads to higher pricing and less risk taking from the developers part.

Of course, I find the pricing of the PS3 outrageous too. And I'm pretty disappointed that Sony is ripping of Nintendo *again*.

I'd advise you to wait for at least a year after its release, then it will be obvious if the console is getting some decent games and support from developers. Of course, it's a long wait, but the PS2 is still getting great games (or so I've been told, I don't own one). The 360 doesn't seem to have any must have games yet, but then I don't think the Xbox itself has many either, so it's probably a matter of taste. *I* wouldn't go for a 360 right now.

EDIT: and i really miss a "Go for the Wii" and a Gah option here

**Xiahou** · 05-27-2006, 13:02

Originally Posted by Ab Urbe Condita

I bet you fifty bucks that by 2008 most developers will have switched over to the 360 once they realize nobody wants to play on a system that costs 600 dollars, with Japanese developers alternating between the Wii and the 360. I absolutely guarantee it.

I thought the 360 flopped in Japan even worse than the first Xbox....

**Zalmoxis** · 05-24-2006, 03:39

Hopefully PS3 can inovate in games, because this is it for graphics. Seeing as how I bought the PS2 for the games, I'm gonna trust that Sony grabs the best, and so I choose the PS3.