360 or wait for PS3?

[Papewaio]

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]

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]

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

[edyzmedieval]

I'm waiting for PS3.

[drone]

As much as it pains me to say, I'd say go with the 360. After the past couple of years with the way Sony treats it's paying customers, I've got a personal boycott going.

[Xiahou]

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....

[Ab Urbe Condita]

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

It did, but you have to consider that foreign markets make up a significant portion of income for a lot of japanese developers, ie Square Enix, Capcom, Konami et al.

[Phatose]

Go 360 now.

Developers - even Japanese developers - spend their money on making games for systems with an installed user base. Waiting for the PS3 because it will have games is a self fufilling prophecy at best. At worst, it's 6 months waiting, 200 bucks more for a system that might have squat for games because sony is more concerned with you taking their side in the HD format wars then they are about games.

[NodachiSam]

I'd wait for Ps3 to come out and then decide which you want. If you want to be safe (though it is a long time, not that it mattersif you're really busy) wait 4 or 5 months until newer versions with fewer kinks come out.

[Mikeus Caesar]

I won't be getting either - just same old stuff, slightly better graphics. Only console that shows any sign of innovation and fun is the Wii, and Sony being the unimaginative gits they are did away with the banana controller and stole the motion sensor off the Wii controller.

Wii FTW!