[brandon's list] Re: PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts.

Yes, but look at your trophies. If you care, you're gonna have to start all 
over again on the xbox. Doesn't that sound like fun. I do love the xbox online 
purchasing system, but i'm not going to purchase everything I have on the xbox 
again. Have fun with 5 year olds on voice chat...

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On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:53 AM, "Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well thing is, interfaces you can get around. but lack of accessibility you 
> can't. what good is a great interface, if you can't access most of it? let's 
> say downloading games on the ps3 console is much easier, well we need to ask 
> for sighted assistance each time we want to get something, so what good is 
> such an interface? as a matter of fact, there isn't much we can do on the 
> ps3's interface anyway, so it's essentially useless to us regardless of its 
> ease of use to the average gamer. I've been a Sony gamer for many years, but 
> I had to open my eyes and look at the bigger picture. with the ways things 
> are going these days, with touch interfaces and the like, I think the future 
> for the blind gamer will be the 360. look at vita. completely touch based 
> interface. next xbox is rumored to have a controller with touch features, but 
> the major diference is that xbox has kinect, we can use it for navigating 
> around. ps3 doesn't have such a device, only the playstation move. and that's 
> of no use to us when it comes to navigation. I have a move so I should know 
> lol. also there is this: when you go into the avatar editor on the xbox site, 
> there's a button that says: Avatar Editor with accessibility. there are also 
> many accessibility links throughout the xbox sites. so that should solidify 
> in your minds microsoft's stand for gamers with disabilities. sony on the 
> other hand, always ignores my accessibility requests. answer me this: what 
> good will a great d-pad on the ps4 be, if the entire interface is touch based 
> and we can't use it? it's time we all look at the bigger picture.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle" <lifeguardstrike@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <brandonslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:34 PM
> Subject: [brandon's list] Re: PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts.
> 
> 
> I also own both, and this is my opinion. I'll stick with my ps3. The ps3 has 
> an interface that is much easier to use. Everything is organized, unlike xbox 
> where everything is just thrown on your screen. But, both consoles are great, 
> and the console wars will never end, but i'll always defend the ps3. Okay, 
> okay, I just made that sound like the end of some kind of war game.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:20 PM, "Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Whenever people discuss one console vs another, there are always some bias 
>> opinions. I guess this can't be helped, since people often think whatever 
>> they purchase is the best there is, and will come up with all sorts of 
>> inventive ways to prove such opinions. well I have both now, and I'm here to 
>> discuss pros and cons of each. First off: xbox has a totally awesome web 
>> interface, which ps3 lacks. I can't begin to explain to you how awesome it 
>> is to want a game, and immediately go and grab the thing without having to 
>> ask for sighted assistance on every little step. Not just games though. this 
>> works for everything in the marketplace, from DLC, to music and movies. you 
>> can also add friends, check if they're online and what they're doing, and 
>> check their achievements on the fly. no need to synchronize achievements on 
>> 360 like there is for ps3 trophies, or to check your achievements on an 
>> external site. Another thing 360 has going for it is an amazing online 
>> experience. Yes ps3 has online as well, and yes ps3's online component is 
>> free. but I believe xbox has a better experience overall. I think the main 
>> reason for this is that we pay for online on xbox. so if their online was 
>> broken, there'll be lots of angry people demanding a refund. with ps3, the 
>> thing's free, so it doesn't matter as much. on xbox I haven't been 
>> disconnected once from its online mode, since the time I purchased the 
>> console about a week ago. PS3 I get disconnected quite frequently, for no 
>> apparent reason. remember guys, I'm using the same setup here for 
>> everything, only thing that changes is the consoles. xbox also has cross 
>> game chat, which allows you to chat with friends while everyone plays 
>> different games. ps3 you either voice chat from the game itself, or you need 
>> to go into their voice chat application. once you're in, you can't do 
>> anything else with your console. you'll need to quit the voice chat session. 
>> Another thing. downloads on xbox fly. a 1GB file took a few minutes, and 
>> game patches are near instantaneous. this isn't the case for ps3. sometimes 
>> you do get a download fast, but most times the thing's super slow. same 
>> thing with console updates. Also, the 360 doesn't appear to freeze as much 
>> as the ps3 does. I'm sure ps3 owners have experienced the freezing of doom. 
>> you're playing a game, or doing something on your console, then you hear 3 
>> beeps, and console restarts. my 360 hasn't frozen a single time since I've 
>> had it. now for some good things about ps3. Online is free. although to be 
>> honest, after trying online on the 360, I'd prefer to pay for it if I got 
>> the same quality of service from Sony that I'm getting from xbox. free isn't 
>> everything. Also Sony has this really awesome service called PSN plus. once 
>> you get a subscription, you can buy many games at a huge discount, and each 
>> month you get many free games. in fact, last month we got like 8 games 
>> hahaha. Not all games are playable, but man plus itself is freakin awesome, 
>> and I totally love it since we have new and awesome games to check out every 
>> week. this month they're giving away Super Street Fighter 2 turbo remix, and 
>> Um Jammer Lammy free. I can't wait to grab these! another great thing about 
>> ps3? the controller - I'm slowly getting used to the xbox controller, I'm 
>> definitely better with it than I was when I started hahaha, but the ps3 
>> controller feels so good and so natural in my hands, and the D-pad is so 
>> perfect. I don't think 360 controller will ever feel that way to me lol. 
>> another pro for ps3 is the fact that there are soooooo many exclusives for 
>> that platform. and really good ones too. most of them we can't play of 
>> course, but that doesn't stop them from being good, or from being available. 
>> If you have sighted assistance and a ps3, I urge you guys to check out 
>> something like uncharted or Heavy rain. Those are some truly awesome gaming 
>> experiences. there are more pros and cons, but you guys probably won't be 
>> too interested. like swapping hard drives for instance. on ps3 you can use 
>> any laptop drive, but you need to mess around with screws to get to the 
>> drive. Xbox HDD is proprietary, but opening the case to get the the drive 
>> doesn't require any screws and will probably take 2 seconds to do hahaha. 
>> Anyhow, if you guys have specific questions about either platform that I 
>> haven't answered here, let me know and I'll try and answer them to the best 
>> of my ability. hope this clears some things up for everyone!
>> 
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