[brandon's list] Re: PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts.
- From: Søren Jensen <slj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brandonslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:32:10 +0100
Hi.
Awesome discussion. Something I've waited for in ages. :)
I would only get a Xbox to get the accessible website. I have very limited
access to sighted assistance. My sighted friend who lives nearby works at the
night and sleep the whole day, so I don't see him much. I would love to buy my
own games from an accessible web-store, chat with people and do all these
things.
When it comes to the device itself, I think I'll stick with my ps3. I use it
for playing blueray discs, dvds, a bit music and I really like the easy
interface. So if I'll get a Xbox in the future, I'll not sell my ps3. The Xbox
controler just feels strange in my hands, but I'm sure I can get used to it.
The bad thing is that I don't have that much time to play console games as I
want. If I had the time, I would sit there and play online the whole day. :) As
the ps3 lags on accessibility, I haven't just got time to figure out how to
invite people, accept invitations and all that stuff yet. Why? Because I need
sighted assistance to add my friends. Sometimes I only have sighted assistance
one time each month, and other times the people who visit me don't know how to
navigate a console which makes things even more difficult.
So for these reasons I might get a xbox, but I also wanna see what Sony and
Microsoft brings in the future.
Again, I really like this discution. Thanks for bringing this up.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
slj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website:
http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 09/03/2012 kl. 01.20 skrev Yohandy:
> 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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