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

  • From: "Clement Chou" <chou.clement@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 08:47:09 -0800

The new xbox will be able to play blue rays and have dvr functions eh? Now that could make it a lot more worthwhile... I will say right now, the only reason I don't have one is the lack of good exclusives... and I can't deny, that bloody controller! hahaha Though thankfully, there are converters to use the ps3 controller with the xbox. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> 

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Subject: [brandon's list] Re: PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts.
I agree. there are some games I want to get for plus, but I need to wait for sighted assistance to be available, and for those people to help me get the game whenever they feel like it. this is an annoyance I don't have on 360. if I wanna get a game at 4 in the morning, I can do so. that's true freedom. also there are rumors going around that the next xbox will play blu-rays. so that won't be a con for the console any longer. it will also apparently have DVR funcionality, which sounds totally neat. as for ps4, sony stated they weren't going to announce it for a very long time. they're concentrating all their efforts on the vita now.
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well obviously each console has its pros and cons, although what i do
like about the ps3 also is that it can play blue-ray, meaning that its
exclusives can be as epic as possible, plus blue-ray is the new
standard for movies now, and i'm planning on getting the star wars
collection for one thing.
Although, i do love the sound of the xbox web-interface.  wish the ps3
had something like that, its annoying having to ask for sighted help
all the time.

On 3/9/12, Clement Chou <chou.clement@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Very nice. Thanks for that... though personally, I think the online side is purely objective, since my ps3 online experience has been flawless. hahaha I have never been disconnected once, and there are only two games I have had 
problems with all of which were due to the games themselves and not the
ps3's native online. Not being a hater or bashing, but personally I think the only thing I'd want an xbox for would be the web interface. I'm curious as to load times... I hear they are a bit faster on the xbox than the ps3 
for most games. Is it true?
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Subject: [brandon's list] PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts.
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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