NEW SHORT: "A LETTER TO XBOX 360 OWNERS"

[Dr. Boogie]

Mine was plugged into a surge protector for a while, but it didn't break until after I had been playing it without one for a few weeks. I've heard all sorts of stories, with some people saying that the DVD drive is 3rd-rate, the motherboard is designed to eventually overheat and break, and other stuff.

I think the real shame is that even with all this, the 360 will still be outclassing the PS3 simply because there aren't any good games for that thing.

[Protoclown]

Originally Posted by Dr. Boogie

I think the real shame is that even with all this, the 360 will still be outclassing the PS3 simply because there aren't any good games for that thing.

I think in the longrun the PS3 is going to come out on top of the Xbox, especially now that they've dropped their price and announced that insane game production schedule for the rest of the year. By this time next year, after some decent games have come out, I think the PS3 will be doing MUCH better. My roommate got one and it's a pretty nice system, but again, there isn't shit worth playing out for it yet.

Nintendo can't just sit on their laurels and ride the "novelty" wave of the Wii for much longer though...they need to start releasing some better games STAT. I'm already getting bored by the lack of what's out there. I know that Metroid, Mario Galaxy, and Smash Bros. Melee are all coming toward the end of the year (and that Mario Kart was finally announced for early 2008), but they're gonna need more than that if they're going to keep holding their own against the big bad uber consoles. That said, I do think the Wii will win this console generation battle if they continue to play their cards as well as they have been since its release. Of course, even if the Wii stumbles a bit, the DS is doing so amazingly well that Nintendo's gonna be soaring high for quite a while.

[noob3]

the ps3 will never be on top, ever (unless u count it being ontop of the 360 in a sexual way, like how you would ask a chick to get on top)! atleast, not in america. or japan. or anywhere video games are sold :0

even with the price cut, so what? the e3 lineup is just a bunch of halo/gears of war rip offs, rehashes & unexclusives. oh, and gran turismo! if u wanna pay $500 for gran turismo, ps3 is the way to go!

[Protoclown]

Originally Posted by noob3

the ps3 will never be on top, ever (unless u count it being ontop of the 360 in a sexual way, like how you would ask a chick to get on top)! atleast, not in america. or japan. or anywhere video games are sold :0

Yeah, cuz the Xbox has sold all of what, five consoles in Japan by now?

[ArrowX]

Originally Posted by Protoclown

Yeah, cuz the Xbox has sold all of what, five consoles in Japan by now?

Proto keep up with the times they've sold around 2000 in japan since that Blue Dragon game came out, it was made by the guy who started Dragon Quest, and Final Fantasy, and had the same art designer as Chrono Trigger, and Dragonball Z. Its moving consoles like mad now.

tho I find it Ironic that after reading this article yesterday my 360 gave me the Red Ring of Death not 20 minutes later

[Mockery]

I think Xbox 360 has a clear advantage over PS3 right now, especially with the excellent line-up of downloadable games on Xbox Live. That's the one thing I'd really buy that system for... they've even got a redrawn of Yie Ar Kung-Fu coming out on it.

I definitely wouldn't count PS3 out, but they've got a loooooooong way to go as far as catching up goes. It'll be interesting to see where all 3 systems stand this time next year.

[ArrowX]

People are against buying the PS3 now, but if you factor a price drop anywhere between 60-100 every year over a console with a supposed 10 year life your looking at a pretty inexpensive console in about 2-3 years. Plus now that Blu Ray is actually a better format than standard DVD's in terms of storage space for games. I hate to say it but at the end of the PS3's lifespan its gonna be a killer system hardware and cost wise down the road.

But
Sony is expecting the PS3 to have a 10 year lifespan, compared to the 360 and the Wii's probable 5-6 year lifespan. My money is on Microsoft moving a next gen system (PS3,Wii,360 consoles being current generation) by 2010-2011, with better hardware.

Oh and Fartin I'm not sevenforce and I don't know how to mod my 360.

[FartinMowler]

gave me the Red Ring of Death

I don't think you should post if there is more than a 50% chance that you hacked or opened the unit.

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Protoclown

I think in the longrun the PS3 is going to come out on top of the Xbox, especially now that they've dropped their price and announced that insane game production schedule for the rest of the year. By this time next year, after some decent games have come out, I think the PS3 will be doing MUCH better.

Possibly. Or it could turn out that the PS3 is less expensive, but has a long list of crummy, half-finished titles. But you know me, I'm an optimist.