Old: Magnavox Oddessy, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube with GBA Player.
Current: Xbox 360, PS3.
Unfortunately, after playing Skyrim for over 200 hours in a short amount of time, I seem to have killed my 360's disk drive. I forgot to install it.
I don't play a lot of games on my PS3. In fact, as a general rule, I despise the PS3. The controller is garbage for most genres, the craptastic OS it has, the excruciatingly long downloads on the PSN (I'm on a 20 Mb/sec down 5Mb/sec up connection, so it isn't my connection), the install times of downloaded games, the PSN being garbage for just about every game... In short, if it wasn't for the few exclusives I do like (Uncharted series, Killzone 3 Multiplayer, DCUO) and Mortal Kombat, it would only be used as a bluray player or to watch Amazon Prime videos.
For me, the 360 is my preferred gaming system... The controller works great for most genres (not for fighting games, the PS3 controller wins there), downloads are relatively fast, no extra install time after downloading a game off of Xbox Live (just DL and play...), Xbox Live is universes better than the PSN in pretty much every way, the OS is simple to navigate and effective... Just worlds better than the PS3, for me.
mynameisbob84 said:
I own a 360 and a PS3. Got the 360 when they were still new and convinced myself I didn't need a PS3 for a long time. Finally broke and got one and while my 360 served me well, the PS3 has become my system of choice. I keep the 360 for the rare must-own exclusives (which reminds me I still need to get Gears of War 3) but find the PS3 to be a better console - capable of lovelier graphics, better exclusives, better online store, free online play and better exclusives.
Capable of beter graphics and actually producing said graphics are two different things. I find most PS3 titles to look washed out, and only a few of the first party exclusives really seem to show the potential power of the PS3. Multiplatform games tend to look beter on the 360, overall; since the 360 has better blacks and colors. And, yes, I use HDMI for both consoles, so it's not like I have the 360 hooked up through HDMI and the PS3 through composite cables.
Beter exclusives is going to be a matter of taste. Yes, the Uncharted games are great, to me. But I care nothing for God of War, MGS4, and most of the other exclusives. I do enjoy the Killzone 3 Multiplayer, though, and did find MAG fun for a while. But LBP is always a good time.
The free online play... here is where I can't disagree more. Sure, it's free... but you get what you pay for. It's slow when downloading new system updates/patches/bought content. There's no universal party system (hell, most online games don't even have a party system that works on the PS3), The absolute trouble it is to invite and/or join friends in games. The infamous PSN network hack that took the whole network down for weeks... Just because it's free, doesn't make it better. I nmany ways, the PSN being free makes it worse than Xbox Live.
As to the store... I find it hard to navigate at times, and the search function rarely ever brings up the game I am looking for. Plus, as I said before, when you do download something off the store, it can take forever and a day to finally finish downloading, and then it has to install. It is nice, though, that videos/movies and games are packaged in the same store, over having to go to the Zune Marketplace on Xbox Live for videos/movies.
