What Do I Choose?

[Spy,]

Im Saving Up For A Console But I Dont Know What To Get.

DSI: i will have the practicality of carrying it around with me and aslo play games that dont come out on ps3 or xbox 360.
Price: £175 (around that)

PS3: i will have better grapthics and also better games also more online action on games but wont feel right playing it on a small tv + will take a while to save up for.
Price: £300 (nearly)

XBOX 360: i will have a cheaper version of a ps3 but i will have to pay for the online gaming + will have to get use to controler and same thing about tv problem + then theres the problem with the red ring od death + the E74 code or what ever it is.
Price: £240 (around that)


any advice would be very grateful as it will help me choose.

[Dusty-09]

Im Saving Up For A Console But I Dont Know What To Get.

DSI: i will have the practicality of carrying it around with me and aslo play games that dont come out on ps3 or xbox 360.
Price: £175 (around that)

PS3: i will have better grapthics and also better games also more online action on games but wont feel right playing it on a small tv + will take a while to save up for.
Price: £300 (nearly)

XBOX 360: i will have a cheaper version of a ps3 but i will have to pay for the online gaming + will have to get use to controler and same thing about tv problem + then theres the problem with the red ring od death + the E74 code or what ever it is.
Price: £240 (around that)


any advice would be very grateful as it will help me choose.

Right DSI = no no no.. You will get bored for sure. I have the DS which I've given to my sister cus I hated it after a week.

PS3 = I have this, it's great and you're right its got better games and better graphics. But its worth it to save up.

Xbox 360 = I hate this...


Right ok If you get an Xbox which you say is £240 then if you buy all the accessories, like wireless and hdd or w.e right? Adapter is what around £60 live a year is £40 so you would play for around 3 years? Hypothetically. So it would be a total of £420 in the long term

So if you get a ps3 you will buy a few accessories, headset, extra controller & hdmi cable. Which would be around £70 so £370 in total.

If you take these things into account then PS3 is the best option

I wasn't typing properly so I hope it makes sense. I hate my keyboard

[Simmzay]

I honestly reckon Live is worth it (I've had it for about a year now). I reckon the DSi best suits your needs right now. Just MO though.

[Dusty-09]

I honestly reckon Live is worth it (I've had it for about a year now). I reckon the DSi best suits your needs right now. Just MO though.

Simmzays kinda right, what are you looking for in the console? After all you want one. Don't agree about getting the DSi though...

[Niall!]

Right DSI = no no no.. You will get bored for sure. I have the DS which I've given to my sister cus I hated it after a week.

PS3 = I have this, it's great and you're right its got better games and better graphics. But its worth it to save up.

Xbox 360 = I hate this...


Right ok If you get an Xbox which you say is £240 then if you buy all the accessories, like wireless and hdd or w.e right? Adapter is what around £60 live a year is £40 so you would play for around 3 years? Hypothetically. So it would be a total of £420 in the long term

So if you get a ps3 you will buy a few accessories, headset, extra controller & hdmi cable. Which would be around £70 so £370 in total.

If you take these things into account then PS3 is the best option

I wasn't typing properly so I hope it makes sense. I hate my keyboard

Simmzays kinda right, what are you looking for in the console? After all you want one. Don't agree about getting the DSi though...

In short: I am a sony fanboy that only plays mature games for mature gamers, such as myself.

There is nothing wrong with the DS or DSI if you like fun adventure games and story driven games instead of SHOOTIN SHOOTIN SHOOTIN

Also, I think they fxed RROD if you buy a new 360, not used.

[Lost_Addict]

Used to be a PS fanboy but ive totally changed my way lol

The xbox 360 has the best exclusives and est live play, the ps3 has no cost for onlkine but isnt as good, this winter xbox gets sky facebook twitter and lots more features.
I'm not to sure on the PS3 so it may sound a bit biased (sorry) but i would seriously go for the 360 for a better gamin experience

[Neil]

Right ok If you get an Xbox which you say is £240 then if you buy all the accessories, like wireless and hdd or w.e right? Adapter is what around £60 live a year is £40 so you would play for around 3 years? Hypothetically. So it would be a total of £420 in the long term

So if you get a ps3 you will buy a few accessories, headset, extra controller & hdmi cable. Which would be around £70 so £370 in total.

If you take these things into account then PS3 is the best option

I wasn't typing properly so I hope it makes sense. I hate my keyboard

The HDD comes with the console so you don't have to buy that, the xbox comes with a controller, some offers mean you get 2 controllers, you can get up to 4 games with some offers, the wireless adapter only matters if you can't connected wired and you don't HAVE to get gold, xbox live silver is free you just can't play online, really you only have to buy the console, which as you stated was £240 or something, with the wireless adapter it's £300, if you want xbox live you can get 3 months which is like £7, 6 months which is £17 or something I think or 12 months for around £40, that still leaves it at £340 so I have no idea where you got £420 from.

Being the only person that has both here so far I think I would have to say xbox is the better option, I preferred Sony when it was PS2 and Xbox but the 360 is just better this time in my opinion, the live community is better than the PS3, I don't care what anyone says, it is, it has the better selection of games and I find it's better value for money, since with the PS3 unless you have a HDTV you have a useless blu-ray player really, xbox is better if you want racing games, FPS games and RPG games, not really sure what you can get from PS3 that isn't better on xbox to be honest but yea, only advantage PS3 has is bigger disks.

[dbgtz]

Urrm the live "community" is only "better" because its been out longer.

PS3 will have a much larger fps (mag) game then xboxs so that will be better. GT5 is probably the only good ps3 racing game though. Also lbp is good if you like to create random stuff. Really all the good fps are multi-console.

Also blu-ray isn't useless without a hdtv. If you look at most ps3 exclusives the size would be too large for xboxs old dvd discs. Also the money for live goes towards moderation lol.

The only reason people say ps3s are expensive is because not everyone can afford it at this point coz of the recession. If you think about it really, it is quite cheap for what you get. I mean alot of blu-ray players are equal price to ps3, or more. So ps3 is much more worth the money and has a bigger monthly sales. The only reason 360 has more is because it was out alot before. I bet in a years time, ps3 will be dominant.

Also we have alot of games 360 people want, but not many ps3ers want 360 games.


@Neil, hes added 3 years worth of live.

ALSO ps3 can already go on twitter and facebook via the web browser. Besides, you can't play games and watch sky at the same time. Chances are you have sky or virgin already so. PS3 has a lot more into it then people think.

[Neil]

You are the most biased person I've ever met on this forum, everything you say is just ridiculous so yea, I'm not gonna start a fight on this one, you need to learn the PS3 isn't THAT good, the xbox has way more than the PS3 does, I don't really care what you *think* I have both and I know first hand what both consoles can do and what ones are better, also I could not leave this one alone;

"Also we have alot of games 360 people want, but not many ps3ers want 360 games."

What on Earth are you talking about?

I'm sure you'll find quite a few PS3 owners that would like the Halo series, Fable, Gears of War, PGR, Forza, there is not a single PS3 game I would like on the 360 because the 360 has variations of just about every PS3 game out.

[Dusty-09]

In short: I am a sony fanboy that only plays mature games for mature gamers, such as myself.

There is nothing wrong with the DS or DSI if you like fun adventure games and story driven games instead of SHOOTIN SHOOTIN SHOOTIN

Also, I think they fxed RROD if you buy a new 360, not used.

Im not a "sony fanboy" I just don't like the 360, my opinion and my taste. Yes I play mature games, I do play fun adventure games as well. and I'm not all SHOOTIN SHOOTIN SHOOTIN. i do play strategy, adventure and things like that. You are way off the marker assuming I am like this. I played DS games, and I found them boring. It didn't grip me. Mario Kart was the best on the DS but with the PS3 you have a wider range and thats what a like, A VARIETY.

And I've played the Xbox, its good, but I dont like it... Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and thats what I'm doing

@ Neil - I was estimating so if it is cheaper my mistake I apologise.

I agree with you saying that Xbox has good games yet the ps3 has such games aswell. I reckon xbox and ps3 have different qualities and thats what makes them unique.

But what can I say, I don't like the Xbox, I prefer the Ps3. no im not a fanboy ;l I haven't owned an Xbox but I've played it frequent enough to get to know it, and comparing them I find ps3 better. But thats my opinion I guess