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Nebulizah

Nebulizah

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I work in the entertainment / technology industry, and I also have personal experience... if you're going to go with only one next-gen system, make it a PS3.. I'll give you three reasons:

1. Microsoft makes t-h-e s-h-i-t-t-i-e-s-t electronics / software in the industry... their problem is they rush their technology, and they'll let the pros of immediate revenue outweigh the cons of hidden bugs and product lifespan every time... I personally bought the original Xbox the day it came out, & I was psyched... within weeks it had issues... then I had to wait two weeks to get a new power cord sent out due to the original one being recalled because of fire hazards... I was forced to rig up my disc tray to open and close manually, then a few months after that the power button didnt work at all... called Microsoft and they didnt give a fuck, basically told me I didnt buy a warranty on it so I was fucked unless I wanted to send it to them with $75 and no guarantee they could even fix it.. so it's now gathering dust.

2. Nintendo has a lot of really decent ideas / interesting concepts they've brought forward, but they have no longevity with their products. They're always at the back of the pack as far as technology goes, which leads to their breakthrough new products only being considered "breakthrough" for so long... their problem was they had hoped the N64 would be a leader in the industry for longer than it was... then they were forced to rush out the Gamecube, which was just awful and stayed on the market for way too long... then they rushed out the GBA, which had a horrible screen and even with the improvements made still couldnt hold up to the PSP... then they put out the Wii which for all of it's cuteness and interesting concepts is really a sad waste of a system that could've done so much more..

3. Sony is far from perfect, granted. But they are hands down on top of the industry to stay, barring major developments in the future. Bluray technology is the future, and if you need more evidence of that just look at Blockbuster signing an exclusive deal with Bluray. HD DVD may stick around for a while, but Bluray is where it's at. On top of that, Sony actually lowered the price of the system recently, which was a bargain before considering the power it holds and the fact that a standalone Bluray player is still in the $1000 range...

That is just my 2 cents... take it for what it's worth.

peace
 
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Home-E

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Apr 27, 2005
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I can't believe you work in the technology industry, all the reasons you listed are HORRIBLE.

1. Your reasons against buying an Xbox-360 are formed from your experience with the original Xbox. You did not even speak on the 360. At least talk about the 360's high percentage of hardware failures (red rings of death). The 360's hardware is practically even with the PS3's, so how would you consider it rushed? If you were to attack the hardware you could say the 360 uses cheap off the shelf parts, but instead you attack the original xbox's faults, which did not happen to a large percent of the people who owned an Xbox anyway. You talk shit about the original xbox warranty you did not buy, but Microsoft extended the 360 warranty to 3 years, and at the moment it has better games than ps3.

2. How does Nintendo not have longevity with their products? All their systems since nintendo have more or less lasted as long as the rest of the competition and up until this current generation the technology used in their systems was as powerful or more powerful than their competitors. Excuse me? They are always at the back of the pack with technology? The nintendo was more powerful than the sega master system, the Snes was more powerful than the Genesis, the N64 was more powerful than the PS1, the Gamecube was more powerful than the PS2 and close to being as powerful as Xbox, Nintendo developed shoulder buttons on controllers, the analog stick, rumble, which have all become standard in all videogame consoles (except rumble in PS3). And now the Wii remote is revolutionizing video game gameplay. The Wii might not be as powerful as the 360 or PS3, but that did not stop the less powerful PS1 from beating the N64 or the least powerful of the 3 consoles last generation, the PS2, from being market leaders! And how was the gamecube rushed to market? The gamecube was awesome and had many AAA titles: Metroid Prime, Super Smash Brothers, Resident evil 1 remake, RE0, Eternal Darkness, RE4, Mario Kard DD, Prince of Persia series, F-Zero GX, Mario Party series, on and on. And how was the GBA rushed? it has so far sold 79 million systems and has recently outsold the PS3 in Japan! The GBA! not the DS! I love how you compared the GBA to DS! your not up to date because the GBA was last generation, and the PSP is competing with the DS not the GBA, despite not being as powerful the DS is outselling the PSP 2:1! And the Wii is demolishing the PS3 right now and is only about a million away from selling more than the 360 and becoming market leader.

3. I'll summarize why YOU recomend we all buy a PS3: "It's a Blu-Ray Player and the price dropped"
The best reason you could come up with for choosing a next generation (its current generation now) VIDEO GAME system is because it has a Blu ray player? WOW I thought maybe you would have said "it's going to have FFXIII, MGS 4, Killzone 2, DMC4, Heavenly Sword, God of War 3, etc" or something! And the price drop wasn't really a price drop, they just got rid of the 20 GB version

Wow man, you don't know shit, game over
 
timdown

timdown

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Jan 18, 2006
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well i like the ps3 controller a lot better. Th actual look of the system is a lot better. theres no exclusives to either system that really concern me, basicly i play wwf, madden, gta, and nba 2k. ill rent action games every once in a while but im not too concerned with them. also my roomate has a 360 so i figured we could play whatever this way.and i guess its kind of fun sayin i got a blu ray but i just have a reg. tv so it really doesnt do shit. also paying for x box live is some gay shit
 
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Impalas

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Nov 7, 2002
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Yes paying for xbox live sucks but is way better then sony's online right now but xbox has been doing it longer sony's only basicly had madden online or socom nobody played anything else but xbox has been gear for the online experience in almost all there games for awhile now. I still going to get a ps3 just waiting for the price drop think the first game im going to get is ninja gaiden or madden depends on if i buy for my xbox 360 first.
 
JesterMIR

JesterMIR

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Feb 23, 2005
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The 360 has the games, but the reliability of the 360 is pure shit. The 360 is built like their OS so far. The PS3 is more reliable than the 360, but it doesn't have the catalog for current gen games like the 360. The Wii is innovative with it's controls and putting the fun back into video games. If it wasn't just for some series on the consoles like MGS, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, Resident Evil and Zelda, I wouldn't think twice on buying any of these consoles and stick to PC gaming.
 
LEE-ZILLA 69

LEE-ZILLA 69

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May 10, 2002
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YEA X-BOX BREAKS DOWN ALOT BASICALLY BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN MADE I DON'T LIKE THE CONTROLLER EITHER, X-BOX MAY BE WINNING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY HARDWARE IS EASIER TO MAKE GAMES FOR BUT IN THE FUTURE WITH THE POWER OF THE PS3 THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SICK ASS GAMES THATS GONNA MAKE MOTHAFUCKAS WANT A PS3
 
kayvee

kayvee

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Nov 20, 2005
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Nebulizah said:
I work in the entertainment / technology industry, and I also have personal experience... if you're going to go with only one next-gen system, make it a PS3.. I'll give you three reasons:

1. Microsoft makes t-h-e s-h-i-t-t-i-e-s-t electronics / software in the industry... their problem is they rush their technology, and they'll let the pros of immediate revenue outweigh the cons of hidden bugs and product lifespan every time... I personally bought the original Xbox the day it came out, & I was psyched... within weeks it had issues... then I had to wait two weeks to get a new power cord sent out due to the original one being recalled because of fire hazards... I was forced to rig up my disc tray to open and close manually, then a few months after that the power button didnt work at all... called Microsoft and they didnt give a fuck, basically told me I didnt buy a warranty on it so I was fucked unless I wanted to send it to them with $75 and no guarantee they could even fix it.. so it's now gathering dust.

2. Nintendo has a lot of really decent ideas / interesting concepts they've brought forward, but they have no longevity with their products. They're always at the back of the pack as far as technology goes, which leads to their breakthrough new products only being considered "breakthrough" for so long... their problem was they had hoped the N64 would be a leader in the industry for longer than it was... then they were forced to rush out the Gamecube, which was just awful and stayed on the market for way too long... then they rushed out the GBA, which had a horrible screen and even with the improvements made still couldnt hold up to the PSP... then they put out the Wii which for all of it's cuteness and interesting concepts is really a sad waste of a system that could've done so much more..

3. Sony is far from perfect, granted. But they are hands down on top of the industry to stay, barring major developments in the future. Bluray technology is the future, and if you need more evidence of that just look at Blockbuster signing an exclusive deal with Bluray. HD DVD may stick around for a while, but Bluray is where it's at. On top of that, Sony actually lowered the price of the system recently, which was a bargain before considering the power it holds and the fact that a standalone Bluray player is still in the $1000 range...

That is just my 2 cents... take it for what it's worth.

peace
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for working in the entertainment industry i can tell you dont specialize in video game consoles.

~k.
 
Spitz Unlimited

Spitz Unlimited

Nick Pro
#15
Apr 25, 2002
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Home-E said:
I can't believe you work in the technology industry, all the reasons you listed are HORRIBLE.

1. Your reasons against buying an Xbox-360 are formed from your experience with the original Xbox. You did not even speak on the 360. At least talk about the 360's high percentage of hardware failures (red rings of death). The 360's hardware is practically even with the PS3's, so how would you consider it rushed? If you were to attack the hardware you could say the 360 uses cheap off the shelf parts, but instead you attack the original xbox's faults, which did not happen to a large percent of the people who owned an Xbox anyway. You talk shit about the original xbox warranty you did not buy, but Microsoft extended the 360 warranty to 3 years, and at the moment it has better games than ps3.

2. How does Nintendo not have longevity with their products? All their systems since nintendo have more or less lasted as long as the rest of the competition and up until this current generation the technology used in their systems was as powerful or more powerful than their competitors. Excuse me? They are always at the back of the pack with technology? The nintendo was more powerful than the sega master system, the Snes was more powerful than the Genesis, the N64 was more powerful than the PS1, the Gamecube was more powerful than the PS2 and close to being as powerful as Xbox, Nintendo developed shoulder buttons on controllers, the analog stick, rumble, which have all become standard in all videogame consoles (except rumble in PS3). And now the Wii remote is revolutionizing video game gameplay. The Wii might not be as powerful as the 360 or PS3, but that did not stop the less powerful PS1 from beating the N64 or the least powerful of the 3 consoles last generation, the PS2, from being market leaders! And how was the gamecube rushed to market? The gamecube was awesome and had many AAA titles: Metroid Prime, Super Smash Brothers, Resident evil 1 remake, RE0, Eternal Darkness, RE4, Mario Kard DD, Prince of Persia series, F-Zero GX, Mario Party series, on and on. And how was the GBA rushed? it has so far sold 79 million systems and has recently outsold the PS3 in Japan! The GBA! not the DS! I love how you compared the GBA to DS! your not up to date because the GBA was last generation, and the PSP is competing with the DS not the GBA, despite not being as powerful the DS is outselling the PSP 2:1! And the Wii is demolishing the PS3 right now and is only about a million away from selling more than the 360 and becoming market leader.

3. I'll summarize why YOU recomend we all buy a PS3: "It's a Blu-Ray Player and the price dropped"
The best reason you could come up with for choosing a next generation (its current generation now) VIDEO GAME system is because it has a Blu ray player? WOW I thought maybe you would have said "it's going to have FFXIII, MGS 4, Killzone 2, DMC4, Heavenly Sword, God of War 3, etc" or something! And the price drop wasn't really a price drop, they just got rid of the 20 GB version

Wow man, you don't know shit, game over
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JesterMIR

JesterMIR

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Feb 23, 2005
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LEE-ZILLA 69 said:
YEA X-BOX BREAKS DOWN ALOT BASICALLY BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN MADE I DON'T LIKE THE CONTROLLER EITHER, X-BOX MAY BE WINNING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY HARDWARE IS EASIER TO MAKE GAMES FOR BUT IN THE FUTURE WITH THE POWER OF THE PS3 THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SICK ASS GAMES THATS GONNA MAKE MOTHAFUCKAS WANT A PS3
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It's made in China.
 
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