Which one's better? PS3, 360 or Wii?

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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.07.04 (19:40)

Chase wrote:
The Dreamcast was awesome yes, but was it too far ahead of its time? Was it released too long before the PS2? If they hadn't released it as early maybe it would have had a better chance. But against that you could say the same about Microsoft and the Xbox 360, but that became very successful.
Perhaps. It might have given more fight against the PS2. But I think it was the marketing that killed it off. The fact that SEGA was blowing off people by repeatedly selling new hardware (Mega CD, Saturn, 32X), by the time they sold the Dreamcast, nobody trusted them. So when the PS2 was rumoured, anybody who was interested went straight away. It made strong sales to begin with, and was very well recieved, but they got practically no sales around Christmas time, despite a shortage of PS2s...

Had they never released the CD, 32X or the Saturn, and just jumped straight to Dreamcast, maybe there'd be a forth (or fifth, counting PC) competitor in today's console "war"...

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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.07.04 (19:52)

MickyTP wrote:PC BEATS ALL

I hope this hasn't already been said, otherwise I'm fucked. I can't be arsed to read the topic. I do admittedly own an XBOX 360, PS3 and Wii though. They're all good in there own ways. Also, Xbox community is better because the PS3's is free and all kinds of crackheads can get in. All three are good, but I barely ever play any of them, because I'm too busy with music.
Yeah. Been somewhat said. But I like your arguement, mainly because it's concise, true, and doesn't delve off the diving board into the waterless realms of fanboyism...

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Postby MattKestrel » 2009.07.04 (21:33)

Oh god. Why can't we just let this thread fucking die ;_;

Every console is good for the reason you buy it for. If you've made enough of a decision to choose a console, you've already got an undeniable point of view. Either way, no amount of bickering is going to lead to anyone trading in games consoles or changing a thing.
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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.07.04 (21:41)

GTM wrote:Oh god. Why can't we just let this thread fucking die ;_;

Every console is good for the reason you buy it for. If you've made enough of a decision to choose a console, you've already got an undeniable point of view. Either way, no amount of bickering is going to lead to anyone trading in games consoles or changing a thing.
Unfortunatly, this thread won't die. The community is ever growing, and some new members will inevitably post their views. They, of course, probably won't read any of the rest of the thread, but meh. As long as their is more and more people, there are more and more points of view.


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Postby pinballwizard96 » 2009.07.04 (23:21)

Maybe it won't die because it's so damn funny...
my vote: pc
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.07.05 (01:00)

For anyone who voted PC: I don't ask that you read seven pages of posts, but at the very least, read the topic title, maybe? The PC is the superior machine. It's also the most expensive, it's missing a lot of key titles, it doesn't have the same guaranteed standards of a console title, and it is susceptible to virii, spam, and adware. Which isn't to say it's worse; just shut the fuck up because we're talking about consoles, newbs.
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Postby Tunco » 2009.07.05 (09:01)

SlappyMcGee wrote:For anyone who voted PC: I don't ask that you read seven pages of posts, but at the very least, read the topic title, maybe? The PC is the superior machine. It's also the most expensive, it's missing a lot of key titles, it doesn't have the same guaranteed standards of a console title, and it is susceptible to virii, spam, and adware. Which isn't to say it's worse; just shut the fuck up because we're talking about consoles, newbs.
And because that every console includes some parts of pc's (not same but the part is doing the same job as in the pc), so it's actually somewhat stupid to even think about it.
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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.07.05 (16:21)

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SlappyMcGee wrote:For anyone who voted PC: I don't ask that you read seven pages of posts, but at the very least, read the topic title, maybe? The PC is the superior machine. It's also the most expensive, it's missing a lot of key titles, it doesn't have the same guaranteed standards of a console title, and it is susceptible to virii, spam, and adware. Which isn't to say it's worse; just shut the fuck up because we're talking about consoles, newbs.
And because that every console includes some parts of pc's (not same but the part is doing the same job as in the pc), so it's actually somewhat stupid to even think about it.
No... the pc isn't included in this thread because the title of the thread lists only three options. The pc isn't one of them. It has nothing to do with what parts of the pc are where. The pc and xbox, for instance, are very different machines.
They are different mediums, and upgrade at different rates. No matter how you argue it, the PC will always win, because it is constantly being upgraded, while consoles are only upgraded about every 5 years. Which is another reason why the PC shouldn't be argued for; it will not lose.

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Postby a happy song » 2009.07.05 (17:58)

Drathmoore wrote: the PC shouldn't be argued for; it will not lose.
Only in terms of what's technically more powerful (the highest end possible PC at the time VS whatever..). However, the topic of debate is 'Which one's better?' and 'better' covers much more than that (console specific aspects, console exclusive titles, etc..), so if we did include the PC you could still argue with all validity that the Wii is superior to it if that's your preference.
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Postby smartalco » 2009.07.05 (18:26)

SlappyMcGee wrote:it's missing a lot of key titles
It also exclusively has a lot of key titles (most RTS's, TF2 (yes, I am aware TF2 is also on the PS3 and 360, but the PS3 version is a total joke, and the limits of XBL consistently has the 360 version a few updates behind))
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Postby Tunco » 2009.07.05 (19:17)

Drathmoore wrote:
DemonzLunchBreak wrote:
Tunco123 wrote: And because that every console includes some parts of pc's (not same but the part is doing the same job as in the pc), so it's actually somewhat stupid to even think about it.
No... the pc isn't included in this thread because the title of the thread lists only three options. The pc isn't one of them. It has nothing to do with what parts of the pc are where. The pc and xbox, for instance, are very different machines.
They are different mediums, and upgrade at different rates. No matter how you argue it, the PC will always win, because it is constantly being upgraded, while consoles are only upgraded about every 5 years. Which is another reason why the PC shouldn't be argued for; it will not lose.
And even though you all say with PC it's not arguable you still argue about it? :/
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.07.05 (23:25)

DemonzLunchBreak wrote:What the hell are you doing with those quotes, Tunco? I fixed it to make it more comprehensible.

Ahaha. I had written something to that effect earlier, but I guess I never hit submit. :(
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Postby PsychoSnail » 2009.07.14 (01:39)

MickyTP wrote:Also, Xbox community is better because the PS3's is free and all kinds of crackheads can get in.
So having to pay for XBox Live makes the people who get in more intelligent? I think it only shows that they're richer.
PC is the best for those who like free games (like me).
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Postby Awesome67 » 2009.08.15 (14:40)

MattKestrel wrote:Oh god. Why can't we just let this thread f*cking die ;_;

Every console is good for the reason you buy it for. If you've made enough of a decision to choose a console, you've already got an undeniable point of view. Either way, no amount of bickering is going to lead to anyone trading in games consoles or changing a thing.
That *sniff* is the most undeniably true statement I have ever heard in mah entire life. I'm sorry I ever started this thread, to be honest. MattKestrel, I salute you. But, you do realize that nobody is ever going to stop bickering about this topic, right?
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Postby MattKestrel » 2009.08.15 (15:02)

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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.08.15 (15:41)

MattKestrel wrote:/lock
I agree with the above user pretending to be a moderator.

Now, what is it... 4 years until the next console debate? (That's debate, not war. The console war was a long time ago, and I must admit it's annoying when people call this Xbox vs. PS3 debate a "console war". Until I see advertisements stating that "Sony PS3s on the Xbox 360" or something similar I will not accept this as a "war").

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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.08.15 (17:38)

Drathmoore wrote:
MattKestrel wrote:/lock
I agree with the above user pretending to be a moderator.

Now, what is it... 4 years until the next console debate? (That's debate, not war. The console war was a long time ago, and I must admit it's annoying when people call this Xbox vs. PS3 debate a "console war". Until I see advertisements stating that "Sony PS3s on the Xbox 360" or something similar I will not accept this as a "war").
The last good console war was Genesis vs. Super Ninetendo. (Mega Drive vs. Super Famicom, for douchebags from Japan, or some combination of the two for douchebags from any place that is not America.)
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Postby Drathmoore » 2009.08.15 (17:49)

SlappyMcGee wrote:The last good console war was Genesis vs. Super Ninetendo. (Mega Drive vs. Super Famicom, for douchebags from Japan, or some combination of the two for douchebags from any place that is not America.)
Mega Drive vs. Super Nintendo over here in the UK.

And to be pedantic, that was the only console war. SEGA and Nintendo were literally going at each other. Sonic being a direct response to Mario, and what company actually goes and insults the other company in their advertisements (despite the fact that they probably couldn't do it in today's "sue for the slightest mishap" world)?

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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.08.15 (22:33)

Drathmoore wrote:
SlappyMcGee wrote:The last good console war was Genesis vs. Super Ninetendo. (Mega Drive vs. Super Famicom, for douchebags from Japan, or some combination of the two for douchebags from any place that is not America.)
Mega Drive vs. Super Nintendo over here in the UK.

And to be pedantic, that was the only console war. SEGA and Nintendo were literally going at each other. Sonic being a direct response to Mario, and what company actually goes and insults the other company in their advertisements (despite the fact that they probably couldn't do it in today's "sue for the slightest mishap" world)?

"Genesis does what Nintendon't." - Best advertisement ever, with "Blast Processing" coming in at a close second.
Well, that, and the fact that it was mostly Sega's asshole marketing that perpetuated the war, and this same asshole marketing made them go from a four million dollar corporation contending for top spot in the console world to software developer in five years.
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Postby beethoveN » 2009.10.26 (18:15)

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beethoveN wrote:N N N N N N N N N N LAPTOP FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah.
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Postby noops » 2009.10.27 (17:08)

Wow, this is still going? Huh.

I like the 360 because, in my opinion, there are a lager selection of good games for it, whereas the PS3 has a somewhat small collection of kickass games, and the Wii a shitload of crappy games. With some gems here and there.

And with the new updates that are coming for the X360 (Facebook, Twitter) it's catching up to the PS3 in terms of versatility. But the PS3 has a blu-ray player, so... Hmm.
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.10.27 (23:04)

What's going on in this thread? :/
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