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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: redsock on November 18, 2009, 12:43:57 pm
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I have a feeling i know how people are going to vote on this, but considering delving into this realm, more for the additional perks than the gaming, per se. But I do like me some FIFA.
Yes, some interest in a media center and netflix streaming, but the blu ray built in is hard to pass up too.
Thoughts?
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xbox 360 is great for netflix streaming as that's what I use to watch my netflix. PS3 has just come out with netflix streaming too but I haven't tried it on there to compare yet. Both systems are good but with xbox you have to pay to play online and with the ps3 it's free. I haven't really watched the Blu ray movies that much yet even though I got a bunch of free blu rays when I got my ps3. Which one is better is hard to say. They both have their unique things. In the long run probably the PS3 since you don't hear about those breaking down all the time like the xbox. ;D Walkonby had this same question a few months ago not sure which system he went with in the end.
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xbox 360 is great for netflix streaming as that's what I use to watch my netflix. PS3 has just come out with netflix streaming too but I haven't tried it on there to compare yet. Both systems are good but with xbox you have to pay to play online and with the ps3 it's free. I haven't really watched the Blu ray movies that much yet even though I got a bunch of free blu rays when I got my ps3. Which one is better is hard to say. They both have their unique things. In the long run probably the PS3 since you don't hear about those breaking down all the time like the xbox. ;D Walkonby had this same question a few months ago not sure which system he went with in the end.
ah, sorry for the repeat, i'll search for that thread...
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I'm an Xbox man, have not expeirenced the dreaded RROD despite owning mine for almost 3 years , nor do I know anybody who's purchased their Xbox in the last year who has experienced the same problem. I do know two folks who purchased the original run of Xbox production (a year before mine), and MS replaced it within a week, free of charge.
In my eyes, the PS3 always seems to be behind the xbox in terms of innovation. All of the new features the PS3 has released this past fall have been on the xbox for almost a year.
As for Blu-Ray, it will likely never be on the Xbox as they have clearly gone the route of downloadable HD content. I don't need to repeat the reasons why I think tangible media is dead, but a quick search of this forum or perusal of the Smackie thread will give you all the reasons why I think Blu-Ray is the last of the tangible video media and why I see no need to invest in it.
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still haven't gone either way . . . yet. i'm working out my final days of playing the wii by exploiting the great games that the gamecube put out. but from my extensive research, playing both in game stores, asking countless questions of many, serious gaming geeks, ps3 all the way when i go next gen.
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ha I thought about buying a Wii. They say they are very easy to mod and make a hack out of them no matter software version you have. Meaning you can play all the old gamecube, nes, and even new games. Pirates ha ;D
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I have both.
yes, you have to pay for 360 online stuff and ps3 is free...but it shows. the online experience for xbox is light years ahead of the ps3 online experience.
if a game comes out for both the 360 and and ps3, i will always buy the 360 version hands down. all of the extra features they add to the ps3 always feel like add-ons, rather than being integrated like they are on the 360. take netflix streaming for example...on the ps3, in order to get netflix streaming, you need to send away for a special disc, and the disc must be inserted into the ps3 whenever you want to stream netflix. totally ass backwards.
having blu-ray in the ps3 is nice, but the future of movie watching is digital distrubution. that being said, for games, it can be a bonus since you can fit a ton of more content, and publishers are not always willing to ship on more than 1 disc for the 360 (i worked for a game developer for 3 years...released a game for the ps3 and 360). horsepower wise, they are about equal.
but when it comes down to it...take a look at system exclusives and buy the system that has the most that you want to play
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As an owner of all three systems (adding in the wii even though it isnt being asked about) and i would have to cast my vote towards the PS3. Better specs. More reliable (Im on my third 360 due to the red ring issue). A better controller. Free online play (though i really dont game online, so its a moot point for me). Ive compared a couple of games on the same tv using HDMI, and the PS3 has looked better each time. Blu ray. Net Flix now. Plus the back catalouge of PS and PS2 has a few gems that are timeless and worth being played still. You can swap the hard drives with a bigger capacity one that isnt proprietary...
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I agree that it mostly depends on what games you want to play. Multiplayer games are typically better on Xbox 360, but, if you're not a hardcore multiplayer gamer, I'd recommend the PS3. The PS3 has some great exclusive games of its own. I'm particularly fond of the Uncharted games. The PS3 works great as a media center extender (I routinely download TV shows on my computer and then watch them on the PS3) and it's just about the best Blu-ray player available. Digital distribution won't match Blu-ray 1080p quality for a very, very, very long time.
I've seen it speculated that the Netflix PS3 disc is a loophole to get around some kind of exclusive agreement Microsoft has with Netflix. Once that agreement expires, which rumors say is sometime next year, Netflix could be built-in to a future PS3 firmware update.
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Why don't you kids go play outside?
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The new season of Xbox 1 vs 100 starts tomorrow (http://www.examiner.com/x-29547-Cincinnati-Video-Game-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d17-1-vs-100-Returns-to-Xbox-Live-November-19th)
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This should help
http://shoutwire.com/fullpicture/consolechartyr29873d056-a8a1-4f41-a706-d7a0021259b6.jpg
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The new season of Xbox 1 vs 100 starts tomorrow (http://www.examiner.com/x-29547-Cincinnati-Video-Game-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d17-1-vs-100-Returns-to-Xbox-Live-November-19th)
Nice. I had a good time playing it last season. Hopefully one of these days i cna be in the mob or the one.
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This is sort of an Xbox vs PS3 entry....
The Rock Band Network Store launched today, which allows bands and labels to create their own tracks to be played on Rock Band. It appears Xbox users get titles 30 days prior to PS3 users, which seems a bit silly but oh well, it's not like I'm likely to buy many of those tracks anyways...
So out of the gate I'm not recognizing a whole of lot of the bands, but given the RockBand Demographic, I'm guessin lots of metal... a couple interesting "indie" rock, etc titles
Flogging Molly
Drunken Lullabies (Live)
Requiem for a Dying Song
KMFDM
Juke Joint Jezebel
A Drug Against War
The Hold Steady
Sequestered in Memphis
The Shins
Australia
But heres the real head scratcher, not seeing too many hardcore RockBand players going for this one.
of Montreal
Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
http://www.rockband.com/zine/rbn-tracks-day-one
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of Montreal
Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
that song would sell a whole lot better if they sub-titled it "(AKA the outback steakhouse song)". boom.
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now wii--though with plunging sales in 2010, who really cares at this point--is putting out a disk so you can stream netflix in the spring. that is only reason i will keep it near my television until i get a ps3. i have gone through all gamecube games i want to play on the thing and wii is for kids. plain and simple. if you have kids and like to moniter what they put into their head as influences, wii all the way. or if you have drunkard friends that just fucking love beer pong, then wii and the bowling game alone is for you. if you don't give a shit and like the fact that video games and tv are easy babysitters that expose you and your offspring to violence that does translate over into a real time pyschosis due to the fact that you weren't actually raised by your parents and are constantly bombarded with death and the acceptance of killing to get to where you are going, then ps3 and xbox is for you. as i get older, i see my playing of video games to be less a distraction of actually going outside and thinking about climbing up buildings like in "rampage" where i can be godzilla and eat women out of windows while swiping at helicopters.
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(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID6894/images/Sonic_and_Sega_All_Stars_Racing_box_art.jpg)
Hadn't played my 360 much and then randomly saw this and thought it would be a good one for the kids. However, upon giving it a test run, I've decided that this is just too fun a game to let them screw up one way or the other so I'm keeping it for myself and never sharing it. Because it is awesome and I am easily entertained.
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i love how for walkies, just about everything signals the end of civilization.
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Project Natal. That is all.
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Project Natal. That is all.
woa: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
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I have a Wii, 360, PS3, and a myriad of other game consoles. I'm looking to move the PS3 cause frankly it is the only one that does not get used. Anyone interested message me and we can work out the details.
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Project Natal. That is all.
woa: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/
families that interact like that . . . are the end of our civilization.
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
I would look in the mirror instead of defelcting your problems to someone else. But that's just me.
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
I would look in the mirror instead of defelcting your problems to someone else. But that's just me.
If you're trying to say that you're not physically attracted to me, that's fine. I can accept that. But the thing is, for whatever reason, my wife actually is physically attracted to me.
What turns her off though is that I tend to have more of an interest in finding new music on the web than I do for things such as drywalling and ceiling repair, and I tend to use my 20 free minutes of alone time per day on the former rather than the latter.
Of course, if I were a gamer, I never would have gotten a second date. That's all I'm saying.
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Project Natal. That is all.
woa: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/
families that interact like that . . . are the end of our civilization.
I found myself wanting to throttle all of them.
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
Don't get too upset with that Rhett. Someday soon, you will both reach the age where she'll wish that she were married to a 16 year old. (Or closer to it.)
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
Don't get too upset with that Rhett. Someday soon, you will both reach the age where she'll wish that she were married to a 16 year old. (Or closer to it.)
Haha. Trust me, I know her well enough to know that that statement reflects your thought processes, not hers. ;)
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If you're trying to say that you're not physically attracted to me, that's fine. I can accept that. But the thing is, for whatever reason, my wife actually is physically attracted to me.
To be clear, I'm not attracted to you Rhett.
However, my mirror comment was not about your physical appearance, but instead about your need to do some soul searching as to why your wife tells you that she doesn't want to have sex with you because you search for music in your spare time instead of your chores.
Of course, if I were a gamer, I never would have gotten a second date. That's all I'm saying.
I have enough faith in Celeste to know that she sees the beauty inside of you Rhett, regardless of how you occupy your idle time.
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Every time my wife refuses my sexual advances with the excuse that she's sick of being married to a 16 year old, I'm going to tell her she should read this thread and see that it could be a lot worse.
Don't get too upset with that Rhett. Someday soon, you will both reach the age where she'll wish that she were married to a 16 year old. (Or closer to it.)
Haha. Trust me, I know her well enough to know that that statement reflects your thought processes, not hers. ;)
Mine, Smackie's, most other agers... Maybe not for the long haul, but there are those moments. ;)
Time will tell Rhett. Only time will tell.
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What turns her off though is that I tend to have more of an interest in finding new music on the web than I do for things such as drywalling and ceiling repair, and I tend to use my 20 free minutes of alone time per day on the former rather than the latter.
One could say that you are more interested in finding new music on the web than in having sex with your wife; n'est-ce pas?
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What turns her off though is that I tend to have more of an interest in finding new music on the web than I do for things such as drywalling and ceiling repair, and I tend to use my 20 free minutes of alone time per day on the former rather than the latter.
One could say that you are more interested in finding new music on the web than in having sex with your wife; n'est-ce pas?
Well that Frenchman would be wrong.
So while I'm watching our daughter for 3+ hours tomorrow while my wife is out for her 18 mile run, I'll also be researching ceiling repair online.
Anybody have any handyman tips?
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i love that this "PS3 vs Xbox" thread has morphed in to Rhett's vanity thread.
what's the ceiling made of? what kind of repair?
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What turns her off though is that I tend to have more of an interest in finding new music on the web than I do for things such as drywalling and ceiling repair, and I tend to use my 20 free minutes of alone time per day on the former rather than the latter.
One could say that you are more interested in finding new music on the web than in having sex with your wife; n'est-ce pas?
Well that Frenchman would be wrong.
So while I'm watching our daughter for 3+ hours tomorrow while my wife is out for her 18 mile run, I'll also be researching ceiling repair online.
Anybody have any handyman tips?
If you sprang for cable not only would your wife be happier and more likely to gratify you, but you would also get the DIY channel and be able to do some fix-up work.
http://www.diynetwork.com/topics/ceilings/index.html
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getting cable = more time watching TV, more fixing of ceiling... when is this gratification supposed to take place?
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Rhett will take just about any old thread and make it about his sex life.
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getting cable = more time watching TV, more fixing of ceiling... when is this gratification supposed to take place?
Wait, does getting cable = getting the deep d? And assuming it is, how does the ceiling fit into it. Is it like, gurrrrl, I'ma send you to the ceiling with my sexual thunder and love lightning?
I'm so confused, I just wanted to say that I liked that Sonic Allstar Racing game and now I feel like I have to go buy a new cockring.
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I'm wrapped up in Heavy Rain at the moment and on the lookout for Uncharted2 co-op partners. Or as in the words of Kosmette "Are you playing as the girl?"
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(http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cat_guitar_hero.jpg)
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I have several codes good to download the Iron Man theme for XBOX 360. Probably a dozen or so. It's not all that big of a freebie I know, but if any of y'all want to get a copy free drop me a message and I'll send you a code along with instructions on how to use it.