Well... I'm in a predicament here on my campus that I am sure many campus gamers are also having. That predicament would be having the opposite gaming platform the majority of your campus has. I would like to go through some pros and cons that I personally have been considering that will impact if I sell my PS3 (yes I am an avid Play Station player) to buy an Xbox360.
Let's get down to it!
*PS3*
Pros:
-the BIGGEST thing for me: Free Online Play
-You don't have to pay $50 a year to play online. Enough said.
-Cheap (but a high quality) BlueRay player.
-All you movie buffs out there know what I mean :) And I have even heard it works better than a regular BlueRay player.
Cons:
-Heavy update download and install times
-No one likes waiting 30-45 mins just for an update.
-Not easy to upgrade HDD
-Big game titles that don't have PS3 contract
-Halo games, L4D, etc
-3rd Party game servers
-Game servers run by 3rd parties don't run as smoothly as they should
*Xbox360*
Pros:
-Lots of online features with Xbox Live
-Many game titles that are cross platform and many that are Xbox Specific
-Online servers maintained by Microsoft
-Quick updates for games
-Easy upgradeable HDD
-Potential 2 player online per console (Halo)
Cons:
-Pay $50 a year to play online
-Why would you do that?!?
-No BlueRay player
-but DVD's are alright too.
-Red Ring of Death 0.o
-not sure if it's much of a problem anymore but it did cause major issues
Final Judgement: If Xbox360 Dominates your campus, break down and buy it. In reality, $50 bucks a year isn't really that bad.
Well that's really all I can think of. If you do think of more Pros and Cons for either then please comment and tell me.
I agree with most everything you posted there, except for having a con for the PS3 of a pain to swap out the hdd. With a PS3 you can get ANY size hdd, simple undo some screws, slide it out of the console and redo everything you just undid, done.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually quite simple.
But yes, I too will more than likely be making the switch as well.
-Derek
I vote 360.
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