Monday, August 30, 2010

PS3 in an Xbox360 Campus

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.

2 comments:

  1. 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.

    It's actually quite simple.

    But yes, I too will more than likely be making the switch as well.

    -Derek

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  2. I vote 360.

    http://sendeveryone.blogspot.com/

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