A year ago, I was still swearing I would never buy a PS3. They cost too much, the Sony Root Kit, and XBLA and XBOX Live were too awesome. Furthermore, I didn't need Bluray, after all, I had the HD-DVD add on.
Then something happened, advanced audio codecs, Heavenly Sword, and Wipeout HD. First the audio codecs, Dolby-TrueHD made its appearance and to my dismay, I learned the Xbox 360 couldn't decode or output it to a decoding receiver. Wow. Microsoft never told me the HD-DVD add-on would not support any HD Audio and, at the time, I didn't know enough to check.
A little reading and I learned the PS3 was Dolby-TrueHD certified, and could possibly support Dolby-MA through a firmware update. It may even be able to support bit streaming. The option is in the PS3 OS but rumor is the HDMI chip in the current models physically do not support bit streaming HD Audio. I wanted Apocalypto in HD but it was Bluray exclusive; my defenses started to weaken.
Then, screenshots of Wipeout HD running at 60fps in 1080p began to appear. Just to give you a little background on how big this game is for me and probably a lot of others, I never really played consoles before the Xbox 1, I'm a computer guy. My games, my career is in IT. There are two big console games that I have only played on the PC. These games endeared me to gaming, the original Resident Evil, and Wipeout XL.
The thought of Wipeout in my living room @ 1080p, 60fps, Dolby Digital 5.1, well, that brought down the rest of my defenses, and I took the plunge. I bought a PS3 in anticipation. While Wipeout HD hasn't arrived on PSN yet, I'm glad I gave the PS3 a chance.
The PS3's immediate impact was to introduce me to Bluray and uncompressed Audio as well as Dolby-TrueHD. I never thought Audio could be so much
better than the standard DTS and Dolby 5.1 Surround I had been used to. But I was wrong, very wrong. I watched Apocalypto which was Bluray exclusive and Unforgiven. I was sold. Despite no playback resume (at the time), within days I sold my HD-DVD add-on and 8 HD movies for $75 to a work buddy. Two weeks later, Warner went Bluray. Phew, good timing. And yes, my buddy is still my buddy. Not my fault he doesn't follow N4G, he would have known the end was near.
But, a game console is about the games and I can't deny Gears of War, Dead Rising, and all the great XBLA games. What was shocking for me was the dearth of games I wanted to play on PS3. There simply were none. After Gears, no FPS on PS3 appealed to me. There was no good Zombie game and I had just finished off Dead Rising on the 360 and wanted to bash some more infected. As for PSN arcade games, excuse me while I stop laughing, or crying.
Then I decided to give Heavenly Sword a try after all the hype. I bought it on eBay for $35 because I just couldn't buy it at full price given all the online frame rate issue horror stories, whining about the relatively short length etc. While Heavenly Sword isn't perfect and there are frame rate slowdowns, the production quality, overall experience, and plain fun it delivered put the PS3 on equal footing with the 360 in my eyes. Yes, one game. Despite its much larger and more proven library, there was simply nothing quite comparable available on the 360. The only other game I've felt this way about is Gears of War.
Though some find it short, and it is a button masher (I personally find nothing wrong with a quality button masher), you really have to experience it to understand and appreciate the production quality, in a button masher no less. How good is it? Well, I know the names and bios of all the actors. I can't even say that about Gears.
So, I was OK with the PS3 but still somewhat unsatisfied with the limited PSN and game library. What finally made me a convert was Hard Disk. I wasn't happy about paying $179 for a 120G drive on my Xbox 360, or having to sell my console (which was my fourth due to RRoD) and buy the new Arcade model just to get an HDMI port. But I did both because I had no choice. I had a new HDTV LCD and was buying so many TV shows and renting a lot of movies I filled up the 20G stock hard disk. I was shocked and somewhat disgusted to find that I could, and did, upgrade my 40G PS3 to 160G using a standard 2.5" hard disk for $100.
Even though I won't need a 500G hard disk in my PS3 any time soon, after all, yo can't download movies and television on PS3 yet, it's nice to know when they are available this summer I can find the best price, model, and manufacturer and pop one into my console. I'm truly a convert and can officially recommend the PS3 to any gaming enthusiast. If it's going in your home theater. In fact, I actually recommend it over Xbox 360. The PS3 has Bluray and the Xbox 360 is just too loud. No matter what you hear or read, the PS3 is virtually silent.
Of course if you're just gaming you should get whichever console has the games
you want to play. There's nothing wrong with the Xbox 360, I just now believe the PS3 is easily, easily the better value.
For all those other users on the fence, not sure what you'll get, or who to believe, there's nothing to fear. Go ahead and take the plunge, I think you'll be very pleased.
Here's what Rocks on PS3 and what it still needs (and it does have some significant needs if you're coming over from Xbox 360 and Live) from an Xbox 360 fan who opened my eyes to the dark side, and discovered it wasn't so dark after all:
What it's got that absolutely rocks:
What is a rock and needs improving:
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Dear team,
Xbox has always been different.
We started with a simple idea. Games should bring people together through shared experiences. That led to the first Xbox in 2001, Xbox Live in 2002, and new ways to connect, from friends lists and achievements to parties and play across devices. Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment.
re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Even when the topic is strictly Xbox he can't stop talking about PlayStation. Xbox has basically become the hate of PlayStation... and not much else.
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
FWIW..... wasn't the new management speaking to the other staff.... not so much us (regular folk)?
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
I don't know if they have a model anymore it's flipped so many times since the xbox one reveal
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
Someone can’t sleep after those 5 million forza games PURCHASED by PlayStation owners🤣 🧌 💥
Well with the decreased price of gamespass even with cod off it there is no way it is profitable given the cost of making their 1st party games (not if you actually include that cost in gamespass costs which they typically dont but should) they will just make a loss without the sales on
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Actual fans dont move on... they can add to their hobby while waiting for the next new release. If you believe what you typed then I guess PS fans moved on too.... you know, since its been a Sahara for 1st party games this gen.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
Pathetic incels with nothing better to do than argue over a box... Because they don't have any good games to play on theirs, obviously. If your precious box is so special, why don't you shut the fuck up and go play it?
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
I don't see them removing PC from the equation. Considering MS has a heavy enough investment in the PC market, it would be foolish to abandon them. I could see them taking away games from PlayStation or ensuring they are timed exclusives at the very least. Say what you will but if Call of Duty ends up becoming a timed exclusive to Xbox machines, that would hurt PlayStation, don't pretend like those games don't sell millions.
They would lose out on a lot of CoD sales tho. Doesn't PS make up most of the sales?
Their lifeline of solely the Xbox consoles is dry. Good-Great games on a 1st party scale can't be made at a loss so willingly - sent to the Xbox to only sell limited copies.
They invested billions scooping up studios and need to start making returns.
Sucks that nearly every company is publicly traded and have to be so shareholder biased but that's how it is.
Their words are strong but it'll take time to see what their actions accomplish. Lowering the cost of Game Pass and taking CoD off of it was a good clear start.
More like, allot of their base just played game pass. So now they need to encourage them to start buying again.
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
Wonder how much money was lost on perfect dark, hellbalde 2, 300 million lost revenue
by putting cod on gamepass. The recent Jason schrier news that Xbox has cancelled dozens of projects, spent 70 billion just to see Xbox sales further collapse and gamepass see little growth.
The fact is this has been PlayStation's most profitable generation and they are making loads of money and selling plenty of consoles and games. While MS won't give you any sales figures or profit numbers for Xbox, says it all really.
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
I’m sorry did you wrote something smart ?
Or are you trying to to be funny because you failed at both
Now kid run to mommy legs the grown ups are talking.
Don’t bother writing anything I will not respond to a bratty child like you
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
You must me typically wrong cuz those Steam chart numbers (AKA where the game sold the MOST) is less than what Hunt has, and Hunt didn't cost $500 million to make lol
VERY WORDY. congrats if it is what you really want, to be honest, i didn't read it, but i pray that it is not a thread bashing the 360 and praising the PS3 for its " UBER L33TN355".
What ever makes you happy matters the most bro, good luck and i guess congrats
lol welcome to the dark side
and ya ps3 is better imo too but still wouldnt give up our 360 just yet ;)