That's not really true. A while back I was seriously looking into building a gaming rig, but after going on a lot of PC tech sites and talking to PC gamers most of them told me that I would need to spend around 500 or 600 dollars to build a decent rig that can run games equal or better than the 360 and PS3.
In fact, a lot of them recommended that I spend more, upwards of a thousand dollars. At that point I thought 'nah, I have always done my gaming on consoles and I am just g...
I'll wait for other reviews. I don't have a clue who Pinnacle Station is. I'm not expecting to be blown away anyway, I just want to have a little extra fun with Mass Effect before Mass Effect 2 comes out.
I can play Halo 3, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Halo Wars, Forza 3 and Alan Wake on the PC? Weird, I couldn't seem to find them on the shelves of my local game store (I know, Alan Wake and Forza 3 aren't out yet, but you get my point).
The fact is, I don't care if they were all on the PC. I am a console gamer and all I care about is if a game is on my 360 or on my PS3.
Ok, why does the 360 sell far more software than the PS3 then? You can't have it both ways. You can't say "well of course the 360 sells more software, it has a much bigger installed base" then turn around and say "the 360's installed base is actually much smaller than it appears due to replacements".
It's simple, if the 360's installed base is actually smaller than the PS3's then why does it sell more software? This is despite the fact that there is piracy ...
You can't just add a graphics card to any old CPU and expect to get any decent results. Any PC gamer can tell you that. I'd say to build a halfway decent gaming PC that will play most of todays games at a pretty good quality you are going to need to spend at least $500. Most PC gamers spend far more than that though.
In any case, there are a whole lot of games that the 360 gets that you can't get on the PC. Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Halo 3 and Alan Wake to name a few.
Yeah, see you in a year.
They're known for it just because they did it with the Xbox? If you don't understand the reasons behind doing that and why things are different this time I don't know what to tell you.
I think the PS3 and the Xbox 360 will be here for a long time to come. However, that doesn't mean that Sony and Microsoft will not come out with new consoles at some point to co-exist along side the current consoles. 2011 I would say, at the earliest.
So now an article that argues why the PS3 slim won't "kill" the 360 are seen as a slight against the PS3? Wow, am I in the twilight zone?
Why is he delusional? Because he doesn't believe that the PS3 will "kill" the Xbox 360?
I think the delusional ones are the ones that think the PS3 will kill off the 360, and the ones that would even want the 360 to be killed off in the first place.
I can't stand you extremists. Both consoles have something to offer.
I agree. Both consoles have something to offer.
I'm not going to say it is impossible, but the odds are against it. Microsoft WILL have moves of its own to make and unless the PS3 starts outselling the 360 by a huge margin it won't be able to catch up anytime soon.
Remember, the 360 has been outselling the PS3 in North America (the biggest market) by over 100,000 a month lately. Not only is it going to have to catch up, but then it would have to also outsell the 360 by a large number in order to catch up. Then, even if it...
Come on, we all know neither of those numbers is reliable. Nobody knows what the real numbers are.
No, where did you get that? The vast majority of games this generation run at 30 FPS. Only a few games manage 60 FPS. Furthermore, out of the games that run at 30 FPS most of them are not locked at 30 and often dip down to the low 20s. So, any graphically complex game running at a locked 30 FPS is actually quite good.
You say that the main selling point of the 360 was price, but I bet that many of those who have bought the console wouldn't agree with you.
I bought both consoles because both consoles had games and services that I wanted. Simple as that.
I agree, Soxfan. Sales will likely be in the same ball park for both consoles this year. The PS3 slim will definitely help Sony sell a lot more consoles, but those expecting the PS3 to "destroy" the 360 are misguided and naive. One, it won't happen. Two, why would you want it to happen?
It will be very difficult for the PS3 to catch up, let alone "destroy" the 360. I love both consoles, but that is the honest truth of the matter.
There is a HUGE difference between an 'optional' install and a 'mandatory' install. I don't know why that concept is so hard to grasp for some.
Nevertheless, those are fairly decent numbers for the 360 in Japan. Once the slim hits though I am sure the PS3 will dominate in Japan even more.
Neither console is dead or will be dying. Both consoles are doing well and are here to stay. Get over it guys. I don't know why you would want the other console to die anyway.
Saaking is in many 360 articles spreading his nonsense. He is a fanboy troll. He is extremely one-sided and hypocritical. He's in more 360 articles than most 360 fanboys are.
If you don't get it, Saaking, oh well, you don't get it. Lot's of us DO get it and can see the potential in the technology.
You guys are funny. Actually the article didn't prove anything at all and fanboy conjecture is next to worthless. What are you guys going to say if Versus doesn't end up looking much better? Of course it should look a 'little' better since it is coming out later and the developers will have learned newer, more efficient techniques. But if it doesn't look significantly better, you guys are going to look pretty foolish.
What actual evidence is there of the 360 holding the PS3 b...