I FUCKING HATE THE XBOX 360. Every day I work I have to make bullshit excuses to these poor people who have had 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 recurrences of the red rings on their Xboxes. And there's nothing we can do because we can't do anything more than stick a band-aid on it.
These people and their frustration has stained my view on that system so much. PS3 forevah.
Oh noes, people bought a system with a known issue and then got angry when it came up, as it was basically guaranteed to do.
Fact: The styles of games found on the PS3 and 360 differ drastically. I prefer those on the 360, greatly, to most of those on the PS3. No reason to like the PS3 better as far as I tell though. It has a tendency to blow up when people use the disk drive too often.
... wait, no reason to like the PS3 better? I think the absence of the red ring is a pretty big reason. And having a Blu-Ray player is nice for the future. The Slim 360 has eliminated this, but it's also nice to have Wi-Fi capability with the system instead of having to buy a $100 dongle or hooking it up with an ethernet cable.
But really, you're right, it comes down to preference, particularly with the exclusives and the controllers.
But, out of curiosity... what exclusives are you referring to that you like better?
EDIT: I should also make clear that these multiple occurrences of the red rings occur on systems we've sold and tried to fix. The techs will get it working again and give it back to the customer and there's only the barest hint in the terms of service that there's actually no way to permanently fix the red ring. So the owner claims that he can repair red-ringed systems when really he can't.
Well the Halo games for one thing. I really cant think of many others... Sad I know.
Other than that I like X-Box live much more than I do PSN, and I despise the PlayStation controllers.
The PS3 has it's fair share of problems too, Sony doing unreasonable things like removing the other OS feature, and as I said, its disk drive is cheap and unreliable.
No reason to like the PS3 better as far as I tell though. It has a tendency to burn out when people use the dvd player too often.
That's just the PS2, not the PS3, I checked all over the damn place to make sure the laser wasn't gonna die when I started using the PS3 to watch DVDs. ALSO the PS2 laser would burn out regardless of DVDs or games, it just wasn't built to last terribly long. As far as my research (not much) went, they got a way better laser for the PS3.
But only if you're freaking dumb and move it like you're NEVER EVER EVER supposed to do with ANYTHING with a CD drive while it's running. (Laptops being an exception. Because they're designed properly.)
To be fair though when I bought the 360 the RRoD wasn't quite as out there as it is now. There were a couple occurrences but nothing like the "HAPPENS EVERY TIME LOL" that I seem to be seeing now.
I red ringed, but I wouldn't get a new xbox right at release. I would definitely wait a while, so they have time to figure out how to build a goddamn console. Also I definitely wouldn't get a new one while my old one is running perfect, even with the promises that these new fangled ones are "ready for kinect." After all, Kinect isn't just another terrible motion control gimmick that has proven to be just plain unlikable throughout the past few years. If the Wii hasn't produced a solid game with motion control, how are any of the other developers going to? The only things about this new xbox that excite me are the built-in wifi which should have been standard on the first one, and one thing that actually looks interesting in Kinect, the ability to actually hand pick all of the slides on the xbox dashboard. Other than that, fuck the new xbox.
Probably because they're not as great as making these as the nipponese companies that are sony and nintendo. I've like had those systems since I was like a little girl and all of them still work (excpet like my first PS2 but like, we all like can understand oh wait my first psx did too) but like you know.
I remember like my first super awesome boyfriend had like this really cool 360 and we were totally playing this game that should have been on my super awesome PS3, but it wasn't, then it RED RINGED on him. All I could like do was laugh at him because he didn't buy a PS3 like I had and like, it was funny.
But no, eventually I got one and they're pretty cool now I guess, specially since I waited like three years for them to come out with a version that wont crap out on me so fast, I guess. But yeah.
That kinect thing, and as much as it pains me to say, the Move, are totally rip-offs and pretty lame. Like the Kinect thing, that is mis-used technology. No one wants to be ACTING drunk all the time while gaming (might as well get drunk! Haha).
And I'm a PC guy who thinks 90% of the hit games for the xbox are nigh unplayable without a keyboard and mouse, yet I'm sure nobody cares enough to even click the link. You'll only do it because I said you wouldn't. Otherwise I'm with Jon. I feel like we've argued such points enough.
It's still the same old games for me for what gaming I do. I actually was much more interested in a good book recently than playing games, so I guess I haven't really been playing much of anything, other than a round of Settlers of Catan, some L4D2, and more Titan Quest.
Yeah, it is a pretty lame argument. As a note though, I don't actually dislike the X-Box, I just find it hilarious that Microsoft can't build a not broken console. (Plus I don't really like FPS games and that's basically all that's on the X-Box that isn't on the PS3.)
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These people and their frustration has stained my view on that system so much. PS3 forevah.
Fact: The styles of games found on the PS3 and 360 differ drastically. I prefer those on the 360, greatly, to most of those on the PS3. No reason to like the PS3 better as far as I tell though. It has a tendency to blow up when people use the disk drive too often.
But really, you're right, it comes down to preference, particularly with the exclusives and the controllers.
But, out of curiosity... what exclusives are you referring to that you like better?
EDIT: I should also make clear that these multiple occurrences of the red rings occur on systems we've sold and tried to fix. The techs will get it working again and give it back to the customer and there's only the barest hint in the terms of service that there's actually no way to permanently fix the red ring. So the owner claims that he can repair red-ringed systems when really he can't.
Other than that I like X-Box live much more than I do PSN, and I despise the PlayStation controllers.
The PS3 has it's fair share of problems too, Sony doing unreasonable things like removing the other OS feature, and as I said, its disk drive is cheap and unreliable.
That's just the PS2, not the PS3, I checked all over the damn place to make sure the laser wasn't gonna die when I started using the PS3 to watch DVDs. ALSO the PS2 laser would burn out regardless of DVDs or games, it just wasn't built to last terribly long. As far as my research (not much) went, they got a way better laser for the PS3.
OH!!! Disc drive, I apologize for my terrible reading skills.
Well, I guess now we know why they're not a hardware company, ehy?
I remember like my first super awesome boyfriend had like this really cool 360 and we were totally playing this game that should have been on my super awesome PS3, but it wasn't, then it RED RINGED on him. All I could like do was laugh at him because he didn't buy a PS3 like I had and like, it was funny.
But no, eventually I got one and they're pretty cool now I guess, specially since I waited like three years for them to come out with a version that wont crap out on me so fast, I guess. But yeah.
That kinect thing, and as much as it pains me to say, the Move, are totally rip-offs and pretty lame. Like the Kinect thing, that is mis-used technology. No one wants to be ACTING drunk all the time while gaming (might as well get drunk! Haha).
Most recently Exmortis 2.
I dunno if I'd call it stealing as it's the same company, borrowed sure, but stole?
So basically you can't afford an xbox. Got it.
Seriously, it seems like somebody restarts this argument pretty much every few months.
It's still the same old games for me for what gaming I do. I actually was much more interested in a good book recently than playing games, so I guess I haven't really been playing much of anything, other than a round of Settlers of Catan, some L4D2, and more Titan Quest.
I don't want an Xbox, I'm getting a PS3.