there's the added bonus
that the ps3 is supposed to be the best blu-ray player on the market, it will have a longer life to it (look at the ps2), it's not made by microsoft, having an xbox is indicative of being a cunt, you can play the old ps2 games, the tv tuner freeview thing is great, controllers are better....

the list goes on.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 May 2009, 10:48, 6 replies)

The 1st time
I have ever clicked 'I LIKE THIS' for a reply.

Well said Sir!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:10, closed)

I've got an xbox.
Who you calling a cunt, sunshine?
( Cawl, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:24, closed)

Be a real shame seeing Sony fold because they have
invested so much money in a console that is virtually impossible to code for.
Also most PS3 games only run in 1080i, shame really.
Still, you sound happy with your purchase.
( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:25, closed)

Having lived with both
I prefer the PS3 by an enormous margin.

Not saying there's anything wrong with an Xbox, just my personal preference.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Fri 22 May 2009, 12:10, closed)

I don't have one
as I don't have the enough time to devote to it. saving myself a load of money as I'd have to buy a new tv to replace my 21 inch CRT

the above is true though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 May 2009, 16:19, closed)

The Blu-ray
player in the PS3 was superceded about 2 months before last Christmas...
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 22 May 2009, 12:09, closed)

.
Those people who buy a PS3 & justify it because they can play their PS2 games on it are surely missing something - i.e. what did you play them on before you had the PS3?

I don't care either way, as everyone is entitled to their own opinion - play what you want & don't worry what other people do. Personally i've got an xbox 360. But then again, I am a cunt.
(nonstopdancer, Fri 22 May 2009, 12:48, closed)

Well...
Most of your points have nothing to do with the games (apart from the controller, I don't mind either consoles effort)..

Both consoles to me have been a bit of a let-down - where are the "killer apps"? This generation has seen gaming put on the back pedestal for other agendas. This generation has seen graphics take more precedence over anything than ever before.

In any genre almost no actual gameplay progress has been made:

Half-Life
Pro Evolution 4/5/6
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Red Alert 2 / Total Annhiliation
Total War series (admittedly Empire is the best ever, but across the genre there has been almost no progress)
Virtua Fighter 4
Gran Turismo / Sega Rally

Across all genres the only real changes have been aesthetic. In some cases even gone backwards (football games).
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 22 May 2009, 13:08, closed)

I'm entirely with you on this
which is why I still have a ps2 and play nothing but burnout: revenge, GTA San Andreas, and Tony Hawks, if I ever play anything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 May 2009, 16:20, closed)

I dug out GT on an impulse the other week
(still having the PS1 hooked up to the telly out of nostalgia) and f*** me, it's bobbins now compared to the likes of Forza.
it was fantastic at the time, but it definitely has been improved upon.
(tjn whizzing on the electric fence of life, Fri 22 May 2009, 20:15, closed)