Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | Gaming Discussion | XBox 360 or PS3?!

AuthorMessageTime
NocBrute
Well theres no doubt im buying PSP, BuT!
should i get 360 or ps3? i know that ps3 has way better specs and all but !
xbox comes out earlier, and less cost.
May 17, 2005, 3:21 PM
KoRRuPT
I like my XBOX much more than I like any playstation console, so I would go with my gut feeling and suggest you get a XBOX 360.
May 17, 2005, 4:03 PM
Vicious
How does PS3 have way better specs? I'm just wondering, they looked similiar to me.

I'm interested to see what the Nintendo Revolution will bring to the table. We haven't heard as much from Nintendo yet.
May 17, 2005, 7:40 PM
Disco
I'll probably get Xbox 360 (i might even reserve it :)).
May 17, 2005, 7:51 PM
KkBlazekK
I will most likely wait to see what good games come out for both and then buy the one with the better games.  I like xbox better btw.
May 17, 2005, 7:53 PM
Ban
The PS3's specs are INCREDIBLY superior to that of the XBOX 360. But yeah, good point about the Revelution. I hope it will be as Revoltuionizing as it sounds

PS3 will have a new FF, while XBOX 360 is only getting FF XI, which has already been released for _both_ the PS and PC, not biggy on that one. PS3 will also have Devil May Cry 4, and Metal Gear Solid 4. *drool*
May 17, 2005, 7:57 PM
Topaz
PS3 won't be out for a while yet, considering the PSP came out. They wouldn't want to kill their own sales by releasing two products at the same time  :P

Vicious, didn't I give you that account a while back?
May 18, 2005, 12:00 AM
hismajesty
Nintendo/Sony are going to lose a lot of sales releasing their products next year, while Microsoft will do well I think during the Christmas season. I want the PS3, so hmmm...

Topaz: They released PSP and PS2 Slim around the same time, by the way.
May 18, 2005, 12:58 AM
Mitosis
[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=topic=11609.msg112789#msg112789 date=1116377906]

Topaz: They released PSP and PS2 Slim around the same time, by the way.
[/quote]

Not really, PSP was out months after the PS2 SFF. I'm gunna buy a PS3 when it comes.
May 18, 2005, 1:37 AM
Myndfyr
MS officially announced the 360 will be backwards-compatible with *select* games.  Reuters article (from Slashdot):
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8509448&type=technologyNews
May 18, 2005, 2:07 AM
Newby
[quote]Although the Xbox 360 will be backward-compatible, Bach said that it won't necessarily run all of the older Xbox titles but instead, run the "top-selling" games.[/quote]

In other words..

"Pay us money and we'll let your product run on XBox 360!"
May 18, 2005, 2:46 AM
Quarantine
XBOX 360 > PS3

Dude, PS3 controllers look like boomerangs. They always had nice controllers, what happened?
May 18, 2005, 2:58 AM
Lenny
[quote author=Warrior link=topic=11609.msg112824#msg112824 date=1116385097]
XBOX 360 > PS3

Dude, PS3 controllers look like boomerangs. They always had nice controllers, what happened?
[/quote]

Might'ev been related to this: http://gear.ign.com/articles/599/599431p1.html
May 18, 2005, 3:48 AM
Newby
[quote]In July, 2003, Microsoft settled with Immersion for $26 million, getting a stake in the company at the same time. Sony has decided to instead fight the lawsuit and back in September of 2004 the courts decided in favor of Immersion and ordered Sony to pay $82 million for the infringement. The new figure of $90.7 million includes $8.7 million of interest.[/quote]

Wow, the Microsoft way out saves you money!
May 18, 2005, 10:58 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
PS3 will have connectivity with PSP (which can also act as a controller :P), and from the technical demos I've seen, I want to get a PS3 over a 360.
May 19, 2005, 7:15 PM
KkBlazekK
I am interested in the new nintendo system, I hear it can play all the old games from Nes to Gamecube.
May 19, 2005, 7:19 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
Do you know how rediculously BIG it would have to be to have all of those supported?  It would be at least as big as XBox!
May 19, 2005, 8:46 PM
KkBlazekK
With your logic, a proccessor would have to be 5 times the size to be 5 times as fast.
May 19, 2005, 8:48 PM
Vicious
I've read that the Nintendo Revolution's graphics won't be as good as PS3's or Xbox 360's. But to get a little bit of an edge on some aspect, they're going to have a free online gameplay service, and best of all, let you download games from previous Nintendo consoles. From Nes all the way up to GameCube, you can download thousands of games for FREE.  ;D

I think I'll end up getting a Playstation 3 and a Nintendo Revolution. :)
May 19, 2005, 10:53 PM
KkBlazekK
Same here. As long as halo2 works on xbox1 it will be fine for me.
May 19, 2005, 11:02 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
[quote author=Blaze link=topic=11609.msg113029#msg113029 date=1116535719]
With your logic, a proccessor would have to be 5 times the size to be 5 times as fast.
[/quote]No, my logic states that 5 different processors will be 5 times bigger than 1 processor.  Every Nintendo console to date has used a different cartridge system (except GCN, which uses TADs).
May 19, 2005, 11:46 PM
The-Rabid-Lord
I will definatley get a PS3 as the graphics are suposingley cinematic. I will also probabley get an xbox aswell. Ill see closer to christmas. Im not to sure about a Revolution though. I havnt been a fan of a nintendo since I realised Pokemon was a waste of tie.
May 20, 2005, 7:13 AM
R.a.B.B.i.T
www.gametrailers.com has the tech demos for XBox and PS3.
May 20, 2005, 1:09 PM
NocBrute
desicion made, im going with ps3/psp :-)

oh yeah heres the specs of xbox 360

2 types of Xbox Live:
Xbox Live Silver (no subscription required)
Xbox Live Gold (subscription benefits)

Features for Gold service
* Also for Silver
# Also for Offline

- Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
- Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) *
- Free Xbox Live weekends *
- Multiplayer online gameplay
- Avatar for gamer profile * #
- Motto for gamer profile * #
- Personalized look for Xbox System Guide * #
- Offline achievments * #
- Online achievements *
- Access to other players’ Gamer cards via Live *
- Cumulative gamer score * #
- Location/language profile * #
- Reputation *
- Enahnced matchmaking using above
- Skill level matchmaking
- Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)
- Recent players list *
- Free and premium download game content *
- Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv *
- Downloadable demos/trailers *
- Microtransactions *
- Custom playlist in every game * #
- Play music from portable devices * #
- View images from digital camera * #
- Strem media from Windows XP * #
- Interactive screen savers * #
- Track info for CDs * #
- Communication with voice, video or text *

360 HW:
1. Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD
2. All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
3. Customizable face plates to change appearance
4. 3 USB 2.0 ports
5. Support for 4 wireless controllers
6. Detachable 20GB drive
7. Wi-Fi ready

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
- 2 hardware threads per core
- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
- 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance
- 9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
- 500 MNz
- 10 MB embedded DRAM
- 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
- unified shader architecture

Memory
-512 MB GDDR3 RAM
- 700 MNz DDR

Memory Bandwidth
- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s frontside bus

Audio
- Mulitchannel surround sond output
- Supports 48khz 16-bit audio
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32 bit processing
- 256+ audio channels


ps3

May 16, 2005 -

Product name: PlayStation 3

Logo: PLAYSTATION(R)3

CPU

      Cell Processor
      PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
      1 VMX vector unit per core
      512KB L2 cache
      7 x SPE @3.2GHz
      7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
      7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
      * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
      total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU

      RSX @550MHz
      1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
      Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
      Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound

      Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

Memory

      256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth

      Main RAM 25.6GB/s
      VRAM 22.4GB/s
      RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
      SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance

      2 TFLOPS

Storage

      Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O

      USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
      Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
      SD standard/mini x 1
      CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication

      Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
      Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
      Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

      Bluetooth (up to 7)
      USB 2.0 (wired)
      Wi-Fi (PSP)
      Network (over IP)

AV Output

      Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
      HDMI: HDMI out x 2
      Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
      Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media

      CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
      DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
      Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

As you can see, ps3 tops xbox 360

*note
release dates
ps3 : march 2006
xbox360 : november 2005
nintendo : ??

Nintendo is inferior to xbox 360 & ps3 in specs. fyi!

xbox games so far
halo3

ps3 games so far
metal gear solid 4
devil may cry 4
gt5
2days to vegas

question :::
whats better gc or psp??? *note gaming wise ( not internet/music shit ) *
ps2 or xbox
May 21, 2005, 6:12 AM
R.a.B.B.i.T
I prefer PS2 over XBox, but you can't really compare a console to a handheld, it just doesn't really work.

Also, a note for the Network Controller option for PS3: that means PSP :P
May 21, 2005, 12:53 PM
NicoQwertyu
I would rather get Xbox 360 for the simple reason that I never touch either versions of the playstations I wasted my money on.  I support Xbox as one of the few things Microsoft did right.  ::)
May 23, 2005, 3:23 AM
crankycefx
Xbox's gpu is more powerful (more ram at nice clock speeds.) however the psu computing power and hard drive storage is superior.  as well, dual hd ports is great.  Why 'seven' controllers?

Anyways..my choice is PS3...I've played with my friends psp a bunch and it rocks.  The PS3 will have a shitload of sweet games.  Xbox will have gears of war though....killzone 2, if its preview is truly ingame reality, will make the ps3 my purchase.
gears of war && xbox360 if killzone 2 does not show up to expectations.
May 24, 2005, 11:30 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
Stop being a douche and reviving 3 month old topics!
August 18, 2005, 6:29 AM
laurion
i want xbox360 because it will have the new morrowind
August 18, 2005, 3:54 PM
KkBlazekK
[quote author=rabbit link=topic=11609.msg124594#msg124594 date=1124346547]
Stop being a douche and reviving 3 month old topics!
[/quote]
All of his posts are revivals, so it won't be long till he is gone.
August 18, 2005, 4:54 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
I really don't care about post counts, as you aparently do, by reviving old and pointless topics with mundane and pointless responses which add absolutely nothing to the thread's overall value.
August 18, 2005, 7:09 PM
Topaz
He breathes life into the forums ;)
August 18, 2005, 10:06 PM
QwertyMonster
Both! :D
August 19, 2005, 10:49 PM
shout
[quote author=powered by nissan link=topic=11609.msg124686#msg124686 date=1124419682]
[quote author=Topaz link=topic=11609.msg124654#msg124654 date=1124402797]
He breathes life into the forums ;)
[/quote]
thanks!  ;)
[/quote]

Please stop sucking.
August 19, 2005, 11:27 PM
LW-Falcon
PS3>Xbox 360
August 20, 2005, 5:52 AM
Twix
[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=11609.msg124759#msg124759 date=1124517171]
PS3>Xbox 360
[/quote]
I agree i never did like Microsoft's products, but I was checking out xbox 360 and it does have some pretty cool features so I might get it for the hell of it.
August 20, 2005, 10:28 AM
ExTiNcT-
Go With The 360 >:D Do You Already Have An X-Box???
August 20, 2005, 6:43 PM
Topaz
[quote author=Shout link=topic=11609.msg124727#msg124727 date=1124494074]
[quote author=powered by nissan link=topic=11609.msg124686#msg124686 date=1124419682]
[quote author=Topaz link=topic=11609.msg124654#msg124654 date=1124402797]
He breathes life into the forums ;)
[/quote]
thanks!  ;)
[/quote]

Please stop sucking.
[/quote]

wtf:(

The PS3's controllers look like double-sided penises.
August 22, 2005, 1:42 AM
Sc00b.
also microsoft has sighned a deal with NVIDIA 4 backward compatibilityof old X-box games .. i have n X-Box n i am sticking with X-Box sry..
September 7, 2005, 10:26 PM
R.a.B.B.i.T
Please...for the love of god...use proper english.
September 8, 2005, 12:15 AM
Myndfyr
[quote author=daRktYpE link=topic=11609.msg124905#msg124905 date=1124674949]
The PS3's controllers look like double-sided penises.
[/quote]
Sweet!  I hope that they vibrate too!

Er.... um.....

Gogo boomerang controllers!
September 8, 2005, 2:12 AM
NocBrute
[quote author=MyndFyre link=topic=11609.msg127353#msg127353 date=1126145550]
[quote author=daRktYpE link=topic=11609.msg124905#msg124905 date=1124674949]
The PS3's controllers look like double-sided penises.
[/quote]
Sweet!  I hope that they vibrate too!

Er.... um.....

Gogo boomerang controllers!
[/quote]

lol you pervert, prolly gonna put them next to his dick to get horny off of LMFAO!
September 9, 2005, 7:46 PM
Sc00b.
>:(  i think i posted my grammer fine
September 9, 2005, 10:45 PM
Myndfyr
[quote author=Sc00b. link=topic=11609.msg127594#msg127594 date=1126305915]
>:(  i think i posted my grammer fine
[/quote]

You don't even spell "grammar" correctly.
September 12, 2005, 4:01 PM
Sc00b.
my bad  oopz ;D ;D
September 14, 2005, 2:20 AM
peofeoknight
psh, I am going to stick to pc gaming.
September 14, 2005, 3:59 AM
KkBlazekK
Untill the prices go down, and the good games come out, so will I.
September 14, 2005, 4:00 AM

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