Ps3- Nintendo Rev- Xbox360

[evilbutterfly]

I can't believe you idiots are STILL arguing over 3 things that DON'T EVEN EXIST YET! It's like UBotC: Kirby vs Jesus vs Godzilla, but that was one giant joke. You guys are seriously stating things as fact and all completely ignoring each other, when really we don't know a whole lot at this point. In fact, I'll list what we know:

Nintendo is being secretive, their system isn't much stronger than Gamecube. Nintendo usually dominates the lil kid section of the market and not a whole lot else.

Microsoft has plans of their new system to be more like a big play pen and less like a pure gaming console, thanks to things like what Chromer just mentioned.

PS3 is going to be the most powerful in-home system ever, pretty much. Its exterior (controllers included) looks pretty silly, but the stuff it will be able to put on your TV screen will be ridiculously good.

Some things you guys need to remember:

All the X-Box fanboys used to laugh at all the PS2 fanboys because their system was SOOOOOO much more powerful. Now they're all like "well...power isn't everything!!"

Nintendo fanboys can't be changed. If you like playing lil kid games on really poorly designed controllers, then you'll like Nintendo's console. Yeah, the games aren't like the games the other systems have, but maybe that's because the other consoles have games that most people will like. Recently, I think Nintendo has started appeal to a niche market of younger people and fanboys. If you fit into that, great, but Nintendo just isn't for me....

Don't assume that better processing power only means better graphics. (The following is why I really like the PS3) With such a huge amount of power, you can do lots of stuff the other consoles can't. The difference between X-Box and PS2 wasn't enough that similar games couldn't be made for both, but PS3 will be able to use its full powers to have things that other consoles simply can't do because they aren't powerful enough. This could mean more interactive environments, huge environments (which will be great for the next GTA, which you know will come out on PS3 before anything else), tons and tons of enemies on-screen at once, and all sorts of stuff. Think of computers. New games don't always just up the graphics compared to the last one, but they add new things and more depth (which, like graphics, use processing power). I'm hoping that PS3 doesn't just mean super graphics, but also more depth that's just not possible on other consoles.


In closing, this whole topic is stupid and pointless. You can't change my mind and make me like 360 or Revolution (especially since we don't know like...anything about the latter), and I can't change your minds to make you like PS3. Also, you can't even know for yourself which is better until they're all released and you can hang out in a Best Buy and play on them all. Seriously.

[Pumble]

First of all, this has turned into what EVERY SINGLE TOPIC LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD has turned into, a wide-scale flame war and a my-system-is-better-than-your-system crap-fest (yeah, that's a lot of hyphens in one sentence). Evilbutterfly, you said that this whole topic was just a bunch of pointless arguments, and then clearly showed your all-out support for the PS3.

For once, can't people just talk about the reasons why which system is their top priority, without the same old flaming? I'm actually going to be fair and post some pros and cons of all 3, although i've been a Nintendo man up until now, so forgive me if i come up short on the others, especially Xbox, which i haven't played much.

What we know about the Revolution:

Well, it's Nintendo, isn't it? They're all about the games, and they've been around long enough to know games. We can expect some sweet sequels to previous games (Smash Bros. Wi-Fi!!!) and some new series to come along. Sadly, the GCN got little third party support because of their low power, and all of the good games were mostly by Nintendo, with a few exceptions (ex. SCII, Tales of Symphonia) and had a lot of horrible games obviously made for little kids that tainted their reputation. They're going to have to make up for it by giving the Revolution some things that will appeal to the mainstream, which they failed to do on the GCN. I hope they do, cause i would hate to see Nintendo go under. A good start is the ability to download pretty much any game for the older systems.

Side note: I can't believe the lack of foresight Nintendo had when they made LOZ:WW. Don't get me wrong, it was a good game, but didn't they realise that people would take the new gfx style as Zelda becoming kiddie along with the GCN? I'm just looking at this from a buisness standpoint, i thought WW's gfx were a wonderful nice change, again, not that i didn't like OOT's style.

What we know about the PS3:

The PS2 got the most support out of all 3 systems, with most of the best games of this generation of consoles being available for it, if not exclusive to it. We know that companies like Rockstar, SquareEnix, and Capcom won't fail to make new awesome games for the system, and we know that there will be new, awseome games for the system. We also know that the PS3 will be a powerful system, especially graphically. I watched the entire PS3 press conference recorded at Gamespot, and some of the demos they showed to demonstrate its potential were pretty awesome. Sony will make the PS3 nice to look at and run smoothly, and we can count on third parties to make great games.

What we know about the X360:

Microsoft has gotten smarter since the mistakes of the Xbox, and is making the X360 much more friendly to the average consumer and creating an entire online community, much more in-depth and interesting than that of the other two consoles. I wouldn't expect less of the creators of MSN. Everything about the system just screams sexy, with the sleek, white hourglass-figured system and the new controllers, and wireless as well (although the PS3 and probably the Revolution's controllers will both be wireless also). It's a huge contrast to the clunky, big black box and monstrosity of a controller (although this was quicky fixed) of yesterday. In terms of power, the X360 isn't far behind the PS3, and looks very nice as well. All we have to hope for is great games to take advantage of this technology.

Phew, that took really long to write. As for my pick of systems, the Revolution looks very nice with the promise of sexy new games (Smash Bros. Wi-Fi!!!), but right now my money's on the X360. The new Xbox Live features look too sweet to pass up. Props to all 3 systems, though. I'm just not pumped about the PS3, sorry Sony lovers.

Before i end this post, i'd like to get in a couple last jabs:

If you like playing lil kid games on really poorly designed controllers, then you'll like Nintendo's console.

I've already addressed the "little kid" issue, but my beef's with your controller comment. Personally, I like the GCN controller better than both of the others; it just feels so comfortable in my hands, a big step up from the travesty that was the N64 controller. The other controllers are alright, but the GCN controller just feels so right in my hands.

The specs on a Ps3 Blow XBOX360 to bits, and Leaves None-tendo to rot.

One of my biggest pet-peeves is people who try to flame Nintendo by simply spelling their name so there's an insult at the beginning of it. Really, what are you trying to say, that Nintendo has no good games? No power? Really, what? None-tendo? At least the other fanboys put something that makes sense at the beginning of the name, ex. Shitendo. See? They... are... saying... that... Nintendo... is... shitty. Really, it would have been a shitty insult anyways, but the next time, put something in that makes sense.

Thank you and good night.

[Tokzic]

Sidenote: This thread needs to play Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on PC or XBox. If you're an RPG fan and you haven't, SHAME on you. If you like games in general, you must play it. If you don't like RPGs or hack and slash, don't bother. It is, in my opinion, -the- best game ever, and one of the reasons I'm so psyched for 360 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is going to be available on release. So cool.

[evilbutterfly]

the X360 isn't far behind the PS3

lol

[themanwithsauce]

For as much as I hear people talk about how awesome Halo2 and Mechassault and all those other online FPSes on the consoles are the only one I really care for is Mechwarrior 4 which is on the PC so that rules out the 360 for me. The PS3 has gran turismo and I am a sucker for Gran Turismo so I will get the PS3 for Gran Turismo and maybe a FF game if it's actually new and different like FF8 or FFCC. I really want to look forward to the revolution however nothing has been said and nothing is finalized. The downloadable games are coming on it but you will have to pay for a lot of the good ones. However I'd rather spend a few bucks to dl Final Fantasy 3 and Super Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger than blow 70$ on a "new" FF game. I would however spend 70$ on a new FF game if they tried something new. FFeleven, though I dislike it, is different and hopefully FF12 will be as well.

Basically I'm going to wait a bit until PS3 and revolution start getting some good games out and on the shelves before buying anything. I still love my DS and I need to upgrade my PC so I'll probably spend money importing games for the DS and getting new stuff for my PC. I pretty much only play FPSes on a PC, the only exception is Metroid Prome and that's not really a straight up shooter, more like an action/adventure game.