PS3 or 360.....or PC ? ?
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gorvid

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22,371 posts

256 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Upgrading from PS2

For the occasional gamer - and i would like to get into some online gaming fun...??

Whats the verdict ? ?

Plotloss

67,280 posts

301 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Depends on what games you like

IMHO it breaks down thus:

Driving Games - Consoles with the bias to the PS3 (GT5 etc)
FPS - PC everytime
Online Games - Xbox 360

Mind you, for fun, the Wii beats the lot.

gorvid

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256 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Oh crap...

I don't really know....

I think FPS and other cool online stuff, mostly I prefer real world driving....and the occasional horror survival game

Furyous

25,777 posts

252 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Go with your pc, you already have one of those.

Works fine for fps, some drivers are ok too.

F

gorvid

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I'm on lappy power

qube_TA

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276 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Plotloss said:
Depends on what games you like

IMHO it breaks down thus:

Driving Games - Consoles with the bias to the PS3 (GT5 etc)
FPS - PC everytime
Online Games - Xbox 360

Mind you, for fun, the Wii beats the lot.


Wii gets dull quickly though IMO.


gorvid

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256 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Wii isn't really my thing

tycho

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304 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Plotloss said:
Depends on what games you like

IMHO it breaks down thus:

Driving Games - Consoles with the bias to the PS3 (GT5 etc)
FPS - PC everytime
Online Games - Xbox 360

Mind you, for fun, the Wii beats the lot.



What ^^^^ said but with driving games, GT5 will be out in about 10 years time but Forza 2 is out in about 6 weeks IIRC so I would go with the 360

Furyous

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252 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Hmmm, genral purpose machine for £500 or games console only for £300........scratchchin

I know which way I would (did) go.

tinman0

18,231 posts

271 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Furyous said:
Hmmm, genral purpose machine for £500 or games console only for £300........scratchchin

I know which way I would (did) go.


PS3

can't stand games on my PC sometimes. when my sister used to use my home machine it would totally bogged down with Sims. has anyone noticed that no hard drive is big enough for Sims?

Stu R

21,701 posts

246 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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360 all day long.

that's not a biassed opinion by the way, I've got a Wii, PS3, 360 and various PC's, so rest assured my view is not clouded.
The reason I say 360, well for starters, I've found 1 game for the PS3 that's worth playing, and after <12 hours I'm bored rigid of it. In a nutshell, there's next to fack all good games available for it. Obviously this will change and they're on the way yadda yadda, but seriously it's going to be at least 6 months before there's a decent selection of top end games available.

The 360 is cheaper, already has loads of great games out for it, has a much better online environment IMO, and there's a hell of a lot more people on xbox live. Xbox is totally painless to setup, especially for online use, where a fair few had a bit of a chew on getting them online.
Plus you've also got media centre functionality should you choose to use it, I do and love it.

Don't get me wrong, love my PS3, just a bit underwhelmed at this stage thanks to a dissapointing games lineup, it's like being given a lamborghini with no keys.

As for PC, great for FPS or RPG's, but they cost more, and always need upgrading as games get better.

Edited by Stu R on Monday 2nd April 14:21

gorvid

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256 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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SOLD!

Its looking like an Xbox 360

gorvid

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Monday 2nd April 2007
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I'll just need to fathom wireless connectivity now...

How does all that work then? The online gaming bit ? ?

Stu R

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246 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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absolute doddle mate.

You've got 2 options for getting it online, wired or wireless.
Assuming you already have a wireless router or the like, it's just a case of either running a cable (supplied) from your 360 to the router, or sticking the wireless adapter in.
For the wired, the 360 does it all for you, and for the wireless all you need to do is bosh the network SSID and key in as you would connecting a computer to it. It really is childsplay, quite literally as my sister's kids (10 and under) managed it themselves hehe

fidgits

17,202 posts

260 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Gor,

I was a big Playstation, occasional PC gamer, and it took me a long time to consider the Xbox360 - but since i got it, i'm blown away.

For driving games and FPS, it's awesome, throw in the online element and its just fantastic.

Get GoW and you can join our fun

gorvid

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fidgits said:
get GoW and you can join our fun


yesbouncethumbup

fidgits

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Monday 2nd April 2007
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gorvid said:
fidgits said:
get GoW and you can join our fun


yesbouncethumbup

I have to say, that game and the PH sessions have made my 360 and live account worth every penny!

qube_TA

8,405 posts

276 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Nothing worse than playing online.

No matter how good you think you might be at a particular game you will get owned in about 10 seconds by some random 12 year old who will proceed to take the piss and call you a noob!

Stu R

21,701 posts

246 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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qube_TA said:
Nothing worse than playing online.

No matter how good you think you might be at a particular game you will get owned in about 10 seconds by some random 12 year old who will proceed to take the piss and call you a noob!



So true

Though I love taking out the highest rank folks with a desert eagle on rainbow six vegas when they're using big guns. Always good for a reaction.

fidgits

17,202 posts

260 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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yeah, online can be hit or miss - tis best to arrange sessions with mates or PHers... banter is good, and less chance of a squeeky voiced kid 'pwning' you hehe