(24-10-2009 16:00 )Brembo Wrote: The elite's only got a 120GB hard drive, the new PS3 has 250GB. No contest PS3 every time.
New Elites come with 250gb hard drive actually, so nyah. And 120gb is more than enough anyway, even my 60gb on my PS3 (the one that can play PS2 games) is enough, even with the mandatory install with some games and a lot of videos on it I have got 20gb, I could delete the install games and get more than 30gb on it.
But positive and negative wise (I will try and be as unbiased as possible)
PS3
+ Blu-Ray player
+ The most powerful console (when implemented correctly)
+ Free Online
+ Finally getting some good exclusives
+ Whisper Quiet
+ Internet Browser
- Not that many exclusives still and some are proper shit (Haze, Heavenly Sword, Lair)
- The most expensive
- No backwards compatibility with PS2 games atm
- You need a Bluetooth headset to communicate online, which can be expensive (and IMHO are all really crappy and uncomfortable)
- Online is not as good as Live because of the lack of funding for it
- Stupid mandatory install on some games (and huge update times)
- Tacked on really shitty motion sensitive controls for some games
Xbox 360
+ Very cheap for just the console
+ Huge selection of games, and better and more exclusives too
+ Better Online Service, with downloadable movies (although I hear the PS3 is getting this very soon)
+ Free Headset is really good
+ Partial backwards compatibility with the most popular Xbox games
+ No mandatory installs and updates take a few seconds instead of many minutes
- Less powerful than the PS3 (although the difference is very small atm)
- Online is expensive
- Can be really fucking loud (although if you use the optional install on games it is nearly as quiet as the PS3)
- No Blu-Ray
- Costs money for the rechargable aspect of the controllers
- There is a chance it could RROD (although this problem has all but been sorted with the newer batch of consoles)
- No internet browser (although that may change)
Wii
+ Cheapest of the lot
+ Best motion controls
+ Best exclusives (Metroid, Zelda, Mario) although they are few and far between
+ Quietest of the lot
+ Most family, party and fun orientated
+ Excellent Internet Browser, Online is free
+ Smallest, can fit nearly everywhere
+ Full Gamecube compatibility and massive range of Retro downloadable games
- REALLY shitty visuals in comparison to PS3/360, ridiculously bad in fact
- Games are nearly all family orientated, not many games for the serious gamer
- If you dislike motion controls then you are fucked for most games
- Games can hurt to play, especially your wrists
- Not even a DVD player
- Online is ludicrously shit, you need the Wii Speak to chat, not all games use it and there is some shit to do with friend codes that is just dumb too
- Controllers are really expensive, nearly £60 for the full set at some places
There are the things i could think about, I tried to be as fact based as I could. But the facts are, Xbox 360 for the hardcore gamer, PS3 for the person who wants an entertainment centre and Wii for people who want fun family orientated games. There are overlaps in those sections but that is the brunt of it.