Analysts: PS3 to win current-generation console war

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hello...

sorry i know with the last post being long, i shouldn't come back for more, yet there's one thing not to forget here: The PC cannot be considered in a next-gen console war, why!?

The PC isn't just a gaming machine, some consoles try to be like a PC but a PC is more than just a blu-ray drive (it can also copy LOL), it is more than a limited by GFX/Sound machine, it is the one really doing everything.

The PS3 is what comes closer in terms of functionality & has 'true PS3 AAA Exclusives"

The Xbox360 is the one that comes near with "Shared Exclusive titles"

The WII comes next as a fun, gaming spirit & milking old franchise.

The PC is the master of it all, but piracy kills it.

I really want LAN games back :(

For PS3 vs Xbox360 Online play, i'm sorry i can't really compare for never tried XBLA, but i don't see why some would say that it's bad on the PS3, Come ON, even on a 512K ADSL connexion i can play online with a few to no lag at all! Have anyone checked the PS Store lately !?

As for games themselves, they are what will move a system, 2009 was SONY's year & with what's coming in 2010 i'm sure it will help boost the sale with or without 3D or Arc.

If someone has the money for a PC, go for it, but if you also want to buy a console, choose in function of which game you want. If you want Gears of War (3rd party, may one day be no more MS Exclusive - most Xbox hits are like that) go for an Xbox360, if you want God of War, you have no choice but to go Playstation.

cheers!
 
makes sense to me, I have always hated the xbox controller....like said before, the Wii is more a family fun, or party system, not really a gamers system..
 
The PS3 is an entertainment center.

The 360 is a videogame system with great online capabilities

The Wii is a videogame system for those who want a more interactive experience.

Take your pick.
 
PS3 definitely has a lot of room for growth. However, the Xbox LIVE system has been pretty successful for Microsoft. Not to mention that there is a lot of room for integration with Windows 7, along with their new mobile OS and Zune OS. that will be coming soon.

Online multiplayer is where it's at. If Sony worked on their multiplayer environment to be on par with Xbox LIVE (which is hard to keep up with and work on since they aren't charging a fee for it) then they would see more growth.
 
Richy2k9 said:
....someone owning a PC + WII or PS3 has a better combo than PC + Xbox360....

I have to agree 100% there. I have a PC, Wii, and just recently got a PS3. Between even just the PC and PS3 I can play just about any game I want to. Most of the games that are XBox360 only are games I don't want to play anyways(sports and racing), or games that given a bit of patients will come out on the PC and I can run them on there.

I will admit that the PS3 has a higher price tag, but I think you get a lot better & more reliable gaming and entertainment system.

Only gripe I have about the PS3 is why oh why did sony have to yank the backwards compatibility :(
 
Ownsyourmom27 said:

Ooh this guy thinks he's Captain Knots. Dude are you on Crack? You ever pop a game in and have to wait for it to Install? If you are a PS3 owner then you have answered YES to this question. WTF is the point of owning a gaming console if you have to wait to install a game just like on the PC? Might as well have a PC.Then if the install itself isn't bad enough sometimes you have to get an update AND install it TOO! Niether of these would be that bad but the installs can take literally HOURS sometimes.

Just to be clear, I Love my PS3 and I own all 3 systems as well as a PC, but due to the installs and HORRIBLE Online service the only games I own on the PS3 are the PS3 exclusives. PS3 might have way more processing power than the 360 but is it used? NOPE! Games look pretty much the same if not exactly the same. If PS3 wins the wars its solely because of Microsoft haters and SONY Fanboys.

GET SOME!

First off, yes I know everything, and how dare you question me!?!?! That's Mister Captain Knots to you! Anyhow...

I do have a PS3, but I haven't ever had a situation where it took hours to download/install an update to a game. Maybe I've just been lucky. As far as the online experience, I don't have anything to compare it to, so no gripes from that end - it's been nothing but Modern Warfare 2 for quite a while now. Also, if it's free, it's for me! I will say that PS Home is one of the more retarded things I've seen, though. All that said, I'm more than pleased with the PS3 and how it runs everything (with the exception of the leap year crap a week ago). And for the record, I can see a difference between DVD and Bluray resolution.
 
I like the ps3 for the simple fact that it functions as a home theatre system. Blu-ray player, media streaming, online capabilities, are all functions that are different from just a stand alone gaming console. As for a gaming console, I much prefer the PC.
 
I'm a PC gamer, but I think we're losing site of the topic. PS3 beat out xbox and wii. Good job PS3. I don't own a PS3 (yet) or an xbox (ever), but I like that PS3 held out over the M$ domination machine.
 
Its the story of ps2 all over again, people bash on it, developers complain about it, but years later its the best console of all time.
 
TomSEA said:
PC gaming rules them all. Everyone knows that. ;)

I must disagree with you, because I think console are made for games, and that is what you use it for. PC is all-in-one and at the end it's for gaming too! But not just a gaming platform...
 
I have a ps3, X-box 360 and a gaming computer. I found it hard to justify making upgrades to my computer just to get the latest games running perfectly the way I want it. The last game I played on the computer was 2 years ago. Lately I been switching back and forth buying video games for the ps3 and 360 at the expense of playing computer games.
 
I am and always will be a PC gamer at heart. But I've owned both a 360 and a PS3 over the past few years (sadly I no longer have either) and I gotta say, the PS3 blew the 360 out of the water. The only thing I didn't like about the PS3 was the load times. But the USB ports and built in wireless adapter card rocked my world.
 
PS3 is by far the best console in my opinion. I don't believe that programmers have exploit the majority of capabilities of the machine. For example, no game so far exploits 1080p of an HD screen. The only thing that I don't know is the RAM that PS3 has as a machine and if it's enough for future games.
 
HA- HA- HA THIS FANALIST ARE SO FUNNY THE PS3 IS ONE BIG FAILURE GUESS WHAT? ALL YOUR PREDICTIONS WERE WRONG, DEAL WITH IT!
 
David Mercer also predicts the NBN as a brilliant idea. Says a lot,
 
I kinda doubt it. I really don't see the PS3 gaining THAT much momentum before generation's end.

At least we all know that the PC wins the video game war.
 
ya it may happen unless nintendo and microsoft comes up with their next gen consoles but that's unlikely as both will be planning next consoles after 2/3 years.And if PS3 does the same then it won't be the winner this gen.
 
hello ...

so funny that each time there is Playstation 3 in a title, we faces a lot of fanboyism (should be added to the dictionary LOL) & not so 'intelligent' or 'objective' comments. I could have been a fanboy myself & would like to send you all my apologies if appeared so.

The PS3 may not win the next-gen battle, but with all it has & can do (It can ONLY Do Everything...) i don't feel it will be a failure, let's check out other Techspot posts about it ...

G-oO^D:

https://www.techspot.com/news/38175-playstation-network-gets-hd-films-from-six-major-studios.html

https://www.techspot.com/news/37897-3d-gaming-coming-to-playstation-3-this-summer.html

https://www.techspot.com/news/26045-sony-confirms-playstation-3-price-drop.html

B-aaa-D!:

https://www.techspot.com/news/38051-playstation-3-owners-hit-by-major-psn-outage.html

https://www.techspot.com/news/37703-iphone-jailbreaker-george-hotz-hacks-playstation-3.html

https://www.techspot.com/news/37646-sony-delays-playstation-3-motion-controller.html

Still if you look at all these closely, you'll see that even the BAD, aren't so bad at all & SONY seem to have work well with this generation.

My 2 cts to some questions here...

1 - There is ONLY a difference in resolution between DVD & Blu-ray if you are using an HDTV, still i'm not sure that Blu-ray plays in SD.

2 - The PS3 is able to play games like UC2 with no lag & can still go further, so if all games just look like UC2, HR or GOW3 for the next 10 years, won't be a bad thing at all!

3 - PSN is free but it works, & it works really fine! So i don't believe in you get what you pay for! Sorry!

4 - PS3 Exclusives are 'True Exclusives' & some MMO are ONLY shared with the PC (e.g.: DC Universe / free realm)

5 - Multiplats games used to be slightly inferior (most of the time unnoticeable though) than on other platforms, but when we see what 1st party or 3rd party with exclusive can do with the beast, i would only say that the former multiplats were either bad ports or show the laziness or lack of knowledge of the developers.

6 - I'm sorry, but only those who never tried a PS3, real Xbox fanboys or some 'not so intelligent' would see the PS3 as a failure, it may not be a winner either, but that doesn't make it bad!

7 - Let's forget that we can change the HDD for bigger capacity, not all games need an install or a take 10 minutes for installation, that updates are good for games, that it plays divx, dvds, mp3 & wma, most video formats, oh yes blu-rays. let put aside that the PSN is free, there will be more service in a paid form that will certainly be worth it, that 3D is possible on the PS3 via a FW update, that most developers are now longing to release PS3 versions & even want to make it the base system, we can also not care that PS3 exclusive games are wonderful & we can easily list a 10-20+ list, try it with other platforms, we can also say OK, the PS3 says it does everything.... like the best platform, i.e the PC ...

PS HOME may not be appealing to you, but it is to me & a lot more, just check out how crowded it is sometimes, the free demos & great PSN exclusives are so cheap & yet so fun, but what i mostly like with SONY's console is PS Life, at least, even if just to be hypocrite, the machine can also be used to help save life & just for that i'm happy i'm a PC + PS3 gamer!

to this, cheers!
 
I own a gaming PC, a Wii and a Xbox 360. The PC is about the only thing I play games on. The Xbox has been in my closet for 2 years, the Wii just sits there unless we have people over. I doubt I'll ever buy a PS3.
 
Richy2k9 said:
PS HOME may not be appealing to you, but it is to me & a lot more, just check out how crowded it is sometimes, the free demos & great PSN exclusives are so cheap & yet so fun, but what i mostly like with SONY's console is PS Life, at least, even if just to be hypocrite, the machine can also be used to help save life & just for that i'm happy i'm a PC + PS3 gamer!

I never really understood what PS home was about. I installed it one day, and it seemed kind of silly. I shut it off after about a minute and uninstalled it since it didn't seem to be very interesting. What is it that you actually do in PS Home?

Also, I always enjoy reading the flame wars back and forth on console articles. Sometimes it seems people are blatantly trolling. For example, the people that feel the need to type with caps lock on are generally trolls (imo).

Back to the topic at hand.. I cannot speak for the market as a whole, but I have an interesting personal experience that is congruent to the analyst's predictions. I have a friend that owns a PS3, 360, and Wii. He has the 360 and Wii since around launch, and he purchased the PS3 about a year and a half ago. Up until about 5 months ago, he only bought the PS3 exclusives and played all the multiplatform games on 360. That has changed recently as he has started purchasing the multiplatform games on PS3 now and playing his 360 less. As far as the Wii, he tells me all the time how much he regrets the purchase. It basically collects dust.

I realize this short anecdote cannot be reflective of the market as a whole, but I found it interesting to see my friend's habits coincide with the predictions.
 
I've owned all three each since release (except I waited for the 360 Elite release) and I agree strongly with this report. I also agree with that the previous poster's friend says about the Wii - mine collects dust. It just so lackluster and on top of that it looks really bad especially when played on a bigger screen.

Even though Home really sucks imo the PS3 feels so much more polished that the 360. The 360 feels kind of like a frankenstein of good parts - with it's incredibly loud fans (compared to PS3), occasionally audible disc rotation, slow HDMI handshake, and unfriendly gamepad. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good system, just feels kind of like the equivalent of a bootleg h.264 encode of a bluray disk instead of the bluray itself. Oh yeah, let's not forget how much the additional components cost such as a wifi adapter costs.

For most games, if it exists on the PS3 and 360 I'll get the PS3 version unless the reviews clearly show that the 360 version is better. I bought GH WT for the 360 since the controller doesn't really matter with that game just so I'd play the system more. If you check my 360 out on 360voice.com you'll see it's been contemplating suicide for a couple of years now.

If I could shoot my Wii (virtually of course) then I would.
 
The PS3 is not that great, those are people who brought it and realize it was not great and could not buy an XBOX 360 or Wii.
 
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