EXCellR8 said:
Loading the same game the PS3 on the majority of games I own (including several cross platform games) are far slower at loading on the playstation 3?
So i replaced the hard drive with a WD Black Edition drive and this did help alot but even so, some games still loaded up faster on the xbox?
Why does my more expensive console load slower?
the reason a lot of PS3 games load slower is because some of the games are nearly 50GB! if you install parts onto your hard drive it will increase the speed substantially with most games. it's not rocket science... or even regular science. it's called dual layer blu-ray, as opposed to the regular DVD+R DL media.
i have both consoles and will stick by my opinion, but i would like to ask... has anyone who touts the X360 the superior unit ever even opened one up? it's laughable... the motherboard has no solid state caps, the CPU and GPU are partially glued to the PCB (because they overheat) and the disk drives are el-cheapo DVD-R drives with a specialized interface. that's pretty much it. the PS3 has all solid state caps, lower voltage and a more efficient cooling system with a Blu-Ray drive and have had optical audio and wifi built in from the start. i like both consoles but there is really no comparison.
I'm sorry I do have to disagree where the Xbox 360 slim is involved it's a much better design granted than the old shape 360 where I will agree with you is rubbish, and sorry but the blu-ray drive in the PS3 is el-cheapo too I'm afraid to say, with it's max read speeds of 6x if that, and I'm sorry thats where the PS3 goes wrong and the 360 got it spot on, Blu-ray adoption in consoles could have waited until the new consoles are released, they would have been able to get faster drives in the PS4 and at a better price, hence the 360's dual layer drive runs at much faster speed for a lower manufacturing cost and lower cost to the consumer.
The most repairs I do are on PS3 blu-ray drives that fail completely and it doesn't even do anything anymore, and the YLOD and RROD are exactly the same issue as each other and are the result of cramming as much tech into the smallest most confined space as possible.
You don't here people say "I'm going to buy the PS3 because it's an expensive blu-ray player" they say "I'm going to buy a PS3 because it's a cheap blu-ray player" clue is in the statement.
The major issue I have with the PS3 is how ar** about face it is, all the development costs went into designing and getting the CELL CPU and then they realized "Oh C**P! we forgot the GPU"
Where Microsoft said "lets put a good cpu in the in the system and then back it up with a really good gpu" now I'm talking about way back in 2005 so don't start quoting tech we have today with then at me because thats just stupid and narrow minded the CPU and GPU are one unit on the 360 now and that was just a dream that I never even considered a possibility in 2005.
Your living in a dream world if you think Microsoft and Sony are going to agree in 2011 to use tech thats expensive and to costly to them and sell it at a loss to the consumer Sony learned that mistake quick where the CELL is concerned, to prove my point try building a gaming PC where you make a profit out of it by selling it on but the customer has a budget of £600 and out of that you need Windows 7, LCD monitor, keyboard and mouse and a PC capable of mid range games, you can't sit there and tell me you would buy an i7 and the latest graphics card and main board!
On the PSP2 hype is all it is as there bum is going on the fact Nintendo secured glasses free 3D screen and it's going to get people talking and saying "Why do I have to wear these glasses to see 3D on my tv and not on the 3DS?" and by people I mean the average non tech savy consumer!
