If I was to buy one (unlikely) i'd get the Revolution.

I'm gonna stick with my PC, but if I had to make a choice I would probably go with the 360 - I prefer the new styling.

Die hard sony fan here, but i still am tempted to get a 360 when the price comes down. can't wait.

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You Wanna Revolution?

FD : I'm dying for a good remake of VII. Don't even touch my story, just give me new graphics and I'll take it.

Just make it playable, but NO on line type.

I play both PC games (in the earlier days I played much with Atari's and the Commodore 64 and MSX) and console games. I used to have a Playstation (and the Nintendo 8 bit and SNES even before that), but then I had to decide on whether to go for the Xbox or PS2. After a while of comparisons between hardware and available games for each console, I decided to go with the Xbox. I've enjoyed it very much (still do) and also still enjoy PC games.

But now I want to go for the next generation console. I'm leaning more towards the Xbox 360 than I do to the PS3 at the moment. I mean, many sites are claiming the PS3 is the absolute winner of the two, solely based on hardware specs, but more respectable websites aren't so sure it's a clear verdict. But what many people are forgetting is that it's not all about hardware... it's about the games and what they can get out of the hardware. If I have to believe half the stories I read about developers having a hard time crafting their games for the PS3 and it's much more easy for the Xbox 360, that clearly has to say something. However, I also know you have to take many of those articles with a grain of salt.

I just don't know, I guess I lean more towards the Xbox 360 because they have actually shown in-game footage and screenshots right from the beginning, where I haven't seen much of in-game footage of the PS3 yet. And besides, I don't like the fact Sony is constantly postponing showing in-game footage. They said they would show in-game footage at TGS 2005 (Tokyo Game Show), but at the last minute they decided not to do it and came with a lame excuse for it. And they even lied about the upcoming game Killzone, where they showed a vid and said it was in-game and real time, but eventually (after many sites claimed it was fake) they admitted it was pre-rendered. Sony did the same thing when they announced the PS2 and talked about the ''Emotion Engine" and accompanied a nice vid with that. Everyone was all "Ooooh" and "Aaaah", but NEVER did any of the games on PS2 looked anything near that good. And then there's also the online part of the new consoles. I haven't seen or heard much about PS3's online capabilities in comparison to the already very established Xbox Live.

I mean, I can understand it's all marketing and Microsoft is also doing it's fair share of making things appear better than they often are, but at least with the Xbox 360 they are showing more in-game footage and 'real' screenshots, so you have a better feel of what the machine can really do. Sony just seems to throw out as much CGI as possible.

Just my 2 cents

I think Sony promised the PS2 every Christmas for about 4 or 5 years didn't they? and as you say, all we got was nice vids, nothing else.

Sony did get stabbed in the back by nintendo over the original Playstation though, i have no idea what it has to do with it, but it shows that even with major setbacks they put out a brilliant product that won over time. I just hope that Sony stays in the console business for the sole reason of variety, rather than another *gasp* MS based monopoly over the gaming system.

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You Wanna Revolution?

If I do get one, it'll probably be the Revolution, if only because I'm an unwavering supporter of Nintendo, and encouraging creativity in gaming is a good thing.

That said, it's equally likely I'll just stick with the ol' PC, and just use the 'cube and N64

VII online would suck horribly. Everyone would be named some variation of Cloud using
alphanumeric characters.

Not sure which one i'll get ATM, prolly cause i know very little of the next gen console. I'll prolly go with Revolution (that controller looks brilliant lol ) although i'm tempted by a 360. If i had the cash, i'd get all 3 (or a better PC )

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I think that Microsoft is releasing Xbox 360 too soon...There's no reason to buy it, outside of fully customizable soundtracks (which are a hassle as the CD drive is soooooo slow) few games have shown us anything that would require new technology. But of course, Bungie and Microsoft are releasing Halo 3 on the 360 only, a clever ploy to get the 360 to sell more...I'm perfectly content with running over to a nearby buddy's house to play Halo 3 (which doesn't come out for till about 4 months after the 360's release I believe). I won't buy any, but my heart lies with Sony, they haven't disappointed me thusfar in console gaming, and they constantly have the best Role playing games. Xbox has better multiplayer (largely due to the 4 controller slots compared to PS2's 2 slots without a multitap) but it's not enough to win my opinion. I say Sony over Nintendo and Microsoft. But I personally am content with old inexpensive consoles *Cough* Genesis, Dreamcast, PSX *cough*

Edited by - parabolix on 10/9/2005 4:38:39 PM

eraser, having much the same kind of gaming background before making your final choice, bare this inmind, the ps3 will be backwards compatable, which means stacks of stuff out there, the new xbox 360 will be backward compatable if you send off your old software for recompiling, (acording to some gadget show on tv) obviously the stuff in the shops would also be recompiled. (gawd knows whos gunna foot the bill for this) so unless you send your old stuff in, it wont work on the new system.

if i'm wrong dont shoot me down, tis just what i heard on the/a gadget show, personaly i will stick to the pc, i only upgrade the bits rather than the whole system as with consoles.

hmm, anyone know anything about clusters?

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Edited by - git on 10/9/2005 7:13:47 PM

I'll stick with my PC. I have the PS1 wich is now more of a cd player then anything else ( I still play many of the games I have for it) as well as a PS2 wich I play more dvds onit then games. with me I love the fact that PC games are more changable then console games. I just never know when to leave something the way it is lol.