Xbox360 vs. PS3 vs. Revolution vs. PC Gaming

[TheloniousMunnk]

Breakdown of the 3 systems and how they have an affect on PC gaming. Short, slightly biased, but worth a peak. Great links to resources.

http://davesplace.byethost11.com/subpages/xbox360

[Owned]

PC owns all systems, but since I wanted to focus on xbox360/ps3 I voted for PS3 because i'm gonna buy one and it's gonna be beast.

[temp100]

PC for me. It usually ends up as the cheaper option if you download games because those console games can get pretty expensive. And I prefer using a KB/M for most games. Also, graphics is better.

By the way (to threadstarter), nice username - I like Thelonious Monk. Are you going to stick around on Ebaums (and post in the music section).

[TheloniousMunnk]

Yeah, but a truely awesome gaming PC would cost a lot more than a gaming system. Its money vs. performance. A system can play awesome graphics and not lag, all for the price of a basic PC.

[temp100]

But you have to buy games on top of the console as well. Whereas, it's easy to download PC games for free :bigwink: .

Price vs performance comparisons all depend on how good your PC is (whether you would have one anyway, regardless of gaming) and whether you download or buy games (and how many).

[Supermintyfresh]

PC's will always triumph over consoles. Always.

[Big_Jake]

For me Im gonna get them all, well because im just hardcore. Seriously thouhg if I had to choose one, right now i have my 360 and graw ( ghost recon advanced warrior ) adn oblivion is on the horizon of launching, im a very happy gamer. If your a real gamer you really have to own all three systems to get the exclusives, like halo for xbox, or the the metal gears and devil may cry for psx. What im saying is if you love video games, just get all of them.

[Predator04]

You can win a xbox 360 here...

https://www.textpayme.com/us/secure/index.tpm?erefa=NjM5MDkzOGUtYTRlOC00N2MxLTlkYTAtMT UwN2RiYmJiMWVk

[rand0m]

Dont advertise

Anyhow PC Games are best for pro gamers
Consols are for like 12 year olds that cant handle 14+ buttons

[ItchyItchyFace]

Breakdown of the 3 systems and how they have an affect on PC gaming. Short but sweet, with links to resources.

http://davesplace.byethost11.com/subpages/xbox360
Sucks. If you're going to advertise your own article, don't say it's "sweet". It's clearly biased, the arguments don't hold any sensible ground. However, if you're 9, my apologies: it's a good article then.

I have a life, school and work. I don't want games that last 80 hours and I don't need saves, or a Hard Drive or a frikkin expensive Microsoft Live account, and don't want to learn complex controls. I just want pick-up-and-play and arcade-style games. (And something that's not too nerdy and somewhat enjoyable to the misses.)

[Suicida1Poptart]

I just use my pc for teh internet and teh crazy asian pornos. I'm gonna get the revolution for gaming when it comes out.

[HereLiesMatthew]

PC because I can do a hell of alot other than gaming on it, aswell. On top of this, I already have a PC, and I can just download games of the interweb!

[The Imperial M]

Can you buy 360 harddrives in stores yet?

O, I'm getting the PS3

[Ado]

Xbox360 and PS3 is for graphic whores.

If you want to have fun, go with the Revolution.

PC was and is always for hardcore gamers

[Life On Mars]

Well, I've been a pc gamer for the past 4-5 years, but I grew up with Nes then N64. I have to buy revolution. I'm a nintendo baby.
Zelda.
Mario.
It's all good.

[soso0901]

Obviously a PC is way better than any console game, but it also costs a whole hell of a lot more. The advantage of things like the xbox is that it's really easy to get a multiplayer LAN game going in seconds. In my house we have 3 xboxs and are constantly playing 10-12 player halo games, it's hard to get PC lan games of that size going as easily. I assume with the 360 it'll be even easy to get sweet multiplayer games going. I assume I'll end up buying either the xbox 360, PS3, or Revolution, but I'm going to wait a while to see which is really the best and to let the price tag drop a little bit.

[silverspade14]

I dont understand how you can vote for PS3 or Revolution when they arent even out yet. I went with 360 because my computer sucks so I cant do much gaming on it.

[gettaup]

pc.

console games are expensive, and fps suck on it.

[Predator04]

^^ lol someone doesnt get out much.. there the same price....
pc all the way.

[camjoe87]

Unfortunately my PC sucks ..

and xbox live is pretty fucking awesome. So I chose xbox 360

[handsock]

I think i'm just going to get them all....

Xbox360 for MistWalkers RPGs (Ran by former Final Fantasy Guru Hironobu Sakaguchi)
PS3 for MGS4 & The beautiful RPGs it will posess
Nintendo only because of backward compatibility & the fact that they are finally taking a system online other than Phantasy Star Online Episode 1&2 for the cube. =\

[el_real_madrazo]

But you have to buy games on top of the console as well. Whereas, it's easy to download PC games for free :bigwink: .


you actually download whole games for PC? you sick disgusting fuck...just kidding, what do you use? i tried downloading warcraft 3 on limewire but i had a real hard time getting results and had a really shitty download speed, i usually download at about 300 kb/sec but with this it was going at like 10kb, so i became very angry and terminated the download.

ediot: oh yeah, i went for pc, because you can probably upgrade it so that ti can compete with the current next generation console or at least come close to, and you can do so as new things come out.

[Predator04]

more then likly torrents... or try this place... http://www.real-live-wire.com/forum/

[temp100]

you actually download whole games for PC? you sick disgusting fuck...just kidding, what do you use? i tried downloading warcraft 3 on limewire but i had a real hard time getting results and had a really shitty download speed, i usually download at about 300 kb/sec but with this it was going at like 10kb, so i became very angry and terminated the download.

ediot: oh yeah, i went for pc, because you can probably upgrade it so that ti can compete with the current next generation console or at least come close to, and you can do so as new things come out.
I generally use Bit Torrent. Have you used it before? It's undergoing a sudden boom in popularity.

[el_real_madrazo]

I generally use Bit Torrent. Have you used it before? It's undergoing a sudden boom in popularity.

i somehow assumed you used that, i downloaded it, i still have it but i have yet to use it, will you teach me? please teach me! just a brief explanation would be appreciated.

[harold]

You cheap fuckers, if you like games go out and support them by buying a copy dont jew out or you will never see sequals or expansion packs again

[Electrify]

Wow, that's smart: put two systems that we haven't even seen any in-game action of and put them against two systems that are already out.

Because PS3 and Revolution are just dreams right now, I'm gonna have to go with Xbox 360 cause PC gaming is only for spoild rich kids.

[crocop]

I have a ps2 and get my games for like 25 cents each.
Oh yeah and my pick was the PS3

[Theforumtroll]

I voted for the revolution to give it some votes. PC and nintendo are all you need for videogames.

[TheloniousMunnk]

Yeah, nintendo is really a great system... They may have done ok if the controler was not some weird motion thing. Plus, look at gamecube, it is for little kids. My 4 yr old cousin just got it for her birthday.

[h4z4rd]

PC gaming all the way. I stopped playing consoles a long time ago.

[TheloniousMunnk]

Can you buy 360 harddrives in stores yet?

O, I'm getting the PS3

You have been able to buy the hard drive for months...

[Life On Mars]

You have been able to buy the hard drive for months...
they just suck :lol:

[m11a1]

Pc Forever!

[steelers]

getting a playstation 3 about 6-9 months after they come out cant wait

[jeffrok]

I voted for PC, but only because that's all i have now, outside of a Dreamcast.

The consoles are better though mainly because to buy a great gaming system costs just $150-$400, whereas a gaming PC will cost $500-$1000. You also have to worry about hardware incompatibilities with a PC, which never exist in a console.

[temp100]

i somehow assumed you used that, i downloaded it, i still have it but i have yet to use it, will you teach me? please teach me! just a brief explanation would be appreciated.
Bit Torrent is made up 3 main things:
* Your BT client program (i.e. Bit Lord, Azureus, Bit Tornado etc)
* Your torrent files. These are small files which aren't what you're actually downloading. They only provide the link to what you're downloading.
* Your torrent. This is what you're actually downloading.

Basically, you go to a tracker website such as http://thepiratebay.com which is a place where people add torrent files. When you find a torrent you want, you download its (tiny) torrent file. You open it in your BT client program, and it will start downloading the torrent.

On the websites, they list the torrents with numbers of seeders and leechers. Seeders are people who have fully downloaded that torrent - since they have it you can download it off them. Leechers are people who are downloading the torrent. If they have any data (of the torrent) that you don't have, then you can download off them as well. Your client handles all of this...

Basically, the idea is to download a torrent which has plenty of seeders, so you get good speeds. You probably want to limit your uploading speed to 80% of your max upload speed.

Tell me if you need anything else.

[el_real_madrazo]

Bit Torrent is made up 3 main things:
* Your BT client program (i.e. Bit Lord, Azureus, Bit Tornado etc)
* Your torrent files. These are small files which aren't what you're actually downloading. They only provide the link to what you're downloading.
* Your torrent. This is what you're actually downloading.

Basically, you go to a tracker website such as http://thepiratebay.com which is a place where people add torrent files. When you find a torrent you want, you download its (tiny) torrent file. You open it in your BT client program, and it will start downloading the torrent.

On the websites, they list the torrents with numbers of seeders and leechers. Seeders are people who have fully downloaded that torrent - since they have it you can download it off them. Leechers are people who are downloading the torrent. If they have any data (of the torrent) that you don't have, then you can download off them as well. Your client handles all of this...

Basically, the idea is to download a torrent which has plenty of seeders, so you get good speeds. You probably want to limit your uploading speed to 80% of your max upload speed.

Tell me if you need anything else.

ok, i think i understand now, i didn't know what the seeders and leechers were, i remember i searched for some program once but didn't understand what i was looking at, thank you so much, i really appreciate it. is it possible to find just about anything on torrent? i imagine there is a much broader range of files than limewire or imesh.

[Predator04]

yes you can find anything... but its mostly for files that are new and just released. So its hard to find old things sometimes but if you want all the new stuff that doesnt come out. I would use torrent. Also with torrents theres alot less virus'. ive downloaded 1 thing that had spyware but still no virus'. Ive been downloading with torrents for a long time now. And i would say 98%the files are not misnamed.

[Riukken]

I only play videogames for two hours once a month. But I have to go with PS3on that one.

[soso0901]

I only play videogames for two hours once a month. But I have to go with PS3on that one.

Do you have a specific two hour chunk each month that you play? On you calender is there written in when you're planning on playing? Like, the 2nd saturday of each month - 2 hour video game period.

[TheloniousMunnk]

Sucks. If you're going to advertise your own article... It's clearly biased, the arguments don't hold any sensible ground.

Yeah its biased, but I have had bad expiriences with Sony and Nintendo...

It's also not a false argument. The specs for the systems when compared side by side prove that ps3 is technically better, but the difference would mostly be too small to tell.

How about a list of why one system is better than th other...

Oh, and for pc gamers... this is what im getting: "pcs are better because we can pirate our software of the internet, while systems cannot..."

[teamdescent]

Can you buy 360 harddrives in stores yet?

O, I'm getting the PS3


You could have bought 360 hardrives the day the 360 came out.:err:

Anyway, i voted for 360. Im most definately not buying a $700 PS3. Im getting a 360 & Revolution eventually.

[522viper]

you do know that all of the PS3's games are just cutscenes from the games right? havent you seen the graphics yet?

[TheloniousMunnk]

Yes, I have seen screens from both systems...

A look at xbox vs. 360
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140621/index.html

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From: http://www.psp-console.com/articles/XBOX__360_vs_PS3_an_in_Depth_Look.html

Everyone has seen an Xbox and a PS2 in action and we are all waiting to see which of the two next generation consoles for the two systems will have the edge when it comes to graphics. We have all seen the screenshots of the games on the two systems but what about actual gameplay graphics. Despite the hot debate, when you look at the numbers the two systems use a different but equally effective method of delivering graphics processing power. The XBOX uses a custom ATI processor with 48 graphics pipelines and the PS2 has a custom NVIDA graphics processor with an estimated 24 pipelines. The numbers are misleading because the PS2 piplines are more powerful than the XBOX pipelines. In the end the two different graphics processors will deliver about the same amount of power, we can expect to see impressive results from both sides.

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Also, here is a quick example...

http://www.gamershell.com/screenpop.php?id=172770

vs.

http://www.bizarreonline.net/img/screenshots/pgr3/21.jpg

Without actually playing ingame, it is impossible to tell what graphics are better. It also depends on the game. PS3 will have games with better graphics and the 360 will have games with better graphics. In the above, both have truly amazing graphics.

Hey, think about it, DaVinci had great graphics, but they are not that much fun to play with now are they...

It is all in the games and what you can do in the games. If the graphics look real enough, it doesnt matter if you can see the cigar smoke on a random guy a block away, because you are not going to be looking for him, you are going to be playing.

PS: here are some PS3 graphics that dont look like cinematics...
http://www.megagames.com/news/show.cgi?&idtype=console&database=821&section=screens&

[TheloniousMunnk]

>Playstation 3 going to be over $600
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/playstation-3-going-to-be-over-600-165317.php

>PS3: Late and ‘Spensive
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/ps3-late-and-spensive-155797.php

>Playstation 3 = Next Dreamcast?
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/playstation-3-next-dreamcast-153922.php

>Nintendo Revolution Chips Won’t “Go” Very Fast
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/nintendo-revolution-chips-wont-go-very-fast-164024.php

[RussianPride24]

Screw PS3, XBOX 360, REVOLUTION, and PC's. Go outside and play some real games. Or just drive around. Driving in a real car on a real road is way funner than in a videogame.

[522viper]

damn i knew i should have picked PC.
i used to like nintendo but its all anime games now, but RE4 was the best on the gamecubezor

[Metalocalypse]

Diehard PC Gamer: Who needs a system when you got a PC?

Thats what I voted because recently ive realized that consol gaming sucks,