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Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:05:28 Reply

Yes, I like to plan this well in advance. I only have a Wii (which I never use) and am finally considering getting either the PS3 Slim or the 360 Elite due to their new, low prices. But oh bother, which one?

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:09:06 Reply

well, it depends on what games you like. if you want games like MGS4, uncharted, and more PS3.

If you want boring, repetitive 1st and 3rd person shooters with kids yelling at you the whole time, 360.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:09:45 Reply

I'm hoping both the ps3 slim and the 360 will be lowered in price enough for christmas that I can just buy both :(


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:15:23 Reply

At 8/22/09 02:05 PM, Davoo wrote: But oh bother, which one?

Platformers, adventures, and MGS4, and free online multiplayer = PS3

Shooters, arcade games, and a huge array of games = Xbox 360

I personally have an Xbox 360, but it's because it was cheaper than the PS3 back when it was two years ago...


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:17:21 Reply

At 8/22/09 02:09 PM, STEM wrote: I'm hoping both the ps3 slim and the 360 will be lowered in price enough for christmas that I can just buy both :(

Well, the prices were already lowered like, just this week. So I doubt it.

At 8/22/09 02:09 PM, duper1012 wrote: well, it depends on what games you like. if you want games like MGS4, uncharted, and more PS3.

If you want boring, repetitive 1st and 3rd person shooters with kids yelling at you the whole time, 360.

Yes... I'm certainly leaning on Sony's side right now.

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:31:42 Reply

If you like FPS, then 360 has all the FPS you need. But console FPS is shit. Therefore, PS3.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-22 14:33:02 Reply

At 8/22/09 02:31 PM, Jin wrote: If you like FPS, then 360 has all the FPS you need. But console FPS is shit. Therefore, PS3.

Yeah... I'm not an FPS fan, so I think it's pretty much out of the question at this point.

Um, thanks for the help everybody, you were fast! =)

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 00:19:10 Reply

I'm sorry but the only opinion you replied to was extremely biased. I'd say, whatever your friends have, and do your own research because most users on this site are some sort of fanboy.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 01:17:43 Reply

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 01:20:33 Reply

At 8/22/09 02:09 PM, duper1012 wrote: well, it depends on what games you like. if you want games like MGS4, uncharted, and more PS3.

If you want boring, repetitive 1st and 3rd person shooters with kids yelling at you the whole time, 360.

You're a fucking idiot. PS3 players and 360's are no different

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 01:27:08 Reply

Just look at the exclusives for each console and choose which one suits you more. I got the PS3 because the exclusives they have suit me more and the controllers are 100000 times better in my opinion, but the XBOX 360 is good. They are both very similar actually, either one you get, you will not get disappointed.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 01:52:27 Reply

you could you know... give someone else a gift on Christmas maybe you know...
Last year i gave my parents a camera and got Mario Party 1 for Nintendo 64 and Work Boots...

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 02:00:14 Reply

At 8/23/09 12:19 AM, JambaIaya wrote: I'm sorry but the only opinion you replied to was extremely biased. I'd say, whatever your friends have, and do your own research because most users on this site are some sort of fanboy.

Well, since I don't have any friends, this should be pretty easy to narrow down. =D

At 8/23/09 01:20 AM, Makeshift wrote: You're a fucking idiot. PS3 players and 360's are no different

Is that so? Have you experienced a lot of both? (I've experienced neither, so I wouldn't know.)

At 8/23/09 01:27 AM, dmansland wrote: Just look at the exclusives for each console and choose which one suits you more. I got the PS3 because the exclusives they have suit me more and the controllers are 100000 times better in my opinion, but the XBOX 360 is good. They are both very similar actually, either one you get, you will not get disappointed.

Thanks for giving me the answer that's so obvious, I should have figured it out myself.
Halo = Don't care for
Gears = Don't care for
MGS4 = Looks good
Uncharted = Seems pretty interesting
LBP = Holy crap I've wanted a game like this my whole life.

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 03:36:11 Reply

Depends on the games you want.

Halo 3, Gears of War, Dead or Alive series, Forza Motorsport, Fable 2 and a shit load of awesome Arcade Games = 360

Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, Infamous, MGS4 and free online = PS3

But if you're looking for a wider range of games then go for the 360, it has more exclusives and all the rest you can get on both consoles anyway. And yeah PS3 does have a better graphics ability but there are few multi-platform games where the graphics are really any different between the 2.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 03:39:19 Reply

Okay, let me break this down for you.

You're about to make the biggest decision of your life, about to traverse down the river that could send you into a future of fun games or a future that could send you to video game hell. This runs down to either 360 or PS3. Now, you being a user from 07 when most of the Console Wars burned forums worldwide, come to NEWGROUNDS, the most biased, racist, sexist, homophobic site on the WEB, asking US which console you should buy? When we have virtually no idea who you are, giving us all the more option to bitch and moan about how hardcore our favorite system is?

WTF is wrong with you man, go ask your friends, but don't come on Newgrounds, seriously.

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 03:43:47 Reply

Oh...and this too.

PS3: MGS4, God Of War 3, Killzone 2 (meh), inFamous, Arkham Asylum, and Assassin's Creed.
360: Halo 3, Halo ODST, Bioshock 2, Prototype, Assassin's Creed, and Arkham Asylum.

If you buy an Elite, I hear they don't red ring but I myself am not made of enough money to risk it, I hear the Slims are going to be pretty cheap but they scream "Break me" as well. I'd hold onto that money for a little while until heavy-hitters like GoW3, Gears Of War 2, Prototype, Arkham, and Bioshock 2 are out just to see how they may adapt and modify it. You don't want to get screwed on the first-generation line either.

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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 03:44:12 Reply

They've both got viable exclusives.

However, you have to note that the majority of games that you'll want to buy will likely be multi-platform games.


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Response to Which system should I get for Xmas? 2009-08-23 03:57:02 Reply

At 8/23/09 03:43 AM, SoTotallyNotANinja wrote:

If you buy an Elite, I hear they don't red ring

they do, all 360's red ring.