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PS3 or 360.. What to buy?

I got out of gaming after my first PS died on me years ago. Soooo... I believe its time for me to get a gaming system. Any thoughts on which one people prefer. I have played alot on both systems, its just everyone I talk to is either one system or the other. One is better then this and the other yada yada, I want info that only xda can provide. Like say if I wanted to tinker with it. What do you guys think, which system would be the best for me?

for me , i play alot of with xbox360,
b/c live network is very tight for me

I would go for the PS3, because playing online with your friends is free there. On the xbox360, you have to have a Live Account which costs money to play online...And the PS3 has got the better exclusive Games (Killzone, GoW and so on ) and it can play BluRay's...

DomiKamp said:
I would go for the PS3, because playing online with your friends is free there. On the xbox360, you have to have a Live Account which costs money to play online...And the PS3 has got the better exclusive Games (Killzone, GoW and so on ) and it can play BluRay's...
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+1 ps3 is too good to ditch it for te xbox 360

DomiKamp said:
I would go for the PS3, because playing online with your friends is free there. On the xbox360, you have to have a Live Account which costs money to play online...And the PS3 has got the better exclusive Games (Killzone, GoW and so on ) and it can play BluRay's...
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agreed... Get a ps3 .. Its better!!

Yup, PS3 is the game...Its really great...

PS3 all the way
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I agree, PS3 is the way to go. I have both but my 360 just sits there collecting dust.
And with the recent release of Gran Turismo 5, PS3 has been getting consistent use. Lol.
Blu-Ray movies are a huge plus as well.

Ps3. I regreted my xbox the first week. It blows!
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360 all the way.
Microsoft did research and found the controllers to be more comfortable and fitting to natural finger techniques.
Also, the game engines show up a lot better.
Yeah, you pay for the online experience, but it's worth it. As a result of your payment, they invest a lot more in the online experience and content.
Plus, what games does PS3 have going for it? GT5 is about it, and even then, the Forza series competes nicely.
I personally won't bother with a PS3 until they fix the controllers and Sony isn't such a douchebag company.

rorytmeadows said:
360 all the way.
Microsoft did research and found the controllers to be more comfortable and fitting to natural finger techniques.
Also, the game engines show up a lot better.
Yeah, you pay for the online experience, but it's worth it. As a result of your payment, they invest a lot more in the online experience and content.
Plus, what games does PS3 have going for it? GT5 is about it, and even then, the Forza series competes nicely.
I personally won't bother with a PS3 until they fix the controllers and Sony isn't such a douchebag company.
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Hmm..Still,PS3 for me!!!

I have Forza 3 and Gran Turismo 5 and GT5 crushes Forza.
PS3 games that are worth it for me would be:
Uncharted 1 & 2
Infamous
Killzone 2 and 3 is coming soon
Resistance 2 and 3 is coming soon too
I also prefer the PS3 controllers, they feel more comfortable in the hand during long periods of playing time.

Definitely PS3! especially if you're into racing games, GT5 is hands down the BEST racing game I have ever played.

EuroSpeed said:
PS3 games that are worth it for me would be:
Uncharted 1 & 2
Infamous
Killzone 2 and 3 is coming soon
Resistance 2 and 3 is coming soon too.
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So, PS3 has NO games that compete...

DS1495 said:
Definitely PS3! especially if you're into racing games, GT5 is hands down the BEST racing game I have ever played.
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Yet, Forza 4 is the answer to that game.

Ps3!
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What can you say about kinect? And the price of the games, and those things...
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Ifiuse said:
What can you say about kinect? And the price of the games, and those things...
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I can't tell what you're arguing?
Kinect is the first mainstream attempt at controller-less gaming. That deserves 400% credit. In the same realm, PS3 is a hi-def Wii (Wii sucks).

Xbox if you are an online gamer you get what you pay for on Xbox and if you want a bluray player that plays games build a pc lol
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2071 said:
Xbox if you are an online gamer you get what you pay for on Xbox and if you want a bluray player that plays games build a pc lol
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Good multiplayer (Coop) Games for PC

Hey Folks
Can someone suggest some good online/lan multiplayer/coop Games i can play with my friends or even my girlfriend (long-distance relationship)?
Genre: Shooter, Strategie, ..well anything except something like minecraft (building-stuff)
Thanks in advance.

Spiral Knights is kind of a fun time waster, and its free

Dungeon Defenders
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Tf2
Sven Co-op
Portal 2
What i've been playing recently. first two are free.
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Games, and computer stats
Basically all the free to play games on steam are multiplayer
Team Fortress 2, Spiral Nights, Rusty Hearts, CrimeCraft: Bleedout, War Inc. Battlezone, Forsaken World,
That is just some of the games from the free to play page that said they were multiplayer. There a lot of games that are free to play that don't list themselves there for their own reasons (NASA: Moonbase Alpha)
Now there are the non-free steam games,
Borderlands, Portal 2, Rage, The Call of Duty lineup, Counter-Stike, Half-life 2: Deathmatch,
Again the list goes on forever.
Then there are non-steam games like League of Legends (free) and its ok, some really like it, not my cup of tea.
Of course the majority of these games require fast internet (20+ mb download and 15+ mb upload on both sides) and a ethernet port fast enough to keep up (no laptops) or wireless n wifi (this can be done by most routers, but only good ones actually transmit data at wireless n level speed, so ethernet is better if you don't have a laptop)
And on top of fast internet, you need a excellent computer to play most of these. If you don't have a AMD Radeon HD 5200 (I have 5400, like 60+ fps on TF2) or better (nvidia equivilent if that floats your boat, I got a AMD cause it was on sale) and a pentium 4 at 3.40 ghz (again, AMD processor if that floats your boat) or better, then on games like TF2, you'll play fine most of the time on offline (vs. bots) mode, but on online you will LAG, a lot.
Just as a rule of thumb, if your using a vga graphics card, most likely, you can't play these games. And if you run dxdiag (using run command in xp, or run bar in vista and 7), you can find your graphics card. If it says something like "Intel Express Family Chipset" then you can't play these games. Or if by some miracle you can (like I could before I upgraded my graphics card) it will get >5 fps and look horrible.
Bottom line, before thinking of the games, check your computer stats at both ends, if you both don't have good stats, your options go to playing leaderboard flash games and trying to beat each others score (really fun ), or buying a console and playing your games on that.

Another recommendation for Portal 2!

Oh wow, huge thanks to everyone.
I'll take a look at all the suggestions
And ofc i know the pc/laptop has to be good enough.
Mine:
Q6600
4 GB DDR2
HD 5805
Girlfriend:
i3-2310M Prozessor, 2,1 GHz
4 GB DDR3
HD 6470M
not sure about the graphiccards, are they both good enough for ..e.g. portal 2?

rest0ck said:
Oh wow, huge thanks to everyone.
I'll take a look at all the suggestions
And ofc i know the pc/laptop has to be good enough.
Mine:
Q6600
4 GB DDR2
HD 5805
Girlfriend:
i3-2310M Prozessor, 2,1 GHz
4 GB DDR3
HD 6470M
not sure about the graphiccards, are they both good enough for ..e.g. portal 2?
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Ram is certainly enough, but try running the dxdiag command, checking the video tab for your graphics card.
Remember "Intel Express Family Chipset" =

Age Of Empires 2. Can't go wrong!

I've been playing l4d2 and just purchased dungeon defenders.
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Came in to say Portal 2! Great... GREAT coop game. Not terribly long but with the recent DLC, it's now even longer.

BazookaAce said:
Age Of Empires 2. Can't go wrong!
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I agree
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bazookaace said:
age of empires 2. Can't go wrong!
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Keeping an eye on this one:
If, like me you played the original AvP games, you'll know what i mean when i say it would have been nice to have had a few friends watching your back!

DirkGently said:
If, like me you played the original AvP games, you'll know what i mean when i say it would have been nice to
have had a few friends watching your back!
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i play AvP 3, and even though the gameplay is bad, the multiplayer is good. being the last human standing against aliens are the best!!!
I'd still recommend Age of Empires II for RTS...

Thanks again to everyone.
I took a closer look at every posted Suggestions but hm idk they all look kinda weird^^.
Any other..? Low priced is okay too btw

If you have a good pc, i recomend All Points Bulletin ( APB ) for me its the best game period! Never gets boring, requires a lot cooperation
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I think I regret buying a PS3?

It's like this. I money to buy a badass gaming computer, but instead I bought a PS3, Sony Bravia HX75 3D TV and some games. Seeing how nice PC games look maxed out and generally how laggy games are in the PS3, I regret buying it but it's far too late to do anything about that.
I thought "hey, PS3 games are optimized for it and will run smoothly and hassle free." Bull****. Most games I played lag and freeze. GTA IV lags worse than on my old craptop and I even tried logging out of PSN.
What to do? Is there the slightest comfort in this?
EDIT: I have the slim 320gb version and I play using discs and have turned off the image correction features on the tv to reduce input lag. The TV is 200hz in normal mode and 400hz in 3D mode.
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If I had to guess I'd say it might have something to do with the fact that Blu-ray discs only play at 72hz.
I have never run into anything like that on my PS3 (the original 80gb fat model with PS2 compatibility).

I have had both, fat(sold) and slim(currently using), and the console freezes about one a month(due to scratchy disk, never happened with downloaded games)...
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Is there something wrong with my PS3 or some setting I have changed? I've seen lots of people playing their slims using discs and playing on 40 to 50 inchers with 100hz+ and it plays fine? Or maybe they play from the drive?
What if I jailbreak the damned thing and make a full disc backup?
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Theshawty said:
Is there something wrong with my PS3 or some setting I have changed? I've seen lots of people playing their slims using discs and playing on 40 to 50 inchers with 100hz+ and it plays fine? Or maybe they play from the drive?
What if I jailbreak the damned thing and make a full disc backup?
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You can't. If your firmware is up to date (which it must be to log onto PSN) then you are unable to use GeoHotz unlock. Sony patched the vulnerability.

063_XOBX said:
You can't. If your firmware is up to date (which it must be to log onto PSN) then you are unable to use GeoHotz unlock. Sony patched the vulnerability.
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Ok, well fine then. How come almost all games lag so much? I mean, all it was ever designed to do was playing games, not rendering 3580x2600 3D movies while having Spotify and YouTube running. Surely, the cell processor and the 7900gt (or whatever GPU the PS3 runs) should be fine to play the games with the decent graphics?
Or are lazy developers to blame? I read the PS3 was harder to code for than the disgrace otherwise known as xBox 360?
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The PS3's ram is split up into like 6 cores (if I recall correctly) which is what makes it harder to code for.
As far as the lag I can't say exactly what it is. Are there any scratches on your discs? Is any game running properly? If every single game isn't working it might just be your PS3 having a defect.

Mine doesn't lag so its an isolated problem with your setup. Just chiming in to let you know that isn't normal for PS3.
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I have a slim and fat ps3, when I use them allot they will freeze maybe every month or every other. But I don't lag, I have FAST internet. And I've never had lag playing offline.
As for the PS3 being harder to dev for, that's true, initially. But we are past the point of that really mattering now. The devs have had the console long enought to know what to do with it.

All my discs are only weeks old and therefore scratchless. Is there any comfort in the PS3 since I did have money for a PC?
Maybe there's some bad setting?
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Theshawty said:
All my discs are only weeks old and therefore scratchless. Is there any comfort in the PS3 since I did have money for a PC?
Maybe there's some bad setting?
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Can you elaborate on how what games are laggy when?

WiredPirate said:
Can you elaborate on how what games are laggy when?
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GTA IV - randomly all the time
Skyrim - same as GTA
I'm away from home and can't look through my games collection but this mainly goes for all games that feature a big open world and got a ton of stuff you can do. Linear games lag sometimes too but not as much.
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Try deleting all game data from the hard drive and trying again.

This might explain why Skyrim lags.

Guess that'll teach me to never buy a console again.
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Xbox baby, I have 2 xbox's and 1 ps3 and by far xbox is far superior, xbox live rules
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You should seriously consider taking it back or trying to get the warranty honored. This is not a normal issue and shouldn't be treated as one.
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flashallthetime said:
Xbox baby, I have 2 xbox's and 1 ps3 and by far xbox is far superior, xbox live rules
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How's the RROD working for you? Or the paid multiplayer? If you're going to troll at least be clever.

Theshawty said:
Guess that'll teach me to never buy a console again.
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Eh... I wouldn't say that. It's a good investment. You get a top of the line gaming PC and in two years you can't run the newest games well at all. These consoles came out SIX years ago. That is your money's worth, and I've had zero problems. I'll say it once again, you have an isolated problem. The problems you're getting aren't normal. They wouldn't release games that lag terribly because it's not like you can upgrade the hardware in the PS3.
flashallthetime said:
Xbox baby, I have 2 xbox's and 1 ps3 and by far xbox is far superior, xbox live rules
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Let's not turn this into a fanboy flame war. The OP can't do anything about his purchases now, so your comment adds nothing to the table. The PS3 has far extensive media playing capabilities and the online is free. The only plus I've seen for Xbox is that it "has a better online gaming community" which is completely opinionated.

You say the problem is isolated. What have you narrowed it down to? I guess I slightly overrated the lag issue. It lags though and more so than I find normal. Is there any possibility this could be anything else than a hardware fsult?
How does input lag show? When I'm home again, I'll hook it up to my brand new Acer monitor (100hz) and see how it plays. Somehow I suspect that this is some form of input lag.
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It's an isolated issue as in it's isolated to your PS3. It's not something normal or even something that is a well known issue. I've never had it once in almost 5 years.
Try to troubleshoot it if you want but I recommend just saving yourself the stress and swapping it out for another PS3 from wherever you bought it from. If they won't work with you call Sony and find out what they can do for you.

Xbox One vs PlayStation 4

Hey
which new next-gen console do you want to buy? Xbox One or PlayStation 4? Which console is better in your opinion? And why?
Let's start the fanboy-war

PS4 Period.
damn that was a fast reply

Neither.
The Xbox One requires an online connection every 24 hours and is just another tool of the Copyright Maffia.
The PS4 has not one single game of interest for me, and is thus nothing but a glorified bluray player; I can get one of those for 25 bucks at Lidl.
There are only two reasons I own a console: Halo and Gears of War. And if those were for pc, consoles could go to hell for all I care.

I choose... the already opened gaming thread

I bought a Wii U
If I had to choose between the two consoles, I would buy the PS4, but I'm happy with the Wii U. I'll wait until some games were released and then I decide, if it's worth for me to buy a PS4.

Results are declared by companies themselves
Xbox. - 1
PlayStation - 4
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now i have a PS3...i think that i will not abandon Sony

Well, given Sony's conditions, I'd clearly choose PS4...
But I'm a PC-Gamer! PC Power! Hahahahaha!!!

Definitely PS4. Xbox has too much Microsoft crap.
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emyaz said:
Hey
which new next-gen console do you want to buy? Xbox One or PlayStation 4? Which console is better in your opinion? And why?
Let's start the fanboy-war
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This one is the best one of them all.
OT Gaming thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17916356

Favourite games console

It can be as old as the atari to as new as the PlayStation. It can be Portable or Home console!

A high end gaming desktop pc is the ultimate gaming machine hands down. They're also much more flexible and practical than any gaming console.
I used to love Atari tho

Yeah ME to i'm on steam. I forgot to really mention pc tbh i should of really put gaming SYSTEM XD

I love the hell out of my new 3dsxl since it can play every 3ds, ds, and homebrew emulators on the go.
Love my pc tho for sho tho 2 doh! 1080gtx take my money!
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Who needs console when you have PC
PCMR always :good:

I've been gaming for a long time. So I really dont' have a favorite game console. I have:
playstaion2/3/4/psp
xbox/360/1
Gamecube/wii
PC
For each major console, I mostly the big flagship titles. For Sony: God of war, Metal Gear, Grand Theft Auto, street fighter 5
For xbox: Halo Master Chief Collection and halo 5, Gears of war
For Wii: Smash Brothers Brawl
PC, I don't really play that much anymore. I used to play a lot of FPS 10 years ago: Counter Strike Source, Half life 2, Far Cry, Rainbow 6 Vegas and Watchdogs.
But If I had to pick one console that I play the most on, honestly it will have to be XBOX 1. I put in A TON of hours of halo multiplayer. A close second place would be my ps4. Cause I also put in A TON of hours in MGS 5 Phantom pain.

I don't really like the PC solution. You have to upgrade the GPU over time, and drivers constantly (DOOM players anyone?).
Plus you can't just sit on your couch and game on your TV, I know you can do bluetooth controllers and HDMI out etc, but it's still a big pain.
I've got an X1 and Wii U, and honestly I think the Wii U is the best thing ever. you cannot get the Zelda games, Smash Bros, Splatoon, Mario games, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, etc. on any other console or PC.
No matter what I think console will always be better than PC because you don't have to mess with drivers and settings, and its simplicity.

That sounds cool!
d12unk13astard said:
I love the hell out of my new 3dsxl since it can play every 3ds, ds, and homebrew emulators on the go.
Love my pc tho for sho tho 2 doh! 1080gtx take my money!
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I might get back into nintendo i'm using my gameboy colour!! I might save for 3ds XD

Good Argument
orangekid said:
I don't really like the PC solution. You have to upgrade the GPU over time, and drivers constantly (DOOM players anyone?).
Plus you can't just sit on your couch and game on your TV, I know you can do bluetooth controllers and HDMI out etc, but it's still a big pain.
I've got an X1 and Wii U, and honestly I think the Wii U is the best thing ever. you cannot get the Zelda games, Smash Bros, Splatoon, Mario games, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, etc. on any other console or PC.
No matter what I think console will always be better than PC because you don't have to mess with drivers and settings, and its simplicity.
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Good argument, I have pc because i can play them and i like them. But i also have ps4, 2 and 1 which i love for the simplicity and just sitting on the sofa XD

My all time favourite is Nintendo. It was the only console I was playing when I was a kid.

Nintendo Wii... I can play NES, SNES, CUBE, MAME, PSONE, SEGA Games & more on my modified Wii. I can also play music & watch dvds. Its also acts as my server. Amazing Console ?
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PC all the time!

There are so many great gaming consoles, for the nostalgia tho I'd say, it's the Super Nintendo followed by Dreamcast and GameCube.
Otherwise of course, PCs (desktops, no fancy laptops) beat anything.

SEGA MegaDrive / Genesis & PSX
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I am a nintendo guy and always loved nintendo consoles. For everything else a PC

I'm playing mostly on PC and some games on PS4.

Nintendo fanboy, all the way back to the NES.

It's a close race between the SNES and the PS1, and I have no clue which one comes out on top.

PCMR bruhhh :good:
Fav game MW2 for sure

PC of course but sometimes PS4 for the exclusive