Comments on: PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360: Price Comparison Revisited

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:20:58 +0000

This post is a magnet for comment spam, and while they never get published, they're a huge pain in my ass to moderate.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:46:19 +0000

I will probably pick up a ps3 within the next few months but mostly cause it seems like BluRay may just run away with as the HiDef choice. I mean, can't go wrong with a bluray player that will play GranTurismo But my 360 will get most of the lovin still.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:37:14 +0000

Tricky one.

Game wise, nothing really seperates them from what I can tell. I don't own either console by the way. But looking/hoping to get one sorted in next few months, mainly for GTA IV.

advantages for 360 is Xbox Live. Does the PS3 online gaming suck?

PS3 – Blu-ray.

Not too bothered about controllers as you get to used to them eventually.

Prices in the UK are getting a bit more competitive now as well, you can get a PS3 online for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£279. Of course, you have to buy games on top of that

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:14:39 +0000

Yeah, that's because HD DVD is a sinking ship and they're doing everything they can to sucker people into it.

Anyway, I'm not going to update the prices again based on this. There's price drops almost weekly these days and I can't keep altering the charts based on them.

By: Armando

Armando — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:02:54 +0000

One thing to note on the HD DVD attachment for the 360, here in the US the price has been dropped to $119 now. Amazon has it on sale for $80.

By: Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:17:33 +0000

Good point Matt.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:28:13 +0000

I walked head strong in to the sales at Christmas primarily looking for Mario & Sonic Olympics on the Wii. To get to the Wii games I had to walk past the shelf with the PS3's on.

I hadn't looked at the PS3 much up close to see what it was all about (apart from reading what Matt has said about it). I didn't really see the point either as I only got my 360 Premium in August but… the PS3 has me very intrigued. The price is coming down and for the price it looks like you get more for your money.

I'll wait a couple more months to see what happens with the prices in the UK but I can see me adding it to the shelf soonish.

Good post Matt.

By: D

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:02:15 +0000

Have you thought about adding games to the price comparison, especially with the recent DMC uproar…10 pound more for an identical game with a 20 minute install time.

Also id like to ask why you have added HD viewing? People buy consoles for games, Sony forced HD viewing on us, so in theory you should really do a comparison about HD gaming seperate.

Keep up the good work dude

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:02:43 +0000

I wouldn't agree that the PS3 is finding it's footing yet. As a matter of fact things are looking more bleak now for Sony than they did at the start.

But that is by the by, the really frightening thing from sony's point of view can be broken down as follows:

1. The slow drive speed has meant that some features seen in 360 versions of games have had to have been dropped from the PS3 version to prevent long load times and lag. This may sound petty but it's causing a lot of developers to jump ship and swim over to the 360.

2. Sony's marketing team seem to have committed harikari by bad advertising, high cost at launch and hardly any games being released in the first year. You need to get people's interest right away because it's 10x as hard to get it later. They continue to hang themselves with every ridiculous press release they make which contradicts the one they released the day before.

3. Forcing people to have a Blu-Ray drive when they may not (and probably will not) need one is costing the customer something like $120 (even though the cost of both premium packages are the same.) MS have seen people don't need a HD drive yet and have rightly given it as an optional extra.

It seems sony are trying like mad to restore people's faith in their choice to include blu-ray. I, for one, am not convinced yet.

By: Rockers Delight

Rockers Delight — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:46:03 +0000

qrayg, I wouldn't say there are no JRPG's on the 360. As you mentioned, Eternal Sonata (which I'm playing through at the moment) is on the 360, as is Blue Dragon, Enchanted Arms (which deserved higher scores than it got, Grr), Lost Odyssey is just around the corner, and talks of a Blue Dragon sequel are in the pipeline.

Microsoft seem to have a good relationship with Hironobu Sakaguchi so I would like to think that as a result of that there will be a few good JRPG releases on the 360 in the future.

I'm quite a fan of said genre and understand that if the PS2 back catalogue is anything to go by, then the PS3 will also have a strong line up in that regards. But until it does…