Seeking advice on a Game system upgrade...

[PennyandtheJets]

I currently own a Nintendo Gamecube and I have had it for quite some time. I really liked the games for the gamecube, but now I think I should get an upgrade in my game play...

Which would you suggest?

PS2 or Xbox 360?

I am leaning towards the 360, but I am undecided. Thanks!

[PinPointPenning10]

If you were going to go with a PS2, you might as well just wait for the PS3 to come out since PS2s will soon be outdated, unless you really don't want to wait.

[floridajet]

Yah... I would either go 360 or wait for ps3.

I'm a big fan of playstation and I can tell you the ps3 wait will be definitly worth it. Plus it will have free online play!

[Royal Tee]

Why wait? ANd why get an inferior ps2?

Get the 360 now and have a bunch of fun while others sit around playing with cereal boxes.

360= The Best online gaming experience. Now and after ps3

[PennyandtheJets]

Yah... I would either go 360 or wait for ps3.

I'm a big fan of playstation and I can tell you the ps3 wait will be definitly worth it. Plus it will have free online play!
P3 is going to have free online play??? Like legit free? I have never played online...It sounds sweet though...

[wildthing2022000]

Why wait? ANd why get an inferior ps2?

Get the 360 now and have a bunch of fun while others sit around playing with cereal boxes.

360= The Best online gaming experience. Now and after ps3

:lol: you crack me up:rofl2: 360

[Tight]

No. absoloutley not. Ps3 will not have free online play. I read this on ign. Ps3 will have a service similar to xbox live.

but ps3 will be the more powerful machine by far.

Dont let tee fool you, he loves is xbox 360.

[PennyandtheJets]

No. absoloutley not. Ps3 will not have free online play. I read this on ign. Ps3 will have a service similar to xbox live.

but ps3 will be the more powerful machine by far.

Dont let tee fool you, he loves is xbox 360.
Any idea on how much the PS3 will cost when it comes out?

I know that the Xbox 360 is 400 F'n dollars which is way too much.

[Tight]

LoL. If you think xbox360 is too expensive you might as well. Get a psp. ps3 will have a dvd burner among other things. YOur looking at at least 500 dollars.

[PennyandtheJets]

LoL. If you think xbox360 is too expensive you might as well. Get a psp. ps3 will have a dvd burner among other things. YOur looking at at least 500 dollars.
Yeah I was leaning toward the Xbox 360 to begin with. I had a feeling the PS3 would be ridiculous...

[jkgrandchamp]

Id wait to see what Nintendo and playstation come with . And what the graphics look like.

[wildthing2022000]

LoL. If you think xbox360 is too expensive you might as well. Get a psp. ps3 will have a dvd burner among other things. YOur looking at at least 500 dollars.

A DVD burner. Where are you people getting this crap from?

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rumored at $500
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POS version $300, decent version $400
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Rumored at $199-$299

Just for kicks
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$249
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$119 at Wal-Mart $129 else where
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$129 on June 11th

[Mexican Buc]

If your going to update update to the NEXT GENERATION of consolues. Going to the PS2 or Xbox isn't updating, its side-dating.


As for the new consoles, Xbox 360 if you want something right away (becuase its the only one out now). I think its a flop and will get blown away by the end of the year.

PS3. If they new Blue Ray DVD hits it will be a great side system. However Sony tried this before with the video tape in Beta. There was Beta and VHS. I don't think I have to tell you who won.

Wii comes out in October. I'm waiting on it. Nintendo has put all its eggs in one basket and it will either be a complete a total failure or the biggest up yet. If the Wii works as well as it's said to (and imo, it will) and catches on (the name already has) niether of the 2 consoles will be able to compete. They've pretty much made it so that it cannot be copied or adapted to the other systems, atleast not this generation of systems. Wii will truely be on its own, either high in the sky or deep in a pitch.




Either way don't side-date to PS2 or anything. Wait a little longer and update the right way. Either way GC still rocks. Mario Tennis, Soccer, and Party 7, IMO, are fun as hell. Silly, sure, kiddy, you can call it that, but still fun.

[wildthing2022000]

PS3. If they new Blue Ray DVD hits it will be a great side system. However Sony tried this before with the video tape in Beta. There was Beta and VHS. I don't think I have to tell you who won.

Guess what else Sony came up with. CDs and DVDs with Philips.

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* Video8/Hi8/Digital8 - In 1985, Sony introduced the Handycam, one of the first Video8 cameras. Much smaller than the competition's VHS and Betamax video cameras, Video8 became very popular in the consumer camcorder market.
* MiniDisc was created by Sony for use in portable music players. They were designed to share the market of Walkman products. Low consumer adoption has seen the product fail outside of the Japanese market.
* Sony also makes heavy use of its Memory Stick flash memory cards for digital cameras and other portable devices; however, other manufacturers are also making use of this technology.
* One successful attempt was the introduction of the 90mm micro floppy diskettes (better known as 3.5inch floppy discs), which Sony had developed at a time when there were 4" floppy discs and a lot of variations from different companies to replace the then on-going 5.25" floppy discs. Sony had great success and the format became dominant; 3.5" floppy discs gradually became obsolete as they were replaced by more current media formats.
* The DVD format currently being used in households world wide was jointly developed by Philips and Sony to replace CD; the use of a shorter wavelength laser beam sees the higher storage capacity of 4.7-17+GB as opposed to 640-700MB on a single disc.
* Sony attempted, unsuccessfully, to compete with the Iomega Zip drive and Imation SuperDisk with their HiFD.
* In 1993 Sony challenged the industry standard Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound format with its newer and more advanced proprietary motion picture digital audio format called SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound). This format employed eight channels (7.1) of audio opposed to just six used in Dolby Digital 5.1 at the time. Unlike Dolby Digital, SDDS utilized a method of backup by having mirrored arrays of bits on both sides of the film which acted as a measure of reliability in case the film was partially damaged. Ultimately, SDDS has been vastly overshadowed by the preferred DTS (Digital Theatre System) and Dolby Digital standards in the motion picture industry. SDDS was solely developed for use in the theatre circuit; Sony never intended to develop a home theatre version of SDDS.
* Since the introduction of the MiniDisc format, Sony has attempted to promote its own audio compression technologies under the ATRAC brand, against more widely-used formats like MP3. Until late 2004, Sony's Network Walkman line of digital portable music players did not support the MP3 de facto standard natively, although the software SonicStage provided with them would convert MP3 files into the ATRAC or ATRAC3 formats.
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[PennyandtheJets]

If your going to update update to the NEXT GENERATION of consolues. Going to the PS2 or Xbox isn't updating, its side-dating.


As for the new consoles, Xbox 360 if you want something right away (becuase its the only one out now). I think its a flop and will get blown away by the end of the year.

PS3. If they new Blue Ray DVD hits it will be a great side system. However Sony tried this before with the video tape in Beta. There was Beta and VHS. I don't think I have to tell you who won.

Wii comes out in October. I'm waiting on it. Nintendo has put all its eggs in one basket and it will either be a complete a total failure or the biggest up yet. If the Wii works as well as it's said to (and imo, it will) and catches on (the name already has) niether of the 2 consoles will be able to compete. They've pretty much made it so that it cannot be copied or adapted to the other systems, atleast not this generation of systems. Wii will truely be on its own, either high in the sky or deep in a pitch.




Either way don't side-date to PS2 or anything. Wait a little longer and update the right way. Either way GC still rocks. Mario Tennis, Soccer, and Party 7, IMO, are fun as hell. Silly, sure, kiddy, you can call it that, but still fun.
I don't believe I ever said I wanted the PS2 or the Xbox...

I said I was trying to decide between Xbox 360 or PS3...as for Nintendo Wii...I don't know anything about it other than it will be cheaper than the 360 and PS3...

I also enjoy gamecube alot, but I really want to get a piece of either PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii...which once I have yet to decide.

I have pretty much decided against PS3. I think 500 bucks for a system is just crazy. 400 is bad too, but I can manage. I am not too fond of waiting for Wii, but if it is 100 bucks cheaper than 360, perhaps it is worth the wait.

[drnyjets]

Why don't you wait until november and get PS3. It's going to make Xbox 360 look like Game Cube.

[PennyandtheJets]

Why don't you wait until november and get PS3. It's going to make Xbox 360 look like Game Cube.
500 bucks is alot of money...like I said I still haven't made up my mind, but 360 seems like the way I might go.

[PennyandtheJets]

Why don't you wait until november and get PS3. It's going to make Xbox 360 look like Game Cube.
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You think PS3 will be that much better than this?

[PennyandtheJets]

Wow...check out the difference between Xbox and Xbox 360...

Just put the mouse over the picture to see the difference...

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[JetBlue]

I don't believe I ever said I wanted the PS2 or the Xbox...

well, your first post did ask between the PS2 and 360, so Buc was half right, which is actually better than his usual percentage.

considering the lack of quality titles currently available on the 360, you are better off waiting until November anyways, as the 360 simply isn't worth the purchase right now unless you are a hard core gamer that just has to have the latest system, which I assume you aren't consideirng you are undecided on it.

wait until November, and if you decide on the 360 you will at least have more choices of games to choose from as well as the option to decide if the technology of the PS3 will be worth the added expense for the long term. but if you are willing to drop $400 now on a 360, a few more months should allow you the time to save another $100 or so to afford a PS3 if that is a problem, thus providing you the option to get either one.

but if you spend $400 now you have eliminated the option of the PS3 or Wii, and if you are disappointed you are stuck with it.

[wildthing2022000]

In my opinion I think if you are going to use the gaming system for movies you must get a PS3 because it will have the next-gen movie format player in it and it'll just cost you more if you get the Xbox 360 then a HD-DVD player/Blu-ray player.

[Tight]

dont let people fool you. Despite all the nonsense said. Ps3 graphics will not be that much different from 360.

[wildthing2022000]

dont let people fool you. Despite all the nonsense said. Ps3 graphics will not be that much different from ps3.

Hope so....:lol:

[Tight]

oops. ha ha my fault

[Drew]

Wow...check out the difference between Xbox and Xbox 360...

Just put the mouse over the picture to see the difference...

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The only game I see a big difference in is Madden, and the gameplay for it is horrendous

[jkgrandchamp]

The only game I see a big difference in is Madden, and the gameplay for it is horrendous
They rushed it

[Drew]

They rushed it

That's a real shame. But I would expect that.

Sony is smart, in waiting until everything is done, and having ALOT more consoles available at launch then Xbox.

[jkgrandchamp]

That's a real shame. But I would expect that.

Sony is smart, in waiting until everything is done, and having ALOT more consoles available at launch then Xbox.
Ea got greedy and wanted more money from Madden! they coulda waited a year to release the 07 version which has all the features and not taint the Madden name on the 360... But ea never finishes anything correctly look at BF2 and other games before it they rusjh for $$$$$$$$$$.
well there will still be a shortage . 1 mill for Na region 1 mill 4 asaia 1 mil 4 Eu ... Yea it will spread aroud the world but 4 an anticipated system youd think 2-3 million . But Ill have mine via best buy . Ill get to wait inside and be 1st in line thanx wifey !

[Mexican Buc]

Wow...check out the difference between Xbox and Xbox 360...

Just put the mouse over the picture to see the difference...

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Wow, I'm actually disappointed. I mean its obviously prettier and all, but really... I couldn't care less.


The problem with Sony and Xbox is that they are focusing and putting way to much into graphics. They always have, and they sacrafice gameplay to do it (most of the time). The funnest games, the best games, IMO, don't have the best graphics. You think Pokemon Red and Blue sold all they did off graphics?


Not to mention, as its been stated over and over in the more objective of magazines, the difference between all teh next gen graphics is going to be a lot smaller than people make it seem. The thing is that they ofcourse try to make it a bigger point with more hype. So what if the PS3 has the skin tone of Peyton Manning down better, and has more freckle accuracy. I don't give a damn. True gamers know graphics are overrated and know that is on the low end of the list on what makes a great game.

Not to mention "graphic" capabilities are usually cut in half once your actually playing and no longer watching a cut scene.





As usual Sony will try to make up for its short commings with additions. Like a DVD player on the PS2, etc. Don't get me wrong, it IS great value if it works out. This blueray shit might cost $800. If you can get a PS3 that plays it, AND games, for $500- its a pretty damn good deal for like a household and family. But the BlueRay thing i could care less about. If i want a blue ray, ill look for a blue ray. And I might settle for a Sony PS3. But as of now I want a best game console, and not a blue ray.



Either way, the best thing to do, no matter what system you will settle on, is wait it out. Atleast till October, preferably November, but definately sooner than December (christmas).