ATTN: PS3 & 360 owners

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

For only $50 more I'll take a blu-ray player.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

blah blah blah. Then don't market it as a media center. Next gen consoles are based on its media capabilities.
I'm in a bad mood, im gonna go away as I can't explain business to people posting on ca.com.

it has the capabilities, just because its not out of the box doesnt mean anything, its price allows more people to buy the console they need.

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

Also, im pretty sure the 360 will eventually have a bluray addon, i think microsoft played it smart, the hddvd and blueray battle could have gone either way, having it integrated into the system would have been a catastrophe.

Isn't blu-ray sony's technology?

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Isn't blu-ray sony's technology?

honestly i dont know.

im sure for the right price sony would let microsoft use it.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

blah blah blah. Then don't market it as a media center. Next gen consoles are based on its media capabilities.
I'm in a bad mood, im gonna go away as I can't explain business to people posting on ca.com.

If you're trying to explain business you are doing a poor job. Microsoft could have put all of the same features into the 360 that Sony did in the PS3, however it would cost $700-$900 to build a console that sells for $500, which is what Sony is doing. Microsoft made a choice to offer a console that doesn't include stuff that not all users would need. Also, I think the 360 works perfectly for streaming from a PC, and to stream Hi Def content you need a hardwired connection, even 802.11n does not have enough bandwidth to stream Hi Def content from a PC, only wired connections do.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Isn't blu-ray sony's technology?

No, it was developed by Sony, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung. I don't believe that Sony even did the majority of the R&D, I think that was Pioneer and Philips.

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

it has the capabilities, just because its not out of the box doesnt mean anything, its price allows more people to buy the console they need.

Are you not reading what he is typing?

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

ive owned both i prefer 360 because i kinda like the achievements , it gives somethign to shoot for. I really do miss my ps3 though for uncharted and heavenly sword //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Are you not reading what he is typing?

yes, he is stating that to be a true "next gen console" it should have wireless, battery packs, hd movie, hdmi, yadda yadda.

yet its 30% more and not everyone needs all that. Thats my point, microsoft has differnt "levels" of 360s for people to choose from. Can go from the basic arcade, all the way up to an elite.

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

yes, he is stating that to be a true "next gen console" it should have wireless, battery packs, hd movie, hdmi, yadda yadda.
yet its 30% more and not everyone needs all that. Thats my point, microsoft has differnt "levels" of 360s for people to choose from. Can go from the basic arcade, all the way up to an elite.

An Elite still doesn't have what a PS3 has and to get what a PS3 has, you'd spend more. Where do you get 30% more? A PS3 starts at $399.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

An Elite still doesn't have what a PS3 has and to get what a PS3 has, you'd spend more. Where do you get 30% more? A PS3 starts at $399.

i guess they dropped the price a bit more since ive looked.

ill still take my 360 anyday. psn simply doesnt compare.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

THIS is another reason why im hesitant to put any money into my 360.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

THIS is another reason why im hesitant to put any money into my 360.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/hardware.ars/2008/08/14/lian-li-introduces-chassis-for-xbox-360

Anyway, I always buy the extended warranty from Best Buy for any game console, even just to protect the controllers. But at least there is the 3 year RROD warranty now, but the 360 is definitely extremely unreliable, they probably should have waited a year, added the features Chad said and made sure it was 100% stable.