XBOX 360 or PS3?

[EntertainmentMan2000]

Hey, I'm looking to buy either XBOX 360 or PS3 but I am currently at a crossroads. I have heard from people that the 360 has numerous problems with overheating and from others that it's the best system they've ever had. Other people have told me that the PS3 is an alright system that hasn't been tapped to its full potential and also has a blu-ray player. Aside from game selection, which system am I best off with?

 

[resipsofacto]

Quick answer is look at the game libraries and pick the one that has the games you want to play. 360 had some early problems but newer models are solid. On the Sony side it seems blue-ray may be dying already so that's not a consideration.

As an avid gamer I have both, but would say the 360 has way more hours on it.

 

[onthebottom]

I think the PS3 has several advantages:

- all systems have hard-drives - this means that game developers can count on using the HDD - only some 360 models have HDDs and thus those developers have to design for the lowest common denominator.

- Reliability is second to none - the 360 has had serious reliability issues which you mentioned. I have a launch PS3 and it's never skipped a beat, and it's never skipped playing a DVD/Blu-Ray either.

- Blu-Ray, two reasons, first is movie playback which is flawless on DVD and Blu-Rays, second is games. Again developers know they have 10G to work with in designing a game (and the HDD for performance) - will they use it all.... MGS4 did! Game size will follow the hardware and sooner or later the game developers will design toward the expanded capacity of Blu Ray.

- Bluetooth works great for remotes, controllers.....

OTB