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• What's your console?

  chrisman > 23/09/2011, 11:39

  Ps3, xbox, wii? Or are you a PC gamer or a handheld gamer? To get the ball rolling I have a wii and an xbox. Will be getting a ps3 on the cheap at some point as a bluray player and to finally play MGS4, but I don't really rate it in comparison. PC games are great, but I only really play RTS's on PC now.

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  warchylduk > 23/09/2011, 12:37

  i have xbox and ps3
  cant use xbox at the mo though as my subscription ran out and dont have the moneyto renew it

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  FantasticMR > 23/09/2011, 12:45

  I have the xbox, ps3 and wii but only really play the ps3.

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  humiliateme > 23/09/2011, 12:48

  i'm a 360 guy and i think i always will be, i used to work in a gamestation store so had quite a lot of experience with different consoles and i know xbox got a bad rep for being unreliable, but to be honest that is no longer the case.
  
  the only faulty xbox's we had come back where always old models where as we had quite a few ps3's coming in, even the new ones with various problems.
  
  the wii i don't even consider as a choice if your a gamer, it's basically a console based around a gimmick that doesn't even work that well.
  
  as for pc gaming, i've had a top end gaming rig for quite a while and while i wouldn't say it was bad, i think most people tend to be pc or console and it tends to depend on what sort of control method suits you best, yes i know you can use a 360 controller on a pc, but why bother, just get a 360.
  
  the other thing that always bothered me about pc gaming was the way i had to keep updating hardware in order to play the latest games at the highest settings, where as console's you buy one, and then you're sorted.
  
  i think the only thing that might tempt me to get a ps3 used to be the bluray player, as there's no ps3 exclusive games that i'm really that bothered about. however that's no longer a reason to get one in my opinion as a perfectly good bluray player can be bought for as little as £50 now.
  
  also bluray is just a stop gap as far as i'm concerned until things go the way of streaming/downloading.
  
  and don't even get me started on the wii u, i mean a lot of people are going on about the controller nd the graphics, but the problem with the controller is each console only comes with one and nintendo have no plans to sell them as extra's and if they did they would be very expensive. and as for the graphics that's no big deal, they're simply catching up with the 360, ps3 and pc games after the awful graphics of the wii

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  chrisman > 25/09/2011, 17:14

  I agree with you on some things, particularly about having to constantly update your PC to keep in line with the newest games. Things like Doom 3 and prey as well, that came out without being playable at their highest settings, pushing things along that way, started to feel like a bit of a rip. I love my xbox, but I think at this point the diff between ps3 and xbox is down to exclusives, it used to be that the ps3 was an overpriced piece of tech that was rarely being utilised to its full potential. Its pricing is a bit more reasonable, and when you include the xbox live subscription in your pricing, they come out pretty similar. I just prefer achievements to trophies and I prefer halo and GoW to little big planet and uncharted.
  
  I don't agree about the wii. I know a lot of people played wii sports 5 years ago and either fell in love with the controls or said "meh, it's a gimmick". But there are some fantastic wii exclusive games with beutifully intuitive controls. I mean if all you're into is call of duty and what not, sure wii's aren't for you. But mario, zelda, metroid, they're classics for a reason. I'm excited about the wii u not so much for the controller, although I like that nintendo is trying something new, and I think it could be awesome. I'm excited about the third party support, in bringing the graphics in line with other consoles it means more great titles like arkham city will make it to nintendo gamers.

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  humiliateme > 25/09/2011, 18:53

  (25/09/2011, 17:14)chrisman Wrote: I agree with you on some things, particularly about having to constantly update your PC to keep in line with the newest games. Things like Doom 3 and prey as well, that came out without being playable at their highest settings, pushing things along that way, started to feel like a bit of a rip. I love my xbox, but I think at this point the diff between ps3 and xbox is down to exclusives, it used to be that the ps3 was an overpriced piece of tech that was rarely being utilised to its full potential. Its pricing is a bit more reasonable, and when you include the xbox live subscription in your pricing, they come out pretty similar. I just prefer achievements to trophies and I prefer halo and GoW to little big planet and uncharted.
  
  I don't agree about the wii. I know a lot of people played wii sports 5 years ago and either fell in love with the controls or said "meh, it's a gimmick". But there are some fantastic wii exclusive games with beutifully intuitive controls. I mean if all you're into is call of duty and what not, sure wii's aren't for you. But mario, zelda, metroid, they're classics for a reason. I'm excited about the wii u not so much for the controller, although I like that nintendo is trying something new, and I think it could be awesome. I'm excited about the third party support, in bringing the graphics in line with other consoles it means more great titles like arkham city will make it to nintendo gamers.

  
  i agree about the ps3, there is now less reason to not get one, but they are still more exspensive, and i'm the same as you, i prefer the 360 exclusives to ps3's.
  
  as far as the wii, i think we'll have to agree to disagree (which isn't something i do oftern) as i have played quite a lot of the games available for it and i havn't really thought that the motion control has added anything to any of them, and i do agree that the likes of mario, metroid etc... are fantastic games, i just didn't paticularly like the wii versions of them.
  
  the wii u to me, just seems like nintendo suddenly trying to gain back the real gamers after the wii, and i'm not sure it wont be too little too late.
  
  oh and just as a side note i'm not only into shooters etc.. i enjoy most games but as i mentioned the games on the wii never caught my attention, i think the miture of very low end graphics, games where it felt like the motion control was just chucked in at the end, and a few other factors just ment i would never own one and i don't think i'd ever own a wii u either
  
  

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  mysize69 > 26/09/2011, 08:06

  xbox 360 and wii

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  wildbunch > 26/09/2011, 08:59

  all consoles, but ps3 is the only one that gets used

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  DARKMOUNT > 26/09/2011, 09:29

  PS3, had a 360, - nothing on it I wanted to play so it got sold. Ps3 is miles better imho.

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  chrisman > 26/09/2011, 10:04

  You intrigue me, what is it you like so much more? The controls, or uncharted and the other exclusives?
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