suspected a $100 drop in April

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Originally posted by Carlos Pereira ok. I've gotten a little worn out playing PC games. I think it's time for a change. I recently (and FINALLY) bought a nice LG flat screen 50" front panel plasma tv the other day. The only thing missing, is a _____ console. That's where I'm undecided. Things I've heard: (true or not, i dont know) PS3: -better graphics -faster rendering -slow when loading disc -noisy fan -super delicate (as in you drop it once, and its f*cked) -really heavy -wireless remotes dont last long 360: -slow frame rate -strong body -get really hot -super noisy fan after an hour of playing -spontaneous freezing -internal board problems -way more expensive to repair I'm getting A system this weekend, just because i need something else to do than just PC gaming, photoshopping, and choon shopping. I need TA input, por favor.

ACtually the overheating/noisey fan/ and board problems have pretty much all been addressed in the Falcon Chipset or Later generations of the 360.

you are however leaving out one MAJOR benefit of the 360 over the PS3 (depending on your preferences)

Mother effing NETFLIX.

HOLY HELL I just signed up for mine over my vacation and sweet lord I am HOOKED. I'm going to be cancelling most of my cable premium channels because of Netflix's XBox live streaming deal... freaking AWESOME.

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Originally posted by Matthew D ACtually the overheating/noisey fan/ and board problems have pretty much all been addressed in the Falcon Chipset or Later generations of the 360. you are however leaving out one MAJOR benefit of the 360 over the PS3 (depending on your preferences) Mother effing NETFLIX. HOLY HELL I just signed up for mine over my vacation and sweet lord I am HOOKED. I'm going to be cancelling most of my cable premium channels because of Netflix's XBox live streaming deal... freaking AWESOME.

yeah i heard about that, i need to cancel my blockbuster delivering thingamajig!!

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Who knows, the guy is a fucking guru. I can't wait to name my kid "Maven". Yes, Im dead serious. I suggest you guys name your kid the same.

oh, and don't forget that the ps3 has builtin wireless connectivity. i have my broadband wireless router upstairs and the ps3 works perfectly downstairs.

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If I'm gaming online, I dont want a wireless connection... HARD LINE all the way!

That was one of the main reasons I installed Cat5e in my house and dropped a jack directly next to my cable jack n stuff

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Life without music, is a film without a soundtrack.

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Originally posted by Matthew D ACtually the overheating/noisey fan/ and board problems have pretty much all been addressed in the Falcon Chipset or Later generations of the 360. you are however leaving out one MAJOR benefit of the 360 over the PS3 (depending on your preferences) Mother effing NETFLIX. HOLY HELL I just signed up for mine over my vacation and sweet lord I am HOOKED. I'm going to be cancelling most of my cable premium channels because of Netflix's XBox live streaming deal... freaking AWESOME.

Yeah man, the netflix deal is totally awesome. I never watch tv but definitely watch a lot of movies. They plan on expanding the library as well which is pretty exciting.

After looking at the netflix website I guess they already added a ton more movies under "Starz Play." Theres a bunch of newer stuff under here

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Originally posted by maddraver yeah i heard about that, i need to cancel my blockbuster delivering thingamajig!!

The netflix streaming is nice but nowhere near blu-ray quality. Blockbuster allows you to receive movies through mail or exchange in-store for when you need that BLU-RAY movier right away. Blockbuster offers online streaming to but you have to do it through your HTPC.

Also the PS3 can be had cheaper here

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...99&sku=A1985585

316 through EPP. most people have confirmed you don't really need to be part of any company to get that price.

As far as pricing goes on the PS3. Summer is a logn time to wait for a price drop and I can't imagining it dropping anything more than 50 bucks off of retail considering the PS3 is more than just a blu-ray player. Sony makes plenty of money in other markets to make up for the loss they are taking in the gaming department. 316 is totally a deal right now. Why wait til the summer to get it for just about the same price? Blu-ray players have dropped in price but the ones that are affordable are still the ones lacking features. Basic playability but features such as ethernet or decodig processors are being left out it seems to get those prices down.

If you can wait 6 months then yeah most likely some things will drop in price but since the PS3 has been out we've only seen what? One price drop? That's a long time to invest to see little gains. Even if the price drop is 100 bucks. In 6 months time you'll hopefully have made that money back by then .

Oh if you check the frontpage on slickdeals you'll see they have some deals for the XBox360 if you plan on going that route as well.

PS3 offers HD movies and SD movies but for a cost on their network. BOooooo! That netflix is sounding a bit better. Not all their movies are availble for free to download are they?

Also a little bit offtopic but with online movie streaming becoming so popular I wonder if it's going to be affected with ISP's suddenly wanting to cap customer's downloads. I heard U-verse wants to cap their customers at 150GB and comcast wants to cap theirs at 250GB.

Granted I don't even come close to downloading all of that with all my games and movies and tv shows and music but if you add streaming movies into it where each movie is at least 2GB for standard definition, it can add up quickly when combined with all your other downloading habits.

Let's hope they don't put caps on us!

1-2 years ago the 360 would be the way to go, but the PS3 has the games to compete now and is overall more reliable. But do keep your receipt..ALWAYS!

360's Online play is better organized, but it also cost money.

I play PS3 online all the time and don't really have any real complaints.


I use to play competitively on the PC for many years, but eventually switched over due to PC problems over and over and the addictive factor of the PC is very high :x I'm very happy with my decision now though.

exclusive rights to GTA 4 DLC and fallout 3 DLC on 360, so awesome.

Ps3 for me. Love the blue ray feature and that a lot of nice small 3rd party games are on the psn. Plus backwards compatability with ps1 games and if your lucky to get a older model, ps2 compatability.