Comments on: I’m Going to Buy a 360!!! http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25974 matt Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:47:38 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25974 PC that is funny because the 2 EB games I have gone too have said that they have had about an 80% return rate on their PS3 sales. This is a store and not "my friends". Even if this store had a true 80% return this means nothing to the overall picture. Those machine would have been produced at the same time in the factory and a problem could have happened for a few hundred systems before the problem was fixed. Their is not an 80% return rate on all PS3 sales. Just like everyone who bought a 360 didn't have to send theres back for repairs. There are a lot of people who had problems, but the fail rate of the 360 MIGHT be 8-10% This is still very low compared to any electronic device. I know because I worked in retail for a long time and had to send back the defects myself. I still to this day will not buy certain products because the return rate was above 40%. I guess you didn't read the link to the engineer who works in the computer field. He could care less and picks the 360 over the PS3 in power for gaming. You seem to really care abou the power of the machines over gameplay. I am laughing. PC that is funny because the 2 EB games I have gone too have said that they have had about an 80% return rate on their PS3 sales. This is a store and not “my friends”. Even if this store had a true 80% return this means nothing to the overall picture. Those machine would have been produced at the same time in the factory and a problem could have happened for a few hundred systems before the problem was fixed. Their is not an 80% return rate on all PS3 sales. Just like everyone who bought a 360 didn’t have to send theres back for repairs. There are a lot of people who had problems, but the fail rate of the 360 MIGHT be 8-10% This is still very low compared to any electronic device. I know because I worked in retail for a long time and had to send back the defects myself. I still to this day will not buy certain products because the return rate was above 40%.

I guess you didn’t read the link to the engineer who works in the computer field. He could care less and picks the 360 over the PS3 in power for gaming. You seem to really care abou the power of the machines over gameplay. I am laughing.

]]> By: Pc http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25787 Pc Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:02:15 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25787 Well let me say a few more things then.......All of my friends who bought a 360 at launch has already returned theirs to microsoft for repairs and was sent back a reburbished model,then those broke also. The fewest amount of system breakdowns one of my friends had was 2 !!!! Meaning that particular friend had to send back 2 xbox's that should have been fine to begin with. OK.....that's just the beginning of it.....One of my other close friends went through an incredible 6 systems with only 3 of them being launch systems, the other 3 were several months after 06 began. NEVER BUY HARDWARE FROM A SOFTWARE COMPANY !!! Thats like my motto now :) My 360 broke after about 8 months and i treated it with extreme care and always had a fan blowing on it. There have never been more crashes and systems breaking in history, that is, until microsoft introduced the 360. So far there have been no wide spread rumors or words flying across the internet about PS3's suddenly overheating for no reason !!! The PS3 is a quality product and is easily worth the $499 their asking for it. The PS3 is worth alot more and Sony is losing alot of money by offering it to you at such a low price. It's only $100 more than the 360, but your getting alot more for your money...ALOT MORE. Everything about the PS3 is better than the 360. Well let me say a few more things then…….All of my friends who bought a 360 at launch has already returned theirs to microsoft for repairs and was sent back a reburbished model,then those broke also. The fewest amount of system breakdowns one of my friends had was 2 !!!! Meaning that particular friend had to send back 2 xbox’s that should have been fine to begin with. OK…..that’s just the beginning of it…..One of my other close friends went through an incredible 6 systems with only 3 of them being launch systems, the other 3 were several months after 06 began. NEVER BUY HARDWARE FROM A SOFTWARE COMPANY !!! Thats like my motto now :) My 360 broke after about 8 months and i treated it with extreme care and always had a fan blowing on it. There have never been more crashes and systems breaking in history, that is, until microsoft introduced the 360.
So far there have been no wide spread rumors or words flying across the internet about PS3′s suddenly overheating for no reason !!! The PS3 is a quality product and is easily worth the $499 their asking for it. The PS3 is worth alot more and Sony is losing alot of money by offering it to you at such a low price. It’s only $100 more than the 360, but your getting alot more for your money…ALOT MORE. Everything about the PS3 is better than the 360.

]]> By: Sporty http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25775 Sporty Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:40:51 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25775 Your giving HD-DVD too much credit on sales. HD-DVD was projecting 200k total install base by this fiscal year ending march 2007. They have sold more then Blu-Ray because they came to the market first and players are cheaper. Blu-Ray players will drop in price faster then normal since the componants are used in PS3s and are being mass producted at higher volume. I also have Stars Cinemax, Showtime, and HBO in HD , for movies but I would like a physical copy so I can pop in Fight Club, Star wars, Lord of the rings, Pirates of the Carrabine, Matrix or Lost. Only one HD format is getting all of them. One major advantage Blu-Ray has is Fox, Sony, Disney, MGM and a few smaller studios as exclusives. With the exception on Universal and a few smaller studios every movie will be released on Blu-Ray, not the other way around. Warner and Paramont are going to be catching up on Blu-Ray releases in Januaray. Blu-Ray didn't really enter the fight till November, Pioneer and Sony delayed their players and studios waited for the most part. We're still a year away from having any idea but CES in 2 weeks is when the next fight will take place. Disney, Sony and Fox all promised major Blu-Ray announcements. I dont expect HD-DVD to just sit and be quite for that so it should be interesting. Your giving HD-DVD too much credit on sales. HD-DVD was projecting 200k total install base by this fiscal year ending march 2007. They have sold more then Blu-Ray because they came to the market first and players are cheaper. Blu-Ray players will drop in price faster then normal since the componants are used in PS3s and are being mass producted at higher volume.

I also have Stars Cinemax, Showtime, and HBO in HD , for movies but I would like a physical copy so I can pop in Fight Club, Star wars, Lord of the rings, Pirates of the Carrabine, Matrix or Lost. Only one HD format is getting all of them.

One major advantage Blu-Ray has is Fox, Sony, Disney, MGM and a few smaller studios as exclusives. With the exception on Universal and a few smaller studios every movie will be released on Blu-Ray, not the other way around. Warner and Paramont are going to be catching up on Blu-Ray releases in Januaray.

Blu-Ray didn’t really enter the fight till November, Pioneer and Sony delayed their players and studios waited for the most part. We’re still a year away from having any idea but CES in 2 weeks is when the next fight will take place. Disney, Sony and Fox all promised major Blu-Ray announcements. I dont expect HD-DVD to just sit and be quite for that so it should be interesting.

]]> By: matt http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25774 matt Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:15:02 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25774 PC you are brutal. My 360 was made December 9th, 2005 and I have not had one problem with it at all. I play sometimes for 6-8 hours and have had no problems. The online problems are the developers fault, not Live. The 360 is the best system I have ever owned. I am sorry you didn't like it but of the 7 people I know with one it too is their favorite system. All launches have crappy games. Get over it. Comparing a launch to another launch is retarded. I hate consoles launch games and usually the next six months after a console launch. Usually a year after launch the new console gets some classic games and at a steady rate there-after. Onto Blu-Ray. Have any of you gone to a store like Best Buy or Circuit City? The employees are informing any purchasers of HDTVs that the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD war is waging. They are telling people that until someone wins, you will not be able to buy all of the movies you may want for one format. I don't care if their are 50 million PS3s in the market. If people don't buy the movies the format loses. A person buying a movie or two for their PS3 will not win the war. If HD-DVD sells more than Blu-Ray then HD-DVD will win. Right now HD-DVD is killing Blu-Ray. This could change but people are not buying Blu-Ray movies. I will buy an HD-DVD player sometime in the next few months. The reason is their are more of the movies I want to own on that format. That is how most people will select when they dive in. Right now I have 4 premium cable channels (HBO, Starz, Showtime, and Cinemax) that have HD channels. I can watch everything I want to see in HD without buying any hardware. With my DVR I can record movies in HD and watch them as much as I want. All cable providers have these channels in HD. Why will people run out and buy a technology that is very expensive (players and movies) and their is no winner in the foreseeable future. I don't own a PS3 right now. The reason is there aren't enough games for me to justify a $600 purchase and Sony hasn't completed the PS3 yet. I'll let them update the hell out of it and get many of the features I deem required of a $600 console. I will pick up a PS3 eventually because I am a hardcore gamer. I don't like to miss ANY games for any system. I'll pick up Resistance and any other games that I want that are older after I get my PS3. I feel sorry for people who stick with one or two of the systems out of the three each generation. You are missing out on some classic games. Find a way to get each system. PC you are brutal. My 360 was made December 9th, 2005 and I have not had one problem with it at all. I play sometimes for 6-8 hours and have had no problems. The online problems are the developers fault, not Live. The 360 is the best system I have ever owned. I am sorry you didn’t like it but of the 7 people I know with one it too is their favorite system.

All launches have crappy games. Get over it. Comparing a launch to another launch is retarded. I hate consoles launch games and usually the next six months after a console launch. Usually a year after launch the new console gets some classic games and at a steady rate there-after.

Onto Blu-Ray. Have any of you gone to a store like Best Buy or Circuit City? The employees are informing any purchasers of HDTVs that the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD war is waging. They are telling people that until someone wins, you will not be able to buy all of the movies you may want for one format. I don’t care if their are 50 million PS3s in the market. If people don’t buy the movies the format loses. A person buying a movie or two for their PS3 will not win the war. If HD-DVD sells more than Blu-Ray then HD-DVD will win. Right now HD-DVD is killing Blu-Ray. This could change but people are not buying Blu-Ray movies. I will buy an HD-DVD player sometime in the next few months. The reason is their are more of the movies I want to own on that format. That is how most people will select when they dive in. Right now I have 4 premium cable channels (HBO, Starz, Showtime, and Cinemax) that have HD channels. I can watch everything I want to see in HD without buying any hardware. With my DVR I can record movies in HD and watch them as much as I want. All cable providers have these channels in HD. Why will people run out and buy a technology that is very expensive (players and movies) and their is no winner in the foreseeable future.

I don’t own a PS3 right now. The reason is there aren’t enough games for me to justify a $600 purchase and Sony hasn’t completed the PS3 yet. I’ll let them update the hell out of it and get many of the features I deem required of a $600 console. I will pick up a PS3 eventually because I am a hardcore gamer. I don’t like to miss ANY games for any system. I’ll pick up Resistance and any other games that I want that are older after I get my PS3.

I feel sorry for people who stick with one or two of the systems out of the three each generation. You are missing out on some classic games. Find a way to get each system.

]]> By: bobeotm http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25728 bobeotm Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:26:58 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25728 Well personally m3mnoch, when I decided to by another system, I like for there to be a big leap from what I already have. When I play the Wii, its fun, for a while, as long as the controls stay novel. However, it pains me to think that this could have easily been marketed as an addon kit for the gamecube. There is no major jump from a technology standpoint. The gaming community would have hated sony even more if they had simply made a redesigned ps2 with a new control scheme and a few other features and marketed it as a new console. Of all three the Wii is a system I will definitely have to wait and see. What's going to happen once the novelty of the controls wear off, and the games themselves have to carry the full weight of making an enjoyable experience? Whats going to happen in 2 years, when PS3 and 360 games look consistently amazing, while the Wii games over that time only marginally improve? What happens when the PS3's install base gets bigger and developers decide its in their best economic interest to make cross platform games for the two similar systems, and bypass the wii altogether? If the gamecube taught us any lesson, is that nintendo cant save a system alone. Well personally m3mnoch, when I decided to by another system, I like for there to be a big leap from what I already have.

When I play the Wii, its fun, for a while, as long as the controls stay novel. However, it pains me to think that this could have easily been marketed as an addon kit for the gamecube. There is no major jump from a technology standpoint. The gaming community would have hated sony even more if they had simply made a redesigned ps2 with a new control scheme and a few other features and marketed it as a new console.

Of all three the Wii is a system I will definitely have to wait and see. What’s going to happen once the novelty of the controls wear off, and the games themselves have to carry the full weight of making an enjoyable experience? Whats going to happen in 2 years, when PS3 and 360 games look consistently amazing, while the Wii games over that time only marginally improve? What happens when the PS3′s install base gets bigger and developers decide its in their best economic interest to make cross platform games for the two similar systems, and bypass the wii altogether? If the gamecube taught us any lesson, is that nintendo cant save a system alone.

]]> By: Pc http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25724 Pc Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:08:26 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25724 Well i only meant that the 20 gb hdd for the 360 is $100 if u purchase it seperately :) It's still only 12gb too.....sux for those guys that bought the core 360 pack. I bought the premium when i got mine. Well i only meant that the 20 gb hdd for the 360 is $100 if u purchase it seperately :) It’s still only 12gb too…..sux for those guys that bought the core 360 pack. I bought the premium when i got mine.

]]> By: Segitz http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25716 Segitz Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:25:34 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25716 You mean 100€ instead of Bluray (You cant count in the core pack 360, it sucks badly in comparison to the 20GB PS3). Now, this is a point to discuss about. I for one am GLAD Sony put in the BluRay. I would never buy BDROM in the near future if it wasnt for the PS3, so thats an added benefit to it. And those who dont want it... Thats a lost feature here. You mean 100€ instead of Bluray (You cant count in the core pack 360, it sucks badly in comparison to the 20GB PS3).

Now, this is a point to discuss about. I for one am GLAD Sony put in the BluRay. I would never buy BDROM in the near future if it wasnt for the PS3, so thats an added benefit to it. And those who dont want it… Thats a lost feature here.

]]> By: m3mnoch http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25708 m3mnoch Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:57:26 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/12/22/im-going-to-buy-a-360/#comment-25708 couple rhetorical questions: what if mainstreamers would rather have $200 than a blu-ray player? (kick ass! that carrera is only $60k instead of $90k! what a value!) why do you think the wii and ds are so popular while technically inferior? (both economically and intuitively accessible mean more than "specs" maybe?) m3mnoch. couple rhetorical questions:

what if mainstreamers would rather have $200 than a blu-ray player? (kick ass! that carrera is only $60k instead of $90k! what a value!)

why do you think the wii and ds are so popular while technically inferior? (both economically and intuitively accessible mean more than “specs” maybe?)

m3mnoch.

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