Okay so I’m indecisive
I changed my mind yesterday and am planning on returning the Xbox 360 when it arrives. I was just going over a long list of exclusives for the PS3 vs those for the Xbox and, honestly, titles like Uncharted and God of War are just more appealing to me simply because the big Xbox exclusives like Halo can play on your PC too.
So I went out and got the PS3 Uncharted 3 bundle yesterday and that game is bloody excellent. I’d say it’s in the top five well written games I’ve ever played. And the graphics are absurdly good. The way Drake reaches out to touch walls and cars when he passes by, or stumbles after a jump, makes the movement much more realistic than in many games.
Or am I wrong here? Are Gears of War and Halo just that much better on Xbox that it’s still the better of the consoles?
I really hate this sort of decision.
Knowing that you will eventually have both will make this decision easier. The PS3 will tide you over longer while you wait for your 360 (it’s no longer “a 360”, it is now “your 360”) than the 360 would tide you over while you waited for your PS3.Report
Okay, good to hear. I just found myself watching trailers for Uncharted and thinking, “damnit I want to play this game.” And then I looked up a bunch of titles – Dark Souls, Skyrim, Batman Arkham City, etc. and they were all available on each console. The only thing I’ll really be missing is Halo and I think I’ll just download that onto my laptop.Report
I don’t know if it’s your style, but you should also check out Heavy Rain– it’s the reason i have a PS3 and not an XBox 360. Dark Souls is a great game if you can handle it, but I haven’t picked that up yet.Report
Erik, as a fellow parent and husband, I have to warn you that Heavy Rain lands gut-punch after gut-punch emotionally. I cried a few times, just a warning that it can be very rough. Oh, don’t read up on the game – it’s old enough that many columns will openly talk about who the origami killer is.Report
It’s not like you’re going to “lose” if you make the wrong decision. I’d recommend flower (worth the $10) and Wipeout HD on a price drop from the Playstation Network (PSN). I like Playstation Plus and you probably got a month free – themes don’t go away when the service ends so I would download the ones available for free. PSN has pretty frequent sales, keep an eye out – adding the Playstation Blog to your RSS feed will provide that info.Report
Well, if you’re not interested in the Kinect, the PS3 is certainly a better choice.
I also see that your indecision regarding choosing an ideological label for yourself also applies to picking a console. 😉Report