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drb5,
The build quality seems fine to me..... but i'm not sure I'm struck on the plasticky sliver facing of the DVD drive on this 60gb version. A note worth making is that no major problems seem to exist, and certainly nothing that can and hopefully be fixed via firmware updates.

The on/off and DVD eject are very snazzy..... instead of a button it must have a photocell or something, as no button exists and you just hold your finger over the markings.

As regards to value for money......

At the RRP over here which is rumoured to be around £425 for the 60gb version, which is £145 more than the 360......

You are getting a much bigger HD
Wireless Connection built in
Wireless Controller charges via USB
Blu-Ray

Whilst it is still not cheap, I think what you get for your money makes it very good value (just the Blu-Ray alone is worth more than that).

Iain,
The first thing my mrs said was "Ooooo.... that looks smart".... not that means anything!

Regards,
Shaun.

ex-webby

Leonpole,
I heard about that video!

I bet he still got over £1k for it on eBay!

Neanderthal

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Can you switch it on and off via the wireless controller?
Seems like a irrelevent thing but it's just so handy on the 360!

ex-webby

Yep you have PS button which works the same as the X button on the 360 controller. Wonder who came up with it first! lol

STi wanna Subaru

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The guys who modded the original Xbox

mart360

Does the controller have vibration? or has that been dropped?


Mart

ScoobyJawa

They dropped it for the motion sensor

Best to hook it up to a very loud sub to compensate

ex-webby

roflol - yep no rumble

P.S. Thanks to RB5 BLACK for the co-op lesson in GOW on the 360 just now!

RB5-Black

Gears of war is great played co-op

just get all the skills then bring it .... as the ROCK would say to live , it gets tough online

Great co-op hope to do it again ..

DavidBrown

I can confirm it shows every fingerprint.

ex-webby

Bah.....

I was doing some comparisons on various screens last night of RR6 on the 360, only to move the 360 whilst the disc was in and it scratched it to hell and back.

What a gimp I am...... good job it wasnt a new game!

rik1471

Hanslow

Has the PS3 got this dodgy manufacturing flaw as well?

Cutting corners in production....whatever next.....

ex-webby

Hanslow,

No idea.... I havent heard anything on the net about it.... but i'm not about to try and find out!

J4CKO

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I just wish that it was easier to decide which was superior, to me it seems like people are clutching at straws which causes the debate to rumble on.

Have to give credit to MS for getting theirs to market and mature before we can even buy a PS3 without having to resort to 'sources', I reckon next June before there are reliable supplies of PS3's available in the UK.

ex-webby

J4CKO,

I don't think you will have any clear winner in terms of what the box's can actually do. As always the software will decide which one becomes the winner, but in all honesty MS and SONY both have a good line-up.... so whilst I expect one version to outsell the other I doubt the difference in %'s will be that drastic.

The 360's earlier launch has helped it, but then the already installed PS customer base will help Sony.

Hanslow

From what I've read, and having no first hand experience of either console as I'm still debating the merits, the two machines are comparable in ability. The 360 appears to have some build quality / thermal issues, the PS3 hasn't been out long enough to ascertain any problems.

360 has a larger catalogue, as it's been out longer. Don't know what the scheduled release cycle is for both machines.

Then you have the wildcard Wii which appears to have excellent playability as it's main selling point.

drb5

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Cheers.

It sounds like i've made a bad call on buying the 360. I've always been more a fan of the PS than XBOX. I think they have more a platform game orientation, than the XBOX's first person shooter.

If no-one has either, i'd suggest going for the one your most used to, as it doesn't REALLY sound as if one is better than the other.

Iain Young

I don't know why you say that. The game base for the 360 is much larger and varied than the PS3, (due to the year head start) and Sony haven't announced any even remotely interesting exclusive titles for the PS3 yet, Most of the launch lineup you can get on the 360, and by a lot of reports I've read, run with better fps on the 360 as well.

No doubt some decent titles will appear on the PS3 in the future, but it's very early days for it at the moment. I personally wouldn't expect to see anything interesting until next xmas, by which time we'll probably also have some idea of who's going to win the blu-ray vs hd-dvd war as well. That's when I'm planning on getting one

If pushed to choose one over the other I'd get the one that was a) cheapest / best value for money and b) had the best supply of games rather than using brand loyalty as a reason.

Of course, I'l rather have both

drb5

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Lol, maybe you look at it that way, because you'd rather have both then.

I said what i said, in a simple "i buy games cos i like 'em" sort of way. It's difficult to describe....

Some people will always follow XBOX, other's....the PS.

I myself was always a PS2 guy, as i never felt like there were games i wanted to play on the XBOX, therefore no reason to buy it.

Don't get me wrong, i've enjoyed the 360, but i still bring out the PS2, as it just suits my style better. I love my racing and RPG games, but PGR just doesn't do the same for me as GT. I've also NEVER got used to first person shooters. I realise i'm missing out on excellent games, but my brain-to-hand co-ordination is crap.

New_scooby_04

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Shaun, unfortunately for you, what she actually means is:

"Great!!! Another console, if he spent half as much money on me as those damn toys, and that damn car......etc...."

Read the rest in this weeks Womens Own!!

Ns04

ex-webby

drb5,
Believe it or not, but I have never really been head over heels with the PS.. apart from when I first got my PS1. Playing VF on the Saturn and Ridge Racer on the PS1 when they first came out in JPN hundreds of years ago will be a thought I will never forget. For the first time it was the true arcade action in your own home.

The 360 is an awesome bit of kit and I have never regretted getting mine.

NS04,
So true I suspect!

drb5

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I expect in a years time, you'll be hooked to the 360, more than the PS3 then.

Maybe i haven't taken to the 360 as much as i could have, if i was into the PC style games they have, or i didn't have as many problems with it as i have.

New_scooby_04

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It's ok mate, this xmas, buy her a copy of a PS3 game and a *****.

If she doesn't like the former, she can go f**k herself!

Ns "there goes my chances of ever being a moderator" 04

ex-webby

PMSL @ NS04

drb5
I must admit the 360 (when it was released) was bashed for many nights..... something I hadnt done with a console for a number of years EVERY NIGHT. I thought the PS2 was hampered by many sub-standard games and and part of me was peeved the Dreamcast had been rodgered as that is still a good bit of kit.

Oh well, things more on.... I suspect we have toi as well.

drb5

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The Dreamcast was indeed good....Soul Caliber rules!

I'll maybe need to get online with the 360, once i move into the new house. Anyone know where i can get an uprated cooling fan?

sienar33

Seen a big bolt-on thing on Amazon.

Can't use the wifi adapter with it though?

Amazon.co.uk: Intercooler (Xbox 360): PC & Video Games

drb5

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I didn't think there was something like that available!

Excellent, thanks.

DavidBrown

New screenshots of Halo3 yesterday:

Halo 3 Screens for Xbox 360 at GameSpot

I reckon the PS3 has it's work cut out..

DJ Dunk

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Not really !





Not my pics.

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