The official 360 v PS3 v Wii fanboy thread

Just a quick word for Sony, my 60gb PS3 broke yesterday, stopped reading any games, or bd optical media. phoned up sony customer services and the guy on the other end didn't give me any hassle like i have had from MS customer services where you have to run through 'have you switched it off and on, go check the wires are in the correct place' etc etc for 15 minutes plus. it was a straight 'oh yeah i know that fault, you've had the console for over a year yeah? well we'll say you bought it at the end of september so you're still in warranty and i'll get a new one sent out to you straight away... oh no, i'm sorry it's going to be a bit of a while until i can get one to you i'm afraid, i can't get it for sat, is monday ok?' which considering i phoned up on friday afternoon seems bloody brill to me, and they're sending me out another 60gb unit. a 3 min phone call, no hassle at all, even though the dude knew it was out of warranty a straight up replacement and an apology that it wasn't going to arrive the next day.

I haven't played my ps3 as much as my 360 but that kind of service when something goes wrong really does gain a degree of brand loyalty from me.
 
There are many stories like that for me, when my 360 broke down I was on the phone to MS for at least half an hour whilst they transferred me to someone else to run through what the faults might be, then being transferred to another person, then another untill finally they asked me to pay £70. (My problem was an RROD). I paid it, but a few months later I recieved a refund, which wasn't too bad.

Still, MS are cnuts.
 
DanH said:
Just a quick word for Sony, my 60gb PS3 broke yesterday, stopped reading any games, or bd optical media.
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If it does break, this is by far the most likely thing to happen.

I'd love to see the falure rates for the stand-alone BD players, even though they will never get as much of a hammering as they will most read in a linear/sequential fashion rather than random access.
 
DanH said:
oh no, i'm sorry it's going to be a bit of a while until i can get one to you i'm afraid, i can't get it for sat, is monday ok?' which considering i phoned up on friday afternoon seems bloody brill to me, and they're sending me out another 60gb unit.
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That's very good actually, I wonder where they are sourcing these 60GB models from? They must have kept a certain number back for this type of thing. I suppose in future they will have to simply put new BD drives into your own box.
 
RedKaos said:
IGN E3 AWARDS:


Best Graphics Technology:
Gears of War 2



Runners up:
* Crysis: Warhead (PC - Electronic Arts)
* Fallout 3 (Multi - Bethesda Softworks)
* Killzone 2 (PS3 - Sony Computer Entertainment)

http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/893/893833p4.html

:lol::lol:
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You really don't want me to take that seriously do you? It's about a brilliantly thought out as last year's E3 where 1UP gave Halo 3 the award for best artificial intelligence and KZ2 the worse.
 
WeasteDevil said:
You really don't want me to take that seriously do you? It's about a brilliantly thought out as last year's E3 where 1UP gave Halo 3 the award for best artificial intelligence and KZ2 the worse.
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Hardly surprising :lol::lol:
 
RedKaos said:
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Hardly surprising :lol::lol:
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If I were you, then I would stop trying to talk about things you know nothing about. That has nothing to do with AI for a start. You laugh, but you actually do not know what you are laughing at (oh, it's funny alright, I posted it in the E3 thread). Do you know what could possibly be causing that bug? I'd be interested to know.

Also, if you can read, what does it say the the top of the screen?
 
WeasteDevil said:
If I were you, then I would stop trying to talk about things you know nothing about. That has nothing to do with AI for a start. You laugh, but you actually do not know what you are laughing at (oh, it's funny alright, I posted it in the E3 thread). Do you know what could possibly be causing that bug? I'd be interested to know.

Also, if you can read, what does it say the the top of the screen?
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From what I can make out, it says 'Work in Progress', and if a teammate running infront of your line of fire has nothing to do with AI, then I dont know what does :smirk:

And if 1UPs awards were last year, then you'd expect it to be work in progress wouldnt you, just like GoW2 is.

Did I also mention that IGN rated Banjo-Kazooie higher than LBP :D
 
Which makes IGN and other website reviewers look silly.

The point about what 1UP did is why try to compare a due to be released game to one over one and a half years from release? That's how retarded that was, and was exacerbated by the fact that they never actually played KZ2 at E3 2007, they formed their opinions by watching videos of it. This is what these people do, and everything they say should be taken with a large fistfull of salt. I won't even go into the debacle of gamespot that happened not to long ago. The entire thing is money driven and attracting hits to your website by being outrageous - not much different to what tabloids like The Sun do.
 
I somehow imagine that if IGN or whatever site rates Killzone 2 higher than anything else, they'd suddenly become the most credible and reliable gaming journalist for you on the whole net.
 
RedKaos said:
I somehow imagine that if IGN or whatever site rates Killzone 2 higher than anything else, they'd suddenly become the most credible and reliable gaming journalist for you on the whole net.
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No! You can't go any higher than a 10, which they have given to quite a few games, even though no game deserves a 10. They have no credibility.
 
WeasteDevil said:
No! You can't go any higher than a 10, which they have given to quite a few games, even though no game deserves a 10. They have no credibility.
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A 10 doesnt necessary mean a perfect game, since no such thing exists. A 10 in rating simply means that it ticks most boxes and really makes it stand out against most games as being genuinely brilliant.

Though id think 5/5 would be a more accurate score than a 10 for a near-flawless game.
 
WeasteDevil said:
So 10/10 is not perfect now? Right!!!! Maybe they should scale their scores to gain some credibility?
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Read the GameSpot/IGN review of GTA IV and the GameSpot review of MGS4. Both reviews claim that the respective games are not perfect, but stand out in excellence above all others.

What would be the point of having a 1-10 rating system if 10 is never going to be used?
 
How long is a piece of string? You have to have a scale. Why is 0 and 1 hardly ever used? Are you the type of person that makes the barman overflow your pint by taking the head off, just so you get the glass full of liquid?
 
WeasteDevil said:
How long is a piece of string? You have to have a scale. Why is 0 and 1 hardly ever used? Are you the type of person that makes the barman overflow your pint by taking the head off, just so you get the glass full of liquid?
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As I said 5/5 is a more accurate representation, no need to get all metaphoric with me :p
 
Here's 1UPs list....

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3168984

Best E3 New Title M.A.G.
Best E3 Trailer Infamous
Best E3 Music Game Rock Band 2
Best E3 Download Game Flower
Best E3 Fighting Game Street Fighter IV
Best E3 Strategy Game Halo Wars
Best E3 Role-Playing Game Fallout 3
Best E3 Shooting Game Resistance 2
Best E3 Action Game Mirror's Edge
Best E3 360 Game Gears of War 2
Best E3 PS3 Game LBP
Best E3 PC Game Left 4 Dead
Best E3 Wii Game MadWorld
Best E3 DS Game Chrono Trigger
Best E3 PSP Game Resistance: Retribution

Game of the show E3: Little Big Planet.

That list is retarded as well for certain reasons.
 
WeasteDevil said:
Here's 1UPs list....

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3168984

Best E3 New Title M.A.G.
Best E3 Trailer Infamous
Best E3 Music Game Rock Band 2
Best E3 Download Game Flower
Best E3 Fighting Game Street Fighter IV
Best E3 Strategy Game Halo Wars
Best E3 Role-Playing Game Fallout 3
Best E3 Shooting Game Resistance 2
Best E3 Action Game Mirror's Edge
Best E3 360 Game Gears of War 2
Best E3 PS3 Game LBP
Best E3 PC Game Left 4 Dead
Best E3 Wii Game MadWorld
Best E3 DS Game Chrono Trigger
Best E3 PSP Game Resistance: Retribution

Game of the show E3: Little Big Planet.

That list is retarded as well for certain reasons.
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M.A.G looked rather generic and shite to me.
 
WeasteDevil said:
You really don't want me to take that seriously do you? It's about a brilliantly thought out as last year's E3 where 1UP gave Halo 3 the award for best artificial intelligence and KZ2 the worse.
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Hang on, does that list not list Gears of War 2 higher than Crysis? :confused:

That's fecking retarded. I agree with you here weaste.
 
esmufc07 said:
Soul Calibur IV is selling more on the PS3.

More proof (As if it were actually needed), that the 360 is dead in the water.
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:boring:

One multiplatform game is selling better on the PS3, so the 360 is doomed? Sorry mate but that really is a silly fanboy comment.

GTA IV and COD4 are selling more on the 360, does that mean that the PS3 is destined to epic fail?
 
RedKaos said:
:boring:

One multiplatform game is selling better on the PS3, so the 360 is doomed? Sorry mate but that really is a silly fanboy comment.

GTA IV and COD4 are selling more on the 360, does that mean that the PS3 is destined to epic fail?
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Which thread are we in!!!

And regards you're second question, no. The PS3 blitzed the 360 last month in US sales:D
 
RedKaos said:
Lair and Heavenly Sword was also meant to be the shit, if those two games ended up being as good as they were hyped then I would have had a PS3 by now.

Gonna play the waiting game before I make my mind up.
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There is nothing wrong with Heavenly Sword, apart from a few issues (what games don't have them?). Lair's controls were totally borked.

Uncharted is the nutz!
 
esmufc07 said:
Which thread are we in!!!

And regards you're second question, no. The PS3 blitzed the 360 last month in US sales:D
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I dont mind fanboy banter, thats just a poor argument :p

And I wasnt talking about console sales (MGS4 blitzed the 360 last month btw, not the PS3 ;) ), I was talking about Call of Duty 4 and GTA IV, but thats irrelevant.
 
RedKaos said:
I dont mind fanboy banter, thats just a poor argument :p

And I wasnt talking about console sales (MGS4 blitzed the 360 last month btw, not the PS3 ;) ), I was talking about Call of Duty 4 and GTA IV, but thats irrelevant.
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Well, we'll see how July sales figures look in about 3 weeks;)

I don't give two shits about GTAIV and COD4 I haven't played in months.
 
Nintendo Australia announced a few days ago that the Wii has sold through 500,000 units in Australia, and now we have the latest figures from Sony Australia to put that number in perspective. According to GfK, PlayStation 3 has sold through 305,000 units in Australia, which, considering the machine went on sale three months after the Wii, and is significantly more expensive, shows that Nintendo has plenty of competition in the Aussie videogame market.

According to Sony, the PS3 has sold faster than the PS2 and the PSP did by a similar stage in their life cycles. We should also mention the fact that the GfK figures don't include the PS3s given away as part of the Sony Bravia promotion. Throw those in and the number is over 375,000.
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Now that the PS3 has totally obliterated the 360 it has its sight on the Wii.

Don't worry though, I am sure MS will just totally abandon the 360 and release a new console instead.

EDIT - Rushed, technically inferior, prone to break-down console.
 
It's the same old shit time and time again. Once it was "PS3 has no games", and some people still regurgitate this shit. Now it's software sales, again people talking about the situation the PS3 found itself in in the past.

Recent financial results from Sony for the last quarter state that PS3 software sales were 22.8 million units, up from 4.7 million in the same period last year. Trying to argue that XB360 software sales are so much higher based on what went on a year ago is downright ignorant and stupid.

Gaming was profitable with 5.4 billion yen in operating income, vs a 29.2 billion yen loss in Q1 last year.
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