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 XBOX 360 ELITE VS PS3 60GB May 22, 2007
C. Law
14 out of 22 found this review helpful
I'm a new XBOX 360 user, I bought my ELITE on the day it released from gamestop. The reason I bought it because I was actually lining up for the Wii for my cousin, and finally after 1 hour of standing and chatting I decided to get the xbox 360 elite too because there were 2 consoles left out of 6 and Mass Effect is my console buyer.
I own all three systems, and I can tell you that currently, my most favorite system is XBOX 360 with Rainbow 6 Vegas, Crackdown, Gears of War, Condemned, Dead Rising, and Splinter Cell Double Agent. All the games are much more interesting than PS3 games and Wii games. The reason is because of XBOX LIVE Online games! Wii does not have online game, while PS3 has to force developers to have their own server, in case if the video game developer decide to shut it down, gamers will never able to play online, while Live is always Online. Difference between FREE and $5/month. Moreover, PS3's online feature is still not developed well yet, I guess we have to wait till HOME rolls out to re-judge PS3.
Price of hardware Elite vs PS3:
XBOX 360 ELITE has the following hardware and accessories:
xbox360 black console
wired headset
HDMI cable
Component + Composite Cable
120GB HDD
Black Wireless Controller with Rumble Feature
total $479.99
PS3 Specs:
60GB HDD
Blu-RAY ROM
Multi-Memory Card Reader
WIFI
Wireless Li-ION battery inside the 6 Axis Controller with no Rumble Feature
Composite Cable
HDMI OUT no HDMI cable nor Component Cable.
Total $599.99
Lets add a $10 not even HDMI 1.3 version cable for $9.99
Official Component Cable for $29.99
Upgrade the HDD with a 120GB for $99.99
PS3 Total Price: $739.96
* HDMI v1.3 cost $59.99 by SONY or $100 by Monster Cable
* PS3 user can use any kind of SATA notebook hardware on PS3, so upgrade your own when you see a deal
Let's Customize the XBOX 360 to PS3 specs to direct compete with each other OFFICIALLY excluding any ebay or bargain deals on hardware/accessories:
XBOX 360 ELITE PACKAGE: $479.99
xbox 360 WIFI adaptor: $99.99
HD-DVD: $199.99
Rechargeble Battery Pack + USB charger: $19.99
Total: $799.96
So XBOX 360 with 120GB HDD is $799.96 VS PS3 $739.96 also customized with a 120GB.
However, to conventional gamers, they only care about games, the HD-DVD ROM becomes an optional accessories; moreover, a lot of people decide to use the Ethernet cable instead. Moreover, since M$ really want to promote VoIP, so each Premium or ELITE system has a wired headset for you to communicate; therefore, the xbox 360 final price becomes:
$499.98 And that's the BASIC setup for ONLINE GAMEING.
M$ should elimate the Core system to prevent customers confusion and being ripped off. A core system for $299.99 is basically a ripped off because user can't just use the core system to play online games or access/download any free online contents. It's lacking component cables for $29.99, Headset for $19.99, a Wireless Controller $10 more than wired one for 4 players games, and most importantly, the HARDDRIVE for game data storage.
Those core system users however, have the option to choose between two categories of memory: Proprietory Memory Unit, and Proprietory HDD
a 512MB Memory Unit cost $49.99 with a free live acarde game included. Again is a total ripped off.
a 20GB Harddrive which is 40x larger than the 512MB cost $99.99 officially.
If they are knowledgeable and really need to play games that uses a lot of saves and go XBOX LIVE, they would definitely choose 20GB or 120GB HDD.
Honestly, 20GB is basically not enough, because you only get around 10 or 7 GB actual free space after setting it up, but you can free up some space from the default contents. A demo game or expansion pack usually is 600MB to 1.2GB. Plus if you plan on renting HD movies via XBOX LIVE, all the moviesd are at least 3-4GB.
M$ is actually smart that let you DOWNLOAD HD-MOVIES instead of forcing customers to pay for HD-DVD ROMS. DOWNLOAD movies is the future, not distributing optical media.
In conclusion:
XBOX 360 is actually more expensive than PS3. However, due to M$ "smart" optional system. Those who don't want the extra features can decide not to pay for it. XBOX360 ELITE is actually a good option for those new comers like me. It has the most important Accessories for gamers: 120GB Harddisk, more than enough for current games + expansion packs. But don't forget M$ and SONY are directly competing to each other. It's not hard to imagine once SONY PS3's HOME rolls out to the market, M$ will definitely response to that. Also games are starting to get larger and larger. Games like Resistance Fall of Man from PS3 is already 17GB using blu-ray disc, XBOX 360 game Blue Dragon has used up 3 DVDs. Grand Theft Auto IV due to massive amount of data streaming, a Harddisk is needed for efficiency. XBOX 360 Core that's lacking a Harddisk is actually a challenge to developers.
My Opinion is XBOX 360 still don't need to have HD-DVD ROM, instead, they should ELIMINATE THE CORE SYSTEM so EVERYBODY GETS EQUAL CHANCE TO RENT HD-DVD MOVIES and download them to their HARDDISK!!!!!!!!
 Broken June 11, 2008
Joshua Glowzinski (Earth)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Ah, Xbox 360, a good system in many ways. The online portion is great. By far it is the best online play of any console. The controller feels good in your hands and works well. The system has a lot of stuff other than just games you buy from the store. It has great games you can buy and download. You can either hook up an either net cable or buy a wireless adapter for 99.99 dollars. You can use Xbox live gold which will cost about 49.99 for a year, or you can use silver which is free. Of course you need wireless internet for this to work. You can also buy and download movies and shows. Now I think (having my apple TV) that it is stupid to download movies and shows on my 360. But for those of you who do not want to spend all that money for an apple TV. That is a great feature. Then your not just paying for a game system, your paying for a media system. I am not sure how much space the movies and shows take on your hard drive, but you can always buy a new hard drive. The few games I have downloaded are really fun. You can use a credit card to download games or you can buy an xbox live card. The only one I ever saw was for 1600 points and cost like 20 dollars. A lot of the games on this system can be bought for the PS3 or the Wii. I have a Wii, but not a ps3. The graphics are great, though not as good as the TV makes them look. I have only played one game that came close to looking like TV made them look. I mean the only way you will get the full expierence is if you own a high def, flat screen TV with surround sound. I don't have either of these. I'm not going to pay so much more for a TV in my bed room. The games still look pretty good without the high def though.
Now I know I have said a lot of good things about the system, and I'm sure you thinking "why the 2 out of 5?" Well I'll tell you why. I got my first xbox 360 from a whole sale place in 05. It had red rings and stopped working. I sent it to Microsoft and sold it on amazon when it was fixed. So that's 1. Then I got a new xbox 360 elite. In 06 it broke, and I exchanged it at the store I bought it from. That's 2. That one broke a little while latter and I exchanged it for a new one. That's 3. Just to make things short, I just exchanged the one I had for another one. That is SEVEN OR EIGHT! I exchanged one 3 weeks ago and it already broke. I only play the system for like 6 hours in a 2 week period. If I had not just bought Lego Indiana jones and my mother brought me Ninja Gaiden 2, I would have sold the new system and everything with it for 800 dollars. It's not worth having to drive to the store and exchange it. The store is only 10 minutes away but I can not drive and gas is WAY to much to have to do such a stupid thing. Microsoft obviously can't and didn't make a good quality system that would last. I still have my ps and ps2. They both still work. Hell I have an NES my uncle gave me and that still works. I will never buy another xbox 360 game. Unless, after I rent it it's really supper fun and I really want to play. I was thinking about buying a ps3 today but I said "forget it." I will keep my xbox 360. I have to pay like 30 dollars for a new warranty next month. That is the only reason I will do so. If you get the system, I warn you. Get the warranty, because it WILL break, and you Will have to return it time and time again. I am going to write to the news and some game magazines about how bad and unreliable it is. Shame on you Microsoft.
 Blundering Marketing Strategies April 14, 2007
Tiberious
13 out of 80 found this review helpful
I have patiently waited for this for over six months because I thought I knew what was coming. Built in HD-DVD only made sense with the HDMI 1.2a as a bonus, right?
Microsoft should have released the HD-DVD Drive internally, plain and simple. This shows their non-committment to a format war Sony is now winning.
The HDMI and Black Color shows M$ is concerned about one thing, competing with Sony today. It was a quick win in their eyes, but not really a long term play in this console war. That will probably come out in the next console this winter or likely next Spring.
I will not be re-purchasing the XBOX until they get it right, built in HD-DVD, HDMI 1.3, and a cooler processor! That should cost $499 MSRP or $549 at best...
M$ could have hurt the PS3 sales badly, but their lack of committment to HD-DVD and the HD format war in general will only hurt worse now in the long term...
Such a shame - This is the sort of release, re-release tactic, and then re-re-release that only George Lucas can pull off. At least, until now...
Wait and see how many revisions of this there ends up being people.
Hold on to your money unless you are a first time buyer!
 It's nice, very nice! April 29, 2007
Sinister Crayon (Golden, CO USA)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
So, I got to best buy at about 9:45 this morning, they opened at 10. Got the ninth out of the 22 they had. Brought it straight home, opened the box, set it up, plugged it in, so on and so forth. Fired up GoW (that's Gears of War, not god of war) and compared to my buddies premium launch console, it was quiet as a feather falling from the sky. The Black is really the only color the console looks good in. The controllers however look good in both, but the black controllers are a little bit better as part of the grip is matte rather than the smooth of the white one which gets some peoples hands all sweaty. It comes with a working HDMI cable witch is nice, because the only other way to get one of those in the store is to drop about 60$. You can get cheap, good quality ones online however. I just hope some of the other accessories will be made in black now. The hard drive is nice for storage of videos and music, I don't really see much purpose in using it for pictures, but its a nice feature anyways. I only bought this because I was dissapointed with the launch console I had so I returned it about a week after launch. This however is a much better value, only 80 dollars more for stuff that would cost you a lot more. I've learned my lesson that early adopters get screwed and I was glad I returned my premium when I did.
Breathtaking repairs, unparalleled noise, best overall lack of content July 4, 2007
Pro-Gamer (Seattle, WA USA)
13 out of 36 found this review helpful
Yes, this machine really take's one where they want to go today. Down to the local shipping company to ship it back for repairs. The amazing graphics of the old red-ring-of-death makes me think of my happy place. This machine has truly unparalleled sound levels and heat levels to match that. Want surround sound? How about a fan that sounds like a prop driven airplane taking off? I add that in as 8.1 surround sound! It's fantastic! I feel like it's an upgrade to my system, or a downgrade, I'm not sure. Come to think of it, it kind of muffles the surround effects. Oh well!
Pro's:
-Best overall lack of content
-Best overall heat levels
-Best overall noise levels
Con's, heck I can't think of any.
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