I would just like to make a quick point, and that is the reason many people might prefer a 360 over a PS3, which is, quite simply, affordability! The 360 may not have many exclusive franchises, but as you all have stated it has most games that the PS3 has, yet the system cost a great deal less! Why pay so much more for so little in return? sure it has great hardware (why else would they charge so much) and a few great exclusives, but the 360 achieves almost as much for quite a lot less, back when i was deciding which to buy it was either, 360 all of its accessaries and a couple games or the ps3 and one game. Because of it's low cost it quickly dominated the market and has created a huge fanbase, people who look over at the ps3 owners and think "what snobs! they just HAD to go with the most expensive console they could find!" this mindset makes them quickly lash out against anyone who so much as sneezes in their direction and hype their system beyond its actual capabilities. when in actuality, it simply does a little less for A LOT LESS. this unfortunately has led to the 360 being very overrated, and its fans being quickly labeled as "jocks/12 yr olds" it is really just a vicious cycle when you think about it.
btw my 360 has been working smoothly for over a year and a half of constant (and somewhat abusive) usage, yet still no RROD... quite frankly the RROD is not a big problem, its just caused by dumb people who don't know how to maintain their system, (see price discussion above) and has also been hyped into this almost mass hysteria of "oh god! when will my 360 finally give out?" "i don't know, i was too scared to even buy one!!"
oh and i got a wii about 2 months after lauch and loved most of nintendo's games to death (any mario, zelda, and the like) but i have to say, most developers (outside of a select few at the top, who can actually afford to devote whole teams to making games compatible for the system) can't make wii games that are any good at all(at least back then)! controls, terrible; graphics, awful.... and for a good year and a half or so, there were no good hardcore games to speak of, it disappointed me so much, i pretty much trashed the whole console.... underrated? no! an unfortunate mis-use of great technology that could easily advance the hardcore gaming world? absolutely
I would just like to make a quick point, and that is the reason many people might prefer a 360 over a PS3, which is, quite simply, affordability! The 360 may not have many exclusive franchises, but as you all have stated it has most games that the PS3 has, yet the system cost a great deal less! Why pay so much more for so little in return? sure it has great hardware (why else would they charge so much) and a few great exclusives, but the 360 achieves almost as much for quite a lot less, back when i was deciding which to buy it was either, 360 all of its accessaries and a couple games or the ps3 and one game. Because of it's low cost it quickly dominated the market and has created a huge fanbase, people who look over at the ps3 owners and think "what snobs! they just HAD to go with the most expensive console they could find!" this mindset makes them quickly lash out against anyone who so much as sneezes in their direction and hype their system beyond its actual capabilities. when in actuality, it simply does a little less for A LOT LESS. this unfortunately has led to the 360 being very overrated, and its fans being quickly labeled as "jocks/12 yr olds" it is really just a vicious cycle when you think about it.
btw my 360 has been working smoothly for over a year and a half of constant (and somewhat abusive) usage, yet still no RROD... quite frankly the RROD is not a big problem, its just caused by dumb people who don't know how to maintain their system, (see price discussion above) and has also been hyped into this almost mass hysteria of "oh god! when will my 360 finally give out?" "i don't know, i was too scared to even buy one!!"
oh and i got a wii about 2 months after lauch and loved most of nintendo's games to death (any mario, zelda, and the like) but i have to say, most developers (outside of a select few at the top, who can actually afford to devote whole teams to making games compatible for the system) can't make wii games that are any good at all(at least back then)! controls, terrible; graphics, awful.... and for a good year and a half or so, there were no good hardcore games to speak of, it disappointed me so much, i pretty much trashed the whole console.... underrated? no! an unfortunate mis-use of great technology that could easily advance the hardcore gaming world? absolutely
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