atkrye
King of Quests
Ok, first off, with regards to the music aspect of it, I appreciate that you might enjoy your own music, but I personally enjoy whatever the game has to offer - Its always nice to hear some original game music, especially since it has normally been designed to fit the feel of the game.
With regards to the social side of it, although the Xbox has more to offer in terms of chat rooms, most of the time you're playing the game with the friends you're chatting to, so there's no real problem there. To be honest, it seems casual gamers are more likely to have a PS3, and since casual gamers outnumber hardcore gamers you're more likely to have friends from school or work who game casually and socially with a PS3, meaning it's more likely that you'll have a bunch of friends online who you can just have a laugh with. I know this varies in social circles, but that is the general trend from my perspective.
The reason the wii is so popular is because it is very casual and family orientated - its a great thing for a family to have, and since it's the parents who have all the money, families are likely to buy this console. Don't get me wrong, I like my wii, but I would never compare it to the PS3 or XBox as it represents an entirely different type of gaming. The PS3 and Xbox, on the other hand, are very similar and quite evenly matched, meaning they're fine to compare and discuss, and Qri, the whole online paying thing is an essential part of the debate
At the end of the day, its the performance of the consoles that will define the more hardcore gaming consoles, as they are built to provide the most realistic graphics, and the best enviroment for developers to create whatever they want without being limited by the hardware. This is why the hardware is the most essential part of a console, because a very slight difference in hardware can make the difference between a game lagging or not lagging and whether or not a developer has to reduce what he's forcing the console to do so that it can cope. Now, I appreciate that you may all like different aspects of the consoles and that may be the clincher for you, but as a coder myself, I appreciate the importance of hardware, and I guarantee that because of the slight limitations of Xbox hardware, and the fact that most games have a set standard cross platform, games will be forced to lower what they do to the Xbox level, lowering the quality of games a small amount. So no, it's all about the hardware
With regards to the social side of it, although the Xbox has more to offer in terms of chat rooms, most of the time you're playing the game with the friends you're chatting to, so there's no real problem there. To be honest, it seems casual gamers are more likely to have a PS3, and since casual gamers outnumber hardcore gamers you're more likely to have friends from school or work who game casually and socially with a PS3, meaning it's more likely that you'll have a bunch of friends online who you can just have a laugh with. I know this varies in social circles, but that is the general trend from my perspective.
The reason the wii is so popular is because it is very casual and family orientated - its a great thing for a family to have, and since it's the parents who have all the money, families are likely to buy this console. Don't get me wrong, I like my wii, but I would never compare it to the PS3 or XBox as it represents an entirely different type of gaming. The PS3 and Xbox, on the other hand, are very similar and quite evenly matched, meaning they're fine to compare and discuss, and Qri, the whole online paying thing is an essential part of the debate
At the end of the day, its the performance of the consoles that will define the more hardcore gaming consoles, as they are built to provide the most realistic graphics, and the best enviroment for developers to create whatever they want without being limited by the hardware. This is why the hardware is the most essential part of a console, because a very slight difference in hardware can make the difference between a game lagging or not lagging and whether or not a developer has to reduce what he's forcing the console to do so that it can cope. Now, I appreciate that you may all like different aspects of the consoles and that may be the clincher for you, but as a coder myself, I appreciate the importance of hardware, and I guarantee that because of the slight limitations of Xbox hardware, and the fact that most games have a set standard cross platform, games will be forced to lower what they do to the Xbox level, lowering the quality of games a small amount. So no, it's all about the hardware
.But on the down side pc's cost alot of money unlike the xbox,ps3 or wii ect . So in my opinion if you got the money get a pc if not get whatever console you like be it ps3, xbox or whatever looks nice to you.
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my vote is for ps3
