PS3 + a PC, what does that leave for the 360?

[Haly]

Originally Posted by NokkonWud

PS3 owners?
It's becoming the center of a media set up now, Twitter, Last.fm, Sky TV, Facebook, MSN and now you can use it as a video phone set up. Have you seen the one where they are scrolling through clothes, or where you can photo your own texture onto something like a Skateboard etc... Or how you can use it for social aspects like quiz games or pictionary (which looks AMAZINGLY cool), and that Milo tech demo is simply fantastic.

I guess :/
I suspect I'm becoming a minority. I don't care about the media set up stuff, being able to twitter, facebook, msn, whatever on my 360.
I play consoles for games, simple as that And games I play with a control pad, if I'm leaping about, I'll go outside. Guess that's why I found E3 quite underwhelming this year though, at least MS wise. :/

[Dunketh]

Originally Posted by Streeteh

Right, well, i'm convinced. Problem is i nearly bought a second hand 60GB for £115 off of a certain market for members (is that a good deal?) but realized i've got my car service due early on next month so i've got to wait and see how much that'll end up costing me before i go and fork out for another console. If the missus would let me sell the dusty box of crapness known as the Wii i would get it now, but she has to have access to Wii fit, damn that stupid game to hell.

Stupid car.

On Saturday, I paid £220 for the following from Argos:

60GB XBOX 360
Gears of War 2
Sega Superstar Tennis (Don't ask it was free)
Project Gotham 4
HDMI Switcher
2 x HDMI Cables

I thought that was a pretty good deal myself.

[Dunketh]

Originally Posted by Haly

I guess :/
I suspect I'm becoming a minority. I don't care about the media set up stuff, being able to twitter, facebook, msn, whatever on my 360.
I play consoles for games, simple as that And games I play with a control pad, if I'm leaping about, I'll go outside. Guess that's why I found E3 quite underwhelming this year though, at least MS wise. :/

Whole heartedly agree, I'm only interested in the games, though I do use my PS3 for streaming media and blu-rays, it's really the games that are no.1 and motion controls ... eughh!

[Streeteh]

Originally Posted by NokkonWud

Seems a more than fair deal to me. Does he not have any games? Is he trustworthy?

He has games but they're rubbish (kung fu panda, lips and PES) so i got him to knock £25 off of the price and just sell the console on its own. He's got *some* feedback in his trust but i used to play SF4 with him quite a lot and he seems like a nice guy so i'd say he's trustworthy.

Originally Posted by Haly

I guess :/
I suspect I'm becoming a minority. I don't care about the media set up stuff, being able to twitter, facebook, msn, whatever on my 360.
I play consoles for games, simple as that And games I play with a control pad, if I'm leaping about, I'll go outside. Guess that's why I found E3 quite underwhelming this year though, at least MS wise. :/

I like media stuff within reason, so media playback and the free music videos apps on the PS3 really appeal to me, as do their equivalents on the 360. However social networking doesn't matter in the slightest to me on the PC, let alone on a console (but twitter is stupidly popular so who am i to judge). Also, pay for Sky TV? Pff, that's what newsgroups are for!

[NokkonWud]

I've said this before, if it comes to playing games I want a pad. This is why the Wii doesn't get played (still), and the Six-Axis was the reason I totally refused to play PS3 games that I could get on Xbox360 (sadly they kept the shape for DS3, but it's MUCH better than SA) and even though I don't like it, I would rather use that pad than any Motion Controlling wand/pad.

Saying that, I do love my PS3 for media side things like Blu-Rays or TV shows and use it all the time for that, it does it brilliantly. I would rather consoles added all these things and had brilliant gaming too than simply be gaming .

[NokkonWud]

Originally Posted by Streeteh

He has games but they're rubbish (kung fu panda, lips and PES) so i got him to knock £25 off of the price and just sell the console on its own. He's got *some* feedback in his trust but i used to play SF4 with him quite a lot and he seems like a nice guy so i'd say he's trustworthy.

Kung Fu Panda isn't actually a bad game and Abooie really likes Lips IIRC, but worth getting £25 off.

Originally Posted by Streeteh

Also, pay for Sky TV? Pff, that's what newsgroups are for!

The Sky thing seems really good, you can host group parties where your friends watch it and can talk about what's happening in a football match for example. I think it's a competitor for PlayTV but with Sky rather than Freeview.

[Daz]

I hope someone will make Natal really appeal to the core by combining it with a pad somehow. The pad must be the primary, but Natal could bring some interesting periphery, while providing the obvious casual appeal.

[Haly]

Originally Posted by Daz

I hope someone will make Natal really appeal to the core by combining it with a pad somehow. The pad must be the primary, but Natal could bring some interesting periphery, while providing the obvious casual appeal.

Nah they'll go for the easy money of casual gaming and not bother with a good idea like that
/cynic


Sorry, must be in a very cynical mood tonight I am rather opinionated about Natal though

[Streeteh]

Oh, one last thing!

The guy who i was gonna (and still might) buy the second hand 360 off of said he's lost the reciept. Does this matter? It's never failed and thus not been registered with MS, am i right in assuming that they do things the same way as Sony in that they use the serial number to work out the manufacture date if it fails?

[Haly]

Yeah, serial number is fine