's been two weeks from the purchase of the Xbox 360, it is time to draw the first conclusions.
say that I initially approached Bill Gates in the console so a little too critical, after all, was strong in me a sense of shame for having supported my PlayStation3 the evil competitor. Of course I laughed the first time I saw the power of 360 (4 psp-3000 without batting an eyelid as size) and I laughed the first time I inserted a DVD in the tray (ragazzi! an indescribable noise !!!).
say I was looking for an excuse to denigrate the start.
As the days passed, however, I could have a more impartial eye to reality 2.
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WATTS WRONG!
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party because of the criticism, because A) are more fun and B) are still a supporter of Sony;) \u200b\u200b
Meanwhile, let's start from the speech that it is good that the "boxari" should stop bragging that they do not need to install their games on the console. It 's true that they are not obliged to do so, but if you do not have to equip yourself with a 5.1 system to 100W to cover the noise and vibration of the DVD player, not to mention the expansion of the loading times. In practice I have done well to take the Elite 120GB so why install them all, then loading time optimal, minimum noise.
The second major criticism is that the CD-tray: the tray because they had to put me as a choice remains unclear. Given the lack of space where I keep the console and TV, was a necessary position-vertical stand is that the PS3's 360. Too bad that by doing so you have to be careful in putting the CD drive and why else you fall, which happened to me and I was afraid of having to call the service, a risk that IN THE DVD TRAY IS WHERE VERTICAL! I do not think a little thing honestly, drawer no longer opens and the console is in a state of indefinite opening and reading of the tray that can no longer control. Write that we do not recommend the use of vertical console!
But fortunately with a little patience and a return to horizontal position, the CD is released and the control is returned to its normal operation.
But now there's Kratos as a punishment in place triumphant (will also Origami Heavy Rain) above the 360 \u200b\u200b(there was no other place, but something this poetic image).
was last known to lower level: you're a console in HD, why did the Dashboard is a lower resolution? That is, the home is all in FullHD, but the dashboard that appears with the X button is sgranatissima! cabbage .. do an update or something!
In short, the evils they are, but are not "deal-braker. These things do not happen with the PS3, but it can happen with the ps3 the rest (like 30 minutes to download the patch to be able to play a game). Let
But what I liked.
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WATTS GOES!
----------- Well, I have to start with services online. Xbox Live Gold service is a phenomenal (and the UK subscription costs also "affordable"). Download times are quite fast, the instant update of the games are really, from that point of view it is true that you put the Ps3 game and you have to wait a bit (so the patch is always there!).
must also recognize that content management is optimal.
the marketplace in case you do not aesthetically well as PSNStore, on the other hand, if you entered a game or in the library, it makes you automatically searching for related objects, plus it's nice to have the opportunity to publish games Indie (ie independent, privately made a team of 1-2 people).
I could try the cross-chat, I admit it is a service that is only right to pay (and will also be on the PS3 when it comes out, if released) but it's very nice to meet 2 to chat with friends online even if you do different games. On PS3, the bluetooth headset is spectacular (after all, "Everything is better with Bluetooth") but the solution of MS to put the headset jack on the pad is very convenient and fast.
Finally, a note of credit for the analog stick and trigger pads 360, are better in terms of sensitivity, even if the shape of the pad is intractable (my hands have taken the form of the Sony XD).
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WHERE TWO PHILOSOPHIES COLLIDE: --------------------------------
The comparisons are always difficult to do, but going votes to win the PS3: the XMB is light years better and more rapid the Dashboard (not to mention the dynamic themes), the stores are more or less equivalent to the noise level the ps3 looks like a kitten purring (at least until not too hot after like 2-3 hours), while almost 360 Russian at times, the batteries in the pad is awful! not to mention the fact that they want € 19.90 for the battery charging cable. The aspects considered in the free online are similar (maybe a little better, however, 360). The trophies than SPLIT Achievements, for a simple reason: RPG style with which to acquire them makes you level up and their division but not for points for Gold, Silver, Bronze and Platinum.
Nevertheless, I welcome and appreciate the world that has opened my 360.
We say that two consoles that have both very large exclusive (this year Sony finally part of a fleet of 2010 exclusive much larger and better than Microsoft), but in the end the playing: Resistance, Halo, HeavyRain-AlanWake, SplinterCell-MetalGear , GT5-ForzaMotorsport, not to mention Mass Effect, Gears of War, Fable (360) or God of War, Yakuza, The Last Guardian (PS3)
If you want to have an idea of \u200b\u200bthe great games of the next-gen should have them both. Having to make a choice:
- Sony offers a console that opens to the world in HD, bluray, support for 3D, but when a console is more for single player, the online service is often dotted with lag and there are not many games dall'online exciting (mostly exclusive)
- Microsoft has a console that denotes a year older, you see everything, has a better yield of non-native FullHD for games (the best is upscale 720-1080) and on the strength of its community gamers online (probably chosen due to the philosophy of American gaming, very focused on online).
If I would lay the choice? I'd love to Sony, but in reality the two products are at a similar level of maturity (both in price and services offered), with an advantage for PS3, though: the power of hardware is coming out (not counting gift bluray in the price) and now that the exclusive playground is strong, the partners will begin to develop first third also on ps3 , at which point we will see if the step 360 (see the rumor of 576p in Final Fantasy XIII for 360).
On the other hand, I just finished Mass Effect. A game like this (in the sense of spectacular, and despite the enormous technical and graphical glitches) the PS3 at the moment whether the dream (in the Action-RPG genre).
I never try to discuss PlayStation Arc Natal and why we must see them at work, but I think perhaps that Natal is the greater, but Arc has a huge advantage, it is similar to the Wii controller and start rumors that many productions on the Wii can get the black monolith in HD, it would be a big blow to be absorbed by Microsoft.
We'll see! ;)
all for today, see you next post!
Coming next: "Heavy Rain Review" and "Forza Motorsport 3 vs. Gran Turismo 5"
