Should You Wait For The PS3?

News for nerds writes "Though Xbox 360 is launching tomorrow in the U.S. to usher the next-generation of game consoles, the champion of the current generation has been quiet... until now. From the CNN Money article with words from Sony's CEO, Sir Howard Stringer: 'Sir Howard said the PS3 will sell for $300 to $400 and will come with a bundle of games, movies, and TV shows, many of which Sony also makes. The question is whether the titles will be bundled on Blu-ray DVD discs or on a built-in hard drive.'" Update: 11/22 22:22 GMT by Z : Chris Morris over at CNN emailed to let us know that there have been signifiCant changes to the story since it was originally posted.

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Yes, you should wait for the PS3

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I'd highly suggest waiting until the PS3 to buy an XBox 360. After the PS3 hits, the XBox 360 will likely come down in price, and a whole host of good games should be out for it at the time.

As for getting the PS3, I'd highly suggest you pass.

Consumerism

[Tachikoma]

I am a mindless consumer and will buy both

They're both not worth the dough

[RotHorseKid]

I will wait for the Nintendo Revolution.

XBOX360 and PS3 bring nothing new to gaming, in my opinion. I AM really tired of things like FIFA 2023 and Splinter Cell XVII.

But if Nintendo really pull off their controller ideas... I believe this is good for a genuine gaming experience.

Re:They're both not worth the dough

[iainl]

Just as much to the point, I expect Nintendo to launch the console at around the $200 mark, which is far more like a price I'm prepared to pay for a games machine. It's what I waited for the XBox and PS2 to hit before I bought them, and it's what I paid for the Gamecube at launch.

Re:Another way of posing the question...

[SimplePaul]

Sony is such a big company - the PS3 guys have absolutely nothing to do with the recent audio-cd issues.

The Sony Playstation people I have spoken to / met (both online and in real person) all seemed nice and down-to-earth - not evil, moneygrabbing monsters.

The 2 issues don't need to be mixed, imho.

Neither

[Quattro Vezina]

I'm waiting for the Revolution.

More games

[StreetChip]

There are hundreds if not thousands of more games available for the PS3. You're looking at all of the old PS1 and PS2 games which will run on the PS3. Not to mention the fact that once the PS3 comes out all of these fantastic games will be bargain bin priced. With Xbox 360 'maybe' being able to run some of their very small collection of Xbox 1 games, who cares? The games make the difference and PS3 will continue to slaughter the Xbox for that very reason.

Re:Another way of posing the question...

[EnronHaliburton2004]

Yeah, but do the Xbox guys have anything to do with the executives at Microsoft who try to squeeze out the competition? Chances are, they just want to build a nice box.

Sony and Microsoft are both about the same. Feel free to buy the system of your choice, but don't fool yourself into thinking one company is signifigantly better then the other. Either way you're money is feeding the beast.

Re:Another way of posing the question...

[vertinox]

Sony is such a big company - the PS3 guys have absolutely nothing to do with the recent audio-cd issues.

Of course not. Its the people above them that are the problematic persons.

The Sony Playstation people I have spoken to / met (both online and in real person) all seemed nice and down-to-earth - not evil, moneygrabbing monsters.

There are nice people that work for telemarketing and companies that border line in fraud. I don't have anything against them either and I'm not going to chastise them for trying to make a living.

The 2 issues don't need to be mixed, imho.

If my money indirectly or directly supports their profit margin then yes it does.

Secondly, how do you not know that DRM technology from another department will be used on the PS3?

Sure the nice guy geeks in PS3 won't include DRM, but what if the upper management or VP says they will use it? I remember a few kickass software devs that worked for a particular gaming company who were forced by their publisher to include pervasive anti-copying software on their game which they themselves disagreed with on their own forums.