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I know there are a million options on Google to search through, but seeing as I kinda know you guys I thought i'd ask you.

What is the best one to get if you were thinking of getting one, Xbox360, Wii, or theres another one that escapes my memory oh yeah the ps3.

What the heck is the best to get, can you use those little plastic bar things like on the Wii on the 360, ie is it interactive etc.

Toying with buying one for christmas for husb. I don't think he's the sort to do lots of online games against other spectacled wearing game folk but I think he'd probably like shooting games and golf and stuff.

So what do you get and why :confused: TIA

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My kids (young adults) might suggest the PS3 from Sony. When not used for gaming you can use it as a blu-ray player or for streaming Netflix.
Other than that Im of no further use as even I cant operate any of them on their level and I hate losing to them because of my inabilities to learn or not really giving a **** about getting one.

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Absolutely where I am on the matter too ;)

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PS3 is the best one in my book.

The games on the Wii (IMO) tend to be very "cartoon" like and aimed more at children, apart from the fitness stuff.

The PS3 you can also get "move" camera, controller and games which are quite fun, the normal games like golf, football (FIFA), rugby, etc are excellent, you also have the option of going online as stated above and Blue Ray movies etc. Get him guitar hero if he likes music!

There are a lot of deals on PS3 consoles and PS3 games at the moment :D

:thumbsup:

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We have a wii and a ps3.... the kids love both equally... for me,. I prefer the PS3 - better graphics, less cartoony, and I am addicted to Fallout New Vegas, and we only have that for ten PS3.

But I do use the fitness trainer thing on the Wii (also dubbed the "bitch queen from hell!"....

I would say which to choose depends on your target market - you and hubby, go for PS3 every time (don't have an xbox so can't comment). If kids are going to be playing and they are young enough to like cartoons go for the wii...

I am a gamer, but I am an old skool gamer that uses the PC...... Wow/Eq/EQ2/LOTRonline and lots of other pc games (heck I have been playing CIV, Xcom and baldurs gate lately!)

I have become addicted to some of the PS3 games - fallout new vegas is my current addiction...... so they are not all bad.

I guess you have to ask if you like shooot-em-ups and/or cartoony graphics (Wii is cartoony!) - if so a games machine is your thing... for me I like my PC's

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Is that secret FBI code or something :confused:

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My other half justified getting a PS3 because it has an in-built blu-ray player so it doubles up for watching DVDs (blu-rays, anyway).

If you do go for a PS3, I highly recommend Singstar - not for your hubby but for you and the girlies (or maybe your hubby is a closet karaoke fan - who knows) - its basically a karaoke game and you get a couple of microphones with it - there's lots of different volumes around e.g. mixes, Abba, Queen, Michael Jackson, etc. Its a good laugh after a few bevvies :rofl:

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hmmm lots of votes for the ps3 so far and that was probably the last one I would have thought to get - see how helpful you are :thumbsup: thanks

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I've got a PS3; I chose it because it's got a blu-ray player even though I don't think I've ever used it. I've also got a wii, but it's gathering dust on a shelf - so don't get one of them.

If it's just for gaming, you'll be ok with either an xbox 360 or a ps3 as 99% of games are available on both. If you want a blu-ray player, go with the PS3.

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Being a gamer is my main indoor hobby, but I prefer consoles cos I can sit on the sofa.

Never really got into fallout 3 so didn't look at NV even though I heard good things about it. Skyrim is currently sucking away a fair bit of my free time right now and I can't play huge RPG's back to back so I'll probably never get NV unless nothing else comes out in six months.

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I wouldn't bother using google to make your decision.

You'll find site after site full of fanboys and fangirls throwing mud at the alternatives.

PS3 and XBox 360 are about the same. As a poster above said, go with a PS3 if you want blu-ray, BUT if it's anything like the Xbox which I have (it can play DVDs) it may not be good for watching films as it may be a very noisy player (Alan 2005 - can you comment?).

Wii is more of a family console, although with Microsoft Kinect for the 360, the XBox is trying to move into that domain. I played a dancing game as a group and it was quite fun (made an @rse of myself of course :) ).

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My kids lost interest in the wii pretty quickly - I borrowed an x-box with kinnect for last weekend to try them out with and it was quite a hit and made the "Santa List"

Got a feeling that the kinnect might be short lived fun for them but I am looking forward to shooting all the aliens in the Halo series when they lose interest again :thumbup:

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XBox 360 for me.

Had a few shots of the PS3 and hated the controller. Yes, it's that simple, lol.

The Xbox used to have much more titles than the PS3, but I think it's caught up now.

Not much in it, whatever's cheaper :thumbsup:

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We've got a Wii and a PS3. Like another poster said, our kids too lost interest very quickly in the Wii and I can't remember the last time it was used but the PS3 is used daily by all of us; mostly for watching Netflix. Occasionally we watch DVDs on it (not often though as, firstly, most of our DVDs are UK ones so won't play on it anyway and, secondly, most of what we want to watch we can find on Netflix anyway). My husband and son do both use it for gaming too; mostly Star Wars and racing games.

Can't comment on the XBox.

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My OH has an xbox 360 and loves it. Loves it so much that I think I must be what they call a Call of Duty widow! ;) We already have a blue ray player etc so decided that the xbox was the one for us. A little tip though, if you think the constant noise of it (more from them shouting at it to be honest!) might irritate you eventually I'd get some headphones too! :D

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There's little to choose between the PS3 & XBOX 360 but I prefer the PS3.

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I still play the PS2 and N64 occasionally purely for nostalgia!

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PS3 is whisper quiet when compared to the xbox. I have PS3 and Wii - daughter generally uses the wii but has now started using PS3 for Modern Warfare games ( she is 13 ).

I had an xbox360 in the uk which died just before coming here. For blu ray's, the PS3 is considered a standard to compare stand alone players with.

Personally, I would go for PS3 or wii, depending upon your gaming preference. For me, it's PS3.

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my son has an xbox 360 and i recently purchased a Ps3 for me...they are both equally good for playing games..i think Xbox 360 has better online gaming with Xbox live as against the Ps3 network but then the Ps3 is free to play online the Xbox you have to pay a subscription.,,Xbox is also notorious for damaging and scratching games where as the Ps3 is more stable and is quieter, the xbox does make a loud werring noise.

If i didnt have a game console and someone bought me one for xmas i would be equally happy with both.

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Out of curiosity, when are the next generation of consoles meant to come out?

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We had both before we came out here and my partner has just gone out and bought an Xbox 360 in the last week. (Sigh...looks like I'll be a COD widow this Christmas)

I enjoyed the PS3 a lot more, quieter, blu-ray player etc. As OH freely admits, xbox 360s can be temperamental and need to be babied! (ie buy a fan to stop it overheating etc) and we were constantly dealing with the infamous "red light of death" scenario on the Xbox. People also seem to really love the Kinect for Xbox but I just didn't see that....it always seemed quite slow to me and it doesn't seem to recognize voice commands if you have a Yorkshire accent. Lol.

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DD got a Wii two years ago, it hasn't been used for about 22 months...Wish we'd got her the cheaper Playstation thingy.

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My PS3 is quite loud, but I think this is because I have one of the very early ones. Newer models, of both the 360 and ps3, don't suffer from this quite so much apparently.

Wii-U is coming out next year.

Neither Microsoft or Sony have released details of a new console. I doubt we'll see anything before 2013 even though this has been the longest console generation I can remember and we are about due.

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Handy tip... whatever you choose, get it at Costco (mods, I'm not advertising and have nothing to do with the store!!).

We bought a PS3 last Christmas, and last week the disc drive suddenly gave up the ghost. A bit of research showed this is more common than you'd like. Most were having to send the machine off to Sony for a repair which took about 4 weeks, not to mention the hassle.

We thought we'd try taking it back to Costco first and they exchanged it with no trouble whatsoever!:thumbup:

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We have a Wii and a couple of Xbox360s. The Wii can be quite fun but it is really for the younger age group and non gamers.

The first 360 had to be returned to sort out the "ring of death" but has been ok since then. It used to be quite noisy but I took it apart because I could see dust through the vents - there was a lot of dust collected in the inside and after removing this it was much quieter. The new 360 is fairly quiet.

I get the impression that the Xbox 360 and PS3 are pretty similar but once you've started with one brand most tend to stick with subsequent upgrades. We started with the original Xbox - at the time I think it was better than the equivalent Sony product and Halo was the best game around at the time and not available on the PS. They are both pretty cheap these days.

The online gaming with the Xbox360 is meant to be better than the PS3. Netflix works on the 360. 360 plays ordinary DVDs but not blue ray.

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Which works best for Netflix - PS3 or Xbox? Not bothered about Bluray but am interested in cheap(ish) access to netflix.

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we have a couple of xbox 360's and are all into the cod's and mw3 which is why we switched from ps in the first place, heard the xbox was better online .... not noisy either thanks to giving them a regular hoovering, we do use the netflix through them and is good, no problems but dont have a ps3 so cant comment on which one better, also we download lots of stuff so can watch through the xbox on a stick which i dont believe you can on a ps3, also theres the issue of the ps3 being hacked a while ago which i know brought our freinds to a complete standstill for a fair few weeks, not had that issue with xbox, but then if your not going online with it nothing to worry about, i don't like to play dvd's through them as i heard can bugger them up - dont know how true that is though,


just outta curiosity saw skyrim mentioned ... is it multi regional? anyone take a look if they got a copy - the xboxes we have here are from the uk, an black ops an mw3 are ok as is dragonage ... jus wondering as youngest is desperate for that for xmas an if i have to buy another xbox looks like could be more pricey than i wanted!!! cheers

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I'd heard 2013 for the next xbox, but no mention of when in 2013.

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Yes you can do the same on PS3

Not true


All PS3 games are multi-regional. I thought the xbox would be also. Is that not the case?

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no, the games we brought from the uk are all pal

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.............or is it "either"

Steve

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Oh i didn't know that the xbox didn't have multi-region games.. That's rubbish.

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I'm not sure if that's the case. We have a UK and a Canada spec Xbox 360 and I'm pretty sure that UK/Canada spec games work in both (The UK Xbox is connected to a UK TV and the Canadian Xbox to a Canadian TV by HDMI). My Canada Netflix account works on both Xboxs.

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I think with the 360 it depends on the game. Some are and some aren't.

If it's just for gaming, the other advantage of the PS3 is that nothing is on more than one disk. Some xbox games come on multiple disks so you have to get off your arse and change them over half way through (for instance Rage came on 3 disks!).

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I'd definitely recommend the PS3 especially since it's for an adult and not for young children. A lot of Wii games are targeted at kids, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 have more games targeted at adults (Heavy Rain, Mass Effect, MGS4 to mention a few).

Also, since you said you dont think he will be doing much online gaming, then the fact that the Xbox online interface is better than the PS3's is immaterial. The PS3 motion controller called the 'Move' is the most accurate of all motion controllers in console gaming. So, your husband will find games like golf more enjoyable using the Move.

The Netflix and Blu-rays work great on the PS3 too.

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Xbox 360 is region locked and yes that is rubbish.

Xbox 360 is better for online gaming but your requirements point clearly at PS3 as that way you get the BluRay player as well.

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The Xbox 360 console does have a region lock but it seems most games aren't locked to a specific region. There are various websites that list compatibility eg

http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games

DVDs that are region coded will only play in an Xbox 360 console with the same region code.

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I didn't really notice much difference in that MW3 for example you go on line and shoot people. The only difference i guess is that Xbox users have to pay for this privilege.

As for the original question, if it's just for games they're both fine. If he'll watch movies, then PS3.

IMO

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I think the on-line experience is better on the xbox because it carries voice. That is, if by "better" you mean you get to enjoy having some 12 year old boy calling you a mother ****ing faggot and that he's going to come round your house and rape your mum/sister/girlfriend all while his in-game avatar is tea-bagging your dead corpse after he's pwned your ass for the umpteenth time in CoD.