Xbox 360 users switching to PS3

18. @ mr.t

"id be quite happy for sony & its monopoly blu ray to fail"

Why is it a monopoly fool? (MR T, get it?) Seriously, Microsoft and Nintendo absolutely dare not put blu ray in their machines. It would mean dearer machines and falling sales. How is that Sony's fault?, and how does that make it a monopoly?

17. Everyone wants the latest console & alot of people have owned xboxs long enough now to justify in there mind replacing it hence the switch, personally there isnt enough difference between the two to bother. Even though the PS3 has had a few rocky years it seems to be seen as the new big thing because its slim lined woopy doo. Soon enough there will be newer greater consoles with which neither will compete & ul be trading ur ps3/xbox for that. id be quite happy for sony & its monopoly blu ray to fail but unfortunatly it wont happen.

16. Everyone wants the latest console & alot of people have owned xboxs long enough now to justify in there mind replacing it hence the switch, personally there isnt enough difference between the two to bother. Even though the PS3 has had a few rocky years it seems to be seen as the new big thing because its slim lined woopy doo. Soon enough there will be newer greater consoles with which neither will compete & ul be trading ur ps3/xbox for that. id be quite happy for sony & its monopoly blu ray to fail but unfortunatly it wont happen.

15. @ ravenperch.

"i guess its a desperate attempt"

A desperate attempt at what? and by whom? The article is about users switching consoles. Are you saying the users are desperate? and what are they desperately doing? Please, explain.

"the only way sony can beat the more powerful xbox is to bundle in lots of functions and features"

If your saying Sony is making some sort of desperate attempt, tell us where you picked that up, in this article?

"bundle in lots of functions and features"

They're there because they can be put there. The same as whats on my PC is there, because it can be put there. It would be irresponsible of ANY company to not take advantage of its console's capabilities.

Now to find a post that makes sense.

14. i guess its a desperate attempt, the only way sony can beat the more powerful xbox is to bundle in lots of functions and features, its quite astonishing though to see that even after xbox price cut, concumer move to sony is increasing....lets hope windows 7 works out very well for microsoft.

13. I have just got a PS3 after only owning a 360 for the past 3 years. I must say it is a quality piece of kit. The interface is much faster, the disc drive and system fan are whisper quiet (the 360 is very noisy - even after installing games to the HDD). Overall it feels better quality. Plus wifi and bluray built in, which offers better value than the xbox. Only gripe is the controller the sticks are way too soft and floaty and the 360 one suits my large hands better. If I was buying now I would go PS3 all the way. I plan to still buy sequals to games I have on the 360 on that platform still, but only from an OCD and gamerscore standpoint.

12. I have both consoles but all game purchases are on the PS3 these days (unless there is a PC version available which isnt nerfed). Simple reasons are 1) Worry that my Xbox will die on me 2) Its noisy 3) Online play costs ££.... 4) More and more people are getting PS3's these days.. ie. more friends have them... so Ive now amassed quite a collection of PS3 games due to the above.

11. nitebot, The PC install is around 15GB but funnily enough with compression it does all fit on one DVD, as the xbox uncompresses on the fly there's no real issue with it being on DVD as opposed to Blu-Ray.

10. "the PS3 has no realistic edge as a pure games console, and only edges it for some people because of the bluray capability / iplayer and the like."

Exactly why I swapped :) My priorities have changed now & gone are the days I can be classed as a hardcore gamer now I've got a wife/2yr old :|

9. I had an original xbox which broke, I bought a PS3 to tide me over and play COD:WAW with the guys from work who mostly had PS3s. I missed my Xbox and the online service so much that I decided to buy a new Xbox and I haven't looked back since. I buy nearly all my games on the Xbox as the overall gaming experience is far superior. All I have on the PS3 is Uncharted 2 as it is an exclusive (and a great one at that). But to me, my PS3 is a glorified media streamer / bluray player and my 360 is a GAMES CONSOLE....

There's always going to be fanboy reports, and people favouring one side or the other, but honestly the PS3 has no realistic edge as a pure games console, and only edges it for some people because of the bluray capability / iplayer and the like.

8. I buy all new games for the PS3 now. There's only Forza 3 I would buy for Xbox. I have one of the noisy original Xbox 360s which likes doing read disc errors. No such issues with the PS3.

I've also read (from the US) that there are issues with the graphics of the Xbox version of Dragon Age: Origins because it was squeezed on to one DVD. PC gamers say that the game is a 20Gb install for them. So blu ray is more appropriate for holding all the graphics..or something like that!

7. After my first 360 rrod'd I traded my second in for a ps3, I'm well aware of the eurogamer comparisons which worried me a lot but to be honest I can't say I can really see any differences in the games I've played!

The ps3 is much quieter, has blu ray, free online and I'd exhausted the crop of exclusives on the 360. I never thought I'd go Sony from my xbox but I'm very happy I did, now if only Sony could sort out the controllers!

6. I suppose if you are lucky enough to own both machines it must be tricky to decide on which console to buy a multiplatform game, if it were me,i have neither btw :( , i would propably choose the ps3. my buddy has both and i cant see much between them, but i felt the ps3 was more... stable? better quality? sorry cant seem to put my finger on it. Still, lucky buggers, im stuck with my aging gaming pc. :)

5. I'm on my fourth xbox 360, which is now out of warranty. All multi format games are being bought for my PS3 because when my 360 breaks again It's going in the bin. I'll never buy another bit of Microsoft hardware ever again.

4. Games look just as good on the PS3 as they do 360. Maybe some geeky technical results favour one over the other but who cares, seriously !! There may be differences when you play the same games on 360 and PS3, but honestly I cant see them!

3. are you serious? i don't bloody think so. anyone that has followed the EuroGamer comparisons knows the PS3 is owned by XBOX on the whole for all dual-format releases. it's not an option.

2. There are only two exclusives for PS3 worth buying the machine for...Uncharted 1&2. The 360 also has more exclusives than PS3

As the previous poster stated. The 360 version tend to be better technically and by a very considerable margin on some games. I have all three systems and would favour whichever version was better in terms of graphics/performance or if the game content differed per platform.

1. I'm a 360 (and Wii) owner who'll buy a PS3 soon, as it starting to have some excellent exclusives. But I'll still be buying multi-format games on the 360, as they're almost always better, due to the 360's stronger GPU. Eurogamer.net's head-to-head comparisons prove this in pretty much every game. it also depends what console your friends will be playing on. I can't see cross-platform multiplayer compatibility happening any time soon.