Wii vs. PS3 vs. 360... who will win battle of the next gen?

**4dmin** · 09-14-2006, 02:38 PM

360 launch was great tons of presales 1.5 million of units for Xmas; though many first run issues caused some units to be replaced xbox support was pretty quick on any recalls/warranty work. but being the only system for Xmas they did great. sys sold for 299 and 399 retail and all games 59 & under... i have one and it fucking rocks... it was well worth the money spent.

now its a battle for next gen sys... xbox has already launched and pushed out over 5 million units by June 06 w/ an estimated 10 million by end of Q4 06. They still got some major tricks planned w/ launches of Forza 2, Halo 3, and a price drop for the holiday season.

Wii for 249 launch price you can't go wrong, system comes w/ wifi, wireless responsive controller, and a game. games are estimated to be 50 and under. there will be internet access and downloadable classic nintendo games online. 6 million units estimated sold before March 07; thats a whole lot. they plan on making it readily available for anyone looking to buy for xmas along w/ over 22 titles.

PS3 i'm wondering with the steep price tag of 499 or 599 is going to make or break them. 599 for a premium console w/o software titles is very steep. i read games between 60-70; which isn't great either. this long awaited next gen console could be the death of them. sony has announced it will only be shipping 400,000 to the us for launch and 100,000 in japan...

what is your take who will be top dog?

my opinion i think Xbox is going to start to take a huge chunck of the North American/Europe market... they can't compete with sony in Japan, its their home. Wii i think is going to be the great underdog story, i can see they low low price making some big numbers for nintendo putting them back in the console race. i know i'm going to buy a Wii.

PS3 i just don't think sony has their shit together; don't get me wrong i'm sure its going to rock but high price low amount of units = unhappy supporters. i don't see many moms and dads wanting to shell out 600$ for little johnny when he probably alreadly has a 360/ps2.

**N/A EK** · 09-14-2006, 02:42 PM

PS3

**Samurai J** · 09-14-2006, 02:51 PM

Xbox 360

**IanHavok** · 09-14-2006, 02:54 PM

R.I.P. PS3.

I really think nintendo is onto something with the new system. I could give 2-shits about "HOW AWESOME THE GRAPHICS ARE!!!" instead i want a game thats fun, not fucking pretty.

**chrisdavis** · 09-15-2006, 02:10 AM

Im buying a Wii for the old school games. However I think that Xbox 360 is going to come out on top. Microsoft has created a package for sale in Japan that is a core system and a game for $250(IIRC) in an attempt to gain a foothold there. Sony has taken too long and is charging way too much to catch up with what Microsoft has already sold anytime soon.

**bigdare23** · 09-17-2006, 09:01 AM

The xbox 360 and wii FTW!!!

**Greddypacked** · 09-17-2006, 11:41 AM

All 3 systems kiss arse!

**o_bomb** · 09-19-2006, 10:46 PM

HUH? Im lost! `What the hell is wii??

**chrisdavis** · 09-19-2006, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by o_bomb

HUH? Im lost! `What the hell is wii??

Next gen Nintendo console coming out in November

**MasterMadman** · 09-20-2006, 04:01 PM

I say the 360 and the Wii come out on top... IMHO the PS3 has (1) taken to long to come out, (2) could possibly flop b/c of the blue ray, (3) costs a TON, (4) and is continually getting less powerful.

**imbosile** · 09-20-2006, 05:13 PM

I hope I can get my hands on some PS3's so I can sell them on Ebay, I wish I would have done that with the 360's.

**green91** · 10-05-2006, 09:48 PM

xbox 360 glory days are over, its old news now. nintendo lost their edge after the 64.. ps3 will reign superior upon its release, even at its ungodly price tag.

**Z32redondo** · 10-05-2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by green91

xbox 360 glory days are over, its old news now. nintendo lost their edge after the 64.. ps3 will reign superior upon its release, even at its ungodly price tag.

Thank You

**DerrickT** · 10-06-2006, 12:33 AM

Wii is awesome, this was the first i Have heard of it, and I googled it and the way the bluetooth control makes you more active than pushing buttons and without buying the extra hardwear makes it cool as shit to me!

Wii will soar, but its hard to beat Sony and Microsoft.

**mugen_s2000** · 10-06-2006, 01:20 AM

The PS3 will support up to 7 bluetooth wireless controllers, have Blu-Ray capabilities which means up to 25 GB of disc space, meaning more in the games and more technology incorperated into those games (hence the steep price of both the games and system) The basic system will come with a 20 GB harddrive, while the premium package will come with a 60 GB harddrive. The memory and ram are as follows: 256MB XDR main RAM, 256 GDDR3 VRAM. The PS3 will dominate all systems at this time. Granted Microsoft is ahead of the next gen console race, but the PS3, at close to $600 for a premium package, is the equivilant to a high-end PC (and cheaper than an Alienware PC) For more information on the PS3, go here: http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/specs.html

No, I am not a whore for the PS3, but I do build computers and when I saw this, my jaw dropped. The RAM alone is intense.

From Wikipedia.org:
The Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data.

The name Blu-ray is derived from the blue-violet laser it uses to read and write to the disc. A Blu-ray Disc can store substantially more data than a DVD, because of the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of the blue-violet laser (DVDs use a 650-nm-wavelength red laser and CDs use an infrared 780 nm laser), which allows more information to be stored digitally in the same amount of space. In comparison to HD DVD, which also uses a blue laser, Blu-ray has more information capacity per layer (currently 25GB, but test media is up to 200GB). Sony has released 50GB recordable BDs and will soon be releasing 50GB BD media discs.[1] In August 2006, TDK developed a Blu-ray disk with a 200GB capacity.[2]

**mugen_s2000** · 10-06-2006, 01:21 AM

oh, and the PS3 looks a hell of alot sexier

**Hulud** · 10-06-2006, 08:44 AM

it all depends on game suppoort, cost of teh system wont matter

**DerrickT** · 10-06-2006, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by mugen_s2000

oh, and the PS3 looks a hell of alot sexier

it looks almost just like the PS2!?

**mugen_s2000** · 10-06-2006, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by TheTurtle

it looks almost just like the PS2!?

How so? EXPLAIN!!!! lol. nah, I've seen a "prototype" of what it was, and it's smaller and just looks cleaner. not as bulky and boxy (I have a first gen ps2 and that thing is a brick)

**bdydrpdmazda** · 10-10-2006, 04:17 PM

XBOX 360 baby, I have one and I got it at launch, it was defective but was quickly replaced by Microsoft. The games already out are great and the ones coming out are supposed to be even better. The holiday price drop will send sales through the roof.

**4dmin** · 10-11-2006, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by mugen_s2000

The PS3 will support up to 7 bluetooth wireless controllers, have Blu-Ray capabilities which means up to 25 GB of disc space, meaning more in the games and more technology incorperated into those games (hence the steep price of both the games and system) The basic system will come with a 20 GB harddrive, while the premium package will come with a 60 GB harddrive. The memory and ram are as follows: 256MB XDR main RAM, 256 GDDR3 VRAM. The PS3 will dominate all systems at this time. Granted Microsoft is ahead of the next gen console race, but the PS3, at close to $600 for a premium package, is the equivilant to a high-end PC (and cheaper than an Alienware PC) For more information on the PS3, go here: http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/specs.html

No, I am not a whore for the PS3, but I do build computers and when I saw this, my jaw dropped. The RAM alone is intense.

From Wikipedia.org:
The Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data.

The name Blu-ray is derived from the blue-violet laser it uses to read and write to the disc. A Blu-ray Disc can store substantially more data than a DVD, because of the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of the blue-violet laser (DVDs use a 650-nm-wavelength red laser and CDs use an infrared 780 nm laser), which allows more information to be stored digitally in the same amount of space. In comparison to HD DVD, which also uses a blue laser, Blu-ray has more information capacity per layer (currently 25GB, but test media is up to 200GB). Sony has released 50GB recordable BDs and will soon be releasing 50GB BD media discs.[1] In August 2006, TDK developed a Blu-ray disk with a 200GB capacity.[2]

Blu-ray is an current unsupported industry standard which hasn't proven its self in the market. It will have to compete w/ HD DVD which is launching a triple layer disc for like 90gb capabilities... the only person pushing Blue-ray is Sony. I see this turning into the same shit the PSP media has.

And if your buying a game for media purposes other then just gaming you need to buy Xbox b/c w/ the upcoming launch of Vista; Xbox will be unleashing its capabilities w/ the home entertainment market.

**green91** · 10-11-2006, 07:58 PM

Vista FTL!!

**bigdare23** · 10-11-2006, 08:00 PM

ps3 ftl

**bdydrpdmazda** · 10-18-2006, 04:25 AM

The holiday prise drop is gonna be the final blow to Sony and it will send Microsoft sales through the roof and put them as the dominating force for next generation gaming, atleast until we get the next, next generation consoles five years from now. As far as the Wii goes, I think alot of people are gonna buy this thing just because its so cheap and because they are curious about this new controller but I dont think its gonna have what it takes to be the number one console.

**2.2L** · 10-18-2006, 04:32 AM

just to tell you guys the ps3 isnt gonna have vibrating controllers because they lost the patent to it or something and im still wondering if the aftermarket controllers are gonna do any good because the ps3 wont have that feature to begin with.

xbox is good and all but the only reason i would get it is because i was a xbox fan and im only waiting for halo3 to come out. not impressed with the games that have been coming out.

so wii +1

**bdydrpdmazda** · 10-18-2006, 04:37 AM

we all know about the ps3 vibration feature, they dropped it in favor of the tilt function, the games that have been coming out for the 360 are incredible IMO, I couldnt be happier with my xbox 360, I had a deffective one but I called Microsoft and they sent me a voutcher to go to est buy and get another one free with no questions asked.

**umairejaz** · 10-18-2006, 06:23 AM

ive heard microsoft isn't planning on a price drop this season, who knows what will happen.

I think each one will succeed as did all three 5 years back when they launched. They are marketed towrds different groups and i wouldn't be suprised to see each one being great.

btw... its sony, they dont fuck up and i'm sure they've done their research on this one.

**Greddypacked** · 10-18-2006, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by bdydrpddualy

we all know about the ps3 vibration feature, they dropped it in favor of the tilt function, the games that have been coming out for the 360 are incredible IMO, I couldnt be happier with my xbox 360, I had a deffective one but I called Microsoft and they sent me a voutcher to go to est buy and get another one free with no questions asked.

Very tru. Damn they have so many good games coming out by the end of this year and beginning of next. You see Ps3 wont be having good games come out for like a year after it comes out and 360 is now having some of the best games come out ever right now.

**bdydrpdmazda** · 10-18-2006, 06:34 AM

Microsoft really did its homework and they are gonna give Sony a fight that they arent prepared for.

**T.S.** · 10-19-2006, 07:12 PM

Ok,

WEll This past Friday i went to the NINTENDO FUSION TOUR. And WHen we entered in the Concert. They had 12 WII systems that people could play on like 100inch screens. It was amazing. The graphics are as good if not better then Xbox360. The games were interactive. You actually play the games. They had Tennis, some sword fighting game, Zelda, and some Operation game. You Actually get to really fight and play, the games as you were in them. So personally the Xbox360 is a awesome system. But i would buy a WII just for the interactiveness (not a fucking word i dont think but i just made it one!!

)

**CiViC-GTR** · 10-19-2006, 07:38 PM

mane shodday i don even know, dats one hard choice

**CiViC-GTR** · 10-19-2006, 07:38 PM

Mozilla WYSIWYGactually i think i would take the x360

**CiViC-GTR** · 10-19-2006, 07:39 PM

Mozilla WYSIWYGnaw dude, i think the ps3 vote, and that is final fo sho.

**112480** · 10-19-2006, 10:33 PM

It will be between the wii and the 360!! PS3 is too costly AND ......they lost 99% of thier EXCLUSIVES!!!!! Why in the hell would I pay 599 when I can get the SAME titles AND graphics on the 360(399)??? AND it will be a price drop around holiday season for the 360; and the wii will be at $249!!! Also people the blu-ray on the PS3 will be a down graded version of the blu-ray DVD players in the store. Why??.. because Sony is about to come out with their blu-ray DVD player(Samsung already out for $999.99 at best buy) for $999.99 as well. So why would sony bring out a video game system for $599 that shows in 1080i like their new precious blu-ray DVD player?? That would be stupid becuase they would be cutting themselves out!!! even people that don't play video games would get the PS3 over their DVD player cause it's $400 less than the player....so guess what!!...not gonna happen. NOW, how doengradable will the PS3 be??? Don't know but it won't be in 1080i. Blu-ray shows in 1080i resolution(highest) and there is only one LCD tv(Samsung at best buys) that shows in 1080i right now. NOW... the 360 will have the HD-DVD "add-on" coming out next month which will show in 1080p resolution! You will not notice the difference in 1080p and 1080i!! And that's IF you have a plasma or LCD tv that can put out in that resolution. Most LCD and DLP and Plasma tv's show in 720p resolution which is still great.

All I'm saying is for you Playstation nuts out there is the PS3 will not be all that they are hyping it to be. Sure it will look nice etc, etc, but is it really worth it?? Especially for the 85-90% of people on here and everwhere else who just have a STANDARD TV!!!!! The wii speaks for itself. Notice that nintendo could be in the same powerhouse system war as Sony and Microsot but CHOOSE not to be. NOT becuase they-re scared but because nintendo feels it's not necessary!!! Wii will be wi-fi, full internet access(as far as we now as of now) backwards compatible with amecube games, you can play ALL of older nintendo titles(for a small fee of course) AND(supposingly) Sega Genesis and Turbo Grafix16 games AND.......they will have just about everygame that comes out on the PS3 and 360!!!!! So watch out for the wii....I've got 2 reserved for myself, one for me and one for whoever on E-bay

Of course I'm gonna wait till the second week of December to sell it when NO other store will have it anymore that way I can REALLY name my own price on e-bay!!!!!

**DemonEyez** · 10-26-2006, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by 112480

It will be between the wii and the 360!! PS3 is too costly AND ......they lost 99% of thier EXCLUSIVES!!!!! Why in the hell would I pay 599 when I can get the SAME titles AND graphics on the 360(399)??? AND it will be a price drop around holiday season for the 360; and the wii will be at $249!!! Also people the blu-ray on the PS3 will be a down graded version of the blu-ray DVD players in the store. Why??.. because Sony is about to come out with their blu-ray DVD player(Samsung already out for $999.99 at best buy) for $999.99 as well. So why would sony bring out a video game system for $599 that shows in 1080i like their new precious blu-ray DVD player?? That would be stupid becuase they would be cutting themselves out!!! even people that don't play video games would get the PS3 over their DVD player cause it's $400 less than the player....so guess what!!...not gonna happen. NOW, how doengradable will the PS3 be??? Don't know but it won't be in 1080i. Blu-ray shows in 1080i resolution(highest) and there is only one LCD tv(Samsung at best buys) that shows in 1080i right now. NOW... the 360 will have the HD-DVD "add-on" coming out next month which will show in 1080p resolution! You will not notice the difference in 1080p and 1080i!! And that's IF you have a plasma or LCD tv that can put out in that resolution. Most LCD and DLP and Plasma tv's show in 720p resolution which is still great.

All I'm saying is for you Playstation nuts out there is the PS3 will not be all that they are hyping it to be. Sure it will look nice etc, etc, but is it really worth it?? Especially for the 85-90% of people on here and everwhere else who just have a STANDARD TV!!!!! The wii speaks for itself. Notice that nintendo could be in the same powerhouse system war as Sony and Microsot but CHOOSE not to be. NOT becuase they-re scared but because nintendo feels it's not necessary!!! Wii will be wi-fi, full internet access(as far as we now as of now) backwards compatible with amecube games, you can play ALL of older nintendo titles(for a small fee of course) AND(supposingly) Sega Genesis and Turbo Grafix16 games AND.......they will have just about everygame that comes out on the PS3 and 360!!!!! So watch out for the wii....I've got 2 reserved for myself, one for me and one for whoever on E-bay

Of course I'm gonna wait till the second week of December to sell it when NO other store will have it anymore that way I can REALLY name my own price on e-bay!!!!!

for the last time. 1080p = blu-ray 1080i = hd dvd.

go look it up. dont say some guy at best buy told u cus their mostly stupid.

**bdydrpdmazda** · 10-27-2006, 09:51 AM

im still voting for the 360

**Tank** · 10-27-2006, 10:38 AM

Wii for 249 launch price you can't go wrong, system comes w/ wifi, wireless responsive controller, and a game. games are estimated to be 50 and under. there will be internet access and downloadable classic nintendo games online. 6 million units estimated sold before March 07; thats a whole lot. they plan on making it readily available for anyone looking to buy for xmas along w/ over 22 titles

these are the reasons im getting Wii plus you will be able to download n64 supernintendo and nes games also and i dont have to pay 600 bucks for one, i already own a xbox 360 and am waiting on forza 2 to come out so ps3 can wait til next fall gran turismo wont even be out til this time next eyar anyway now will metal gear so ill wait and watch the masses pay uber high prices as usual

**Ericp** · 10-27-2006, 10:55 AM

I think the PS3 is gonna be the best system. It won't sell as many due to it's price tag. I didn't really feel like paying out 400 for the 360 but I did so I can play old Xbox games on it. I'm gonna wait for the price to drop on the PS3 before I get one.

**DemonEyez** · 10-27-2006, 11:03 AM

yep when the xbox360 announced its 400 price everyone shit a brick too. but they paid it.

same will happen for the ps3.

Wii isnt really a contender to either the xbox360 or ps3. people who who own a wii will also own one or the other more than likely.

**Tank** · 10-27-2006, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by DemonEyez

yep when the xbox360 announced its 400 price everyone shit a brick too. but they paid it.

same will happen for the ps3.

Wii isnt really a contender to either the xbox360 or ps3. people who who own a wii will also own one or the other more than likely.

i can agree on this maybe next fall ill own a ps3 but not at launch i learned my lesson with the 360 which is a great system but i could have got one 200 cheaper had i waited

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