planning to buy a new console

[neo9999]

sskcontrol -

All depends what you exactly want.

Do you need a console which will act as a dvd/blu ray player plus playability via usb? or

Are you very budget conscious and want just a pure gaming console?

You have primarily three options - Wii, PS3 and Xbox360

As musicbee and arnprasad mentioned, Wii is a good gaming console option, and more user friendly too for folks of all age groups, your wife, kid etc. But the graphics is not as surreal as Ps3 & XBox. You have quite number of game titles such as tennis etc and with this wii remote it mimics the Ps3 move.

Now as far as PS3 v/s Xbox is concerned, you will need to ask yourself the questions I raised above. Both Xbox and Ps3 have got their equivalent fan following, both have good bestseller games, with excellent graphics, but somehow my opinion is the number of Ps3 titles slightly outnumber those of XBox.

I had demoed the Ps3 and xbox before taking finaly plunge. I personnaly felt I need to hold something in my hand to simulate experience of moving a racquet or using golf stick etc.. which is not same as in Xbox kinect - where you dont need to hold anything in the hand.

My second trigger was to use it a multifunctional device - blu ray/dvd player with USB. Here also the Ps3 fit the bill.

These two major factors made me turn towards Ps3. I'm currently using it in my living room and enjoying watching movies/listening to music via usb stick/ hard drive as well.

Neo

 

[arnprasad]

Yeah - also except for videophiles - you definitely dont miss 1080p graphics on the WII - since these are animated cartooms - 480p aint that bad. For example my kids and I play two tennis games. One is the extremely cartoonish tennis on wii sports and the other one is the professional tennis on Grand Slam tennis. the cartoonish tennis is way more fun to play than the professional tennis - or course most may disagree - but when you are playing with a 5 year old kid - you dont want to play with a federer avatar but rather as a cartoon.

Check out my 2 year old son bowling.:

Two year old Rohit enjoying Nintendo Wii Bowling - YouTube

A more recent video - Donkey kong returns - free download via torrents :yahoo:

Rohit : Donkey Kong Returns - Jungle Hijinx - YouTube

 

[kray]

Most of the members have provided some really valuable points here regarding PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

However, there is another very important factor which you might want to consider before making your decision..its the Games itself!

As highlighted by other above, if you are interested in casual gaming (with non-HD graphics and mostly cartoon characters ), then one should go for Wii. This could be lot of fun for family gaming.

For serious gaming with great graphics and different types of games, you have to consider either PS3 or XBOX. Now between these two, you have to consider the exclusive games which runs only on either one of the consoles.

For XBOX, popular exclusives are:
- Halo series (shooter)
- Gears of War series (shooter)
- Fable series (adventure)
- Forza (motorsport)

For PS3, you would have
God of War series (mythological action adventure)
Uncharted series (modern day action adventure)
Heavy rain (Psychological thriller)
Gran Toursimo series (motorsport)
Killzone series (shooter)
Resistance series (shooter)
Infamous series (action adventure)
Little big planet series (platforming)

One more fact, PS3 also is one of the highets rated 3D blu ray player, so in case you are interested in a blu ray player (with 3D as a future option), there is only one choice for you.

Other than that, both the consoles play DVDs just fine.

Happy gaming!

 

[Jhonny.S]

hi , its better to buy PS3 w.r.t XBOX 360... reason behind
1. Blu-ray Player
2 . Single solution for your all home media player requirements (everything plays on it .. which doesn't you can use SHOWTIME app)
3 . You can crack it either by BLU USB stick ( almost 4000RS) or hard crack it (almost 1500 with 7 games but restricted to version 3.40)
4 Graphics are much better than any of console available right now...

Same time it depends upon what kind of TV you will going to connect ideally bigger is better (full HD off-course) to enjoy the whole stuff ..
In delhi you can get it crack from Gaffar @ karol bagh ..

hello goldtau,

can you pls show some light on jailbreaking...
i am going to buy new PS3 in one month, can it be modded?

 

[Sudeep]

It might be worthwhile to wait for the new Xbox console. The current console hardware is pretty old and Microsoft is sure to introduce a much improved next version (apparently known as Xbox 720)

 

[kray]

The next Xbox is still in the rumor phase, so is the next PS3. And from general console market trends, they would be launched earliest by 2014-15. Plus, initially they would be launched at a much higher price than current market prices of 15-20K...so in my opinion NOW is the best time to buy a console for following reasons:

- The current generation is just past the midway on their lifecycle, so there are lots of games available for each console (which wouldnt be the case for a new console)
- The console prices have come down considerably from their launch prices back in 2005-06
- Used games market has come up in most major cities where you can find used PS3/XBox games at lower prices


If at all one wants to wait for a limited period, they can look forward to Wii U which is going to be launched worldwide later this year, and would be the next generation of Wii series. However, I am not sure how soon it would be available in India.

Cheers!

 

[vicky2001]

It has an excellent DAC (in the range of the VDAC II).

I have PS3 but I couldn't understand this feature. Plz explain what i'm missing

 

[Amarendra]

Hi,

I have put up my PS3 for sale coz I am moving out of gaming. Pls see the "for sale by owner" ad if interested.

Thanks

 

[grunthos]

I am curious how everyone is a big fan of these consoles (PS3 and Xbox, not sure about the Wii prices) but no one finds the prices of these games offensive ??
Any Halo or Gears of War or any other blockbuster title is at least Rs 2600 per game. How many such games can you afford ?
I stopped after 4 games - 8 games and I would have paid enough to buy a second Xbox

 

[mathan]

I am curious how everyone is a big fan of these consoles (PS3 and Xbox, not sure about the Wii prices) but no one finds the prices of these games offensive ??
Any Halo or Gears of War or any other blockbuster title is at least Rs 2600 per game. How many such games can you afford ?
I stopped after 4 games - 8 games and I would have paid enough to buy a second Xbox

Once you get hooked into it price is no matter but still buying the games in US is comparatively cheaper than buying in India and of course if it is Xbox than you should have NTSC console and NTSC games.

 

[grunthos]

Once you get hooked into it price is no matter but still buying the games in US is comparatively cheaper than buying in India and of course if it is Xbox than you should have NTSC console and NTSC games.

But how do you get a NTSC console and India warranty ?
I had a RRoD after 2 years and Microsoft shipped me a brand new console because it was inside the 3 yr warranty

 

[mathan]

But how do you get a NTSC console and India warranty ?
I had a RRoD after 2 years and Microsoft shipped me a brand new console because it was inside the 3 yr warranty

It is not possible to get India warranty if you buy it in USA. However there is a big variation in price in India and US. Recently I bought Xbox 360 with Kinect bundled along for $225 in a black Friday deal along with 5 free kinect games which you could never imagine to get it in India. During warranty period if there is any problem I could still take the console to US ( I travel often) or send it through friends.

 

[sanjsin9]

Dude simply go for PS3 u'll regret for going with XBOX360

 

[Vishu_fbd]

I think it makes more sense to wait until the launch of PS4. It should not be too far away or should I say its very near

It may bring down the prices for existing models alternatively one can make a decision on whether ps4 would be a better buy depending on one's requirement even though it may be pricey at launch time.

Yes India release could also get delayed but its a speculation on how long that delay would be.

Vishu

 

[nSinghal]

PS4 india launch is atleast a year away. No one knows what it'll cost at launch. It won't be backward compatible with ps3 games so you'll have to wait another year before decent enough games (both in quantity and quality) are released for it. And all the games will be expensive as they'll all be new.

PS3 IMO still makes for a far better choice today.

 

[j4jobi1]

+1^ buy a ps3 is the right choice now.

 

[Vishu_fbd]

No harm in waiting a month or two as the launch of ps4 may bring the price down IMHO.