Here's a little article I thought some people wanna have a look see! So........

Before beginning this article I would like to make it clear that I’m a confessed Xbot. Even after churning through 3 separate Xbox 360’s due to hardware failure, I have remained loyal to Microsoft and believe that Xbox Live is an amazingly fun service, even worth paying for. BUT do I really? What has kept me coming back again and again when a normal gamer would have spat the dummy and gotten rid of the Xbox 360 years ago? Why is now the right time to finally break away from Microsoft?

The following reasons are what I believe to be the most compelling as to why my fellow hardcore Xbots should seriously consider taking the plunge and moving over to the PS3.

The Play Station Network
Now I hear what you guys are saying, nothing beats Xbox lives usability, social aspects and servers, but PSN has come a long way over the last year or so. The Servers (due to less traffic) experience a lot less lag than what we have all become accustomed to on Live. The PSN interface thanks to 2.40 update will encompass almost all the functionality that Xbots are familiar with, including fast access to friends and game invitations, and it’s FREE!

The Price
In most countries you can now pick up a PS3 for roughly the same price as we paid for our Xbox 360’s at launch. Currently in Australia you can get the MGS4 pack for a little over £350. While the price may have seemed crazy at the beginning, the PS3 is now quite reasonably priced considering it comes standard with WiFi and a 40gb hard disk which can be easily and cheaply upgraded to any 2.5” laptop hard disk.


Blu-Ray
Who knows when Microsoft will add an external Blu-ray player to the Xbox 360? In fact, I don’t even know what to do with my HD DVD external drive! But the point is that sooner or later we will be adapting to Blu-ray technology so why not pick up a console that comes standard with it? Moreover, whilst we may see a Blu Ray option for the Xbox 360, we will never see large games such as Metal Gear Solid 4 released on Blu Ray discs for the Xbox. And who wants to watch a Blu Ray movie with the noise which is the Xbox 360 drowning out the soundtrack?


Open peripherals
As mentioned earlier, the ability to upgrade your PS3’s internal hard drive with any 2.5” SATA drive (basically any laptop hard drive), is indicative of Sony’s open policy to 3rd party accessories. It seems weird that an evil corporation such as Sony would allow this, but I for one won’t complain. The PS3 will connect with any Bluetooth device, so I can use my Bluetooth headset with my phone, my Mac and my PS3. The same is true with webcams. Pretty much any USB webcam will connect with the PS3 and allow for group video chats and in game video support.

Media centre support
As the only console to fully support DivX codecs, as well as a whole range of audio, image and video files, the PS3 combines its Blu Ray player to stand out as a great media centre for your lounge room. And with the impending release of PlayTV, the twin HD television tuner, we can soon record our favourite free-to-air shows and then store them on our internal drive or any USB drive we connect to the console.

RRoD
The PS3 doesn’t suffer the hardware issues the 360 does. Nuff said!

Trophies
Who needs Achievements? I for one do. But with the release of the trophy system on PSN, we Xbots will now be able to enjoy the satisfaction of getting trophies for our efforts.

The fact is that there are only two reasons for most of us to stick with the Xbox 360. One being that we have a regular groups of friends that we play with each night and the other, more importantly, our gamer scores. This reason above all else is probably what keeps us hooked. All those hours spent slogging through single player campaigns or online co-op has a numerical representation that we feel would be difficult to let go of.

Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to make the switch to the PS3?

If your not one then i have no respect for you as your a wannabe

I fully embrace my geekness to the max

If you play computer games and use geek terminology.....

doesn't the word geek mean you bite heads off chickens?

Cant say im a geek but i am a techy, and know most bout technology,

But if thats what you call a geek then..... I need knighthood!

en.wikipedia.org

"A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves."

Nerdapalooza is a planned geek music festival. <--- Sounds Intresting LOL!!!

that's the one

Yo i just read this on a nerdapalooza festival website
"Now, for the pre-party: FREE PIZZA! FREE BEER (if you're over 21 with ID)! FREE ENTRY!!"

I'll buy a PS3 when I deem its line up and price worthy of my playing time.

Peas.

since mgs4 came out i havent touched my xbox and now with the update ps network can finaly challenge xbox live

Dave you need to know that protocol encryption does not stop people from seeing what you're downloading. Think about it - everyone else in your swarm knows what you have, all the MAFIAA need to do is connect as a peer and the tracker gives them a list of who has what.

Protocol encryption is to stop ISPs from doing deep-packet inspection to throttle your BT connections, not to protect you from the bad guys.

PS. I downloaded 100gig of music last month, uploaded about 80 (tracker freeleech) and haven't had a letter from Virgin.

Ahh yes but ISPs wont delve that far it will open up a whole can of warms.

If they take responisibilty for what you are downloading and not be merely a provider that will make things worse for them. If they monitor one part they have to monitor all. Who will stop them then if say a mother sues them for their child being able to access porn easily. They would have to settle

See what i mean?

Oh and i havent had a letter either. They are mainly targeting Limewire users cause that not encrypted and easy to see what people are downloading

Dave you're probably already aware of the BOFH, but for those who are not, it's a warning not to annoy your sysadmin he he.

I'm glad this thread has moved on to routers as it's just stopped me from locking the thread.

The new PS3 2.40534 Update has caused many PS3's to fuck up. Sony pulled it so they could do it again.

I saw a PS3 running for the first time today. It looked huge.

I also saw my mates games. Dark Sector, SKATE, Call of duty 4. ALL games that you can get on the xbox 360.

Boywunda, you dont own an xbox 360, you play your mates one round his house.

THE FUCKING END.

500gb nice 1 i need to upgrade now LOL

love the looks of the ps3 probly gonna get a ps3 slim and lite at christmas aswell

Better late than never: No now is not the right time to buy a PS3, wait for any possible announcements from sony at E3 in a couple of weeks time, you could pick one up for cheaper or on the slim chance they may announce a revised version, although I wouldn't count on that until next year in my opinion, purely because its not yet enough though its life cycle for a change.

But yeah, wait till after E3...

didn't say i did own a 360. did i?
Why would i want one? The reason why I had a 360 was like I told you my mate went on holiday and he lent it to me for a week!
Kicked your sorry ass @ COD4 thou eh dave? Showed you how PS3 players go about it ya glitching fucker!