bulbul Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Planning to buy one? never owned a gaming device ever before..first buy Xbox kinect comes in 4GB and 250 GB......is 4GB enough its 7k cheaper than the other one? can we connect normal External hard disks?
ganeshran Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 IMO PS3 is the better gaming console, but as far as motion gaming goes, move doesnt even come close to Kinect. Love the Kinect sports pack.
kubrickian Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 PS3 also has a blu ray drive and you can play blu ray movies with it.
bulbul Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 i am mainly interested in motion gaming... Blue ray also tempting...but dont want to spend money on Buleray DVD's later :winky:
punjabi_khota Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Planning to buy one? never owned a gaming device ever before..first buy Xbox kinect comes in 4GB and 250 GB......is 4GB enough its 7k cheaper than the other one? can we connect normal External hard disks? :fail: Lol if you have never played any games before, it doesn't matter man. You could be happy with a 1990 atari.
bulbul Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 :fail: Lol if you have never played any games before, it doesn't matter man. You could be happy with a 1990 atari. played in PC and iPad...told never owned Sepecific gaming devices... not interested in katari :winky:
maniac Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Ok....Here is the thing...Few years back hardcore gamers used to prefer the xbox360 over PS3 because xbox had better games on it's platform where as people who are not avid gamers bought the PS3 for the blu ray player... Now that is no longer the case as 99% of the game companies design for both platforms But here is another thing if you would want to use Xbox for services like Netflix than you have to go for the gold membership which costs 50-75 bucks. Where as in Ps3 the netflix app is free and also keep in mind that the ps3 processer is really fast which enables you to browse online faster...all in all it acts like a mini-computer. Now since you said you are interested in motion gaming....the Kinect is the best in the market....way better than the ps3 move and Wii but there are not too many games in the market for them anyways but the few available games are awesome definetely. If you have kids and are making the purchase keeping them in mind and motion gaming is your requirement you can also consider the Wii as it is way way cheaper. but as far as I know you can't play DVD's on the Wii. I don't know if they have it available in the newer versions though but they have file sharing and netflix capabilities. So weigh in your options
Holysmoke Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Netflix and all that jazz dont work here. PS3 is a better console hardware wise, so more future proof. Xbox has kinect which is phenomenal, PS3 cant match it. If you are more interested in motion gaming, get the 360, but keep in mind that your buying it late in its lifecycle.
maniac Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 PS:I own or owned all 3 systems...Don't have the 360 anymore...gave it to my nephew but I swear by the ps3....games,netflix,blu-ray movies and also stream movies through my PC..you can do this through the xbox also... You outgrow the WII very fast.....Kinect too the novelty wears off pretty fast atleast for me and I don't use the Playstation move at all,so if you ask me I would endorse the ps3.
maniac Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Netflix and all that jazz dont work here. PS3 is a better console hardware wise, so more future proof. Xbox has kinect which is phenomenal, PS3 cant match it. If you are more interested in motion gaming, get the 360, but keep in mind that your buying it late in its lifecycle. Agree but Motion gaming novelty wears of very fast as I mentioned....I hardly use the Wii or the Wii fait....even guitar hero for the matter of fact,for long tem use ps3 definetely. Also keep in mind the Op is not an avid gamer and has never owned a console before and the fact is when you are willing to spend so much money for this,you need to take into account a lot of factors.
maniac Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Also forgot to mention ps3 now supports 3d movies and games as well once you install the new firmware....haven't tried this as I don't have a TV that supports this
WC2011INDIA Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Both have + and - If you are more into motion gaming then Xbox kinect is the way to go. My suggestion would be to wait for another 2 years and get the xbox 3. That will have everything. Blu-ray, 3D, better graphics, better motion control gaming etc.
Rajiv Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 I have 250GB Xbox Slim + Jtagged with Kinect Benefits: Download games + play PAL Games ( PS3 is region free by default ) so you can play cricket but with PS3, the downloads are huge and if you have to invest in Blue Ray Disc Run Emulators I play of internal and external hard drive, no need to burn disc
Clarke Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 What do you prefer ? Red ring of death or yellow light of death ?
bulbul Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Netflix and all that jazz dont work here. PS3 is a better console hardware wise, so more future proof. Xbox has kinect which is phenomenal, PS3 cant match it. If you are more interested in motion gaming, get the 360, but keep in mind that your buying it late in its lifecycle. Lifecycle is the one concern i have....do they have similer lifecycle refreshes like Apple do...?
bulbul Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Ok....Here is the thing...Few years back hardcore gamers used to prefer the xbox360 over PS3 because xbox had better games on it's platform where as people who are not avid gamers bought the PS3 for the blu ray player... Now that is no longer the case as 99% of the game companies design for both platforms But here is another thing if you would want to use Xbox for services like Netflix than you have to go for the gold membership which costs 50-75 bucks. Where as in Ps3 the netflix app is free and also keep in mind that the ps3 processer is really fast which enables you to browse online faster...all in all it acts like a mini-computer. Now since you said you are interested in motion gaming....the Kinect is the best in the market....way better than the ps3 move and Wii but there are not too many games in the market for them anyways but the few available games are awesome definetely. If you have kids and are making the purchase keeping them in mind and motion gaming is your requirement you can also consider the Wii as it is way way cheaper. but as far as I know you can't play DVD's on the Wii. I don't know if they have it available in the newer versions though but they have file sharing and netflix capabilities. So weigh in your options thanks for inputs.ill definitely think about this.. Planned to buy nxt week....now will wait and check all the options... No wife so no kids :winky: as for money is concerned its from a award from office so not much heartbreak there (bought iPad last year in same way)
Mariyam Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Till last month, I was in the same situation as you, dumdumdigadiga, i.e never really played/owned video/computer games before. I bought the Xbox Kinect and the game Dance Central 2. For a week I played everyday for 1-2 hours. But I'm already bored of it. Once the novelty factor wears off, the Kinect is quite boring.
bulbul Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Till last month, I was in the same situation as you, dumdumdigadiga, i.e never really played/owned video/computer games before. I bought the Xbox Kinect and the game Dance Central 2. For a week I played everyday for 1-2 hours. But I'm already bored of it. Once the novelty factor wears off, the Kinect is quite boring. Better i wait for some more time.. Read somewhere MS plan to release kinect for PC early next year...that will save lot of money...
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