I went with the PS3 back in early '08, pretty much just for the library and Sony's first and second party studios. For me, the choice really paid off because studios I thought of as second-tier really stepped up and delivered some of my favorite games - I sure as hell didn't buy a PS3 for inFamous, but damned if it isn't one of my favorite games on the current gen. It also just sorta' worked out that a few third-party devs provided some incredibly unique (Valkyria Chronicles) or ambitious games (Heavenly Sword).
Plus you got your MGS4, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Sony Santa Monica and, really, all of their worldwide internal studios.
Sony's where my favorite last-gen franchises (Ratchet & Clank, Metal Gear Solid, Team ICO) call home - but after paying closer attention, I've discovered that Sony also seems to have an active policy of supporting The Weird Shit. Crazy, unique stuff like Little Big Planet, Siren: Blood Curse, Flower and Heavy Rain. Their plan appears to be not to cater to a single audience, but to try to offer top-of-the-line stuff for every palette.
There are... lemmie think... less than a half-dozen titles I want to play on the 360. Sure I'd like to try Gears and Mass Effect - just not enough to buy a console for 'em. I'd sooner get a gaming PC. It wouldn't shock me if I did get a 360, one day, but for now the greatest sting in not owning one is due to two XBLA titles: Shadow Complex and (the upcoming) Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
360's got Xbox Live, PS3's got reliability, but who cares?
TL: DR: Buy the system that has the games you want to play.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
HDTVs have display lag? I've noticed blurring and ghost trails at electronics stores so maybe I'll hold off until they get all the bugs worked out. And 3DTV gets going.
Count the number of games you want for the 360. Now count the number of games you want for the PS3. Whichever one wins, is the one you should get. Just keep in mind, I went through 10 Xbox 360 consoles before I switched over to the PS3, and haven't regretted it since.
I'll just say, if you went through 10 360 consoles, I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that you were the one doing something wrong.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
You do not need an HDTV
but
BUT
Some text will be unreadable on SDTVs. Dead Rising is the worst example I can think of.
Yep. Aside from two examples (you had to position Isaac just right to read the text logs in Dead Space, and the dialogue was nigh-unreadable in Way of the Samurai 3), I was more than happy playing my PS3 on a 27" SDTV for... almost two years, I think.
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If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
HDTVs have display lag? I've noticed blurring and ghost trails at electronics stores so maybe I'll hold off until they get all the bugs worked out. And 3DTV gets going.
Display lag is so negligible that only gamers that count frames (ie, fighting game fanatics) could possibly notice the difference. It tends to be less than 100th of a second. Blurring and ghost trails is a result of older-model TVs - 60hz TVs - that have a lower refresh rate and no built-in smoothing.
Get a 120hz HDTV and ghosting/blurring disappears.
Edit: but once again, you don't need an HDTV to enjoy a current-gen console - just to get the most out of the visuals. It really is a huge step up, once you see a game you loved on an SDTV running in HD.
Chance on
'Chance, you are the best kind of whore.' -Henroid
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
HDTVs have display lag? I've noticed blurring and ghost trails at electronics stores so maybe I'll hold off until they get all the bugs worked out. And 3DTV gets going.
Yeah, anything that's not a CRT will, but on some of them it's really negligible. You want a TV with a "game mode" option. I think Sony's are the best for this but i'm not sure.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
You do not need an HDTV
but
BUT
Some text will be unreadable on SDTVs. Dead Rising is the worst example I can think of.
Yep. Aside from two examples (you had to position Isaac just right to read the text logs in Dead Space, and the dialogue was nigh-unreadable in Way of the Samurai 3), I was more than happy playing my PS3 on a 27" SDTV for... almost two years, I think.
Years back, shortly after the launch, I remember seeing the PSN Store on a SDTV and considering that, while it wasn't unreadable, it was pretty damn close. Very cluttered, very unpleasant to use.
Of course, since then, PSN has undergone some renovations (as has Xbox 360, since they went from the blades to NXE).
I personally have a pretty bad astigmatism, and thus, my HDTV is probably about 70% of the reason I own a PS3, for better or worse (without it, it'd be rather pointless for me to be purchasing blu-ray films, the Dashboard default style relies on rather small text--at least to me). Purely anecdotal, but so far, only one Playstation 3 exclusive has really grabbed me, and the rest I can do with or without, and I've played a lot of them thanks to the kindness of others (some, like Uncharted 2 were good, but not great enough not to resell for $40 when I grew bored of it, while others like Metal Gear Solid 4 was flat out unenjoyable).
Which reminds me, I need to play Demon's Soul. For all the people who really enjoy it, I also knew a few who despised it, so it's hard to get a feeling for it by word-of-mouth. God of War III looked fantastic, but the demo felt too much like GoWII with much nicer visuals.
In short, a person is better off looking at the specific titles they want.
Edit: but once again, you don't need an HDTV to enjoy a current-gen console - just to get the most out of the visuals. It really is a huge step up, once you see a game you loved on an SDTV running in HD.
no lie, i thought HD was some dumb gimmick. but once i played games like assassin's creed, halo 3, gears of war, hell basically anything made with HD in mind, it's a game changer. in some games it's even output in letterbox on CRT's, like assassin's creed, which is more bothersome to me than it should be. and THEN i had to find a cheap HDMI cable because i hate seeing all those wires hanging from my TV.
at least HD sets are getting cheaper, which made me really change my mind on them
Edit: but once again, you don't need an HDTV to enjoy a current-gen console - just to get the most out of the visuals. It really is a huge step up, once you see a game you loved on an SDTV running in HD.
no lie, i thought HD was some dumb gimmick. but once i played games like assassin's creed, halo 3, gears of war, hell basically anything made with HD in mind, it's a game changer. in some games it's even output in letterbox on CRT's, like assassin's creed, which is more bothersome to me than it should be. and THEN i had to find a cheap HDMI cable because i hate seeing all those wires hanging from my TV.
at least HD sets are getting cheaper, which made me really change my mind on them
It is very, very hard to go back. Especially if you were migrating from an SDTV that you already had trouble seeing (and were getting tired of pushing up your couch).
If screen size isn't important to you, you can snag a really nice Asus HD monitor with HDMI input for like $200-300.
I have one that's used for both my PS3 and PC.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
You do not need an HDTV
but
BUT
Some text will be unreadable on SDTVs. Dead Rising is the worst example I can think of.
Yep. Aside from two examples (you had to position Isaac just right to read the text logs in Dead Space, and the dialogue was nigh-unreadable in Way of the Samurai 3), I was more than happy playing my PS3 on a 27" SDTV for... almost two years, I think.
If I were to buy an HD console, do I need an HDTV? I don't want to get an HDTV because there's nothing wrong with my Standard def TV ...
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
HDTVs have display lag? I've noticed blurring and ghost trails at electronics stores so maybe I'll hold off until they get all the bugs worked out. And 3DTV gets going.
Display lag is so negligible that only gamers that count frames (ie, fighting game fanatics) could possibly notice the difference.
Just need to point out, this is simple not true. Depending on TV and what processing needs to be done, anyone can notice input lag. Any gamer should keep input lag in mind when buying a TV rather than thinking it possibly can't be a problem.
I sort of wish I could charge the controller on my PC while using the bluetooth on the PS3, but I guess I can manage.
Since someone mentioned the Netflix thing: Anyone had problems with Netflix on the PS3?
I like the PS3's Netflix setup more, but something happened the other night. I don't know why there'd be a difference between different streaming devices, but I'm a huge fan of NewsRadio and two episodes that I went to watch the other night had streaming problems. The audio and video were largely (by a few seconds) out of sync. I e-mailed Netflix and let them know, and then checked again a few days later and it still had not been fixed. Meanwhile I loaded up those exact two episodes on Netflix for 360 and they're perfect. Since then I've just been using the 360 for streaming in case I run into the issue again.
Sometimes the one I use likes to default back to my wireless connection even when plugged in, and while I have a great signal and a good router sometimes it can make things take slight loading detours, including minor desyncs.
Since someone mentioned the Netflix thing: Anyone had problems with Netflix on the PS3?
I like the PS3's Netflix setup more, but something happened the other night. I don't know why there'd be a difference between different streaming devices, but I'm a huge fan of NewsRadio and two episodes that I went to watch the other night had streaming problems. The audio and video were largely (by a few seconds) out of sync. I e-mailed Netflix and let them know, and then checked again a few days later and it still had not been fixed. Meanwhile I loaded up those exact two episodes on Netflix for 360 and they're perfect. Since then I've just been using the 360 for streaming in case I run into the issue again.
Other than it taking forever to load up, and the UI looks like shit, no I guess it works fine
Since someone mentioned the Netflix thing: Anyone had problems with Netflix on the PS3?
I like the PS3's Netflix setup more, but something happened the other night. I don't know why there'd be a difference between different streaming devices, but I'm a huge fan of NewsRadio and two episodes that I went to watch the other night had streaming problems. The audio and video were largely (by a few seconds) out of sync. I e-mailed Netflix and let them know, and then checked again a few days later and it still had not been fixed. Meanwhile I loaded up those exact two episodes on Netflix for 360 and they're perfect. Since then I've just been using the 360 for streaming in case I run into the issue again.
Other than it taking forever to load up, and the UI looks like shit, no I guess it works fine
If it works, it works, I guess?
On the matter of the PS3...has anyone else with a 80 GB PS3 (software BC) noticed that their wireless device is really, well, weak? It might just be my crappy internet connection through, but running tests, I've found that the PS3 has to be a lot closer to my wireless router than other devices to function properly. I've tried moving it to the top of my furniture, making a crude antenna for my router, the usual fixes, but the only method is to close the distance.
I end up relying on the 50 ft ethernet cable I have hanging around for just this case.
It's significantly clunkier than the X360 implementation. I think if my Live subscription ran out I'd probably feel fine just using the PS3 version, but between both the 360 one is superior in speed, UI, features, and usability. Worth a couple bucks a month extra if you only use your Gold subscription for Netflix, though? Probably not.
-Free Netflix play (you obviously need an account, but you don't need to pay for Gold service). Same thing goes for games, of course.
Now that the Wii is also offering Netflix streaming via a disc, Microsoft is going to be fucking stupid to continue charging for the feature.
Never messed with the PS3 Netflix thing since I use my 360 for everything, but does it allow parties? I've done quite a few Netflix parties and it's pretty awesome.
There are two major reasons I enjoy my 360 more than my PS3 (shit I own all "must have" exclusive games and I really don't see the fuss about them.... however that may be because of my two following reasons):
1) The controller. I own a SIXAXIS controller and I absolutely fucking hate it with a burning passion. Everything about it is so small that it hurts my hand to play more than a few minutes. I cannot afford to pay $50 for a new DS3 controller, so I'm stuck with what I've got. I feel the 360 controller fits my hands a lot better and it makes it better for playing long games.
2) This is very shallow of me but I'm not afraid to admit it: I like Achievements a LOT more than I like trophies. I really cannot explain it. I like a numerical counter (I'm a huge numbers geek) over a quantity counter (I guess that's what you would call it). Plus the sound that plays on the 360 when you get an achievement is so much more satisfying.
Basically I use my PS3 for a bluray player if I ever get one from Netflix, and that's about it. The 360 does my gaming, my movies, and my music without any problems (I have a Harmony remote that allows you to move through everything on the 360 without grabbing a controller, it can't do it on the PS3).
-Free Netflix play (you obviously need an account, but you don't need to pay for Gold service). Same thing goes for games, of course.
Now that the Wii is also offering Netflix streaming via a disc, Microsoft is going to be fucking stupid to continue charging for the feature.
Never messed with the PS3 Netflix thing since I use my 360 for everything, but does it allow parties? I've done quite a few Netflix parties and it's pretty awesome.
I'd say....no. Of course, not everyone uses that feature.
(I mean, I know which one I'll use. I just looked it up on youtube, and it seems like a rather big step backwards.)
Even if you did have the DS3, it's pretty much the same as a SIXAXIS sizewise... just a tiny bit heavier.
That would probably make it better. It feels so... Cheap. And isn't the DS3 more like the PS2 controller? The SIXAXIS is more like the PSX controller?
It's not just you. The Sixaxis feels very cheaply made, and significantly lighter. The difference might be a matter of grams, but that just means your hands are sensitive to what others might consider an unnoticeable difference. Also, rumble = good. It's really that simple. But this is coming for someone who's bought the last 10 years of his joysticks based on quality of force feedback.
The DS3 is significantly better, in my opinion, in every respect. I don't like the joystick layout, but that's an entirely different issue at hand.
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For me, the joystick placement just makes more sense and the buttons feel more responsive on the DS3. It all comes down to preference but for me the clear winner is the DS3.
On the matter of the PS3...has anyone else with a 80 GB PS3 (software BC) noticed that their wireless device is really, well, weak? It might just be my crappy internet connection through, but running tests, I've found that the PS3 has to be a lot closer to my wireless router than other devices to function properly. I've tried moving it to the top of my furniture, making a crude antenna for my router, the usual fixes, but the only method is to close the distance.
Funny, my PS3 is about the only remotely reliable wireless device I've ever used.
Actually -- yeah, there is one big, noticable difference between the sixaxis and dual shock 3 besides rumble and the slight bit of extra weight due to the added guts -- the DS3's plastic is textured with a bit of a matte to it (instead of being really smooth), which does a lot to make it feel less 'cheap'. I wouldn't be surprised if they had identical size and button placement, though. Visually it looks that way, but it's possible there are tiny differences.
On the matter of the PS3...has anyone else with a 80 GB PS3 (software BC) noticed that their wireless device is really, well, weak? It might just be my crappy internet connection through, but running tests, I've found that the PS3 has to be a lot closer to my wireless router than other devices to function properly. I've tried moving it to the top of my furniture, making a crude antenna for my router, the usual fixes, but the only method is to close the distance.
Funny, my PS3 is about the only remotely reliable wireless device I've ever used.
Wow. That sucks. You have my sympathy.
I mean, do you own a laptop or any sort of wireless PMD? That you can use? I assumed it was just the lack of an external antenna. It'll connect, but downloading is much slower and online play has a lot more lag. Kind of annoying.
Still, it came with it free. Though the idea that I can only play my PS3 online in the same room as my router (if I want to go wireless) is kind of odd.
PS3 Wireless is incompatible with a selection of Netgear Wireless routers.
The DLink D540 would love to have a word with my 360.
Just not wirelessly. That's where I threw in the towel on it and paired up an Airport Extreme + an Airport Express to a gigabit switch for wireless N networking. Wireless G doesn't even connect in my house anymore; I wonder when the mutations will start.
Actually -- yeah, there is one big, noticable difference between the sixaxis and dual shock 3 besides rumble and the slight bit of extra weight due to the added guts -- the DS3's plastic is textured with a bit of a matte to it (instead of being really smooth), which does a lot to make it feel less 'cheap'. I wouldn't be surprised if they had identical size and button placement, though. Visually it looks that way, but it's possible there are tiny differences.
I've got both controllers right here and there is no difference whatsoever between their plastics. The DS3 is slightly heavier, has rumble and has 'Dual Shock 3' painted on the back (alongside the Sixaxis logo). That's it.
Oh and I've never had any problems with my PS3's wireless connection.
Actually -- yeah, there is one big, noticable difference between the sixaxis and dual shock 3 besides rumble and the slight bit of extra weight due to the added guts -- the DS3's plastic is textured with a bit of a matte to it (instead of being really smooth), which does a lot to make it feel less 'cheap'. I wouldn't be surprised if they had identical size and button placement, though. Visually it looks that way, but it's possible there are tiny differences.
I've got both controllers right here and there is no difference whatsoever between their plastics. The DS3 is slightly heavier, has rumble and has 'Dual Shock 3' painted on the back (alongside the Sixaxis logo). That's it.
Oh and I've never had any problems with my PS3's wireless connection.
It's probably a case of the relative differences in age/wear for the two controllers that caused me to notice a difference, then. Of the controllers I'm comparing, the DS3 is maybe 5 months old now (purchased at a Black Friday sale), while the SIXAXIS is from a launch 60gb console.
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I went with the PS3 back in early '08, pretty much just for the library and Sony's first and second party studios. For me, the choice really paid off because studios I thought of as second-tier really stepped up and delivered some of my favorite games - I sure as hell didn't buy a PS3 for inFamous, but damned if it isn't one of my favorite games on the current gen. It also just sorta' worked out that a few third-party devs provided some incredibly unique (Valkyria Chronicles) or ambitious games (Heavenly Sword).
Plus you got your MGS4, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Sony Santa Monica and, really, all of their worldwide internal studios.
Sony's where my favorite last-gen franchises (Ratchet & Clank, Metal Gear Solid, Team ICO) call home - but after paying closer attention, I've discovered that Sony also seems to have an active policy of supporting The Weird Shit. Crazy, unique stuff like Little Big Planet, Siren: Blood Curse, Flower and Heavy Rain. Their plan appears to be not to cater to a single audience, but to try to offer top-of-the-line stuff for every palette.
There are... lemmie think... less than a half-dozen titles I want to play on the 360. Sure I'd like to try Gears and Mass Effect - just not enough to buy a console for 'em. I'd sooner get a gaming PC. It wouldn't shock me if I did get a 360, one day, but for now the greatest sting in not owning one is due to two XBLA titles: Shadow Complex and (the upcoming) Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
360's got Xbox Live, PS3's got reliability, but who cares?
TL: DR: Buy the system that has the games you want to play.
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That too.
Yeah, I know the PS3 has an AV out and I'm pretty sure the 360 does too.
A lot of fighting game tournaments have been on CRTs because there is no display lag.
You do not need an HDTV
but
BUT
Some text will be unreadable on SDTVs. Dead Rising is the worst example I can think of.
HDTVs have display lag? I've noticed blurring and ghost trails at electronics stores so maybe I'll hold off until they get all the bugs worked out. And 3DTV gets going.
I'll just say, if you went through 10 360 consoles, I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that you were the one doing something wrong.
Yep. Aside from two examples (you had to position Isaac just right to read the text logs in Dead Space, and the dialogue was nigh-unreadable in Way of the Samurai 3), I was more than happy playing my PS3 on a 27" SDTV for... almost two years, I think.
Display lag is so negligible that only gamers that count frames (ie, fighting game fanatics) could possibly notice the difference. It tends to be less than 100th of a second. Blurring and ghost trails is a result of older-model TVs - 60hz TVs - that have a lower refresh rate and no built-in smoothing.
Get a 120hz HDTV and ghosting/blurring disappears.
Edit: but once again, you don't need an HDTV to enjoy a current-gen console - just to get the most out of the visuals. It really is a huge step up, once you see a game you loved on an SDTV running in HD.
Now that the Wii is also offering Netflix streaming via a disc, Microsoft is going to be fucking stupid to continue charging for the feature.
Yeah, anything that's not a CRT will, but on some of them it's really negligible. You want a TV with a "game mode" option. I think Sony's are the best for this but i'm not sure.
Years back, shortly after the launch, I remember seeing the PSN Store on a SDTV and considering that, while it wasn't unreadable, it was pretty damn close. Very cluttered, very unpleasant to use.
Of course, since then, PSN has undergone some renovations (as has Xbox 360, since they went from the blades to NXE).
I personally have a pretty bad astigmatism, and thus, my HDTV is probably about 70% of the reason I own a PS3, for better or worse (without it, it'd be rather pointless for me to be purchasing blu-ray films, the Dashboard default style relies on rather small text--at least to me). Purely anecdotal, but so far, only one Playstation 3 exclusive has really grabbed me, and the rest I can do with or without, and I've played a lot of them thanks to the kindness of others (some, like Uncharted 2 were good, but not great enough not to resell for $40 when I grew bored of it, while others like Metal Gear Solid 4 was flat out unenjoyable).
Which reminds me, I need to play Demon's Soul. For all the people who really enjoy it, I also knew a few who despised it, so it's hard to get a feeling for it by word-of-mouth. God of War III looked fantastic, but the demo felt too much like GoWII with much nicer visuals.
In short, a person is better off looking at the specific titles they want.
no lie, i thought HD was some dumb gimmick. but once i played games like assassin's creed, halo 3, gears of war, hell basically anything made with HD in mind, it's a game changer. in some games it's even output in letterbox on CRT's, like assassin's creed, which is more bothersome to me than it should be. and THEN i had to find a cheap HDMI cable because i hate seeing all those wires hanging from my TV.
at least HD sets are getting cheaper, which made me really change my mind on them
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It is very, very hard to go back. Especially if you were migrating from an SDTV that you already had trouble seeing (and were getting tired of pushing up your couch).
I have one that's used for both my PS3 and PC.
I hear Mass Effect 2 is pretty awful for it too.
I sort of wish I could charge the controller on my PC while using the bluetooth on the PS3, but I guess I can manage.
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I like the PS3's Netflix setup more, but something happened the other night. I don't know why there'd be a difference between different streaming devices, but I'm a huge fan of NewsRadio and two episodes that I went to watch the other night had streaming problems. The audio and video were largely (by a few seconds) out of sync. I e-mailed Netflix and let them know, and then checked again a few days later and it still had not been fixed. Meanwhile I loaded up those exact two episodes on Netflix for 360 and they're perfect. Since then I've just been using the 360 for streaming in case I run into the issue again.
Sometimes the one I use likes to default back to my wireless connection even when plugged in, and while I have a great signal and a good router sometimes it can make things take slight loading detours, including minor desyncs.
Everything else works perfectly, it wouldn't affect just those two episodes
Anyways, it's just a minor thing but I just thought it was so weird that one streaming device was affected
Other than it taking forever to load up, and the UI looks like shit, no I guess it works fine
If it works, it works, I guess?
On the matter of the PS3...has anyone else with a 80 GB PS3 (software BC) noticed that their wireless device is really, well, weak? It might just be my crappy internet connection through, but running tests, I've found that the PS3 has to be a lot closer to my wireless router than other devices to function properly. I've tried moving it to the top of my furniture, making a crude antenna for my router, the usual fixes, but the only method is to close the distance.
I end up relying on the 50 ft ethernet cable I have hanging around for just this case.
Eh... a swift kick to the nuts might work as a method for abstinence, but it doesn't mean it's any good
Point taken. I haven't even loaded up Netflix on my PS3, so I've never experienced it.
I assumed it was like the one on Xbox Live, which is very sharp looking and fairly straightforward to use.
Never messed with the PS3 Netflix thing since I use my 360 for everything, but does it allow parties? I've done quite a few Netflix parties and it's pretty awesome.
1) The controller. I own a SIXAXIS controller and I absolutely fucking hate it with a burning passion. Everything about it is so small that it hurts my hand to play more than a few minutes. I cannot afford to pay $50 for a new DS3 controller, so I'm stuck with what I've got. I feel the 360 controller fits my hands a lot better and it makes it better for playing long games.
2) This is very shallow of me but I'm not afraid to admit it: I like Achievements a LOT more than I like trophies. I really cannot explain it. I like a numerical counter (I'm a huge numbers geek) over a quantity counter (I guess that's what you would call it). Plus the sound that plays on the 360 when you get an achievement is so much more satisfying.
Basically I use my PS3 for a bluray player if I ever get one from Netflix, and that's about it. The 360 does my gaming, my movies, and my music without any problems (I have a Harmony remote that allows you to move through everything on the 360 without grabbing a controller, it can't do it on the PS3).
That would probably make it better. It feels so... Cheap. And isn't the DS3 more like the PS2 controller? The SIXAXIS is more like the PSX controller?
I'd say....no. Of course, not everyone uses that feature.
(I mean, I know which one I'll use. I just looked it up on youtube, and it seems like a rather big step backwards.)
It's not just you. The Sixaxis feels very cheaply made, and significantly lighter. The difference might be a matter of grams, but that just means your hands are sensitive to what others might consider an unnoticeable difference. Also, rumble = good. It's really that simple. But this is coming for someone who's bought the last 10 years of his joysticks based on quality of force feedback.
The DS3 is significantly better, in my opinion, in every respect. I don't like the joystick layout, but that's an entirely different issue at hand.
For me, the joystick placement just makes more sense and the buttons feel more responsive on the DS3. It all comes down to preference but for me the clear winner is the DS3.
Wow. That sucks. You have my sympathy.
I mean, do you own a laptop or any sort of wireless PMD? That you can use? I assumed it was just the lack of an external antenna. It'll connect, but downloading is much slower and online play has a lot more lag. Kind of annoying.
Still, it came with it free. Though the idea that I can only play my PS3 online in the same room as my router (if I want to go wireless) is kind of odd.
The DLink D540 would love to have a word with my 360.
Just not wirelessly. That's where I threw in the towel on it and paired up an Airport Extreme + an Airport Express to a gigabit switch for wireless N networking. Wireless G doesn't even connect in my house anymore; I wonder when the mutations will start.
I've got both controllers right here and there is no difference whatsoever between their plastics. The DS3 is slightly heavier, has rumble and has 'Dual Shock 3' painted on the back (alongside the Sixaxis logo). That's it.
Oh and I've never had any problems with my PS3's wireless connection.
But so has my Wii, PC, DS Lite, PSP...
I guess I just have good luck
It's probably a case of the relative differences in age/wear for the two controllers that caused me to notice a difference, then. Of the controllers I'm comparing, the DS3 is maybe 5 months old now (purchased at a Black Friday sale), while the SIXAXIS is from a launch 60gb console.
I had to have that baby when they launched