Should i buy an xbox 360?

[Zealous]

The question is in the title .

[ez64]

Dont bother I've got 2 and I cba paying for the live subscription, get a PS3 with free online play and it wont be gathering dust after 6 months.

Saying that ive just got dreamspark enabling me as a XNA devloper from my uni so I get free xbox live subscriptions

[Isphera]

get a PS3 with free online play and it wont be gathering dust after 6 months.

Exactly what I would say.

[Chalex4]

Yeah, I always recommend the PS3, especially because it can playback Blu-ray movies!

[Mr.Big]

for the sake of one of our community member we call it Bloo-Ray

[VoX]

360 is great for the price, and the online community is massive, but that doesn't warrant the price. Also, the 360 isn't true HD, the disks are just standard definition.

PS3 is great, I've had mine a year and still use it, still play online and have a good laugh, plus you can get free demo's from the PS Store so you don't have to go and get them disks.

[D_K_Head]

Despite that, PC still > than Console

Has to be said. Any console game can and will be emulated eventually

[VoX]

I'd like to see an attempt to emulate Skate.'s Flickit controls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbu4wSnsW3I

[Calneon]

DK is right, though I don't think it's because every console game will be emulated eventually. I think PCs are better than consoles because PC games are awesomesauce.

[D_K_Head]

Simple, just use a controler with sticks. I'm fairly sure that somewhere, somehow, someone's coded it. PC modding is, after all, very popular

[VoX]

You can use a 360 controller with a PC easily and you can download drivers for using PS3 controllers.

[Chalex4]

I only recommended the PS3 because I assumed a PC was definitely out of the question.

A decent PC will give you much more pleasure than any console imo.

[VoX]

But what about WiiFit or Rockband?

[D_K_Head]

wiifit is a slightly different version of the wiimote... which works for PC. I'd assume some smartarse has managed to code that by now. Rockband probaly wouldn't be too hard either. But think of it this way.

If you were to get an Xbox, or PS3, and enter an FPS match... What would happen if you had a keyboard attached to the system? (providing you could get one to work)

The console controls just don't work. The stick method is way out of date, with most games, (cod4 and L4D being two examples) using auto aim features (aimbots, basically) to assist with the aim of gamers. Keyboard and mouse is still the best way to play, and chances are there won't be until someone comes up with a way to put our thoughts into games, (which could be fairly soon)

[Target]

If u can get a pc then do it, u get so many more games and its so much easier to play on + u can play online for free and use other programs to chat, Xbox gets more games than ps3 and a bigger online community, but u have to pay for it and you will end up with a few little kids, but the money you save on the xbox is probably worth it. But at the end of the day the ps3 is a cheap blu ray player aswell. It really just comes down to wot u can afford... i just hope Santy Claus brings me an xbox or ps3 and a nice flat screen tv